I have been crafting since I can remember having grown up with a Mum who has always been adept at countless crafts. I started knitting when I was about 7 and was designing Fair Isle clothes for my dolls by the time I was 8. I began paper crafting when I had children as a way to create pretty photograph albums; this coupled with my life long love of stationery and photographs meant that scrapbooking soon became a favourite craft. I also love to make cards, cross stitch, knit, crochet, sew and try my hand at any craft given the opportunity!
Design Teams
Current
Design Objectives (Creativity Magazine / DoCrafts Website Contributor)
Practical Publishing (The Scrapbook Magazine / Creative Cardmaking Magazine)
Scrapping Clearly
Past
Scrapagogo (UK No.1 Kit Club)
Mojoholder (UK) Inspiration Blog
Scrapgenie (UK Scrapbooking Wholesaler)
Bellaboo (Online Store and Kit Club)
Craft Life and Home Magazine
Guest Design Spots
Pencil Lines (Sketch 72)
It’s A Creative World (Inspiration Blog)
Published Work
The Scrapbook Magazine
- Issue 17 – International Scrap Yourself Challenge (runner up – 1 Layout ‘Simply Sarah’
- Issue 23 – Featured in the ‘Your Layouts’ article (1 Layout – ‘Charlotte and her Noodles’)
- Issue 27 – Featured in the ‘Your Layouts’ article (1 Layout – ‘Blue Eyed Boy’)
- Issue 30 – Article - ‘Clear and Simple’ - How to create an acrylic album (1 album – ’38 Years’)
- Issue 32 – Cover Layout and Article ‘Go Large’ – How to use very large photographs on layouts (4 layouts)
- Issue 33 – Expert Guide “Using Scraps’ (1 Layout – ‘Poser’) and Designer Gallery (1 Layout – ‘Tinsel Time’)
- Issue 34 - Article – ‘The Digital Age’ – How to begin Digital Scrapbooking (4 digital layouts)
- Issue 35 – Article ‘Get The Look’ – How to use layout sketches effectively (5 layouts) and Four ways challenge (1 mini album)
- Issue 36 – Article – ‘Creative Cut Outs’ – How to create layouts from cut out photographs (4 layouts)
- Issue 37 – Article – ‘Have Fun With Hybrid’ – Using hybrid elements in your scrapbook pages (4 layouts)
- Issue 38 – Article – ‘Photo Fun’ – How to use your photographs as additional embellishments (4 layouts)
- Issue 40 – Cover Layout and Article - ‘Fontastic’ – How to use fonts on your layouts (4 layouts)
- Issue 41 – Article – A feature on my craft room
- Issue 42 – Article – ‘More For Your Money’ – How to get the most from a scrapbooking kit (1 Layout, 1 Card, 1 ATC and 1 Mini Book)
- Issue 43 – Sketch and LO (‘Willow Maze’ layout based on my sketch)
- Issue 44 – Cover Layout (‘Sugar and Spice’)
- Issue 45 – Cover Layout (“Do You Wanna Know A Secret?”) / Sketch and LO (“Sweet and Beautiful Girl’ layout based on my sketch)
- Issue 4 6 – Article – ‘Story Time’ – How to be creative when adding journaling to a layout (3 Layouts)
- Issue 47 – Designer Challenge (use something you wouldn’t normally use) (1 Layout – ‘Handsome Little Chappie’) / Using the free papers (2 Layouts)
- Issue 48 - Article – “How To Scrap Girls’ (3 Layouts) / Sketch and Layout (1 Layout ‘Jump’)
- Issue 49 – Article 'How to use various stitching on layouts' (4 Layouts)
- Issue 50 - Article 'How to use various stitching on layouts' (4 Layouts) / Layout ('Autumn Girl')
- Issue 52 – ‘Off The Page’ Article, Kaisercraft Cuckoo Clock
Scrapbook Inspirations
- Feb ’07 Ready Steady Scrap Challenge (1 Layout – ‘Smile for the Camera’)
- Mar ’08 (Iss 37) Readers Gallery (1 Layout – ‘Mum”)
Creativity Life Magazine
- Issue 2 – Good, Better, Best Article (3 layouts)
- Issue 3 – Good, Better, Best article (3 layouts) and many layouts throughout the magazine as DT work.
- Creativity Magazine
- Issue 17 - ‘Take A Template’ (1 layout ‘Swept Away’) / ‘Project’ (1 card + 1 Layout ‘Merry & Bright’) / Design Principles – The Golden Ration (1 Layout ‘A New Fad’) / ‘Coffee Break Project; (1 Layout ‘ Here Comes Trouble’) / Loose Ends (2 cards)
- Issue 18 - ‘Use of space’ (1 Layout ‘Christmas Dinner’) / ‘Family History’ (1 Layout ‘Lest We Forget’)
- Issue 19 – ‘Designer Challenge’ (card, giftbox, frame, ATC) / Loose Ends (2 cards)
- Issue 21 - Designer Challenge ‘Laminator’ (mini book, 2 x cards, bookmark & Notebook) / Family History (1 Layout ‘Generations’) / Loose Ends (1 card)
- Issue 22 – Summer Blooms (Round Box, Gift Bag, Cards (inc. cover card), Shadow Box and Tag) / Good, Better, Best Article (3 layouts) / Using Floral Papers (1 Layout – ‘My Sunshine’) / 2 Cards
- Issue 23 – Off the Page - Advent Calendar / Style Guru Ruffles and Pleats (2 Layouts) / Take a Template (1 Layout) / Using the Sizzix machine (2 cards , 1 tag)
- Issue 25 – Interactive cards / Exploding Birdcage / Layout
Craft Life and Home Magazine
- Issue 2 – ‘Pretty Little Pirate Girl’ / Princess Photo Frame
Complete Cardmaking
- Issue 15 – ‘Bright Ideas with Pegs’ (3 cards)
- Issue 16 – ‘Card Sketches’ (5 cards)
Creative Cardmaking
- Issue 17 – Decoupage and Stencils (6 cards)
- Issue 18 – Exploding Carousel / Hexagon (Including templates and a matching card) / Featured Designer
- Issue 19 – Six Ways With One Product (6 cards using Maya Road chipboard frames)
- Issue 20 - Using the Woodware Fingerguard Trimmer (6 cards)
- Issue 21 – Masterclass Article – How to use a colour wheel (4 cards)
- Issue 22 – Masterclass The Rule of Thirds (4 cards)
- Creative Cardmaking Special 6 – 6 Cards (Popcorn Bear and Vintage Floral cards)
- Issue 23 – Masterclass Article Using Symmetry in Card Design (4 cards)
- Issue 24 – Article ‘How to colour with Copic Markers’ (4 cards)
- How to use the free papers (5 cards)
Other Work
I also create projects for QVC and Ideal World TV and I am a regular contributor to the DoCrafts website for the Projects of the Week feature.
I have had articles published in Australian Scrapbook Magazine.
I was thrilled to be asked by UKScrappers to create a class for two cybercrops and have been featured as layout of the week twice at UKScrappers.co.uk.
