Introducing Design Team Member, Anna-Marie Batz

We would like to introduce our second founding Design Team member, Anna-Marie Batz.

Anna-Marie currently resides in Vestal New York. She attended Suny Oneonta and studied to become a registered dietitian. After obtaining her degree, Anna-Marie developed a love of all things creative and crafty. She also loves animals, movies, and making other's lives happier with her creations. She describes herself as a "kitchen table weekend warrior creator" with a huge passion for creating beautiful cards to send to her friends and family. She is blessed to have her very own Director of Creative Development in charge of quality control, her beloved special needs fur baby, Kalley-Cat, who has final approval of all card creations.

Anna-Marie began her stamping and cardmaking journey about 10 years ago when she attended a Stamp Camp with her mother, in Rochester. It was set up in stations and attendees rotated through them round robin style to create different cards at each station. Creating that memory with her mother and having the opportunity to share her creativity and make something special to brighten another's day brought her true happiness. Ever since, she has found that cardmaking brings her a sense of peace and well-being in an otherwise chaotic world.

Over the past year, Anna-Marie was able to share her love of creating cards with her parents as a means of brightening their lives following her father's diagnosis of a rapidly progressing form of ALS. This Cardinal card holds a special place in her heart, being the final card she sent prior to her father losing his battle with the disease in June. Anna-Marie takes comfort in knowing her father looks down on her and share's her mother's pride for this new leap she's taken with her hobby. Anna-Marie continues to share her creations with her mother, sending her paper hugs across the miles to let her know she's always in her heart.

This will be Anna-Marie's first foray onto a Design team. She says, "I am truly excited, honored and humbled to be a part of the Design team." She has been an enthusiastic addition to the team and looks forward to sharing her inspiration projects using the unique, high quality tools, embellishments, stamps and papers available at White Rose Crafts with all of you. She feels as though her life has been enriched by those she has contact with through this mutual love of paper crafting. We know we look forward to seeing what she has in store for you as a design team member!

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White Rose Crafts