Meet our Design Team!
Jessica Frost-Ballas,
Design Team and Social Media Coordinator
Hi, I’m Jess from All the Sparkle! I live in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with my incredibly supportive husband, three sassy cats, and a goofy sheltie! I discovered Chibitronics in 2015 and fell head over heels! I love interactive cards and adding a light-up element is just the perfect way to create something truly special for a loved one! I am honored to work for several amazing paper-crafting companies and enjoy incorporating Chibitronics products with their designs! I look forward to sharing lots of interactive card ideas with you!
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Rana Alo
Hi, my name is Rana and I live in Germany. I’m 31 years old, a wife, and Mom for a sweet boy. I’m a civil engineer and illustrator. My cardmaking journey started 4 years ago when I wanted to create some cards to give them to our friends when my son was born. Since then I started to search and learn more about cardmaking and I discovered the interactive cards and the lights up cards and I started to combine them to create some special cards that can make everyone’s day better. l always love to try new things and new techniques on my handmade projects and I like to introduce my engineering skills into it. My favourite part is sharing my ideas with people and inspiring them.
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Jenn Cascell
Hi! I’m Jenn and I’m so happy to be joining the team. I live in western NY with my husband and our posse of fluffy cats. I have been paper crafting for over 20 years and I love creating everything from cards to mini albums and everything in between. I cannot wait to share my creations with you!
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Kathy Ceceri
Hi! I’m Kathy and my passion is creating STEAM learning activities for kids and teens using crafts materials and household supplies! I’ve written over a dozen books including Paper Inventions, BOTS, and Making Simple Robots that introduce electronics basics with light-up origami and other fun projects. I firmly believe in the intersection of art and engineering, and love helping techy kids get crafty (and vice versa). When not teaching, writing, or checking out social media for new project ideas, I can be found hiking, biking, and kayaking along the Hudson River in upstate NY. I’m the proud mom of a video game developer and a filmmaker.
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Emily Clabau
I’m 45 years old and I live in Roeselare (Belgium). I’m the mom of 3 teenagers. I love to craft and have been a Cricut Ambassador for Belgium and the Netherlands since December 2022 (so I speak Dutch and French, too!) I love making all kinds of crafts and inspire others with the things I make.
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Jill Dawson
My name is Jill and I am an educator, artist, and maker who lives in Vermont (with my husband of 28 years). While I’m no longer a classroom teacher, I remain passionate about learning and sharing ideas with others. A firm believer in the power of experimentation and play, I am drawn to paper and electronics. One of my favorite things to do is figure out ways to add light to handmade book structures, pop ups, and mechanical cards. I also enjoy traveling, eating maple ice cream with my daughter, and taking walks in the woods.
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Melissa Goodman
Hi, My name is Melissa and I live in the Blue Mountains, Australia with my supportive Husband and 2 boys. I started card making in the early 1990’s and love to colour with Copic Markers. I am excited to be on the Design Team and hope to inspire you with my fun and interactive cards using Chibitronics Products.
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Hello Play!
Hello Play! is the collective effort of friends and colleagues Mariana, Andrea, and Celeste to spark curiosity, play, and creativity for learners of all ages. Together, we bring together our multidisciplinary experiences in design, STEAM, and education to create projects and experiences that are equal parts joyful and educational.
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Kenzie Housego
Multidisciplinary artist Kenzie Housego’s practice includes textiles, embroidery, new-media, and assemblage mediums. The use of technology such as LEDs, Arduino micro-controllers, texting, and screens within her research is symbolic of the virtual realms in which we participate as a society. Her recent series “I❤U” combines craft and technology to explores contemporary courtship, technology, and historical signs and signifiers connected to dating and romance. Housego’s artwork often offers an invitation for interactivity, encouraging viewers to shift from passive observers to active co-producers as they engage with the digital media, experiencing other points of view, and ultimately forming their own individual meanings. Housego holds an MFA from the University of Calgary and a BFA from the Alberta University of the Arts. She has exhibited her art nationally and internationally, notably at the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, CURRENTS festival, Santa Fe New Mexico, and Curiosity Festival, Dublin, Ireland.
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Yukiko Inami
Hi, everyone! I’m Yukiko Inami. I live in Japan. I have three daughters and a husband. I have loved crafts, stationery goods and writing letters to friends since I was little. I started card making about 12 years ago at a volunteer group. It’s the best combination of my favorite things!! After that, I focused on it. Card making has brought many new friends and the Instagram world to me. If you have some experiences that you tried to use Chibitronics in your project and it didn’t work, we are similar. I’ll show you not only my beautiful work but also examples from my failed experiences to learn from!
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Jessica Lin
Hello crafty friends! My name is Jessica Lin. I am a crafty gal in my late twenties, but my passion for cardmaking started a long time ago when I was 9. I was introduced to wooden stamps and I haven’t stopped stamping since. Some of my other hobbies include sewing, washi tape collaging, and I hope one day I’ll learn how to crochet, too. I grew up in Taiwan and speak Mandarin as my mother tongue, so my YouTube channel is mostly filmed in Chinese. This year, I decided to create a bilingual Instagram account. If you are inspired by bold, vibrant colors and enjoy detailed projects with lots of layers, come have a visit! I look forward to meeting and crafting with all of you!
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Christy Matte
I’m Christy. I’m a maker/crafter/artist who loves technology and gadgets, baking, reading, playing video games, spontaneous journeys, and watching too much TV. I am a passionate lifelong learner and creative dabbler, but I am particularly enamored with paper arts like bookbinding and marbling. I hold an M.Ed. in Technology in Education, which may help explain my habit of bringing people together to connect, learn, create, and play. I live in Massachusetts with my husband, two teens, a clingy cat, and a revolving door of foster pets.
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Monica Moody
Hi, I’m Monica Moody; an artist and graphic designer living in Dallas, Texas with my husband, a couple of kids, a couple of pets, and way more than a couple of crafty interests. For me, the magic is in combining concepts and materials from multiple disciplines – the more included, the better! I especially enjoy mixing techniques and elements that may seem unusual together. For the past several years, I have worked mostly with fiber and textiles. It was actually a sewing project that led me to Chibitronics! Now I am having a blast lighting up my makes with paper (and plastic, and fabric!) circuits and LED lights. I’m excited to add more interactivity to my projects and to share ideas with you!
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Laura Nistal
Hello! My name is Laura, I’m from Argentina but I’ve been living in Spain for 21 years, very near to Barcelona. Since I was little I have always liked stationery and crafts, but it was in 2017 when I started this hobby professionally. I am a teacher in the mornings and a crafter in the afternoons, I love creating cards and you will see that I use a lot of color in all of them! I am fascinated by interactive cards, whether they are shakers, sliders or lights, and when I discovered Chibitronics I couldn’t resist! I really like to share my projects on social networks and that you can find inspiration. I can’t wait to show you my projects with Chibitronics!
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Eileen Ong
I’m Eileen, a dedicated card maker from Singapore 🇸🇬. Embracing the world of crafts, I ventured into scrapbooking in 2001, turning it into a cherished hobby. It wasn’t until 2018 that I started sharing my artistic journey, particularly focusing on cards, on Instagram. Crafting cards has become a therapeutic endeavour for me, and I find great joy in seeing the smiles on the faces of my loved ones and friends when they receive my heartfelt creations.
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Sarah Phelan
Hi, I’m Sarah from Sarah’s Stampin’ Retreat! I live in London with my partner and son. I’ve been a crafter since I was tiny, but really turned to cardmaking as an adult because I LOVE that you can create a complete project in one session and that there are so many different techniques to learn – I’m still learning new things 20 years later! I’m so excited to have the opportunity to be on the Chibitronics team and to share my makes with you all!
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Irina Rymshina
Irina Rymshina is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the International MBA Program of ESAN Graduate School of Business. Founder of Moonshotkidz, a Startup in ideation stage currently producing arts, crafts and content on DIY electronics, STEAM and science activities for beginners. She graduated in economics from the Russian University of Cooperation with specialization in Finance and Credit and a Master’s in Business Administration with a major in IT Management from ESAN University. Former IT Operations Manager in Peru for Softline Group, a global software and computer solutions corporation with operations in over 24 countries and annual sales of over USD 500 million. Former Project Manager for Holosens, a Startup incubator and company builder. Alumnus of the Graduate Studies Program at Singularity University in Silicon Valley, where she incubated the Startup HOOPE, an affordable, easy to use medical device. Hoope was selected by Startup Mexico and Startup Chile receiving USD 75,000 in equity-free seed capital. In November 2014, Irina delivered the winning pitch at the World Startup Competition in Korea, receiving the USD 20,000 Google-Dcamp Prize after competing with top startups from more than 45 countries around the world. Irina started her career as executive economist at ABS Group, an Eastern European multinational holding with over 5000 employees, providing comprehensive solutions and executing mega projects globally.
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Arjita Singh
My name is Arjita Singh and I am from India. I love colouring, stamping and DIY the most. I have been crafting and painting since childhood, but I was introduced to the world of stamping and card making in 2012. Ever since then I have been very lucky to have worked with few of the best names in the crafting industry and I just want to keep learning, inspiring, and creating cards every day.
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Sasha Spurgeon
Hi there! I’m Sasha, a cardmaker and crafter from Ontario, Canada. Although I have always been crafty, I discovered my love for paper crafting in early 2020 (and cardmaking a little bit later), and I have not looked back since! I love sharing my creations online, so I look forward to sharing my crafty projects with all of you!
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Eiko Uchida
Hello there, I am Eiko Uchida and I am super excited to be joining with Chibitronics Design Team! I live in Japan with my husband. I am an office worker by day and I enjoy crafting by night. I love experimenting with new products and techniques. After meeting Chibitronics in April of 2016, I became a Chibitronics addict.
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