How to get published in paper crafting

 

I ran across a link to a free e-book about how to get published in papercrafting. 

Check it out at this blog called, "I'm Kayla Aimee and my Life is only Slightly Neurotic". What a funny name!  She must be related to me somehow.

Stupid owl

When they're not starring in Harry Potter movies, snowy owls spend summers in the most northern parts of the world and winters in Canada and similar latitudes. Every 3-4 years, they come further south and this was one of those years. 

To find one, you must drive around and scan fields and fence posts for a large white object. Definitely a challenge. After several fruitless searches and dozens of false alarms from white plastic bags, you begin referring to the formerly esteemed bird as "stupid owl".

But if you keep at it, you may just get lucky like we did and finally see one. I didn't take this picture, but this is the snowy owl we saw.  Not so stupid after all. Majestic, beautiful, and awe inspiring.  Probably a once in a lifetime experience and definitely worthy of a page in my scrapbook album.       

The beautiful glittered winter paper from BoBunny was perfect and the cute owls from Maya Road added a touch of whimsy. The photo mat is the packaging backing from the BB chipboard snowflakes.  All supplies from The Scrapbooking Studio. 

Magnetic Personality

No, I'm not talking about myself (ha ha). I'm talking about my Basic Grey magnetic board.  I took it to a crop a couple of weeks ago and I got a couple questions about it from fellow croppers. 

The board itself is magnetic and comes with a magnetic ruler and a handful of really strong magnets.  I think the primary purpose of the board is to be a cutting mat. But I don't use it for that.  I use it as a place to secure everything to my layout as I'm working on it.

I move things around a lot and I can't tell you how many pages I've ripped when I decided to move something to a different spot. So to be able to experiment with different placement of items without adhering them down is very handy.  Plus, I scrapbook sitting on the floor and it makes a nice work surface.

I don't think anywhere in town carries these anymore as they have been on the market for a while. But you can find them online.

Not your mother's JC Penney catalog

Have you seen the new snazzy JC Penney catalog design?  The photography and type treatments are very cool and dare I say, even inspiring!?  I've been cutting out things to put in my Smash book. And I will probably be ordering the outfit on page 13.

Valentine's projects

Valentine's Day is less than 2 weeks away.  Are you making anything special for your friends and family?  Here's a couple of projects to inspire you . . .  

The little box is made with my Cricut machine (Tags, Bags, Boxes and More).  The paper and die cuts are from My Mind's Eye.  Next, the card base is from Tim Holtz, which I sprayed with some pomegranate Maya Mist.  The chipoard and pins are from Maya Road.  I'm not sure which company made the awesome tulle trim, but you can find it all at The Scrapbooking Studio.

House Fire

If my house were ever to burn down and all my sentimental keepsakes, scrapbooks and such were to be destroyed, I would be devastated.  So needless to say, my house catching on fire is one of my worst fears.  Back in December, the house next door to me caught on fire and while it was contained to the basement, it was still a scary experience with smoke pouring out of the windows and several fire trucks, an ambulance and police cars there for hours.

I chose to scrapbook it because it is one of my worst fears and it happened so very close.  I used paper and supplies from my January design team assignment with The Scrapbooking Studio. The yellow and grey paper is from Authentique, as are the black letter stickers.  The little wooden houses are from Studio Calico.  They are so cute and were a perfect choice to add a little interest to the page without being "cutsey" for a serious topic. 

What are your worst fears and have you every documented them on a scrapbook page?

New Releases galore!

The Winter trade show where all the new releases are debuted is in full swing out in California.  See all the sneak peaks and show news at Paper Crafter's Corner.

One of my favorites so far is this line from October Afternoon, called 9 to 5.  (I've always wanted to see more work related scrapbook stuff since so much of our lives is spent at work.)

Heidi Swapp is also back on the scene with a couple of great new lines including this:

Love these wooden birds from Maya Road (I'm a sucker for anything bird related):

What do you like?