Introducing Jackie Edwards, a guest designer winner ...

with her delightful interpretation of our July challenge.

 

 

Hi!  My name is Jackie Edwards and I live in Southend-on-Sea, Essex in the UK.

 

I am a widow but have a wonderful daughter and three beautiful grandchildren who are mostly the subjects of my layouts.  

 

I have been scrapping for about eight years now. I discovered scrapbooking when I was on holiday in America when my first Grandchild was about a year old and my style has changed many times over the years.  I am very lucky to have my own craft room and because I am now retired, I can scrap all day and not have to clear everything away! 

I have always been involved with craft in some form – sewing, cross-stitch, cards, altered art (I love Tim Holtz!) but seem to return to scrapbooking every time.  My best buy a few years ago was my Craft Robo and this has helped me out with titles and images on many occasions.   

I very much enjoy entering challenges because they give me the starting point for a layout, whether it’s a sketch or other criteria……..although the end result doesn’t always reflect the original design or intention!  

I don’t know what I would do now if I didn’t scrap!!!

 

 

Jackie doesn't have a blog but has an online gallery here where you can see her work.

 

Here are some of Jackie's pages ...

 

 

 

Welcome Jackie.  We are so pleased you can join us on ARTastic this month.

 

Remember you have until midnight July 31st to submit your entries.  This month isn't difficult criteria and we'd love to see your work - you can even combine your entry with a sketch challenge if you like.