Publication News & Back To Blogging !! Yay!

Hi Everyone:

Phew! It has been way to long since I have been here! It was a much needed break. But now that I have dealt with some personal stuff, finished homeschooling for another year, completed some more writing for my novel, and most importantly, took some time to refocus, I am now ready to have some creative time again. 

In case your wondering, I really did miss you guys, just that life got really out of sorts there for a little while, and I became overwhelmed. So therefore some time to refuel, refocus, and rest was what was needed. I think that it may have done the trick, because I am ready to start again. I want to say a BIG Thank You to all of you who decided to stick around. It really means so much to me. I know there are other blogs out there with more activity than what this one has been in the last little while, and knowing that you didn't stop following me during my absence makes me love ya more. Lol. Really!!

I wanted to share with you all that recently I had a card published in Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine in the Winter/February edition. Yes, I know that is a little while ago but I am just getting around to sharing now! Better late than never!! Lol. It is still out there on the shelves of some of the local stores, because I say it at one of our local supermarkets just a month ago. You can still get it to order from the website too if you want one. 

To order this magazine go here!

Now this is the card that got published in this magazine above. 

Card Supplies:

Stamps: Florentine/Hero Arts,  

Adhesives: ATG, Pop Dots

Sentiment: Cut with Cricuit Machine

Cardstock: Autumn Leaves, Recollections, and Stampin' Up

Pattern Paper: Karen Foster Designs, Basic Grey

Embellishments: Jewels & Lace/Dollarama, Pearls/Prima Marketing 
Inks & Paints: Ranger Distress Inks, Stampin' Up, and Americanna Paints

To view more details about this card please see this post. 
And I am super happy to share that I got a full page spread all of my own. Yahoo! The team at Canadian Scrapbooker did an amazing job with the staging of this card and so many others. 

My Card Publication 

I cannot seem to get a good picture no matter what lighting I use. Sorry if it is way to dark. I also wanted to say that the tree was made using Sweet & Sassy Stamps tree silhouette set. I stamped it on watercolor paper and used the reverse side to add my green color. Then I did it again but cut the pieces apart to give more dimension to each tree branch. I looked for this set but can't find it now. When I do I will give you the product name and number. I did look on their website but could not find t. It must be out of stock now. It was a old set that my friend Ceal gave to me. 

Here are the credits and product list. 

And here is another picture that is a little better than the first but missing some of the white in the page spread. I would like to add that the red in this photo is not this bright. It is more like a barnwood red than a bright red. 

I am so blessed to have my work published and you can too, just submit!! Lol. 

The heat is really unbearable here tonight and I don't know how we will ever sleep because we didn't last-night. The temperature today was 35 degrees but feeling like 42 with the humidity. And tomorrow the forecast is for 35 degrees again and that is not with the humidity.  At least we are not having snow right!! Lol. So I guess I better get to bed and try to get some sleep. Trust that your all doing well and enjoying your summer. Until next time.....

Take Care & God Bless
Dana