CREATIVE INSTRUCTORS
Everything you want to learn about all things papery and inky can be taught by this talented group of Instructors!
Sharlene Arseneau
Mari Clarke
Hi everyone! My name is Mari Clarke and I am excited to be joining the Paper and Ink Boutique team! I live in Warman, Saskatchewan with my husband of 38 years. We are semi-retired and recently moved to Warman to be closer to our two adult children. Our daughter and her husband live here in Warman and our son lives in Saskatoon. I substitute teach for the Prairie Spirit School Division when I am not in my craft room and my husband works part-time as a contractor. I retired in 2019 from a 32 year teaching career and he retired from his cabinet door manufacturing business that he owned and operated for over 30 years.
I have always enjoyed doing something creative. I love to paint in many different mediums, draw, art journal, and scrapbook and make cards. I have been on many design teams over the years and have produced videos for YouTube for over five years. I am currently designing for JustNick Digital Cut File Store, Vicki Boutin, Honey Bee Stamps, and Trinity Stamps. I also do guest blog spots every month for Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine and I am a brand ambassador for Studio Light. I also create classes for my website, MariClarke.com and I share weekly inspiration on Patreon. I am busy, but I love it!
I look forward to creating classes and inspiration for you here at the Paper and Ink Boutique! I can’t wait to see you in the classroom and to get to know you!
Jeanetta Hynes
I have been teaching at The Paper and Ink Boutique for almost two years. I was so excited when I heard that we were getting a new scrapbooking store that I stalked their page prior to them opening....I was so excited when they put out the call for instructors, and even more excited when they said I could be part of the creative team. I love teaching and have met so many great people not only the ones who take my classes but also those shopping in the store. I have to admit that the creative team and staff at The Paper and Ink Boutique are pretty amazing!
I have been crafting my whole life, my parents were both very creative and passed that on, my Dad knit his own socks up to the week before he died and my mom at 80 is still knitting for her children and grandchildren. Although I do know how to knit I don't do it very often as I would much prefer to be Scrapbooking, and card making. Although just as much you can find me at the sewing machine sewing or quilting, as well as flower arranging. There are not many crafts I am not willing to try at least once.
I have been married to my husband Byron for 32 years and we have two very creative boys. I taught them young! Darrian doesn't do so many creative things right now but every now and then he will sit down and do a project. Andreas is always thinking and making something. All four of us are always working on something. As a family we have moved around quite a bit and in each community I have been found my paper arts tribe. I have taught paper art classes in Yellowknife at their teacher’s conferences and my former High School. I also owned my own Craft and Gift Basket store there. I am an avid teacher and truly take joy in seeing the pride in the face of my students be they 2 years old or 85!
I have a pretty big craft stash and with doing so many different crafts - I have my very own craft room that seems to bust out into the dining room regardless of what I do. This drives my husband crazy but he is still supportive of my hobbies but can be seen doing a dance when I give some away or used up lots of it.
I have done a lot of jobs both for pay and not, and enjoyed most of them but I think the most unique one is when they discovered diamonds in the north, I was one of the first 10 northerners to be trained to polish diamonds. I also went on to run the laser and that was the coolest job ever. I was the one who put the serial numbers and the company logo, a polar bear, on each and every diamond polished.
Heather Fischer
Hi, I’m Heather Fischer & I’m one of the teachers at The Paper & Ink Boutique. I’ve known Julia and Glenn for quite some time and am thrilled to call them friends and support their amazing store!
I’ve been crafting forever, always loved paper crafts in some way or another. My first official leap into card making was a heat embossing Christmas card class in the late 90’s and I’ve been addicted since then. Heat embossing continues to be one of my favourite techniques...I have at least 60 jars of powder in my collection. I’m an avid card maker, scrapbooker and enjoy finding ways to utilize my products and craftiness into home decor.
I have a mild addiction to scrapbook paper, I’m always drawn to that first and I’ve been known to buy my boys clothes to coordinate with a specific paper collection for the perfect pictures for layouts!
I’m very fortunate to have a craft room where you’ll find me at some point almost daily. Creating is a true passion and I love to share knowledge and ideas through classes and spending time with like-minded crafty peeps is the best!
Sharon M. Reinhart
Sharon M. Reinhart is a multimedia designer, demonstrator, teacher and author. Her work is showcased in leading publications including magazines, multi-designer books, her online class/DVD
Fabulous Paper Folds and her own books Iris Folding for Life's Special Moments, Tea Bag Folding through the Seasons, Iris Folding for Christmas and The Card Gallery. Manufacturers have utilized her work in advertisements, project sheets, classes, kits, booth displays and on websites. She has taught and demonstrated at conventions, retail stores and manufacturer education events. Sharon is a designer member of AFCI (formerly CHA). She also holds her Event Management Certificate from MRU which has proven to be a complement to her work within the creative industries.
Sharon feels fortunate to be able to work in such an exciting and creative industry. She looks forward to the continued opportunity of helping to inspire others through her work. For further information and inspiration please visit www.smrdesigns.blogspot.com
Tammy Ziolkowski
I am originally from Nova Scotia and have called Calgary home since 1997. My husband and I recently celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary and we have three teenagers and two dogs. I work full time and despite having a super busy household, I think it's important to make time to create. For as long as I can remember, I've done some kind of crafting. My love of paper crafting started when I had my first baby and even though I like to do a bit of everything, my absolute fave is creating 12x12 layouts - I love everything about it! From watching videos and pouring over Pinterest to shopping for paper & embellishments.
Speaking of shopping…I love to add new collections to my hoard - I mean STASH (lol). It's no secret that I have an obsession with Thickers and ephemera and even though I do use a lot of it, I think it's safe to say, I will most likely never run out. My style has changed a lot over the years but my love for embellishments has stood the test of time. In the last few years, I have started to explore the world of mixed media and have managed to build quite a stockpile of inks, paints and stencils. I love adding elements of mixed media into my scrapbooking and these pages are always my favorite. My craft room is an open space in the center of my home and I love spending hours at my table, where I am surrounded by my family and have my dogs at my feet.
Having created hundreds of pages over the years, I have taken lots of classes and learned so much about design and technique. After years of submitting my work to different publications, I was so excited to have my first ever layout published with Creative Scrapbooker (Spring 2018) and second layout with Scrapbook & Cards Today (Spring 2018). Over the next year I had 8 more layouts published and was invited to participate in cover challenges. I am so proud that my design was selected for the cover of the Summer 2019 issue of Creative Scrapbooker magazine and even have that cover framed and hanging in my craft room!
Shortly after my first layouts were published, I was invited to design for a Canadian kit club and was challenged to try new formats. This is when I discovered mini albums on YouTube and developed a new passion. Over the last two years, I have made more albums than I can count. Let's just say, I should have bought stock in Scor Tape!! My love of mini albums caught Julia's attention and I'm so thankful to have been asked to join the team at The Paper & Ink Boutique. I have been busy working on creating new album designs and am so excited to share these projects with all of the wonderful crafters I have met in my classes.
Cassandra Millward
Interested in art from a young age I was always drawing or coloring or painting and took art all through school. I started in paper crafting with a love of stamping in card making and scrapbooking. During the first years sons’ life I took a break to spend time with him. When I could find time, I took a variety of classes to nurture my creative side. I did everything from art classes to cake decorating to making homemade soaps and lotions.
During the last 5 years I have had some medical issues and found that I once again returned to my love of paper crafting as a form of therapy and expression and creativity.My style had vastly changed due to how much has changed in paper crafting over the years and new skills I had learned. I still love to bring some stamping into my art but now find myself loving the mixed media style, playing with the bold colors of alcohol ink and the soft watercolors.I enjoy creating my own backgrounds, embellishments, and household décor. I am an avid learner of new ink and paper techniques, especially if it involves something goopy, and once I have had a chance to play with any new product I love to share this knowledge with others.