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Hello December!

Hey everyone! Can you believe it's already December? Time for wassail, Christmas tunes, and late night papercrafting sessions - not to mention all those holiday goodies! Yum!

Today, I'm especially excited for it to be December, because my cards are on the cover of the Winter 2010 issue of Take Ten magazine that hits newsstands today! What a lovely surprise to find a complimentary copy in my mailbox, since after LOTS of rejection, I'd pretty much given up hope of ever getting picked up for publication. Hooray for life's little surprises! Michelle has several Verve-a-licious cards in this issue, too, so double woot!

Here's one of the cards from my card set that was published. The magazine scans don't quite capture the dimension and texture like a photo does. :)



What's in It?
Stamps: Hearts on Fire (Verve)
Paper: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White (SU!), Tahitian Princess (Bazzill)
Ink: Onyx Black, Crimson Red (Versafine), Broken China (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Labels 4 (Nestabilities), grosgrin ribbon (SU!), black rhinestones (Kaiser Craft), Swiss Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug)

28 comments

Rachel B said...

Wow Julee, this card is amazing, just like all your others! I am blown away to know that you haven't been published a gazzillion times already! Congrats on your COVER publication!

Pam Varnell said...

Woohoo!! Congrats Julee. Your creations are always amazing, can't believe it took them this long to see that. Way to go girl!!!

Michelle Woerner said...

UM... YEAH! What up COVER GIRL!?! I got my mag yesterday and saw the cover, "hummm, these are some lovely Verve cards -ON THE COVER, I wonder who made them..." then I see YOUR name! Oh I am so excited for you!

I quickly scanned the pages found your AMAZING 2-page spread and then found my 6 cards -all Verve I might add! GO TEAM VERVE!!

Hugs to you, sweet Cover Girl!

Marisa said...

I saw this this cover the other day and was wondering who was showing off their Verve so nicely and lone behold is is the Queen Diva herself :D Yeah!! Lovely set of cards and the perfect advertisement for Verve! Lucky for the mailman he doesn't deliver to our door but rather the box as I'm very impatiently stalking my mailbox...LOL!

Melissa Sauls said...

Congratulations Julee!!! Your cards are always amazing and it's so not surprising that you are not only published, but on the front cover!!! WOOOHOOO!!! Big congrats!

Sheri Gilson said...

WOO HOO!! Congrats Julee!!

Tonya Klar said...

Congratulations Julee!! This is absolutely gorgeous and you totally deserve to be published!!! ROCK ON!!!

Kelly said...

Congratulations! Those cards are gorgeous, too!

Unknown said...

yeah, julee!!! i can't believe you hadn't been published yet, girl...your work is always so stunning and gorgeous! congrats, and i will have to run by and pick one up tomorrow!

Whimsey said...

CONGRATULATIONS; your creations are always out of this world; glad someone 'picked them up'!!

Teresa Kline said...

A huge congratulations Julee, I have but all given up on publication myself, I have only sent in four cards but it is still a little nerving....your cards are very much publication worthy......hats off to you!

enjoy *~*

scrapperjulia said...

Congratulations! The cover of Take Ten, that is awesome!

Unknown said...

Congrats on the cover publications!
You should be thrilled~ and if you have a problem getting published, there is absolutely no hope for me :)

Jocelyn aka JoBear2 on SCS said...

Hi Julee, I'm with the other comments: I CAN'T believe that you haven't been published many times already!! I LOVE your cards and your Blog was one of the first I ever subscribed to because I was so blown away by your cards! Oh how I wish that we had this mag in Australia!!

Congratulations Julee - it is well-deserved. I'm sure now that the door has been opened, you and your team will be having many more celebrations in the future :o)

Maureen Vollaro, LCSW-R, P.C. said...

whoooo Hooooo! Good for you! Congrats! What an honor!

Basement Stamper said...

Congrats Julee and I would have never guessed that you were about to give up! All of your work is cover suitable in my opinion! You ROCK!

Chriss Blagrave said...

Congratulations Julee! So happy for you. All of your cards are publication worthy!

Tosha Leyendekker said...

Yee-ha!!! Congrats Julee!! All your work deserves to be published. You just ooze talent!! Gorgeous creations!!

Janelle Stollfus said...

Yipee! Woot! Woot! That is so awesome! Congratulations Julee! What a great set and on the COVER. That is so neat.

Marianne C said...

Congratulations Julee. That is so cool. I can't believe this is your first publication - I think your designs and projects are always amazing. (I guess take 10 means 10 minutes to make and your goodies might take a wee bit longer - LOL) It's always awesome to see Verve products and Verve Diva's published!! WTG.

Kerri said...

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Wow, if you've never been published before, I know there is no hope for me LOL! You are awesome, girl!

WickedPixie said...

Congratulations! I, too, and amazed that this is your first publication! You are such a pro and inspiration!!! :-)Traci

Unknown said...

Congrats on the publication and woo hoo for the cover! I can't imagine you being turned down..

Charmaine (CharmWarm) said...

Congratulations Julee! That is AWESOME! I can't imagine you getting ANY rejections! I'm so glad your cards were picked up! They are GORGEOUS!

Linda Carson said...

WOW! A COVER GIRL!! Congrats Julee! Your artwork ROCKS & it should be on the front cover!

Jen Shults said...

I really really love these stamps. And this card is just stunning. You do some beautiful work .:D

Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs said...

Congratulations, Julee!! How very exciting! Totally deserving, of course. Hopefully this will be the first of many covers!!

Lisa said...

WOO HOO! It's about time your AWESOME talent made its way to the cover of a major stamp mag! CONGRATS!