Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Magazine special thanks! blog hop


Today's blog hop feels like a funeral. Tears will be shed, laughs will be shared, and memories will touch our hearts.

I don't know how to put into words how I feel about the closing of Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking magazine.

It is a sad thing. PC&S was the cornerstone of our card-making industry. There was validation for the artists who found themselves published within those pages, and so much inspiration for the rest of us. We also found a sense of community within those pages, cheering each other on, even though we were all competing to see our own artwork there.

I only submitted for publication a handful of times, but each time, when Susan sent out that email, I got chills. They picked me! The first time was for a card that was published in the November/December 2012 issue. I used lawn fawn's Cozy Christmas, so I thought that it was only fitting to say goodbye using products from Lawn Fawn, and my other favorite company, Mama Elephant.

I also have a special gift to offer up at the end, since PC&S always offered us free digis, I thought it would be fitting to offer up a few of my own here today.

our time together was sweet.

I illustrated the little girl holding a giant gingerbread cookie and paired her together with a custom sentiment of thanks.  I wanted the card to be season-appropriate. How's that for the mag in mind!

our time together was sweet.


I have 3 different Christmas kid-in-pyjama images to offer you today. You can see how I used the others *here* and *here.*

To download any of the images, click on the JPEG or PNG link - your choice! And right-click to save the image to your computer. I hope you enjoy them this holiday season - they are my special gift to you:

Boy in Christmas pjs: JPEG/PNG

Girl in Christmas pjs: JPEG/PNG

Girl holding gingerbread cookie: JPEG/PNG

Now. There are so many people expressing their own thanks and love to the PC&S team. The hop started with Jennifer McGuire's blog, and goes on 200 bloggers strong.

If you're following the hop order, you should have come from Lyndal's blog, and will now be heading over to my oh-so-talented friend's Kara's blog.

♥.


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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27 comments:

  1. What a perfect card to say goodbye, Elena!

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  2. What a beautiful card! The colors are perfect Christmas! And your little kid in pjs with the gingerbread man is priceless! The sentiment made me smile and get misty eyed.

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  3. Beautiful card and beautiful words, Elena.

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  4. awwwwwwwww....love the digi and your card...so sweet!
    Love your post.

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  5. Such a sweet card! Thank you so much for sharing these adorable digis!

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  6. Thank you for a sharing a beautiful card.

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  7. Super cute card and thank you for sharing your adorable digi-stamps with us! ♥

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  8. She is so sweet! I love this sentiment, just perfect!

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  9. This is absolutely adorable! Thank you for the digis!

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  10. Your card is absolutely SWEET! Love!

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  11. how sweet!! love love love your illustrations!

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  12. What a lovely thing to do- the digi is amazing! love the sentiment- just perfect! x

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  13. I hope you know your going to be a super famous stamp designer one day, and I sure hope you remember me when you are.....

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  14. your designs are just too fabulous.. you should open your own stamp co...:) this is just the cutest ever.. thanks for the digi's can't wait to ink them up.

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  15. Oh, this is just so sweet & perfect, Elena! That digital image is fabulous!

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  16. Thank you so much for the images, they are so darling! love all your illustrations and work!
    Thanks again!

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  17. Very cute card, and such a nice gesture to offer up some digital images!! Awesome tribute to PC&S!!

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  18. So sweet, Elena! Awesome tribute to PC&S!!
    Thank you for offering the digital images!

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  19. This is adorable! I love your images!

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  20. this is so sweet! love your darling images!

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  21. Thanks again for these sweet kids in pjs! If interested, I just blogged some Christmas tags I made using them here- http://lysaq.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-tags.html

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  23. Elena your post is so beautiful! I love the card you created and thank you for the digis! I ordered the lovely set you designed for ME for a Christmas gift to myself! I plan to create with it all year! Hope you create more stamps in the future! Hugs and Happy New Year! :) Jill

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