Last month was was SO excited when checked my mailbox and discover that I had a card on the cover of Cardmaking, Stamping and Papercraft….
I designed a Four card one sheet wonder, Using Bodacious Bouquet which is now retired but the options of replacemnt stamps are endless.
I also had cards in For Keeps Creative Paper using Stampin’ Up! “A Good Egg” Stamps and My Mind Eye papers.
I just LOVE the “little fat chef” {as I like to call him} Isn’t he cute? I made this recipe tin last year, Some of you may of seen it already as it was published in For keeps Creative paper issue 72 (November 2008) or made one yourself when I offered it as a class. I was really happy with this tin but it has lots of work it in……. I should say lots of cutting.
Here are the divider cards that go inside:
Materials used: Stampin’ Up!
Stamp: Voila, Voila a la carte and Jumbo Outline Alphabet
Ink: Basic Brown, Soft Sky, Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink and Blush Blossom
Paper: Notebook and Very Vanilla
Other: Blender pen, tab punch and twill
Non Stampin’ Up! Stuff: Provo craft tin and Charms
I would normally not say this but YAY ME….. I am very proud of myself this month (so is my Mum), I designed the cover projects of this month’s “For Keeps Creative Paper” magazine (everything on the cover is done my me) and I also have 4 cards in the latest Australian Cardmaking, Stamping and Papercraft magazine….
Here is my cover of For Keeps Creative Paper, I almost died when the editor Casey Wilson emailed me and ASKED me (yes ME) to do the cover project…This is the biggest thing I have ever done and I am very proud of my achievement. The feet and shoes belong to my sweet little Niece Bailey Jane (when she was a baby) and the photo’s on the cube are her as well. I had a great time last week, I took Bailey into the newsagent and walked up to the craft section with her, I did not say anything to her that she was on the cover and wanted to see if she would notice….She looked at the magazine, Pulled on my skirt, Look up at me and said “Auntie, Auntie….look that’s Bailey” I just wish I had a camera to capture her excited little face. This is not the first time she has been in a magazine (she was in a project I did for Scrapbooking Memories last year but we told her she was in the magazine). So for more details check out the current issue of For Keeps Creative Paper.
And I also have four cards in Australian Cardmaking, Stamping and Papercraft magazine this month, Here are the cards I made using Bud Basic. I did these cards a while ago and I think my style has changed since then.
I just can’t believe how far I have come in the past year and I am so grateful for the people who have encouraged me to “dream big”. Not in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought I would have anything published in a magazine let alone be asked to do a COVER, Or make a living out of Papercraft by Teaching, design work and doing Stampin’ Up!.
I had a set of 6 cards Published in For Keeps Creative Paper in June (Issue 67), I used Stampin’ Up! Simply Said to make all the cards. See the issue for all the details and to view the cards better.
I have a Stamp Kissing Workshop in the current issue (Issue 69) on page 32.
And the most exciting news of all… I was commissioned to do the cover for the next issue (Issue 70), I am popping out of my skin already with excitement.
