Bethany Kartchner is a published mixed-media and scrapbooking artist. Her work has appeared in Creating Keepsakes, Scrapbook Trends, PaperCraft, Somerset Memories, Somerset Studio, GreenCraft and Art Quilting Studio. She is the cover artist of the most recent issue of GreenCraft and has a cover as well as an article in the next issue of Somerset Apprentice.
Bethany resides in Phoenix, Arizona and is happily married with 5 1/2 children. (Number 6 is due in November) She has a passion for hot chocolate, sock monkeys, Holly Hobby, and vintage lace and can be found furiously creating in her studio during naptimes and bedtimes. You can get to know Bethany better and find out her teaching schedule via her blog: www.CreativeRuminations.blogspot.com.
Bethany says: “I really think that My Mind's Eye had me in mind when they designed their latest collections. (I suppose this is a little egotistical...) However, I'm not kidding when I say that I fell in love with each and every collection the moment that I saw it. And don't get me started on actually creating with them! Heaven...pure heaven. The following two projects were languishing for months in my unfinished drawer due to a lack of inspiration. That is, until I got my hands on Lost & Found's Portobello Road and Alphabet Soup! Suddenly, I was filled with inspiration and the projects came together within hours. It was a fabulous creative experience. I've been creating furiously ever since. Thank you My Mind's Eye!”
My favorite collection? It’s sooooo hard to choose my favorite collection because all the collections speak to different parts of me. But, probably the most versatile collection is Lost & Found.
Leave a comment on this blog post welcoming Bethany to our blog this month by midnight, Sunday, August 8, 2010, and YOU could win Bethany’s Favorite Things (Lost & Found).
Thank you for joining us this month, Bethany!
Coming up: Be sure to join us on Wednesday for our CHA wrap-up!