Meet Your Host 

My name is Dr. Bette Daoust – a former business professor!
I have had a love of crafting since I was very young. I was turned on to Cricut and Design Space 4 years ago. My goal is to teach Techniques using Design Space to make your crafting journey easy.

This Summit will bring you easy crafts you can make for your holiday season - including Halloween, Thanksgiving, and other celebrations over the last part of the year.

Your All-Access Pass is all about having continuous access to all the speakers, their projects, and step-by-step guides! This is our way to give you the time to review and make the projects on your own time.

Stamp Me Some Love

Brandi Mahon is the creative owner of Stamp Me Some Love Blog, Shop, and Academy. The, host of the highly successful 4 day Card Maker Success Summit, and the course creator of Craft Biz in a Box.  Card making is her hobby, but her passion is bringing creators together and helping them build their creative businesses. She loves throwing parties and is a master networker.  Hailing from Kentucky, she lives with her wife and 3 fur babies.

Sublimation Expert

Hi! I’m Andrea designer, teacher and maker for My Very Crafty Life. My passion is helping you learn, design and create amazing products you can be proud to show off or sell using the dye sublimation process. I’ve been doing sublimation as a part of my product business for almost 8 years and I’ve been teaching amazing crafters, like you, how to be successful with the art of dye sublimation for 5 years now. I wrote the book A Crafty Guide to Sublimation to give you the inspiration and help I wish I had when I started off, it is a great resource to have at your fingertips for all the late night makers sessions! I look forward to introducing you to several ways you can begin with sublimation (even without a printer!) and begin your journey to creating your first sublimation project. Let’s get crafty together.

Designer, Black Sheep 303 Creative, LLC 

Elena is a lifelong crafter having learned cross stitch, sewing and hardanger as a young child from her crafty aunts. She started her paper crafting journey in the 1990s with scrapbooking which transitioned into stamping in the early 2000s. Her blog and YouTube channel originally focused on more traditional cardmaking using stamps, inks, markers and more. But Elena, who also loves technology, decided in late 2020 to concentrate on electronic cutting machine crafts, especially (but not exclusively) cards. In addition to teaching crafters how to use their Cricut, ScanNCut and Silhouette machines with fun project tutorials, she designs her own SVGs which she sells through her Etsy store. Elena lives in Denver, Colorado with her best friend and husband of 23 years, Alex and their sweet dog, Django. 

BB's Boutique

Bethany Scott brings a mixed media feel to her projects. She lives in Wisconsin, is married with three littles ages 3, 2, and 1 and shares a crafty space (and business!) with her mom.  Bethany studied photography and theatre in college and is a self-trained graphic designer and video artist. The first advertisement she directed appeared on national TV when she was just 19 years old. Her photographs (both modeling and behind the camera) have been displayed in NYC galleries. Bethany challenged herself by both writing and directing a full musical production in 2010. She loves creating video content for her social media channels focusing mainly on paper-crafting, all things sublimation, and faux leather creations. The successful business she owns with her mom focuses on custom gift creations and designs. You may occasionally see the littles (or hubby) hopping in on her video content. “Don’t forget to find the joy in your day and happy making!”

Founder of Crafty Entrepreneurs

Francis Ames, founder of Crafty Entrepreneurs, is an avid paper crafter with more than 10 years of experience with Cricut machines and offering Cricut Classes. She began her business journey in 2008 when she suffered health event that made her unable to work a traditional job. She borrowed books from her local library, registered her business Ames Crafts, and began to sell online. She still holds 100% satisfaction rating on eBay. Francis went on to teach Cricut class, scrapbooking and cardmaking at her local Michael craft stores and even taught at a Scrapbook convention. She obtained her certification from EK Success and her PhD in scrapbooking from Close to My Heart. She possesses a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Temple University. Francis continues to teach in person and online through her Youtube channel, TikTok and blog.

Owner and Creator at TheCraftyBlogStalker.com

A blogger since 2008, Katie is devoted to sharing step-by-step craft tutorials. She 
believes everyone can be crafty, some just need help finding a place to start. Katie loves her Cricut and has worked closely with Cricut over the past several years, and has even been privately contracted to make and create many different promotional projects.

Lemon-Thistle

Colleen the DIY blogger and author behind Lemon Thistle blog where she shares hands on DIY tutorials, hand lettered printables and cut files. If you enjoy crafting modern and beautiful decor and gifts, saving money through DIY and exploring your creativity- you’ll love the tutorials Colleen shares on LemonThistle.com. Find her @colleenpastoor everywhere else!

Cricut Blogger and SVG Designer

Kristi loves using her graphic design expertise to create unique designs that can be used with Cricut cutting machines. When she first started using her Cricut, it was purely for fun to monogram shirts and water bottles or create custom shirts for different occasions.  But it wasn’t long before she was sharing her designs on her blog. 

Her blog quickly grew as she started getting more creative with her designs, creating unique boxes, cards, gift card holders and other fun Cricut crafts that you can find on her blog at SVGNation.com. She keeps all of the files on her blog free to download and provides tutorials so you can easily recreate any of these crafts at home.

Project Designer

Erin Reed brings a fun, romantic, and sometimes funky feel to her projects. She is a military wife, a stay-at-home mom of 2 boys and 2 girls, and a Canadian transplant who lives in Texas. Her first love is family. Her second love is crafting in all forms including scrapbook layouts, art journals, cards, mini albums, mixed media, altered items, home decor, and DIY.  She has been published in many magazines, books, and websites since she started her professional crafting career in 2015. She has worked with and created products for many companies.  She loves to create video content for her social media channels, and you can even catch glimpses of her kids in them from time to time!

Crafting Blogger and Cricut Instructor

My name is Shawn Mosch and I have owned a Cricut since 2008.  I quickly fell in love with all of the amazing things that I could create, especially Disney projects.  Over the years, that turned into me sharing my projects and tutorials with others online.  If you have owned a Cricut since the early days of using cartridges, you might know the site my family created called MyCutSearch, which allows you to search for images found on Cricut cartridges.
Crafting was always a hobby for me, and it was not until 2020, with the encouragement from friends and family that I decided to launch my website ShawnMosch.com
Now I coach others how to use their Cricut by focusing on teaching them to really understand how the Design Space software works so they can create anything they can imagine!

Award Winning Graphic Designer

Professionally trained award winning Graphic Designer, former college professor, and a lover of all things DIY. A very laid back mom who isn’t very hip but doesn’t try to be either. A converted coffee drinker if you add enough other flavors. And a cat lover but not quite an old cat lady yet. Janet has had a number of articles and reviews published. She has been listed in Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders, Who’s Who in American Education, Who’s Who in American Women, and Who’s Who in America. Her current focus is on craft education and tutorials at Try it - Like it - Create it.

Party Expert!!!

I’ve always loved being creative -whether it’s doing crafts and DIYs, decorating my home, having fun in the kitchen, or entertaining friends and family.

I believe life is always made more fun through getting creative. 

We all struggle sometimes with getting creative, whether it’s not having the time, or not having the know-how, or not being sure where to start.

At Life is a Party I’m sharing all my tips and tricks. Get inspired by my project ideas, try a new recipe, let me help with a fun party theme, teach you how to use your Cricut machine, or equip you to be the perfect host with Entertaining 101. There's so many ways to make life a party!

Owner of The Quiet Grove

Julia is a mom of 3 young kids aged 8-12 living in SLC, Utah. She loves to craft, cook, read, and travel. Together with her husband, she created TheQuietGrove.com as a resource to help today's Mom to embrace motherhood and find joy in their journey. To do this she offers free DIY tutorials (& SVG Cut Files), Free Printables for all occasions, recipes, helpful articles for home & family as well as reviews and recommendations.

JustineHovey.com

Justine Hovey has been creating card making video tutorials for over 10 years. Justine's passion is showing you how to create beautiful cards and organize all those beautiful craft supplies you have purchased. After several years of designing cards for stamp companies, she decided to go her own way and focus on shopping your own stash and getting the most out of the items you already have. Justine is the founder of popular classes such as the Technique Resource Binder and Craftroom Chaos Conquered. When she isn’t crafting, Justine is an elementary school teacher and enjoys travelling and spending time with her pup.

Master Decorator

Jamie Matthews is the creator of Coffee in My Kitchen. She’s a home decorator and décor crafting enthusiast with over 18 years of experience.
She is passionate about helping fellow home decorators and crafting enthusiasts create a place of beauty and comfort for their loved ones. She takes the overwhelm and frustration out of home decorating and shows people how to design their homes confidently using their personalities and style.
Jamie specializes in personalized, easy DIY home décor crafts using original Cricut designs and budget-friendly craft store products. She loves teaching how to craft the decoration and then how to style the decor to create a welcoming and cozy atmosphere in the home.
Jamie’s cheerful and enthusiastic teaching style is easy to understand and fun to follow. She takes intricate decorating and crafting techniques and breaks them down into simple steps that are easy to apply. She makes learning effortless and enjoyable with excellent results!
Jamie loves all things springtime including Easter, bunnies, and lots of spring flowers! Her favorite pastime is hanging out in her kitchen, sipping coffee with her husband, and cuddling with her sweet dog "fur baby" Lucy.

Sleepy Unicorn Studio

Inspired by her late in life ADHD diagnosis in 2021, Kimi Kinsey was called to embrace her love of
being a multi-passionate entrepreneur, and thought "Stickers... yeah, I could do that". For fun, and as
a little escape from her day to day business, she opened an Etsy shop and began creating stickers
heavily focused on the topic of being Neurodivergent. After a few months of surprising success,
Sleepy Unicorn Studio branched out into other fun, sometimes sarcastic, and always vibrant stickers
about topics ranging from Bodily Autonomy, Pride, Mental Health, Narcolepsy, and more. The shop
celebrated its first birthday in September 2022, and has proudly shipped to every state in the USA,
as well as 16 different countries.

Handmade Crafts

Kristi has been crafting for over 30 years and uses her skills every year to make handmade gifts for her friends and family. Aside from teaching weekly workshops in her Facebook groups, she also runs a program called Handcrafted Gifts Made Simple where she teaches crafters to plan and make handmade gifts on time, on budget, and with no stress.

Gilded Stork

As both a graphic designer and paper crafter, when Laura purchased her first Cricut machine she found it to be the perfect way to merge these two passions. Most days you’ll find her obsessing over the smallest of details until her latest project is just right. Laura teaches how to make aesthetic DIY Cricut projects on her blog, Gilded Stork. She embraces Toronto, Canada as home with her husband and daughter.

Miss Carrie's Creations

Hello. I am Miss. Carrie from Miss. Carrie’s Creations.  I believe that life is complicated enough, and crafting needs to bring you joy. Each week, I teach straightforward step-by-step paper crafting and Cricut tutorials that show unique ways to create something you love.

EJ's Fun Crafting

Naomi, AKA Mrs. Craft Lady, is an avid Cricut crafter, sewist, and digital file designer.  She loves helping others find their crafty selves through teaching and sharing whenever she can.