Objective:My objective is to share my passion for photography and scrapbooking with others through working on design teams and showing my work in publications either in print or online. I especially love the opportunity to encourage, motivate and inspire others to scrapbook through being on design teams and being involved in online communities and blogs.
My scrapbooking style:Given my engineering background, my style is usually very clean lined and classic with a touch of graphic or shabby sometimes thrown in. I can also be very journalistic at times if I have a big story to tell. I always want the focus to be on the photograph(s) and/or journaling, which I can easily do with a clean/classic style. Most of the product I use comes from kit clubs, so I am comfortable with working with a wide range of product that others have picked.
Publications:
Print:- Creating Keepsakes Magazine
--"Everyday", Upcoming Mar/Apr 2010 - Creating Keepsakes Magazine
--"Little Man", October 2009 - Layout Blueprints 2 Idea Book,
--“Carefree”, 2-page layout
--“McDonald Family Christmas”, 2-page layout
Ezines:
- Scrapstreet Magazine
--“Our Family of Five,” layout, January 2008
--“3 Siblings,” layout, January 2008
--“Baby, You’re on a Roll,” layout, January 2008
--“Boy or Girl,” layout, January 2008
--“I Scrapbook Because…,” layout, February 2008
--“Even Superheroes Need a Nap,” layout, February 2008
--“I Scrap For…,” layout, September 2008
- Ready-Set-Create Magazine
--“Jump,” cover layout, April/May 2008
--“Lough Family,” altered ‘L’, April/May 2008
--“All I Want,” layout, April/May 2008
--"Girls’ Night,” 2-page layout, Aug/Sept 2008
--“G Family,” altered frame, Aug/Sept 2008
--“Rake, Run, Jump, Toss,” layout, Oct/Nov 2008
--“Remember,” layout, Oct/Nov 2008
--“Pumpkin Surfing,” layout, Oct/Nov 2008
--“Pre-K Grad,” layout, June/July 2009
--“Celebrate Freedom,” layout, June/July 2009
--“Dad's Day,” layout, June/July 2009
--“Triker Boy,” layout, June/July 2009
--"Happy Birthday", card, June/July 2009
- Making Memories For You Magazine
--“F is For…,” layout, July 2008
Design Teams
- Capture These Sketches Blog Guest Designer, January 2010
- ScrapDango Design Team, September 2008-present (Co DT Leader April 2009-present)
- Scrapperie Design Team, February 2009-present
- My Sketch World Design Team, February 2009-July 2009
- Personal Scrapper Guest Designer, January 2008
Other
- Layout featured on the Creating Keepsakes Blog, "A Perfect Fall Day"
- Layout featured in the January 2009 Pagemaps Newsletter and one of the two layouts chosen by Becky Fleck as her favorite for the month, "A Dozen Years and Counting"
- Scrapstreet Magazine Discovery Drive Designer, January 2008. In addition to publishing 4 of my layouts, there was an article on me and my bio. See the article here.