
Susan R. Opel
One of my all time favorite movies is The Sound of Music, especially for the music. I mean how can you not feel all warm inside when the Von Trapps sing “Edelweiss” and “So Long, Farewell”? There’s a comfort in these songs that remind me of the past and happy times.
Today we celebrate one last time our out-going Founding Paper Crafts Pros with a cheery rendition of “So Long, Farewell”. They have been an important part of our magazine, and we wish them the absolute very best as they begin their new paper crafting adventures.

Founding Paper Crafts Pros: Wendy Johnson, Sue Neal, Alisa Bangerter and Kim Kesti.
In case you missed it, Alisa, Susan, and Wendy have all bid an official farewell in three different blog posts here on Paper Crafts Connection. You can read Alisa’s here, Susan’s here, and Wendy’s here.
We certainly don’t expect these ladies to fade out of the picture. You can look forward to seeing more of their creations in our magazine, and we can’t wait to watch where the future takes them. Alisa is working on writing a book, Susan is busy teaching classes and Wendy is embarking on a new venture with Piggy Tales as their education coordinator. And since they love teaching, you just might get the chance to take a class from them at a CKC.
Make sure to leave some love in the form of comments here today for these fabulous ladies. I’ll choose one lucky winner who will receive a copy of Scrapbook to Cards autographed by Alisa, Susan, and Wendy, as well as their partner in paper crafting crime, Kim Kesti. Get those responses in by midnight MDT on Friday, September 4th, and Kelly will announce the winner on Monday!
So long, ladies,
Susan











Best of luck to all of you ladies as you continue on with new adventures! Go and grow! Thanks for all the inspiration.
Best of luck to you all. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Best wishes to you all!
What a fab giveaway!
I am so happy for all three of you. It is wonderful that there are so many opportunities for artistic people in the papercraft business.
Farewell to all of you! Best of luck!
Wishing you ladies all the best for the future. Hope to be seeing your wonderful work soon.
Good luck ladies in your new adventures, and thanks for sharing yourselves with us. Expecting to see good things from you in the future.
Alisa, Wendy, and Susan…
Thank you – all of you – for sharing your talents and love for this craft with us through the years. I have enjoyed seing your works so much!
I wish you all the best always!
Hugs,
Renee
Ladies: It’s been fun to see all you have done and how lucky for the places you are moving onto next! Happy Crafting!
You guys are all simply awesome and will be greatly missed! I am so glad that I had the chance to get to know you all over the last few years. Looking forward to hearing more about your new ventures and wishing you only the best things in life – stay in touch! xo
All the very best to you and your endeavors and may all your dreams come true…..
It’s been a pleasure, thanks for sharing all that creativity!
Alison
Thank you for sharing all your creativity! We’ll be looking for you work and talents in amazing new places!
Best wishes to all of you! Thanks for all the inspiration. Hope to see work from all of you again soon.
Ah ladies, you will be missed – unless you can pull it off to return often with special projects! Which we hope! Best wishes in your new adventures!
good luck!
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