Owner / Designer

Hello Friends.  My name is Kimm.  I am the owner of The Beary Scrap and designer of Beary Sweet Designs Acrylic Mulberry Paper Piecing Patterns.

I am married to the most amazing and supportive man in the world, Dave.  I have 3 incredible children:  Abby, 9; Dougie, 7; and Lindsay, 3.  We have 1 furbaby (a cat) named "Baby Kitty" - he's HUGE!.

I have been blessed with the opportunity to take our online business to an entirely new level by opening our first local scrapbook store in my hometown.  It has been an amazing journey with new doors opening up for us every year.

I have been scrapbooking 8 years, making tear bears for 7.  Our company now produces my patterns specifically for use with our lucious mulberry paper allowing everyone to create the most amazing tear critters, even with your first attempt.

Design Team Online Coordinator

Hello! I'm Susan, from Killam Creative. I also answer to Honey, Sweetie, and Mommydog. My husband -Matthew- and I have been married 12 excellent years. We have a 6-year-old Blue Doberman Pinscher named Finnegan. He is absolutely the sweetest dog in the world! We adopted him from a Doberman Rescue two years ago. At the adoption event, he picked Matthew out of all the potential adopters, and the decision was made!

I am a hobby photographer, paper artist and -soon!- a wire-based jewelry maker specializing in chainmaille weaves. As a photographer, I try to capture the natural world around me, especially the really small parts.
My paper goods include 3D art cards and scrapbook layouts. I started out making cards for family and friends about 5 years ago. I can honestly say I only decided to take it seriously in 2009, and I've had a creative explosion of sorts. It's been a great ride so far!

Visit Susan's Blog HERE!

Team 1 Designer

Hi!  My name is Elise.  I am a total lover of scrapbooking and cardmaking and love every aspect of it. Learning new techniques and trying things on my own is so much fun for me. I can lose myself for hours (when time permits *smile*) in crafting. I absolutely go crazy over papers (I'm a complete lover of papers). Now I find myself going crazy over stamps and flowers as well .. I love it all! Being asked to join the Beary Scraps has me truly honored as I can't wait to work with this group of lovely, talented ladies! Thank you so much Beary Scraps for having me be a part of your fabulous team!"

Visit Elise's Blog HERE.

Team 1 Designer

I have always loved making things with my hands and have tried many forms of artwork. I have taught and lectured about beadwork all over the country and still enjoy beading. More recently, I have been spending my free time with scrapbooking and cardmaking. I am completely hooked on copics and find myself coloring daily.  I am lucky to be married to the love of my life, who always encourages all of my crafty pursuits.

Vist Gini's Blog HERE!

My name is Jamie Cooper and I am very excited to be part of The Beary Scrap Design Team.  I am from Blackfoot, Idaho and was born and raised on a potato farm.  I attended Utah State University and graduated with a Bachelors degree in History and a Secondary Teaching Certificate.  After graduating, I taught American History at Blackfoot High School for 5 years before deciding to become a stay-at-home mom.  I married my high school sweetheart, David, in 1997 and we have 3 children:  Carter (8), Lindsey (6) and Jace (2 3/4).  They keep me very busy and continually remind me of the things that are truly important in life.  My husband has a Bachelors degree from Utah State in Agricultural Science and Business and together with my sister and brother-in-law, we are now running our 4th generation potato operation in Blackfoot.  When not busy with my kids, I love to flower garden, read, shop, vacation and watch any kind of football.  I, of course, also LOVE to scrapbook and generally do any kind of paper crafts.  My favorite things about scrapbooking are that it gives you freedom to express yourself in the design--  it's very individual and each person gets to include their own personality and twist in what they create.  I also enjoy the connection it brings to other scrapbookers--  no matter where you are from or what stage of life you are at, if you scrapbook, you have a lot in common.  And lastly, I love that I can preserve priceless family memories while creating something beautiful at the same time.

Visti Jamie's Blog HERE!

HI!  My name is Patricia. I have had a love of crafts since I can remember. In high school I even took two art classes because I loved it so much. You name it and I probably have tried it at one point or another. If I can glue it I can make it.  I have gotten back into scrapbooking about 3 years ago. I had three boys and life got in the way and I had to put it on hold, but now with two of my kids grown adults, I have taken it back up and just love it. I can say that it has come so far since I last had scrapbooked. One of my newest loves of the hobby is card making. Over the summer my youngest son was in football and it didn’t give me a lot of time to do much scrapbooking but I could make a card in a couple of nights and I just love doing card blog challenges. I am always looking for new ideas and challenges to take on and now being accepted as a designer for The Beary Scrap it’s taking it to a whole new level. I was very honored that Kimm invited me to be one of her designers and glad that I get to help her take on this new adventure.  If there is anything I can help you with please don’t hesitate to ask I am always willing to help and if I don’t have an answer I will do my best to get one for you. 

Visit Patricia's Blog HERE!

Hi!  I am Michelle, wife to Stan for 15 happy years.  I am a mother to 3 awesome kids who are Jarod (10 years old), Zachary (8 years old), and Abigail (7 years old).  We also have 3 "fuzzy dependants" - 2 cats, Daphne who is 14 years old, Jazzy Pants who is 2 years old, and 1 pooch LIly who is 8 months old... yes, a very crazy life we have. *smiles*.

I have been an avid scrapbooker for 8 years now and love every minute of it.  Scrapbooking is very importatnt to me because it is a way of keeping my most special and cherished moments alive.

I hope to inspire you as much as I have been inspired by others in the past serveral years.

Hi, I’m Sharon.  I’m a mother to four rambunctious children (ages  9 - 12), and I’ve been married for 13 (almost 14) years.  Our home is also shared with some furry, four legged companions:  our 1 year old Cocker Spaniel (Lady), our 6 month old Yorkie (Bella), and our three cats:  Mara, Nittany, and Cleo.  I love taking pictures, and there’s usually something going on in our crazy home that is photo worthy.

My first passion is scrapbooking, which I’ve been addicted to for about 8 years now.  I enjoy looking through my albums with my family and recounting our memories together.  I find it very therapeutic.  I work full time, so I have some catching up to do with my albums…At least I know I’ll always have something to work on!  When I’m not working, being a mom, being a wife, walking dogs, or scrapbooking, I’m usually reading.  There are so many books and so little time to read them!  I also enjoy quilting, but I’m still a novice.  It reminds me of scrapbooking in a way, because you work with different colors and patterns, and piece the fabric together.    

I hope I can inspire you and help generate some layout ideas for your scrapbook projects.

Hi!  I'm Suzie... and I'm always wishing there were more hours in the day.  I'm married with 3 children and many animals.  We own a horse farm and I give riding lessons.  I am also a private consultant in college financial aide. 

Scrapbooking became a way for me do do something just for me... without any the feeling of guilt.  Everyone benefits; me, my children, my friends, and my future family. 

My style is simple (not alot of time), very much "of the moment" (not chronological), and definitely from a different perspective - photo orientation.