...are links that form a chain of love. ~Mother Teresa
Wow several posts two days in a row and a couple in one day! I must be on a roll. I'm happy I'm back blogging and crafting again but can you say RUSTY. I felt like a chicken with my head cut off.
For the record, at least for me it's really REALLY hard to get your mojo back. I just can't seem to find my flow anymore? I do more thinking about than actually making cards.
Its the stop-start-stop-starting thats getting to me. Working full-time really puts a crimp in my social aka creative life. Boo. Ok enough yatayata. I am so so rusty. I can't hardly find anything anymore. Or I have so many ideas I want to try out I don't know where to start.
Plus, I am all dropsy and clumsy today. Every time I turned around I was knocking something over. Not just one little item nooooooooooo that would have been too simple. No I was knocking trays of items over.
Then I really really wanted to do sewing on a card. So I thought I'd try my new fancy schmancy tool called Sew- Easy <---- click there instead of pulling out the alternative, the larger, sewing machine. I thought it would be so much quicker. Ok short version??? NOOOOO....Not so easy. Nope not at all. It wasn't piercing all the way through the card stock. I did not like it at all. However, I have noticed some tutorials online on YouTube so I might watch those and try again later when I have time. The jury is still out until then.
So the heck with it, I pull the sewing machine out, it's called Sew-Mini <---- click there (not the exact model that I have). It's specially for crafting and its just what it says... its a mini version of a sewing machine. WELLLLLLLLLL do you think I could get it to sew more than three stitches.? I persisted and spent way more time on it than I wanted to but after at least an hour, give or take, I finally got it to SEWWWWWWW. Really? Ya kiddin me right? Turns out I didn't have the thread threaded properly. But before that I tried everything. Check and recheck the bobbin thread, adjust the stitch, adjust the tension, DUST it. I mean everything. I even had the directions manual out from the beginning. So I went back through the manual and looked at each tutorial very closely. I retraced my steps. Yep, I found the cuprit.... threaded wrong. But do you see my point? Holy mother of pearl. Pain in the butt. This was my sample piece. I thought I better try it on a scrap before I wrecked my card. This is but a small sampling of the thread I went through to figure this out. Doesn't that look like fun?!?!>!>!
Whew, I started out so holy and serene and it all went downhill from there. LOL. So onto the point to my story.... there is a point to my story and I do have one.
I been noticing a trend of mono-tone, color-on-color designs and I really like the simplicity of it and the muted colors and feel. I've had this SU set "Inspired by Nature" <---- click there for a while now. I bought it for the sentiments alone, but I like the other stamps also. I'm crazy for sentiments I can't get enough of them. AND I copied the sketch straight from the SU 2011 catty, p. 113. It helps me with the rust (see above). It was quick (after I got started) and easy and I will probably mass-produce this one for my card assortment sets that I give as gifts.
Here is a pic of all of the elements I used. The evil sew-mini in the background. Why I even gave it blink (blog-ink) at all DON'T KNOW. All products are SU. I used More Mustard card stock and ink. I like that it used fall colors too. That's a bonus since I'm in such a fall mood. I used my boho flower punch to make the blush blossom flower. I added a little angel embellishment which I thought went good with the sentiment. I also used a brad in the center to hold the 3-piece flower together. Aint it purty.
See the little angel ornament? I also used my Cuttlebug <---- click there (not the exact model that I have) to punch out the tag for the sentiment. That didn't go smoothly either. I had to press it out a couple of time because I kept tearing the little handles off. Not to mention that I couldn't stamp the image straight onto the label either. I had to do that a couple of times also. RUST I tell you RUST.
Wow several posts two days in a row and a couple in one day! I must be on a roll. I'm happy I'm back blogging and crafting again but can you say RUSTY. I felt like a chicken with my head cut off.
For the record, at least for me it's really REALLY hard to get your mojo back. I just can't seem to find my flow anymore? I do more thinking about than actually making cards. Its the stop-start-stop-starting thats getting to me. Working full-time really puts a crimp in my social aka creative life. Boo. Ok enough yatayata. I am so so rusty. I can't hardly find anything anymore. Or I have so many ideas I want to try out I don't know where to start.
Plus, I am all dropsy and clumsy today. Every time I turned around I was knocking something over. Not just one little item nooooooooooo that would have been too simple. No I was knocking trays of items over.
Then I really really wanted to do sewing on a card. So I thought I'd try my new fancy schmancy tool called Sew- Easy <---- click there instead of pulling out the alternative, the larger, sewing machine. I thought it would be so much quicker. Ok short version??? NOOOOO....Not so easy. Nope not at all. It wasn't piercing all the way through the card stock. I did not like it at all. However, I have noticed some tutorials online on YouTube so I might watch those and try again later when I have time. The jury is still out until then.
So the heck with it, I pull the sewing machine out, it's called Sew-Mini <---- click there (not the exact model that I have). It's specially for crafting and its just what it says... its a mini version of a sewing machine. WELLLLLLLLLL do you think I could get it to sew more than three stitches.? I persisted and spent way more time on it than I wanted to but after at least an hour, give or take, I finally got it to SEWWWWWWW. Really? Ya kiddin me right? Turns out I didn't have the thread threaded properly. But before that I tried everything. Check and recheck the bobbin thread, adjust the stitch, adjust the tension, DUST it. I mean everything. I even had the directions manual out from the beginning. So I went back through the manual and looked at each tutorial very closely. I retraced my steps. Yep, I found the cuprit.... threaded wrong. But do you see my point? Holy mother of pearl. Pain in the butt. This was my sample piece. I thought I better try it on a scrap before I wrecked my card. This is but a small sampling of the thread I went through to figure this out. Doesn't that look like fun?!?!>!>!
Whew, I started out so holy and serene and it all went downhill from there. LOL. So onto the point to my story.... there is a point to my story and I do have one.
I been noticing a trend of mono-tone, color-on-color designs and I really like the simplicity of it and the muted colors and feel. I've had this SU set "Inspired by Nature" <---- click there for a while now. I bought it for the sentiments alone, but I like the other stamps also. I'm crazy for sentiments I can't get enough of them. AND I copied the sketch straight from the SU 2011 catty, p. 113. It helps me with the rust (see above). It was quick (after I got started) and easy and I will probably mass-produce this one for my card assortment sets that I give as gifts.
Here is a pic of all of the elements I used. The evil sew-mini in the background. Why I even gave it blink (blog-ink) at all DON'T KNOW. All products are SU. I used More Mustard card stock and ink. I like that it used fall colors too. That's a bonus since I'm in such a fall mood. I used my boho flower punch to make the blush blossom flower. I added a little angel embellishment which I thought went good with the sentiment. I also used a brad in the center to hold the 3-piece flower together. Aint it purty.
See the little angel ornament? I also used my Cuttlebug <---- click there (not the exact model that I have) to punch out the tag for the sentiment. That didn't go smoothly either. I had to press it out a couple of time because I kept tearing the little handles off. Not to mention that I couldn't stamp the image straight onto the label either. I had to do that a couple of times also. RUST I tell you RUST.
Enjoy! Now off to make some more cards.... lets just hope some of the rust is gone and the next ones go a little smoother. FUN.
1 comment:
Ok woman, you are way too cool. I feel blessed to share my almost everyday with you. Thank you for coming into my life. Craft on baby!!!!! The cards are Die Know Might. G$
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