My First Book Published! :)

Create Your Own Printable Scrapbook Papers: 135 Vintage Designs For Use With Photoshop Elements
- A new Dover Publication by Jodie Lee Patterson - 

Create an endless supply of uniquely designed scrapbook papers for use in digital scrapbooking, paper scrapbooking, card making, and other crafts. This easy-to-use and versatile book/CD contains 135 beautifully crafted royalty-free vintage patterns that were designed from a stunny array of antique motifs and images! 

This collection is a wonderful resource not only for scrapbookers and crafters, but also for graphic designers who will find these designs suitable for a wide range of applications. Step-by-step instructions are included in the book on how to add your own color and texture to the paper patterns in Photoshop Elements to create myriad combinations of designs that you can print out at home!


Also included are 40 colored, ready-to-print A4 sized files.  Instructions are given for use with Photoshop Elements, but any graphics editing program that will accept JPG and PNG files may be used. All pattern designs are provided as either high resolution JPG and PNG files in both 12x12 inch and A4 sizes. Please note: Photoshop elements is not included. 


Whether you're a beginner scrapbooker, or an experience graphic designer, I know you will find this book a wonderful, inexpensive design resource to fuel your creative spirit!

Available for pre-order now on Amazon (ships January 19, 2012).

Happy Digital Scrapbooking Day! :)

Happy Digital Scrapbooking Day/Weekend to all my digi-scrap friends out there! Here is a free digital scrap paper I created for you.

Download the high res version HERE (12x12 inches/300 dpi).

To get a low res version, click on the image, right click and save to your computer. Low res version is 5.3 inches (300 dpi).

©Jodie Lee 2011 (personal use only)

Jodie Lee Wall Art and Home Decor!

Dear friends, I'm very excited to annouce that I have just been signed to Art in Motion, a division of ICA Home Decor to produce a range of fine art prints and home decor products.

Art in Motion is a leading fine art publisher and art licensing agency, creating collections of fine art prints for sale to wholesale frames, retail stores, distributors and designers in over 70 countries.

I am very honored to be creating art for such a reputable company, who represent a high calibre of international artists and photographers, including the Royal Photographic Society in the UK.

Over the coming months, I will keep you up-to-date on all my new creations and where you can find them. Thank you for taking and interest in me and being here to support my art!  For further information about Art in Motion and ICA Home Decor, click the images below to visit their websites.

My New Logo

What do you think? Simple and sweet - here is my new logo which will feature on some very exciting new signature collections sometime in the very near future (but I can't reveal anything just yet :)  If you liked the Butterfly Garden Collection ... you will LOVE what I have under wraps ... I've been working on some very exciting creations for months now, so stick around and all will be revealed soon!

Are you going to Spraguefest? :)

Have you heard? Spraguefest 2011 (October 7-10) promises to be a lot of fun this year with classes from Heidi Swapp, Carina Gardner, and the wonderful Jessica Sprague herself :) Registration is only $79 for a weekend of learning and fun ... You can check out all the details HERE.

I won't be able to make it myself for this year  :( ... but anyone that goes is sure to have a fantastic time. Are you going?

Jessica Sprague Digital Scrapbooking Birthday Sale!

UPDATE ON SALE .... I just heard from Jessica Sprague the sale has been changed to start June 14. Here is the info: 

JessicaSprague.com is FOUR! To celebrate, we're throwing a HUGE Birthday Bash & Summer Sale. From June 14-26, you can save 20% off of every self-paced class, and 35% off of ALL digital products. In addition, grab all 27 episodes of Jessica's amazing Photoshop Friday tutorials for just $1 each before they're retired on June 26! As part of the celebration, starting on June 24, you can participate in an incredible 49-person blog hop, picking up a sweet digital freebie at each stop! Best of all, on June 26 Jessica will be making a special announcement of a brand new class coming up in July. We only put our site on sale two times a year, so don't miss out on this GREAT savings opportunity! For all the info on the Summer Sale, Photoshop Fridays, blog hop, and the new class, just click HERE.

Featured In: Mary Janes Farm Magazine

My digital designs have been featured  in the latest issue of Mary Janes Farm Magazine (Vol 10 #4 pg. 26, 28, 29, 43.).  I was delighted to discover this today as I was sipping green tea and flipping through mags with my girlfriend Dabney at our local bookstore :)

Mary Janes Farm Magazine is an 'everyday organic lifestyle magazine' ... I love the layout and design of this magazine, and all the fantastic green articles,  green crafts and green tips they offer. If you enjoyed Mary Englebreit's Home Companion, you'll love Mary Janes Farm ... available at your local bookstore.

In-Store Appearance on National Scrapbooking Day

If you live in the Virginia Beach area, I would love to see you at Beach Scrapbooks on National Scrapbooking Day! There will be fun Make-N-Takes, including a really pretty Butterfly Sun-catcher using the new Butterfly Garden Collection. So come out and say hi, and see the new Butterfly Garden Collection revealed at Beach Scrapbooks.  Hope to see you there!

Featured In: Somerset Memories Magazine Spring 2011.

I've always adored the Somerset crafting Magazines ... so it was an absolute delight to get published again recently in the Spring 2011 edition of 'Somerset Memories'. Here is the piece that was published on page 144, titled 'Follow Your Bliss'.  I've made it available as a gift here for you.  Feel free to use it as wall art, or as a card. Click on the image to get the large version, right click and save to your computer.  Personal use only please :)

Copyright Jodie Patterson, 2011.

Love,

I'm Launched on JessicaSprague.com!

I am very excited to announce that you can now purchase my digital scrapbook creations and photo editing tools on JessicaSprague.com! Check out my new store, selling under the brand name of 'Jodie Lee' HERE.

Many of you will have heard of Jessica Sprague. This very talented lady is somewhat of a legend in the digital and hybrid scrapbooking arena!


As a well known contributing editor to the Creating Keepsakes Magazine, her passion is helping people tell the stories of their life with paper and pixels.  Her tutorials on Photoshop are absolutely awesome. I've been sampling a few myself lately, and even though I've been using Photoshop for 20 years, I'm still learning some fantastic tips and tricks from Jessica!

A few years back, Jessica featured some of my Vintage Boho Frames from ScrapArtist.com in her 'Computer Tricks for  Scrapbooking 3' Magazine.  

So I am more than excited to be now selling my digital products on www.JessicaSprague.com and I look forward to bringing you a ton of awesome new creations!

Butterfly Garden In-Store Now!

Hi friends, I'm SO excited!! ... My Butterfly Garden Collection for Pink Paislee has been shipping to craft stores and scrapbook stores internationally for a few weeks now ... and from what you've been telling me you are LOVING this new collection!!

I hear the products are flying off the shelves as fast as they are stocked ... AND I've had several STAR CRAFTERS, including VICKI BOUTIN, write to tell me they are really enjoying working with Butterfly Garden - so awesome!

I received my own copy of Butterfly Garden in the mail recently, and I must admit it was a great thrill to see this collection as a finished product after months of hard work.  I LOVED the pretty packages so much, I almost didn't want to open them up!! :) But I'm glad I did ... because I've been having a lot of FUN making some 'oh, so pretty' things lately that I cant' wait to show you (soon) :)

Have you bought your copy of the Butterfly Garden Collection? I would absolutely love to see YOUR Butterfly Garden creations! It gives me such a thrill to see your incredible creations, and I can't wait to share them with everyone here on my blog, so ... so get crafting and send me some pics of your projects (I love to see them). Send to: gypsychickdesigns@yahoo.com.  You can purchase the Butterfly Garden Collection online HERE at the Two Peas in a Bucket site.
Love,

Butterfly Garden Launch: CHA Los Angeles 2011

The Craft and Hobby Association Convention (CHA) is the largest craft convention in the world - and what an exciting time it was last week in Los Angeles as I saw the launch of my first full paper collection with Pink Paislee - 'Butterfly Garden'. It was a great time of catching up with some old friends, and making lots of new ones. The Pink Paislee booth was buzzing with lots of activity and the Butterfly Garden collection won quite a few hearts :) .... Thought you might like to see a few photos ...  I didn't get as many detailed shots as I would have liked, cause I got too caught up in the excitement! Ooops! But if you want to see close-up details of the collection itself, I have some detailed images here, and on the Gypsy Chick Facebook Page here.

Here I am with the owner of Pink Paislee, Rebecca (left) in front of the

Butterfly Garden display.

The Pink Paislee Booth Winter CHA 2011.

The Butterfly Garden display.

Butterfly Garden Creations

Some of the embellishments from Butterfly Garden

Demonstrating with the Butterfly Garden Collection.

Heidi Swapp at the Pink Paislee booth.

Rhonna Farrer and Janet Hopkins were there too.

Me with Cosmo Cricket.

Debby Schuh dropped by the Pink Paislee booth to say hi to me.

Still can't believe we graduated from the same small-town College

in Ohio some years ago. What a small world! :)

and finally, check out this video created by BlueMoonScrapbooking.com which gives a quick tour of the Pink Paislee booth from Winter CHA 2011!

Happy Christmas! ... it's snow much fun here!

Happy Christmas friends! I hope you are certainly having a special time with family and friends as you enjoy all the good things that the season brings ... and if you live anywhere on the east coast of the USA, that probably includes snow ... and a LOT of it!

It's SO different to experience a white Christmas, because where I'm from (Sydney, Australia) we would normally be surfing or sunbaking at this time of year ... but instead ... here we are SNOWED IN (literally) on Boxing Day, and loving it!

Jodie & my daugher Georgia (9), boxing day 2010.

It's given us lots of time to be creative (I've been working on my new Dover Book, due for release Spring 2011), and to enjoy some fun times together at home ... Check out the Gingerbread House we made with a fabulous kit from my favorite gourmet grocery, Trader Joe's. It took just a couple of minutes to put together, but a couple of days to completely devour :). Isn't it adorable?!  Yes, that's the old witch in the corner. We ate her first so she wouldn't eat the children before we got to :)

{worn photo overlay courtesy Vera Lim}
Trader Joe's GingerBread House Kit Authentic German "Hexen Haus" with Candy & Cookie Decorations.

And of course, we've had our favorite music playing in the background every day this week - the latest Christmas CD from Starbucks.  LOVE this album! Seriously RETRO, but funky ...  even caught myself doing an Elvis Presley impression to 'Blue Christmas' - much to the embarrassment of my hubby and kids :).

Starbucks Collection Presents Sleigh Ride, Side by Side

The real HIGHLIGHT of Christmas for me though, was putting my kids to bed after reading the Christmas story to them from 'The Jesus Storybook Bible'. It is a beautifully illustrated book that tells the inspirational story beneath all the stories in the Bible. Before going to sleep Luca (6) said to me 'Mummy, I know why we give gifts to each other at Christmas.  It's because God gave us the best gift of all when he gave us Jesus'. Thank you Luca, for that precious reminder of what CHRISTmas means to us.

Happy Christmas, happy Holidays, and Season's Greetings to you all! Check the blog for a new FREEBIE arriving tomorrow! :)

Happy Birthday to Me :) 40 years old today.

Yes friends, there's no use denying it, and I can't escape it, so I may as well celebrate it :) I'm 40 years old today. My birthday is actually the 18th of December, but since I was born in Australia (they are a day ahead), and I live in the USA, I'm celebrating it today ... and tomorrow :) ... excuse me while I get a little nostalgic here and show you some 'vintage' photos :)

Jodie, 1971.

Jodie, 1972.

Jodie, 1973.

Jodie, 1977.

1979.  Mum & Dad - love you!

20 yrs old.  Long live the 80's!

Me (40) with my little cuties, Luca (6), Giorgia (9), 2010.

Gypsy Chick @ Pink Paislee!

Hey friends, I am really excited to announce the upcoming release of my first collection with Pink Paislee! This is a wonderful paper scrapbooking company who have some really gorgeous designs ... so how exciting!

My new collection, titled 'Father Chrismas' features all those wonderful vintage images of jolly old Santa from the golden age of postcards (early 1900's). Due for release into stores soon, you won't want to miss this one for all your holiday creations! Do keep checking the Pink Paislee website for further details, and retail/wholesale information on where to purchase 'Father Christmas'.

It's an honor to be designing for Pink Paislee alongside such designers as the very fabulous House of 3 designers (Rhonna Farrer, Heidi Swapp, and Janet Hopkins). They have a gorgeous new collection out called 'Parisian Anthology' - check it out on the sneak peek page at the Pink Paislee website.

As Seen In: Altered Hearts E-zine

This month's issue of the digital scrapbooking magazine 'Altered Hearts' features an interview with me, PLUS my steampunk brush set is also included as a freebie (personal use version). This is an amazing digital design magazine featuring tips, tricks and all kinds of wonderful resources. You can grab it here for just a few dollars.

As Seen In: Digi Shop Talk

Oohh, it's a little overdue to mention ... but I was the featured designer at DigiShopTalk to kick of 2010! Here is the kit for gold members on the site, and here are some layouts below that I created for the kit.

As Seen In: Somerset Digital Studio

Gypsy Chick is published in the 2010 Spring Edition of the Somerset 'Digital Studio' Magazine!

Digital Studio is a gorgeous magazine featuring 150+ inspirational digital layouts. You can find my layout (pictured below) on page 100 of the magazine. You can purchase the magazine from any Barnes and Noble store, or directly from Stampington.com here.

Like the layout? You can purchase it as a 'Quick Page' from my Gypsy Chick store at ScrapArtist.com here.
Other brushes used in this layout can be found in my store here, here, and here. Thanks to TKWhimsy for use of the 'TKDoodle Font' which you can find at http://www.thedigichick.com/.

© 2010 Gypsy Chick