About Me

As a kid, my dad used to work at a local papermill. I grew up having a huge stack of cardboard at my disposal to draw, color and cut. I spent hours making crafty things. (at that young of age, anything was crafty). When he lost his job the stash was lost as well. By that time, as a teen, there was not any interest to sit and color. When we lost our dad to cancer in the 80's nothing really fit. Until I got involved in something that he had always said that he wanted to do, Genealogy. See, my dad was into his Canadian heritage, and always behind a camera to capture the moments. I shared the same passion.. being behind the camera! Then the scrapbooking "boom" began. I wanted to at least create a book for my daughter. Perfect fit, camera, daughter, paper and scissors. I was in my element once again! Then I found the passion of cardmaking. Why not, scrapbooking and cards seemed to come as a package, right? Then I opened my brick and mortar. Die cuts were the rage. Remember when you could just go into a store and buy a pack prepackaged of nearly any shape that you needed? My store has a commercial grade Pazzle machine just to make die cuts. (Remember the packages of die cuts that you could buy?) Needless to say, in our area anyway, you couldn't compete with the big stores coupons. My brick and mortar store had become a casualty. Back to the work force I was. Until now... Scrap N Stamp Emporium is back. With our own brand but the same kind of passion!