Getting back in to card making means pulling up and using rusty skill sets and I still have not found all my supplies. Today, I should have invested time in locating my rubber roller tool that I use on difficult to stamp detailed images. I also should have pulled out the watercolor pencils. Getting a high quality evenly stamped image was impossible and colouring this well also impossible, but I still think the finished product looks good.
Made a birthday card for hubby— featuring his favorite sport, golf.
Happy overall with it but if I made it again I’d do the sentiment differently as it just blends in.
Image is from Colorado stamp company
It’s been fun and a little bit overwhelming digging through my supplies and dreaming up my next card creations. So many options, so little time.
This stamp sets is one I had not used yet and I believe I picked it as it has many unique sentiments for a thank you card. And the Rhino is super cute!
I’ve been enjoying unearthing my craft room, it is almost heartbreaking to see all the stamps and supplies which have been gathering dust. I wonder if I will ever use it all?
What has not been a joy is figuring out how to blog again....I need to set up a new "photo corner" so you don't see my scratched paint, I need to download a new app to edit and add watermarks to photos. I did manage to update the colours on my blog itself, but couldn't do a lot of edits without losing key elements. Luckily I didn't break it in the endeavour!
This is the first card I made in several years and I am thrilled in how it turned out! I used a gorgeous House mouse stamp and am entering this in the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge.
I stamped the image on Gina K pure luxury 80lb paper using Tim Holtz black soot distress ink. I then coloured with Copics. I used craft ink on the edges and dotted with a white paint pen. On the background I stamped snowflakes with white craft ink and sprayed with tattered angels glimmer mist.
My first post in a long time. It’s been a challenging couple years with illness and the burden of work, and I’m entering 2025 with the commitment to resuscitate my life. I unearthed my craft room as part of this path.
I made three cards on my first day ‘back’. This one made me cry and will go as a final gift to my cat whom we had to rehome recently. I miss him every day and hope his new life is good.
My craft room is still missing some key components— we had a flood last year and my craft room was packed up in a rush. The printer, silhouette, my Scot pal and stamping mat are amongst the missing items. Luckily my Copics were safeguarded carefully. Everything is in different order though. I used to have my ribbon on special racks on the walk, but those came down in the Reno and now I have a giant bin of ribbon on to dig in. I managed to cut my finger open fussy cutting and observe my vision is not what it used to lol!
As for this card, I think it may be the first time I inked up this stamp which I’ve had over 10 years! My craft goal this year is to buy NO new stamp sets, paper or supplies except for adhesive and some copic refills, I have SO much stuff already waiting to be played with.
Image is LOTV. I pulled out my precious Gina K pure luxury 80lb white cardstock for the image which is a delight to colour on. DP in SU.
Where has time gone, it looks like it has been 2 years since I blogged, and I have missed it. The Covid era has continued, and the past couple of years have included golf, skiing, yoga, zumba, gardening, a new job, and travel. So much to catch up on!
Right now my mother in law is sick in the hospital, so tonight I dug out my craft stuff again, set it up on the kitchen table, and put this together:
