this is aRt - Stamper's Sampler Dec/Jan 2010

I'm honored to have my card creation in the December/January 2010 Stamper's Sampler. Each month there is a template published in the magazine, your challenge is to create your "take" on the template and send it in for possible publication. This one is sort of "out of the box" for me.  The corset image is not one I would have come up with myself, but that is what is so fun about the templates. You try creating in a new way. Thanks for looking.

The Merriest Christmas

The template was in a Stamper's Sampler magazine in early summer of 2008. A house shape. It would be published in the December/January 2009, I was sure a holiday house would be a hit. I was disappointed when it wasn't in the magazine. It seems the magazines feature fall/winter holidays in their October/November issue. But here it is in the Winter 2010 Somerset Studio Gallery. I am honored to have my work featured in Somerset Studio Publications.

The project features Daisy D paper scraps and Catslife Press and Mrs O'Leary's rubber stamps.

I have another item featured in the newest issue of Stamper's Sampler. Which will be the topic of my next blog post. This is indeed exciting. I have been trying to reorganize my life/activities/time/space, to make more time for art. I was feeling a bit discouraged, not so much that I wasn't having things published. You have to send "stuff" in to get published. I wasn't  making the time to do it. I was beginning to feel like it wasn't worth the effort to continue to try. These wonderful magazines showed up in the same week.

Stampers Sampler!!!!

Here it is! My card is at the top of page 13! It is an honor to be included!

Published!

I received an email a couple of weeks ago, that my card, shown above, would be in the June/July issue of Stamper's Sampler. I'm suppose to receive a free copy. It's always tempting to buy one at the store. But I will wait. It is suppose to arrive the first week in June. Only one more week. Have you seen it at the store yet. I submitted this to a challenge call for a card that is red/white/blue flowers. This stamp set is by Inque Boutique. I love the swirls.