Get Published!! January 2011 Issue: General Winter/Valentine’s Day

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2011 EDITORIAL CALENDAR

CardMaker

EDITOR: Tanya Fox (260) 589-4000, Ext. 320, Tanya_Fox@DRGnetwork.com

ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Brooke Smith (260) 589-4000, Ext. 385, Brooke_Smith@DRGnetwork.com

CardMaker features greeting cards, gift cards and tags, invitations and postcards created primarily from paper. Many of the cards include coordinating envelopes and suggestions for finishing the inside. Containing techniques such as quilling, and paper folding, and a variety of rubber stamping applications, this magazine will appeal to card crafters of all experience levels. Each issue will include projects ranging from quick-and-easy to designs requiring a bit more time to construct.  We will include an all-occasion feature in each issue to incorporate cards for birthday, thank you, thinking of you, sympathy, get well, etc. and will showcase a wide variety of card-making techniques. Along with the editorial letter, reader correspondence, book and new product reviews, our Regular Features section will include:

A Card & More (a card and coordinating ensemble, i.e. envelope, gift bag, tag, small gift, etc.)
Card Capers (quick and easy card designs)
Fun Folds (designs including a special folding techniques
Happy Birthday to You! (birthday cards of all kinds)
Quill It Easy (cards with quilling accents)
Say It With Style (cards with a focus on quotes and sentiments presented in a  unique manner)
Stamping Savvy (cards that feature rubber stamped images, backgrounds, borders, etc. in a unique manner)
Sketchbook (a card sketch and sample projects to inspire the card-making process)
Listed below are features our editorial staff has planned for our upcoming issues. We welcome submissions for these features as well as the Regular Features. We will distribute updated editorial calendars after each review deadline.

January 2011 Issue: General Winter/Valentine’s Day

Submissions deadline: 5/7/2010 • Project/instruction deadline: 7/1/2010 • On sale: 12/7/2010

Editorial Focuses: 
Valentine’s Day Greetings (will include vintage and traditional card designs and images)
General winter-themed cards (all occasion cards featuring snow, snowmen, winter scenes, mittens, wintery color schemes)
Pets on Parade (variety of cute pet or animal themed cards)