Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine Special Thanks! Blog Hop

Hi everyone,

I'm back today to participate in the Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine Special Thanks! Blog Hop. The hop starts at the one and only Jennifer McGuire's blog and you should be arriving from Alicia Thelin's fabulous blog.


Sadly, after many years of inspiring paper crafters around the world, Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine is ceasing publication. I can't remember when I first starting receiving this awesome magazine but I'm sure it was a Christmas gift from my parents. At the time I was very active in the Hero Arts flickr group and when I started seeing a few fellow members' names and cards in Paper Crafts I thought I'd give this submitting thing a try. I submitted a couple of cards and had nothing picked up. I figured my work just wasn't good enough. About a year later, I saw a call that really appealed to me and thought I'd give it another try. I submitted three cards and had one picked up. I was OVER THE MOON! I tried for the next call and once again had nothing picked up. Again, I gave up...until I saw my name and card in print. Then I was hooked! For the next 3 years I submitted to just about every single call and had quite a few cards published. Unfortunately, after a very stressful move last year I just couldn't get back into it.

Before I share the card I made for the blog hop, I thought I'd share my TOP TEN favourite moments with Paper Crafts:

 1. Having my first published card! I will never forget that feeling.
 2. Hanging out with other card submitters for the acceptance parties over on the Paper Crafts facebook page and Virginia Lu always bringing the music. :)
 3. Being part of various Paper Crafts blog hops.
 4. Being a Cover Girl for the first time! (and the second...and third...and fourth.
 5. Getting to meet Susan R. Opel, P. Kelly Smith, and Teri Anderson at CHA Summer 2012. They were all so sweet. I was a nervous wreck, lol.
 6. Getting to work on a whole section of Paper Crafts Tips and Tricks (heat embossing) and knowing they had confidence in my abilities even when I didn't.
 7. Being a WCMD 2012 winner and getting to know the other winners through facebook.
 8. Being invited to try out as a Go-To-Gal (even though I didn't give it a go it was a huge honour to be asked).
 9. Being a Stamping Royalty 2013 winner and getting to know the other winners...again through facebook.
10. Been invited to participate in various private calls for submission.

BONUS - 11. Having a card published that I made with the help of my son. :)

I have such great memories of working with Paper Crafts Magazine. From Susan's endless cheerleading to being challenged to try new things, my confidence as a card maker grew greatly and I got to know so many wonderful, encouraging women. For that, I thank you Paper Crafts...


So that son I mentioned having a card co-published with? While I was doing the cross-stitching for this card he asked if he could get in on the action too...so this one was another joint effort :)


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All these people want to thank you, Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine!
1. Lisa Henke  72. Katie Gehring  143. Kim Hughes  
2. Kelly Latevola  73. Jennifer Cuthbertson  144. Becky Olsen  
3. Lesley Croghan  74. Cecilia Hsieh  145. Kim Heggins  
4. Jennifer McGuire  75. Laura Sterckx  146. Ashley Harris  
5. Taheerah Atchia  76. Donna Bowman  147. Susan Liles  
6. Veronica Zalis  77. Rachel Kleinman  148. Darnell Knauss  
7. Laura O'Donnell  78. Ellen Hutson  149. Donna Hitz  
8. Julia Stainton  79. Tanis Giesbrecht  150. Miriam Prantner  
9. Lorena Cantó  80. Marcie Sharp  151. P. Kelly Smith  
10. Amy Tsuruta  81. Danielle Walls (Neat and Tangled)  152. Yana Smakula  
11. Piali Biswas  82. Beverley Brown (Uniko Studio)  153. Nichole Heady  
12. Rae Barthel  83. Tracey McNeely  154. Altenew  
13. Jessica Witty  84. Laurie Willison  155. Alice Golden  
14. Annette Witherspoon  85. Bev Gerard  156. Cath Edvalson  
15. Gayatri Murali  86. Nina Yang  157. Cindy Lawrence  
16. Maria Fischer  87. Barb Housner  158. Karen Dedman (Your Next Stamp)  
17. Laura Williams  88. Clare Prezzia  159. Sandy Allnock  
18. Lisa Arana  89. Tasnim Ahmed  160. Operation Write Home  
19. Wendy McGaffey  90. Joyce Mehrberg  161. Jennifer Ingle  
20. Heather Hoffman  91. Sabrina Alery  162. A Creative Journey with Melissa  
21. Cristina Kowalczyk  92. Waltzingmouse Stamps  163. Yvonne Yam  
22. Lynn Mercurio  93. Leigh Penner  164. MFT  
23. Jamie Greene  94. Jenn Shurkus  165. Shemaine Smith  
24. Lori Tecler  95. Kimberly Wiener  166. Spectrum Noir  
25. Susie Wittwer  96. Amber Hight  167. Nicki Scheck  
26. Jocelyn Olson  97. Lindsay Amrhein  168. Asty Purbasari  
27. Chaitali Narla  98. Shelly Kurth  169. Danielle Pandeline  
28. Hero Arts  99. Mayuri  170. Isha Gupta  
29. Nadine Perez  100. Vera W. Yates  171. Jen Carter  
30. Sarah Martina Parker  101. Connie Mercer  172. Mendi Yoshikawa  
31. Laura Bassen  102. Audrey Tokach  173. Keren Baker  
32. Lori Barnett  103. Paulina Nakamura  174. Trinh Arrieta  
33. Deepti Malik  104. Reverse Confetti  175. Tenia Nelson  
34. Tessa Wise  105. Libby Hickson  176. Angie Tieman  
35. Karen Baker  106. Yoonsun Hur  177. Lawn Fawn  
36. Tifany DeGough  107. Maureen Plut  178. Lydia Evans  
37. Virginia Lu  108. Jessica Pascarella  179. Samantha Mann  
38. Ruza Rebel  109. Lynn Mangan  180. Kymona Tracey  
39. Emily Leiphart  110. Mariana Grigsby  181. Jess Moyer  
40. Ashley N Newell  111. Shery Russ  182. Kathy Martin  
41. Jennifer Rzasa  112. SRM Press  183. Joni Andaya  
42. Dana Warren  113. Sarah Jay  184. Debbie Marcinkiewicz  
43. Amy Kolling  114. Anabelle O'Malley  185. Lisa Johnson  
44. Wanda Guess  115. Michele Boyer  186. Laine Webb  
45. Kalyn Kepner  116. Clare Buswell  187. Bethany Stellpflug  
46. LauraJane:)  117. Angel Rivera  188. Melania Deasy  
47. Tammy Jackson  118. Laura Pryor/Lil' Inker Designs  189. Ivanka Lentle  
48. Karolyn Loncon  119. Beth Pingry  190. Sweet Stamp Shop  
49. Heather Campbell  120. A Jillian Vance Design  191. Jeanne Jachna  
50. Niki Garcia  121. Jillian Vance  192. Emily Branch  
51. Erin Schreiner  122. Bunny Vance  193. Anja Bytyqi  
52. Vanessa Menhorn  123. Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L  194. Chameleon Pens  
53. Simon Says Stamp  124. Kristie Larsen  195. Francine Vuillème  
54. Donna Mikasa  125. Maureen Merritt  196. Newton's Nook Designs  
55. Lin Brandyberry  126. Heather North  197. Alicia Thelin  
56. Giovana Smith  127. Nina Brackett  198. Sarah Moerman  
57. Brenda Weaver  128. Clearsnap, Inc  199. Winter Sims  
58. Glenda J. Wyatt  129. CAS-ual Fridays Stamps  200. Amber Kroening  
59. Kelly Griglione  130. Lori Craig  201. STAMPlorations  
60. Michelle Lupton  131. Lydia Fiedler  202. Avery Elle  
61. Michelle Williams  132. Julie Campbell  203. Caryn Davies  
62. Lyndal Higgins  133. Lea Lawson  204. N@ Ali  
63. Elena Roussakis  134. Taylor Usry  205. Amy Sheffer  
64. Kara Vrabel  135. Jill Dewey Hawkins  206. Nance Salkeld  
65. Michelle Woerner  136. Chunyuan Wu  207. Meredith MacRitchie  
66. Amanda Coleman  137. Melissa Cash  208. Jill Norwood  
67. Winnie & Walter  138. Annette Allen  209. Penny Ward  
68. Cheiron Brandon  139. Carisa Zglobicki  210. Karin Åkesdotter  
69. Kristie Goulet  140. Crafter's Companion US  211. Yainea Nuñez  
70. Kimberly Crawford  141. Stephanie Muzzulin  212. Lucy Abrams  
71. Lalo IK  142. Alice Wertz  213. Mama Elephant  

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Thanks so much for stopping by! Your next stop is Winter Sims' blog.
Sarah

13 comments:

Miriam Prantner said...

Wonderful card and tribute! Love that your son helped!

Anonymous said...

I loved reading about your Top 10 moments with the mag, and the card is darling, Sarah! Love the concentration look in your son's sweet face :)

i'm with the band said...

Very sweet!

~amy~ said...

awwwwwww....love this post! That card is that much more special since your sweet boy helped...how stinkin' cute is that?!!!!!

Unknown said...

That's awesome that he helped out with the card...the joy of homeschooling! :)

Jingle said...

Beautiful card, Sarah!

Virginia L. said...

Love your mentions for all the highlights ( you are quite an overachiever!)..including the e-mail acceptance party with the music on! I will definitely miss those good old days! Your little helper is amazing. I just ordered that die and now after seeing it, I can't wait to play! HUGS!

Shelly said...

LOVE this, Sarah!!!

Mclay said...

You are so very blessed with your son. I can tell he has a tender heart, Sarah. You both have such talent, too.

Kara said...

love it!! so cool!

Marcie Sharp said...

You are a card-making superstar! I can say, "I've met that cover girl!!" ;) Love the cross-stitching- so great!

Holly AKA KopyKat said...

Super cute.

Anonymous said...

I loved your tribute to Paper Crafts and looking back on all of your cards. Good work Sarah. It is sad to see Paper Crafts cease. Great card you made with your son. Talent runs in the family!

Julie R.