Patti Milazzo
Pennsylvania

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About ME~
     I started scrapbooking in 1996.  I have been an Independent Scrapbook and Paper Craft Designer since 2004. I manage my time well to complete assignments according to deadlines and strive to create beautiful designs while doing so.  I am also innovative, enthusiastic, easy to work with and self reliant.  My designs include scrapbook layouts, embellished paper crafts / home decor and cards.

     I feel my style is very versatile.  I enjoy incorporating many styles into my designs. I find that exploring different trends and techniques adds to my growth and creativity. The words I feel best describe many of my designs are "detailed linear". I also strive to make my creations clearly showcase my photographs and to tell a meaningful story that I wish to share with my family and others.

     I hope to continue working with various manufacturers and publications in the Scrapbook and Paper Craft Industry.  I truly enjoy my role as a designer and sharing my creations.  I find my work challenging and exciting! I especially like that while preserving my family's precious memories, I can also satisfy my need for a creative outlet. I hope that as I continue to work in this industry I am able to further explore opportunities including special assignment work; teaching at stores, conventions and trade shows; and product design.
 

Creating Keepsakes Magazine HALL OF FAME 2007 [forthcoming] Honorable Mention Layout "She Adores You" AUGUST ISSUE 2007 Butterfly Card (Tips & Tricks) SCHOOL MEMORIES IDEA BOOK April 2006 Embellished Pencil Box TIPS & TRICKS April 2005 "Holiday Memories" Mini Album "Celebrate You" Mini Album Memory Makers Magazine IDEA GALLERY 7 ~ 2006 Special Issue "Georgetown Lighthouse" SCRAPBOOKING TOP 50~2006 "Cowboy" JANUARY 2006 ISSUE "Winter Wishes" IDEA GALLERY 6 ~ 2005 Special Issue "It's sNOw Fun!" FAST & EASY July 2005 Special Issue "Gotcha" TRAVEL SPECIAL ISSUE April 2005 "Colonial Williamsburg" SCRAPBOOKING TOP 50 ~ 2005 Best Sports Line (Title Block) Karen Foster Design Cards by Scrapbook Trends MARCH 2007 "hello" FEBRUARY 2007 "Best Friends" JANUARY 2007 "Thank You" SEPTEMBER 2006 "Think Pink" "Twice" JULY/AUGUST 2006 "Sweet, Sweet Summer" MARCH/APRIL 2006 "Happy Birthday" JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2006 "So Sweet" Paper Trends DECEMBER 2004 / JANUARY 2005 "Merry Christmas" Card "Joy" Card Scrapbooking & Beyond DECEMBER 2006 "JOY" Paper Creations SPRING 2007 "happy SpRiNG" [COVER] Crafts 'n Things JUNE 2008 Legacy Magazine OCTOBER/NOVEMBER ISSUE 2006 Mini Album FEBRUARY/MARCH ISSUE 2006 "Happiness" JUNE/JULY ISSUE 2005 "Fatherhood" Women's Day Magazine THE BEST IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS Special Issue - OCTOBER 2006 Advent Calendar Christmas Card PAPER CRAFTING ISSUE 2 Cards CardMaker Magazine JULY 2007 Summer Party Invitation Scrap & Stamp Arts MAY 2007 Forever Friends Card Friends Through Thick and Thin Card June 2007 Happy Father's Day Card Scrapbook Answers Magazine [No Longer In Publication] HOLIDAY CRAFTS SUPERGUIDE September 2006 Gift Bag Gift Wrap Project AUG/SEPT ISSUE 2006 "Rose Colored Glasses" SPECIAL ISSUE DVD ~ MAY 2006 "Happy" MAY ISSUE 2006 "H2" NOVEMBER ISSUE 2005 Eye On Design ~ "I Love You" Mini Album~ "Precious 2 Me" Pinecone Press Books PENS & NEEDLES - Idea Book OCTOBER 2006 "DUDE!" "Lazy SUMMER Days" "TWO" HOLIDAY CARDS BOOK 2005 4 Cards; 1 Project PHOTO ART CARDS BOOK 2005 1 Project Correspondence Art Magazine Now called PAPERARTS MAGAZINE SPRING 2005 ISSUE "Grandma's Brag Book" FALL/WINTER 2004 ISSUE "Life's Little Pleasures" Scrappin', Stampin' & Stationary CREATIVE CONCEPTS FOR HOBBY LOBBY 3RD QUARTER ISSUE 2006 "Catch A Wave" Other Publications: SCRAPBOOK PAGEMAPS by Becky Fleck February 2008 2 layouts BRADITUDE ~ THE BOOK OF BRADS KAREN FOSTER DESIGN -Idea Book October 2006 8 Layouts BRAINIAC SCRAPBOOKING TRAINER OF THE MONTH January 2006 Mini Book Project featuring Paper Garden SCRAPBOOK PREMIER BRAIN FREEZE RESCUE KIT November 2005 Brainiac Scrapbooking - 3 Brains for Karen Foster Design "You Color My World" CLIKIT IDEA BOOKLET 2005 Karen Foster Design - Assignment 4 projects HALLOWEEN AD ~ Karen Foster Design Creating Keepsakes - October 2005 and Other Publications TRADE PUBLICATIONS: CNA SCRAPBOOK INSIDER February 2005 "Ballet" PHOTO TRADE NEWS (PTN) SCRAPBOOK SUPPLEMENT COVER for Karen Foster Design May 2005 November 2005 CLIKIT AD [Tag Design] for Karen Foster Design CRAFT TRENDS July 2005 CNA July 2005 & Various Other Publications   Catalogs 3 BUGS IN A RUG SUMMER 2006 CATALOG "Our Boy" SASSAFRAS LASS 2005 CATALOG 3 Layouts Web Features: Web Articles & Projects Top 10 Designer Contests: CREATING KEEPSAKES MAGAZINE HALL OF FAME 2007 ~ Honorable Mention SCRAPWORKS BEST IN SHOW CONTEST AWARD OF MERIT ~ 2ND PLACE Creating Keepsakes Convention ~ Charlotte, NC 2005		Paper Crafts Magazine ONLINE FEATURE ~ September 2007 Card CARD CREATIONS IV~ 2006 Valentine Card Baby Card BIRTHDAY CREATIONS ~ April 2006 3 Cards & a Giftbag for Karen Foster Design "Steppin' Out" Birthday Party Set HOLIDAY CARDS & WRAP September 2005 Card & Gift Box OCTOBER 2005 ISSUE  Halloween Tin [Cover Item] Reindeer Card St. Nick Card CARD CREATIONS III~ July 2005 Birthday Party Hat Congratulations on Your New Puppy Hospitality Thank You TAG CREATIONS April 2005 DAD Tag Card Stamp It! Magazine STAMP IT! CARDS ~ June 2006 "A Mother's Love" Card   Scrapbook Trends 'TIS THE SEASON - HOLIDAY IDEA BOOK 2006 "Merry Christmas" Card AUGUST 2006 ISSUE "Quick 2 Cry" JULY 2006 ISSUE "Still" "Penny" NOVEMBER 2005  ISSUE Merry Christmas Tag Merry & Bright Card FAMILY IDEA BOOK 2005 Home Decor - Wall Plaque HOLIDAY IDEA BOOK 2005 Recipe Book & Tag ALL ABOUT KIDS IDEA BOOK 2005 "My Hummer" (Boys) Ivy Cottage Creations [Now Scrapbook Trends] JUNE 2004 ISSUE "It's Simple" Memory Makers Books "ACCENTS" by Pam Klassen 3 Layouts "EMBELLISHMENTS for Scrapbookers, Cardmakers and Papercrafters" by Pam Klassen - 2006  5 Projects - Mini Album, Gift Bag, 2 Cards, Embellished Tin "YOUR SCRAPBOOK, YOUR STORY" August 2005 "Who I Am" "501 GREAT SCRAPBOOK PAGE IDEAS" March 2005 "Shades of Blue, Shades of You" The Scrapbook Magazine [UK] SUMMER 2007 Garden Party Set pieces (2) For Karen Foster Design Scrapbook Inspirations [UK] APRIL 2007 ISSUE "Happy Father's Day" For Karen Foster Design              2007 ISSUE "Chalk Artist" Layout "Groovy Love" Card For Sassafras Lass Scrapbooking Memories [Australia] AUGUST 2005 ISSUE "Me" Featuring the Cloud 9 Designers FEBRUARY 2005 ISSUE "This is ME" Featuring the Karen Foster Designers Cantata Books THE JOY OF SCRAPBOOKING AUGUST 2006 "Can We Keep Him?" "Spring Blossoms" THE KODAK BOOK OF SCRAPBOOKING YOUR FAVORITE PHOTOS APRIL 2006 "Celebrate 8" A SCRAPBOOKER'S COLOR PALETTE DECEMBER 2005 "The Price of Beauty" "Who Says Boys Don't Like Pink?" Paperkuts Magazine [Magazine Discontinued 2005] FAMILY MATTERS IDEA BOOK 2005 "My Godparents" TIPS & TECHNIQUES II 2004 "Our Girl" TRADE SHOW WORK: CHA SUMMER 2007 Fiskars Brands CHA WINTER 2007 Las Vegas, NV Karen Foster Design Cloud 9 Design [Fiskars] Sassafras Lass MEMORY TRENDS 2006 Las Vegas, NV Karen Foster Design Fiskars Brands / Cloud 9 Design Sassafras Lass CHA SUMMER 2006 Chicago, IL Karen Foster Design Fiskars Brands / Cloud 9 Design CHA WINTER 2006 Las Vegas, NV Karen Foster Design Cloud 9 Design [Fiskars] Sassafras Lass MEMORY TRENDS 2005 Las Vegas, NV Karen Foster Design Sassafras Lass Cloud 9 Design CHA SUMMER 2005 Chicago, IL Karen Foster Design Sassafras Lass CHA WINTER 2005 Atlanta, GA Karen Foster Design Sassafras Lass Go West Studios Cloud 9 Design MEMORY TRENDS 2004 Las Vegas, NV Sassafras Lass DISPLAY WORK: MICHAELS STORES Header Board Projects 2007 - Fiskars Brands JOANN'S STORES Project Sheets, Store Samples & Header Board Projects 2006 - Fiskars Brands 2007  - Fiskars Brands HOBBY LOBBY Store Project Sheets 2006 - KAREN FOSTER DESIGN A.C. MOORE Header Board Projects 2006 - Karen Foster Design Video TMTV Projects 2007 - Heidi Grace Design SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS: QVC Television 2007 ~ featuring CLOUD 9 DESIGN/FISKARS/HEIDI GRACE GREAT LAKES MEGA MEET CLASS CLOUD 9 DESIGN 2007 SCRAPFEST 2006-MALL OF AMERICA  Bloomington, MN CLOUD 9 DESIGN / FISKARS Class Project Design SCRAPBOOK MEMORIES -PBS TV CLOUD 9 DESIGN / FISKARS 2006 episodes Layouts & Projects HSN TV~featuring KAREN FOSTER DESIGN April/May 2006 5 Layouts featured CKU - PROVO 2005 Layout for Cloud 9 Design for Keynote Address by Stacy Julian, founding Editor ~Simple Scrapbooks
s CURRENT: FISKARS Brands Inc: CLOUD 9 DESIGN * HEIDI GRACE DESIGNS * Independent Designer January 2006 - Present PAST: Karen Foster Design Independent Designer August 2004 - June 2007 Three Bugs In A Rug Independent Designer April 2006 - September 2006 Go West Studios Independent Designer October 2004 - October 2006 Memory Creators Website: Store / Community Design Team Member March 2004 - July 2005		SASSAFRAS LASS Independent Designer August 2004 - Present a Scrapbook Answers Magazine Design Team Member January 2006 - October 2006 *MAGAZINE DISCONTINUED* Cloud 9 Design *[now with Fiskars] Design Team Member January 2005 - January 2006 Heidi Grace Designs *[now with Fiskars] Design Team Member November 2004 - July 2005
Teaching Experience: August 2003 - February 2005 ~ Assisted my local scrapbook store - Keepsakes, Scrapbooks and Memories in Columbia, SC - with its Design Team, projects and special events. March 2002 - August 2003 ~ Taught a variety of classes for 3 local scrapbook stores in the Columbia area of South Carolina . Additional Experience: CKU NASHVILLE 2004 CKU - MASTERS NASHVILLE 2005 CK CONVENTION - NC 2004 CK CONVENTION - NC 2005 Not Scrap Related:  I have a BA in Psychology from Rutgers University (NJ).   Prior to becoming a stay-at-home Mom, I worked in the field of Autism with children and young adults. Thank you for taking time to review my resume.