Hello and welcome to my artwork & resume blog. It contains all my artwork: ranging from layouts, altered items to handmade journals. Please check out each Gallery link for the images - I will be updating this blog constantly with new artwork.
A little about Me:
My name is Anam Stubbington (Anam is ‘Spirit’ in Gaelic). I am 34 years old and live in Edmonton (Canada) with my artist Husband Ian and our two awesome daughters - Fay & Lily.
I am originally from Ireland - moved to the UK in 1998 to be with Ian and we have lived all over the UK and then in May 2006, we moved to Edmonton in Canada and we are loving it here. I am a trained Typesetter and a Lithographic Printer. I have worked everywhere from Design Companies to Printers, from IT for Banks to Teaching for specialist software developers.
I started scrapbooking in 2003 as a way to deal with the journey to be a family despite infertility and we now have two daughters that we are very proud of.
My Objectives for the next two years.
To enjoy creating memories. I would like to be on a Manufacturer's Design Team where I can share my joy with people and be able to scrap outside the box.
Having discovered Scrapbooking as an outlet for my creative energy - an art that combines photography, journaling, typography and texture - I now want to share this energy with others.
My Current Design Teams
I love the challenge that Design Team work brings - I love the chance to teach and share with other scrapbookers.
And I create for these Scrapbooking Companies:
Scrapbooking From the Inside Out - Kit Company (Since Jan 2008)
Treasured Memories - scrapbook store in Edmonton (since Sep 2007)
Stix2 Adhesive (Canada) (Since July 2007)
I Design Scrapbook Sketches for:
Prima Marketing - Build-a-page Sketch Artist for 2008
Other Previous Design Team
Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine - Sketch Artist for 2008
Riff Raff Designs - Lazercut Chipboard Manufacturer (Feb 2008 to August 2008)
Queen Kat Stamps (November 2008 to February 2008)
Fresh Page Kits (Canada) - Scrapbooking Kits (August 2007 to January 2008)
Altered Pencil Lines (International) - Altered Challenge blog (June 2007 to October 2007) I was also the Design Team Co-Ordinator for this time.
Pencil Lines (International) - Sketch Challenge blog (October 2006 to October 2007) I was also the Design Team Co-Ordinator for this time.
Scrapper's Haven (Canada) - Local Scrapbooking Store (August 2006 to March 2008)
Guest Designer Opportunities:
Rough Draft Sketches - December 2008 Guest Sketch Artist
Fancy Pants Designs - March & April 2008 Guest Design Team Member
Adornit Carolee's Creations - February 2008 Guest Design Team Member
Scrap a GoGo - February 2008 Guest Kit Designer
Sisterhood of Scrap - August 2007 Guest Sketch Artist
Scrap-a-Latte - September 2007 Guest Sketch Artist
My Styles & Techniques
Colour, Colour and more Colour. I scrap in a variety of way but mostly it involves intense colour along with honest journaling and a twist on product use.
My Published Artwork
Scrapbooking and Cards Today (Worldwide)
Winter 2008 (page 60) - "First Snow"
Fall 2008 (page 60) - "So Grown up.."
Summer 2008 (page 60) - "Queen of the Castle"
Spring 2008 (page 61) - "Bright Eyes"
Winter 2007 (Page 82) - "Delicate"
Spring 2007 (page 56) - "Windy" (based on their sketch)
Skin & Ink (Worldwide)
September 2008 - 2 page spread of layouts
April 2008 - a 10 page (1,500 word) article on Scrapbooking. Complete with layouts from a variety of scrapbookers with tattoos.
Somerset Memories aka Legacy (USA)
October & November 2007 (page 65) - "add colour"
August & September 2007 (page 73) - "34A"
Canadian Scrapbooker (Canada)
Winter 2008 - "Angel" Stix2 Adhesive Advertisement (full page)
Spring 2007 (page 100) - "You are My World"
Scrap Street eZine (online)
May Issue (page 2) - 'Motherhood", (page 6) 'About you and hats?', (page 7) 'Fetish'
Creating Keepsakes (USA)
Becky Higgins Sketches 2 (page 51) "my jewels"
Scrapbooking Inspirations (UK)
June 2006 - (Page 17) Best of British Winner. Had the following layouts published:
"Summer fun", "Summer 1994", "Angels",
"Two" and "The Best Name"
Creative Scrapbooking (UK)
July 2006 - Blogging Along (page 20) my blog is listed as homegrown talent
January 2006 - Book of Me (page 36) "Every mark has a story"
October 2005 - Scrapbook Challenge (Page 53) "Hawaii Ian"
May 2005 - Gallery of Inspiration (page 71) "Green Grass"
April 2005 - Winner of the Gallery of Inspiration (page 18) "Tiny
Toes"
April 2005 - Gallery of inspiration (page 22) "Butterfly Baby"
Scrapbook Magic (UK)
November 2005 - Scrapper's Showcase (page 76) "Fay above the clouds"
Contests
Most Innovative Layout 2007 in the Scrapbook.com's 2007 Lucky7 contest for my 'Laugh' layout.
Best of
British 2006 - One of 10 Winners in the Experienced British Scrapbookers section.
I teach regularly at Treasured Memories and at local scrapbooking events here and I write instructional PDFs for both Treasured Memories and for online classes.
I am a very Loyal and Committed team member and like sharing my joy of scrapbooking with others.
My Personal blog is www.anamstubbington.typepad.com
