My First Publication In Scrapbook Generation's Create Magazine!

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Today I am very honoured and excited to share that I have a layout published in Create Magazine!  This is a new free monthly digital paper crafting magazine that began publishing in January 2014.  My layout in the June 2014 issue is on page 212.  Check out this jam packed magazine that focuses on sketches but has so much more.  It's their biggest issue yet.  Check it all out here.

I love everything about Fancy Pants Designs and this layout was created from the As You Wish Collection.  I cut out the title on the gold foil paper with my Silhouette Cameo and also the gold tag behind the photo and the little gold hearts.  The flowers are fussy cut and I also cut strips of patterned paper from the collection and added some sewing mating stitching to the strips.  The photos were created with Turbo Collage, which is photo collage software, and the coloured text was added with the software as well.  This is the first layout that I have published in this particular magazine.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit.  I hope you all have a wonderful day.

Published In Let's Get Sketchy Get Inspired Magazine!

Happy Thursday everyone!  Today I am super excited to tell you that the Let's Get Sketchy Get Inspired Magazine Issue #3 is live and I have two layouts published in this issue.  The first layout is on Page 72

and the second layout is on Page 83

The entire magazine can be viewed at the link below.

http://www.joomag.com/magazine/lets-get-inspired-may-issue-3/0458203001398802899

This is a great magazine full of lots of scrapbooking inspiration so be sure and check it out.

Have a lovely day!

Published In The Spring Issue Of Life, Paper, Scrapbook!

Hello friends!  Today I am super excited to share that the Spring 2014 Issue of the online publication of Life, Paper, Scrapbook is now live and I have three scrapbook layouts in this issue.

Page 70

Page 96

Page 103

As a scrapbooker, and a Canadian, I am super honoured and thrilled to be published among some of these talented scrapbookers from all over the world.  So take a little break and grab a coffee or tea and if you care to have a look, you can find my layouts on Pages 70, 96 and 103.

http://issuu.com/lifepaperscrapbook/docs/lps_march14

I also wanted to share this layout that I created.  It isn't published, but I loved taking these photos at the Ocean Discovery Centre in Sydney, B.C. on the beautiful island of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

Have a great day!

Some Happy News!

Hello friends!  Happy Friday!  Today I wanted to share my excitement.  The Spring 2014 Issue of Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine is making its way to mailboxes now and this is what I found in my mailbox today.

I have a layout on page 27

Thanks to Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine for publishing another one of my layouts.  I am truly honoured as there is so much talent out there.  Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine is published four times per year and they are always looking for submissions.  You can subscribe to this great printed magazine too.  There is also an app for the digital version so you don't have to live in Canada to subscribe.   

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!

Let's Get Sketchy Sketch Inspired Magazine

Happy Saturday everyone!  In my area we are under a heavy snowfall warning so I am going to hunker down and stay at home.

Today I am sharing a great new digital magazine with lots of great sketch inspiration and I am honored to be included and have a layout published in this new venture.  My layout is on Page 72.

It's great to see so many of my online scrapbooking friends layouts gathered in one place.  This online magazine can be downloaded, printed or viewed on a computer.  Here is the link.  Enjoy!

http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.ca/2013/11/its-time-lgss-first-magazine-publication.html

I hope you get a chance to check this out.  At the moment, there is a submission call for the winter publication so make sure to check it all out.

Have a great day!

Published!

Hello scrappy friends!  If you are here for the Practical Scrappers/Paper Secrets Blog Hop please go here or scroll down to the post below this post.

I am honoured and excited to share my layout that was published in the 2013 Fall Issue of Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine.

My layout is on page 136 which will be in newstands all across Canada September 1.

For this layout I created from a sketch for design team work at Scrapbook Challenges.  I love sunflowers.  This particular layout I created with the Sugar Hill Collection by Farmhouse Paper Company. My Silhouette Cameo was used to cut the wheat behind the title and also the border at the bottom of the layout.  The background was created using a scoring board and some walnut stain that I spritzed all over the white card stock.

Thank you for letting me share my layout and my good news.  I would urge all my Canadian scrappy friends to submit your work to Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine. Don't be shy!

Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine is a printed magazine that is published four times a year by Canadians and for Canadians, but that doesn't mean that you can't subscribe to this awesome magazine if you are international.  Canadian Scrapbooker welcomes international subscribers as well.  If you are wanting to subscribe digitally or have one come to your door, click here.

Have a wonderful day and hopefully you have time to do what you love!

My Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine Publications - Summer 2013 Issue

Hi friends!

Today the sun is shining and I wanted to share some exciting news.  I feel so blessed and honoured to have two layouts published in the Summer 2013 issue of Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine which should be arriving on news stands in Canada right now.  The first layout is a layout I created celebrating Canada, my country that is on page 50.

Beautiful Canada

If that wasn't exciting enough, I was also asked if I would like to try for the front cover.  Pinch me please! I made the four takes on the front cover  (page 8) with this layout

Family Together Forever

There is something about seeing these layouts in print that is so exciting.

Stay tuned as I just have been informed that I will have another layout published in the Fall 2013 issue which will be on news stands September 1!  Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine is published four times a year and you don't have to be Canadian to subscribe.  Now international scrapbookers can participate in the Monthly Sketchy Challenge too!  Check out their link here.

Thanks for stopping by and taking time to read my blog and letting me share.  Have a wonderful day!

Magazine Publications

Today I am celebrating my magazine publications.

It all started back in 2010 when I got the courage to submit my work.  It's not an easy thing to do, but I thought what the heck.  It's for fun and it was such a surprise when I got an email back in July 2010 from an online magazine saying they would like to publish this layout of my handsome hubby and his new car.

Superhero

Then it started a spark inside of me and I thought why not try again so I submitted to Scrapbooking.com Magazine and submitted a mini album which also got published

Winter Joy

The next year, my daughter got married and I wanted to alter a frame so I submitted another one to the "altered submission call" at Scrapbooking.com magazine and here it is:

Wedding Altered Frame

Then there were a few more layouts:

Baking With Love

Mom

Mom's Diner

Then I thought why not try submitting to other magazines so I tried Scrapbook News And Review Magazine, which I also subscribe to, and these were published:

Elly

Beautiful Bride

Good Friends

The Gown

Paradise Mini Album

Then last year,  I won an annual subscription to ScrapNArt Magazine and thought I would like to submit a layout for the "Fall Submission Call".  They published this layout in the November 2012 issue:

Thankful

Finally, my goal was to submit to some scrapbooking magazines that were printed magazines that were sold in grocery stores, book stores and department stores. I submitted to Canadian Scrapbooker magazine as I have every issue of this amazing magazine since it was founded in 2005.  Last November, I got an email from Jackie Ludlage from Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine that they wanted to publish these two layouts.  I was over the moon excited!

Butchart Gardens

Aglow

My youngest son was so giddy to see a full page of himself in the Spring 2013 issue of Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine in print.

Now, this week, I have been informed that another layout has been picked up in the Summer 2013 issue of Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine and I couldn't be more thrilled as I am Canadian and love my country.

So I am not here to brag, brag, brag but to share the fact that we all have goals and dreams and it doesn't matter what age you are, but that dreams and goals can be realized even at my age.  Creativity doesn't have an age attached to it.   My dream or niche didn't start to be realized until I was in my late forties.  Art was one of my worst classes in school as I don't like being rushed when I create and I didn't like being graded on something where there is no mistakes, in my opinion.  Art is supposed to be fun and for me it is therapeutic as well as a way of preserving memories of my family and friends and all the beautiful things around me.  It is a piece of me that I can share with others and it will be preserved for many years to come.  I can't say the same about cleaning my house.  I want to set an example for my children that hard work and persistence pays off no matter what the goal or dream is.

Everyone begins somewhere and 18 months ago, I mustered up the courage to apply for design teams and Anam Stubbington, who is an amazingly talented lady that founded the iphone app "Sketches To Scrapbook", asked if I would like to join her team.  I was so honoured and flattered that she liked my creations.  Anam moved from Canada back to the U.K. and then she asked me to join Twisted Sketches as a design team member for her fabulous sketches and the rest is history!  It really was nice that she believed in me as I was going through a very hard time personally and it really boosted my self esteem.  After that, I applied to Scrapbook Challenges, another international design team that has weekly sketches, a forum and challenges and was accepted.  I have been on Scrapbook Challenges for 3 terms now and have made such great scrappy friends.  I have also designed on Let's Capture These Sketches, Scrap It With A Song and Sketches In Thyme and now Practical Scrappers too!

The past two years have been such a creative journey for me and it has taught me that a person has to believe in themself and to work hard and never give up. It has also helped me to come out of my shell, so to speak, and put myself out there, which is never easy. I really couldn't have done it without my family and friends supporting me and it has been so great to make such awesome scrapbooking friends from all over the world that have the same passion. We are all different, but yet the same.

Lately, I have been having some personal issues so I am taking this month off from all my design teams to take care of my family and myself,  but want to refresh and carry on this journey in April.  I don't know where it will take me, but it definitely has been great ride.

Thanks to everyone that believes in me and thank you for stopping by my blog.  It means a lot to me that you come and visit.

Have a wonderful day!