Tena Sprenger’s Journey in the Paper Arts and Scrapbooking world began four years ago as an instructor at Memory Lane Photo Arts store in Gilbert, Arizona.  She has shared her passion for paper arts, book arts and scrapbooking in classrooms in Arizona, throughout the United States as well as internationally several times a month for the last four years. In 2007 Tena added online teaching to her class schedule as teacher for Big Picture Scrapbooking. As an instructor, Tena is known for her unique class concepts and enthusiastic teaching style. Tena‘s classes are technique driven with a focus on unique book arts projects, creative photos, and her flair for incorporating unexpected elements into her projects. Tena is co –author of Lifelines and Artful Memories  both published by Northlight Books. Tena has also achieved publishing success as a contributing artist of the following books from Autumn Leaves ; The Book Book, Designing with Fabric, Designing with Stamps, and Designing with Paper. Tena was inducted into the Creating Keepsakes Hall of Fame in 2004. Tena’s artwork has been regularly featured in Creating Keepsakes Magazine as well as Scrapbooks, Etc. and Legacy Magazine.

Tena lives in Mesa, Arizona with her husband, Mike, and two children, Alyssa and Michael. When she is not busy making a creative mess in her art room, Tena enjoys reading and tap dancing. You can keep up with Tena’s life and art by checking in on her blog:  www.tenasprenger.typepad.com.