June 16, 2007

Published…for the very first time.

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Those of you who have had your work published in ‘real life’ magazines can hopefully still remember the thrill of actually seeing your own layout staring back at you from the glossy pages of a big name magazine for the very first time. So I hope you will be indulgent whilst I just take a short moment to say

YIPPEEEEE!!!!!

whilst jumping up and down and waving my hands in the air.

A thread that was started a couple of months ago on the Scrap Girls message board encouraged us to share some constructive feedback so we could submit our layouts for publication. I had never done this before but I thought, hey why not? I was completely blown away when the very first layout I have ever submitted was accepted by Scrapbooking Memories (Australian version). I was also stunned at how excited I felt about that.

And now the magazine is finally in print and my layout is enshrined for posterity (well for me to gloat over in future years at least).

Published for the very first time

So to celebrate this momentous occasion I made this ‘layout of the layout’ using the same template and fabulous Art Journal Kit from Scrap Girls that I used in the original, but giving them a different look. And I thought I would share the ragged edge curvy template I made for the layout with you as a Freebie.
You can download here. I’ve saved it as a .PNG so it is portable across a number of graphics editing programs.

Instructions

(written for PSE but should be easy to follow in other editing programs):

  1. Create a new 12×12 inch 300dpi document to work in so you don’t accidentally save your changes over an original file.
  2. Open the 3 template files into your graphics editing program. Decide whether you want the curve vertical or horizontal and rotate the template files 90 degrees if required (>Image>Rotate>90 degrees left or right).
  3. Click on File 1 and drag from your editing window into the new document you have created using the Move tool (Arrow icon at the top of the tool bar).
  4. Open the patterned paper you have chosen for your foreground and drag it onto your document.
  5. Press Ctrl G, and then Ctrl E and your paper is cut to the shape of your template.
  6. Drag your photo or photo’s into your document and then in the layers palette drag the photo layer(s) below your foreground paper layer.
  7. Position your photo(s) to your liking.
  8. Click on File 2 and drag from your editing window into your document. And in the layer palette position it above your photo(s) but below your foreground patterned paper.
  9. You can now drag the curved side in as far as you like to cover as much of your photo edges as your choose.
  10. Now drag a coordinating paper into your document, position it directly above the File 2 layer in the layer palette and press Ctrl G, then Ctrl E.
  11. Repeat Steps 8, 9 and 10 for File 3 using the same coordinating paper.
  12. If your photos have not covered the centre portion of your layout, either drag another paper into your document, positioning it at the bottom of the layer stack, or fill the paint bucket with a coordinating colour and dump it onto the background layer at the bottom of your layer stack. You can play with some effects to get some interesting texture on your background if you choose.
  13. Add some drop shadows, a title and a couple of embellishments and your layout is complete.

Hope you enjoy.

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  1. 35 Responses to “Published…for the very first time.”

  2. Congratulations Karen! What a marvelous achievement.
    I must say that is on my list of “Things to do In My Lifetime”. One day I might submit something. you inspire me.

    By Tania on Jun 16, 2007

  3. *throws confetti* Yep, I’d be jumping too.
    Now there’s a memory to treasure. Think of it… generations after generations will look at your layout and say: remember grand-grand-grand-auntie Karen, she got published at her very first try!
    Yeah I get carried away sometimes :) Seriously though, congrats Karen! Wonderful achievement.

    By Antoinette on Jun 16, 2007

  4. Well deserved, I say (cracking open a bottle of bubbly to celebrate). I love the page you created and published as well as the page to show it off. What a neat idea. And thanks for the freebie (I have made a special folder just for you, lol)

    By Tink on Jun 17, 2007

  5. Congrats Karen. I love the layout and I can see why the magazine
    was so eager to publish it. With your talents, I suspect this is
    just the first of many times that you will have your work
    published.

    By Michelle on Jun 17, 2007

  6. HURRAY for you Karen!! That is absolutely fantastic! I’ve been pubbed a handful of times and each time it gives me a thrill! I think it is absolutely marvelous for you! KUDOS!

    By Mackey on Jun 17, 2007

  7. Hi Karen

    Well done on being published. Love the layout you created to celebrate that too. Wow I go away for a week and come back and find all sorts of things going on.

    By Janine on Jun 17, 2007

  8. Congratulations Karen. I’m sure we’ll be seeing more of your work published. Thanks for sharing the freebie (and instructions too).

    By Sharon on Jun 17, 2007

  9. Congratulations Karen!! That is a GREAT page:) It’s fun to see them in print isn’t it?? Thanks soo much for the freebie! I’m going to snag it in a bit:) Thanks also for the support you’ve given me…I really appreciate it

    By Martha~aka~Krash on Jun 17, 2007

  10. Oh Yippeeeee!!! Jumping up and down along side you! This is so exciting, congratulations, it is an awesome page and so deserves that recognition.

    And thank you for the freebie too. Very generous.

    By PacificTonz on Jun 17, 2007

  11. Great layout! Big congrats. And thanks for the (now famous) freebie! :)

    By Row on Jun 17, 2007

  12. Thank you ladies for sharing my excitement with me. When I submitted it I didn’t think it was any big deal. So I was totally surprised with how excited I felt when it was accepted and again when I saw it in print.

    By Karooch on Jun 17, 2007

  13. Wow Karen, that is really exciting!!!!! Well done to you!!

    By Heather on Jun 17, 2007

  14. I love the commemorative LO, Congrats again. Thanks for the freebie.

    By webfrau on Jun 17, 2007

  15. WOHOO!! Congratulations Karen .. wonderful LO and what an achievement :)

    By Ann-Marie on Jun 17, 2007

  16. Tag you’re it (click my link please)

    By Antoinette on Jun 18, 2007

  17. Hi Karen!! congratulations on being published!! That’s great, a feat I have yet to accomplish (i should try harder right??!!)

    i just checked out you antiques and there is some beautiful stuff there! I especially LOVE the cream and green set and those hat pins are amazing.

    off to beddy bye now.

    g

    By g on Jun 18, 2007

  18. no wonder you were excited, what an achievement :)

    By carol on Jun 18, 2007

  19. Thank you everyone. I really appreciate all of your lovely comments.

    By Karooch on Jun 18, 2007

  20. Wow Karen! Cngratulations!!! No wonder you are so excited! It looks wonderful. Thanks for the freebie (and thanks for your comments on my blog too!).

    By Kahshe Cottager aka Jen on Jun 18, 2007

  21. WOW!!!! congratulations!!!!!
    I can imagine how excited you are!!!
    Love that layout!!!
    Xx Jess

    By Jess on Jun 18, 2007

  22. Congratulations Karen! That is so wonderful. I pick up Scrapbooking Memories sometimes at Barnes and Noble, so now I will DEFINITELY get it this time. Yes, we import your mags and have to pay top dollar to read them, LOL. I’m so happy for you! You deserve it - great page :)

    By americanmom on Jun 19, 2007

  23. Congrats on your pub!!!

    By Michelle on Jun 19, 2007

  24. congrats on your publication!! That’s awesome! =)

    By Marjorie on Jun 21, 2007

  25. Thank you all for you good wishes.

    Oh my goodness Erika, I can’t believe youmight actually get to see the mag with my layout in it. I had no idea they sold in the US.

    By Karooch on Jun 21, 2007

  26. Hey congrats Karen! What a thrill it must be… wow, sure wish i can be published some day. Makes me grin just to imagine it. Hehe… way to go!

    By Lena on Jun 22, 2007

  27. Congrats Karen! This is so cool I’m going to run out a get a copy–hopefully I can still find one. Don’t know how I missed this very important post! Having problems with my RSS. Need to change blog readers I guess–I’ve been using Yahoo. Thanks for sharing the template.

    By Andrea (Andilynn Designs) on Jun 23, 2007

  28. Congratulations, Karen!! Yes, I completely understand your excitement, I was like that too when I got published for the first time.

    PS. I’m having a lot of trouble reading your posts, your sidebars seem to be “covering” the text of the post … not sure if you realise or not.

    By Hannah on Jun 25, 2007

  29. Thanks for letting me know Hannah. I didn’t know it. I’ll investigate what’s
    happening.

    Karen

    By Karooch on Jun 25, 2007

  30. And it gets even better! I sent a copy of the Published layout from this post to Scrapbooking Memories to tell them what I had done and they’ve just emailed me to tell me they want to publish that one too!!!

    By Karooch on Jun 27, 2007

  31. That is fabulous! I am so happy for you–you were so clever to scrapbook your first published layout!

    By Andrea (Andilynn Designs) on Jun 27, 2007

  32. That is awesome!! Cheers to you for the first of many published layouts! :) Congrats!

    By Kayla Lamoreaux on Jun 28, 2007

  33. Thanks Andrea and Kayla. It’s really weird I’ve been sending in layouts since they accepted the first one with no success. and when I sent in one that was a variation on the first one — and just to let them know, not actually offering it for submission — they snapped it up.

    By karooch on Jun 29, 2007

  34. Double exciting! That is so fantastic! Yeah for you!!!

    P.S. I love Thao’s Artistic Collection too!

    By Shari (PV Mom of 2) on Jul 12, 2007

  35. I meant to say Art Journal Collection … silly me!

    By Shari (PV Mom of 2) on Jul 12, 2007

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