Hi everyone,

Since i haven’t been on my blog for a little while, have a cup of tea and catch up with me and my amazing team.

First, LOVING being over at Deviant Scrap. If you haven’t checked out this terrific alternative site for scrapbook goodies and art journaling supplies, head on over there and check us OUT. Fun Fun FUN bunch of ladies with tons of challenges over there.

Second, I have a new collage fodder kit out today called the BODY FARM that has over 140 unique body parts (all g-rated) cut out and ready for you to use in your journals and layouts. Click on the pic to take you to my store.

And here’s a little inspiration from my amazing team:

After having the kit in the store today, I received a thought provoking question from a concerned customer. To save myself some typing, I’m just going to share the whole dang thang with you here:

Hi ….

I just saw the “Body Farm” magazine clippings and wondered whether there would be any issues around copyright using this. As far as I know, you can’t just take any picture and do with it as you please. Before I purchase, could you put my mind at rest that clearance was obtained from the original copyright holders to use their pictures/part of their pictures and sell them on to the digital scrapbooking market?

Thank you and best regards, Miss X

Hi Miss X,

I’ve done some research on copyright because, like you, I thought all images were completely protected. After having seen works of art for sale from multiple different collage artists and art journalers, I delved deeper into the copyright laws. Now this is from my own research and I’m certainly not a lawyer, but here is what I understand from what I have read:

Copyright does not prohibit all copying or replication. In the United States, the fair use doctrine permits copying and distribution without permission of the copyright holder or payment to same. The statute does not clearly define fair use, but instead gives four non-exclusive factors to consider in a fair use analysis. Those factors are: 

1. the purpose and character of the use;
2. the nature of the copyrighted work;
3. the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
4. the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

 I believe my Body Farm kit is well within the four factors stated above for fair use. Especially since I use a very small portion of the original content and I am not intending for any of the original images to be identified and I am certainly not trying to affect the photographic works of the magazine market. However, I am not familiar with Switzerland’s copyright laws and whether or not your country provides a “fair use” statute.

 It is not my intention to abuse copyright laws in any way, shape, or form and if any of the images provided in this particular kit are identifiable as a copyright infringement, I will be more than happy to remove said images.

 Thanks so much for your thought provoking question.

 Sherrie Drummond

If anyone has any additional information or corrections on my understanding, please share with me. I too am an artist and certainly want to make sure I’m not doing anything I shouldn’t be doing!

Third, where the heck is the Altered Hearts Zine? Well, I’ll tell you. We are moving to a quarterly publication. Now, no throwing tomatoes. We were just killing ourselves with the monthly schedule and it just wasn’t FUN! So we’ve decided to take a step back and consider how we wanted to progress. We are working on some really creative NEW columns and standardizing some of our freebies and maybe a surprise or two.

When’s the next issue going to hit the stands? October 1! and it promises to be jam-packed full of goodness.

Wondering where you can get the additional back-issues? Well, I’ll tell you. RIGHT HERE. Free downloads right here until we crash my bandwidth or two weeks is up (September 13) . whichever comes first. Click on each issue to start the download. (oh, the first issue is retired. It is just too big to download. all freebies provided will be the lower-resolution issue.)

December 2009

January 2010

May/June 2010 – available at DeviantScrap

July 2010 – available at DeviantScrap

Until next time, ENJOY the process!

Hi Everyone!

Wow I can’t believe August 1st got here so quickly. I’ve been a busy bee trying to get all my products moved to my new home and to celebrate, I’ve placed everything in my store on sale! When checking out with my goodies, the shopping cart will automatically give you 25% off everything in my store. Oh! and make sure to check out the freebies section at DS for a couple of freebies from me ; )

be sure and click on the pic to check out my new home:

Hi Everyone!

just a quick post to let y’all know that I will be moving my shop on August 1. I’m really excited about where I’m headed and I can hardly wait to share the news on July 31st! But instead of moving ALL my products, I’ve decided to retire a few of them. All RETIRING products are on sale at ScrapArtist for just One Dollar each! Once I move they will be gone forever, so grab ‘em while you can. (click the pic to go to my store)

Hi everyone!

Our family had a trip of our lifetime and spent a total of five weeks in SanFrancisco. We drove from Atlanta GA to Redwood City, CA. I was worried at first about the long drive times and spending that much time “together” as a family. I need not have worried. The entire vacation was a dream come true. Over the next couple of weeks as I mull through the more than 4000 photos that I took on this trip, I will share some of my favorites. But not tonight. Too tired to sift through them tonight.

Tonight I want to give a shout out to my amazing team, that kept me afloat on the home front while I was away. First and foremost, Edeena, thank you so much for all the amazing alphas that you made and shared with the peeps. It was a genuinely thoughtful and wonderful thing for you to do. And then posting them on the blog. And then creating uploads for them so everyone can grab them. I can truly not thank you enough. I love you sweetie.

Second, to the zine team that struggled through last month’s issue and struggling through the August issue without me being at the helm. You all did an amazing job. As you always do. But it means so much to me the effort, and sweat, and tears, and heart that you all pour into each and every issue. I wish I had been more present for you the last 2 months and thank you so much for holding me up during my absense!

Third, to my “regular” CT, you continue to amaze me with your layouts and support. I haven’t caught up on everything yet, but I have looked at the ScrapArtist gallery and I am so proud to call you all my friends and team.

I love you all. and please forgive me for the slacker I’ve been. I promise to make it up to you REAL soon

Finally, for all my peeps out there, I thought you might this youTube video just a tad bit amusing.  i just discoverd it and it brought a smile to my face.

and if that one wasn’t funny enough, this is my all time fave:

Forgive me, it’s going to be very short and sweet tonight.  My sister is here visiting from the States, and Sherrie has no new release this week, so here is the freebie alpha (click the image to download):

As with all the other freebie alphas, the links for this will only be available for one week.

Sherrie will be back next week, and so this is my final blog post.

Happy scrapping!! 

Hi Everyone,

This week there are no new releases, but we have some more eye candy from Sherrie’s Team:

and this week’s freebie alpha:

Sherrie & Edeena’s Kitschy Signs Alpha No.2 (large single download file)

Just a reminder that the alpha links are only valid one week before they are removed, and there is only one more alphas to come!

Happy Scrapping!

Hi there Everyone!

We’ve experienced a technical difficulty with the download link on Page 30 (this is the fabulous brush freebie from Paula Kesselring).

Here is the correct download link (click image to download):

Thanks for your patience!

Yes, everyone who was waiting anxiously for the Zine to hit the streets… it’s HERE and it’s ON SALE!

We were holding off to include a fantastic article by Patty Anne Henderson (justPattyAnne) but she was visiting with a friend in his final hours and you will all agree that being with a friend as they pass is far more important.

One of the other things we have trialled this month is putting the credits as a separate document.  Some of us use a lot of products for our pages and layouts and we didn’t want to cram them in and spoil the view.

Here is the Microsoft Word version -http://www.box.net/shared/sexfx1dymz

Here is the Adobe PDF version -http://www.box.net/shared/p4ofciqdtn

Remember – the Zine is currently on sale at ScrapArtist, so whip on over and grab it on sale!

Happy Scrapping!

Gidday everyone!

There are two new paper packs in Sherrie’s Graffiti series (Vol 11 & Vol 12), each on 20% off!

Take me to Sherrie’s Store

Take me to the Gallery

Sherrie & Edeena’s Kitschy Signs Freebie Alpha No.1 (single download file)

Just a reminder that the alpha links are only valid one week before they are removed, and there are only two more alphas to come! 

Happy Scrapping!