As an elementary teacher and artist, Debbi Crane has been an avid book artist for many years and has studied book arts at Penland and Arrowmont. The current focus of her studio practice is making one-of-a-kind books, fully realized compositions that include a narrative text, imagery, and a binding structure that complements the content. In 2004, she began her first year-long daily art project, which was making a miniature book every day. She has continued making daily art ever since, giving herself a different assignment every year. Since 1998, she has been teaching art workshops for adults in various fabric arts, including at the International Quilt Festival at Make-It-U, sponsored by Quilting Arts Magazine. Her work has been published in several magazines, including Cloth Paper Scissors and Somerset Studio and featured in books such as 1,000 ATC’s (Rockport) and Beaded Cards (Lark).

While she was always gluing, sewing, writing, or painting something, Cheryl Prater started scrapbooking in 1996. This was a great creative release affording her a break from her stressful professional career, as well as a way to catalog all those adorable baby pictures. She began experimenting with collage and altered books in 2005, after discovering and being greatly inspired by Cloth Paper Scissors magazine. Her work has been published in Cloth Paper Scissors, Creating Keepsakes, and the forthcoming 500 Handmade Dolls (Lark). She creates, blogs, teaches workshops, and takes on other artful endeavors in Atlanta, Georgia, where she lives with her husband, Mark, twin boys, Connor and Reese, and show dog, Trumpet the Wonder Dachshund.