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, two 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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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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Rana Alo
Hi, my name is Rana and I live in Germany. I’m 30 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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Bri Firth
Hi friends, I am Brianne from Bri Firth Creates! I am a military spouse currently living in Washington state. I live with my husband, two dogs, and three cats. I discovered basic card making back in 2018, since then I have developed my love for stamping and coloring. I enjoy card making because it helps me stay connected with my family and friends from all over. I especially like to color and make interactive cards. I am so thrilled to be a part of this wonderful design team!
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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 wanna keep learning, inspiring, and creating cards every day.
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Ayesha Iftiqhar
Ayesha is an Electrical Engineer who builds robots during the day and builds artwork and DIY projects using electronics at night. She also loves teaching electronics to both kids and adults by creating interactive workshops and sharing her projects in open-source formats.
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Celeste Moreno
Hi, I’m Celeste! I consider myself a “professional slash person”. I’m a designer/maker/researcher interested in designing creative learning experiences for learners of all ages. I live and work near Boulder, Colorado. I’m particularly interested in experiences that combine tools and ideas from multiple disciplines like technology, arts, and science. This is exactly why I love paper circuits. Crafting with circuits opens up so many possibilities for learning and self-expression. Whether you consider yourself to be a “crafter” or a “technologist” or something else entirely, there’s something compelling for you to explore in the world of paper circuits.
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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 27 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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Marina Giner
Hi crafters! I’m Marina from @theimaginery. I am a sewing, crafts and deco lover from Barcelona. My parents love crafts, since I was little they introduced me to this fantastic world of DIY. Now I am the one who is sharing this hobby to my children, family and friends. I’m loving it! We could say that we are a crafty family and I love to share all my creations on social media to inspire and also to show the “how to”. I can’t wait to share my Chibitronics 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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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 and exited to be on the Design Team and hope to inspire you with my fun and Interactive cards using Chibitronic Products.
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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 11 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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Laura Nistal
Hello! My name is Laura, I’m from Argentina but I’ve been living in Spain for 20 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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Jooyeon Lee (on hiatus)
Hello my crafty friends. My name is Jooyeon Lee, but just call me June. I am a Graphic Designer and lecturer in visual communication in several universities. I started to make something glowing two years ago. It was not paper circuit but sewing circuit. I love paper so much and love making interactive cards with paper like pop-up and light-up. So I make led card with Chibitronics a lot. I am really happy to be joining one of Chibitronics Design Team and look forward to make something more fun with this cute products.
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Past Members
Many thanks to our past Design Team members!
Vanessa Amann
Hello friends, I just want to talk a little bit about me! My name is Vanessa A., I’m 26 years old and I love to craft! I live nearly Frankfurt in Germany together with my boyfriends who always my crafty addiction. I started “professional” crafting about 3 years ago, but I always was creative. I’m so happy to be part of this amazing and fun design team. I hope to inspire you in making fun and interactive cards.
Chibitronics Blog: Vanessa’s Projects
IG: https://www.instagram.com/vanessa.amann/
YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfZwGBEeiW4PRkrZdakCF3Q
Blog: https://vanilljas.blogspot.com/
Tiffany Au
Hello everyone! My name is Tiffany Au and I live in New York City. I am an accountant by trade but have always tried out different hobbies to exercise my creative side but nothing stuck. Finally I discovered the wonderful world of card-making 2 years ago and I never looked back. Through learning all the different card-making techniques via Youtube and Instagram I finally discovered my mind tends to gravitate to interactive cards. Getting the opportunity to join the Chibitronics Design team is a dream come true for me!
Chibitronics Blog: Tiffany’s Projects
IG: https://www.instagram.com/chingm10/
Blog: https://cardsbytiffanyblog.wordpress.com/
Joy Baldwin
Hi my name is Joy Baldwin (Create It With Joy) I am a wife, mother of three, grammy of one and a pet owner of two cute dogs and one crazy bird! I have been crafting forever and making cards for about 17 years. I am so blessed that I get to do this for my job because, I absolutely love it! I’m super excited to get you inspired!
IG: https://www.instagram.com/createitwithjoy/
YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGEHmfQ6SKvLPNlvNog_LWg
Blog: https://www.createitwithjoy.com/
Kelly Griglione
Hi! I’m Kelly, and like many of us, crafting has always been a large part of my life. I have such fond memories of time spent with my Grandma at her kitchen table learning every type of craft imaginable. What a great legacy to leave … I think of Gram every time I sit down to craft! Rubber stamps appeared on my radar 15 years ago while attending a DOTS show (Dozens of Terrific Stamps). At the time I was mostly interested in scrapbooking and only made cards for Christmas. It wasn’t until I started a blog in 2012 that I really got into stamping and card making. The frequent challenges, design team assignments, publication calls, and supportive community really pulled me in. I just love it all!
Chibitronics Blog: Kelly’s Projects
IG: https://www.instagram.com/notablenest/
Blog: https://notablenest.blogspot.com/
Christina Hsu
I am an East Coast native who found her way to the West Coast a few times. I moved across the country 3 times in 4 years. 10+ years ago, I decided to stay put in Southern California and I’m loving every minute of it. I would like to say I’m a children/family entertainment marketing professional by day and paper junkie by night… but in reality, I love paper at all hours of the day! I love anything to do with paper and parties. In fact, I throw parties just so I can brainstorm party favors and what kind of personalized “tag” I plan to create for the favor. Some may say that’s an expensive excuse to make a party favor. But, alas, I enjoy every minute of it.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/bubblegumpaper/
YT: https://www.youtube.com/c/BubblegumPaper
Maya Isaksson
My name is Maya and I live in Sweden with my husband, two kids and three dogs. I love paper crafts especially cardmaking, coloring, designing, drawing, knitting and just about everything geeky. When I’m not crafting I work at a small international development company. I’m super excited to be a part of the Chibitronics design team and look forward to try to come up with clever ideas and inspiration for using the wonderful products.
Chibitronics Blog: Maya’s Projects
IG: https://www.instagram.com/miffot
YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/gostott
Blog: https://www.littleoutbursts.com/
Lesley Oman
Hi there. I’m Lesley, also known in the world of crafting as Hungry Heffy, from Hungry Heffy Crafts. Although originally from Ireland, I now live in England with my crafty daughter Piper and extremely understanding hubby Craig! Although I love most crafts, card making and stamping are my passion – and there is nothing that gets me more excited than an interactive card! Hence my love for Chibitronics! I have such fun sharing my creations with the world, especially via my Hungry Heffy YouTube channel where I also have LIVE crafting streams every now and again.
Chibitronics Blog: Lesley’s Projects
IG: https://www.instagram.com/hungryheffy/
YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDbTghdIaRdDQ6zl7KT00dw
Blog: https://hungryheffycrafts.com/
Yukiko Sugiyama
Hi! My name is Yukiko. I moved to Bay Area, CA in 2019. I live with my husband and 2 girls. I used to collect greeting cards every time I traveled. And one day I thought “I want to make these cards by myself!!” Then my card-making journey began! My favorites are shaker cards, using glitters, and of course light up cards. I enjoy all kinds of crafting and sharing joy of card making. You can find more on my blog: Prima Crafts!
Chibitronics Blog: Yukiko’s Projects
IG: https://www.instagram.com/prima_yucco/
Blog: https://prima-crafts.com/
