Meet The Design Team

Meet our fabulous design team. We're so pleased to have these talented designers working with our products - take a look at a few of the examples of their stunning work and their latest posts for our blog, tutorials, techniques and product reviews.

We can’t wait to see the amazing designs they will be creating with our Papermilldirect card and paper! We’re also delighted that they will be regularly contributing posts right here on our blog! Ideas a-plenty for all of you to be inspired by with your paper crafting.

If you use our card and paper yourself, please share your work over on our Facebook page and do leave links to your blogs so we can find you easily.

Want to Join our Design Team?

If you create crafts or cards with our products and are interested in joining our Design Team, then we would love to hear from you!

Apply by contacting us at hello@papermildirect.co.uk.
- Include links to your social media accounts
- Tell us a bit about your crafting styles and interests.
- Attach 2-3 Photos of your favourite Projects
If you have experience writing blogs or making videos, please include examples or links to these in your application.

Being Part of the Team:
3 Month Contract
6 Blogs or 6 Videos (2 per Month)
12 Crafty Creations (4 per Month)
You'll need to take quality photos of your lovely designs.

Creations should be made using only Papermilldirect card or paper.
Dies, Embossing folders, SVG files, etc. can be sourced from other suppliers; links to these suppliers are welcomed when writing blogs.

Want to be featured on our Blog?

If the Design Team doesn’t feel like the right fit for you, how about featuring on our blog? We have a Meet the Crafter section where we promote creatives who use our card.
Apply by contacting us at hello@papermildirect.co.uk.

- Include links to your social media profiles.
- Tell us a little about your crafting styles, interests, or how you sell the products you create.
- Attach at least 2-3 photos of the projects you want to promote.
These projects must be made exclusively with Papermilldirect card. Please specify which card you used for each project.

Being Featured:
x1 Blog Post all about you and your work
- We may send you some questions as prompts, or you can provide your own write-up about yourself and your work.
- The Blog will contain links to your social media & Etsy page/ website if you sell your creations.

The Blog will also be promoted on our Social Media Pages.

Barbara Daines

Barbara Daines

I’m Barbara and I live just outside the beautiful World Heritage City of Bath with my lovely man, Alan, and our German Shepherd, Finn. I have two fantastic ‘grown-up’ sons, one beautiful daughter-in-law and an amazing grandchild, Eva, who was born in 2013. I have crafted all of my life in one way or another. From the age of 15 I had a great little … read more

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Nicole Mullen

Nicole Mullen

I love to craft and create and love nothing more that disappearing into my craft room for hours on end and creating anything from cards, mini albums, wedding and party invites, working on mixed media and altered art. I have been paper crafting for about 5 years now. My craft room is quickly becoming too small for my needs it seems! I recently got a… read more

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Vicki Poulton

Vicki Poulton

Hi I’m Vic and I live in Buckinghamshire. I have been crafting for about 15 years and I absolutely love making cards. You will find me most evenings in my craft room. I have two young girls who keep me busy in the day. I love nothing more than making cards and I have a slight obsession with card stock. Vicki has an amzing blog which you can view h… read more

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