It is spring. Spring in North Texas isn’t great but I was hoping for something better today. It is warm and windy — blowing the pollen all over me and I am having a severe allergie situation. The forecast calls for storms this afternoon. Trixie has demolished yet another stuffed animal all over the carpet which is going to require picking up (I have already told her the only toys she is getting are socks tied in a knot and chewy bones!) and my vacuum cleaner doesn’t do a very good job of vacuuming up stuffed animal fluff and all I want to do is go make cards.
The card making bug has bitten me again and I have been watching youtube videos of a guy named Simon Hurley and his techniques. He makes it look so effortless and you know it isn’t. Then I watched a rather lengthy video by Jennifer McGuire using inky printed paper rather than actually inking or water coloring your own paper. And now, I am itching from the bug bite.
Unfortunately when I broke my arm I put my crafting to rest and have never picked it back up. I was looking at my supplies a while back and most need to be replaced as they were almost spent to begin with or have just dried up from lack of use. So, I placed an Amazon order last night for some basic stuff — I seem to have LOTS of card stock and patterned papers. At one point I had made a whole bunch of card bases but I believe I have used them so I need to check on that and maybe start there.
The thing about cardmaking is — well, there are two — I don’t like buying ready made cards because first off you actually have to go do it and second most of them have too many words. I am an introvert and I am not an overly mushy, gushy person so anybody actually getting a card from me in the first place (I am such a lazy moo) should realize how much they mean to me for me to actually get one mailed in the first place — I don’t have to go over the top with sentiments. By doing my own I can control that. Another thing about the cards is — if you are a person like me with great artistic drive/interest and zero to no talent, they are like little canvases and you can creat little bitty pieces of art without it being a huge deal. And I feel like it IS art no matter what medium you use be it paper, paint, markers, stamps, etc. That is my story and I am sticking to it.
So, I am planning — once the allergy meds kick in — to go upstairs and start looking through/throwing out and getting ready for the amazon order to arrive. So much anticipation for a bottle of glue. Then I need to look at my cuttlebug. They have been discontinued and you can’t buy parts anymore so I need to see if mine still works at all. And if my hand will crank it. I might have to invest in an electric one. That sounds exciting. Maybe.
So, anyway, I will post some pictures of my creations if I ever get any done — I think I have a few half done so maybe I will finish those — I have to tell myself I am not in a competition and I am not in a hurry — this is supposed to be relaxing — like cross stitch.
I will be back.
2 comments:
I can see why making cards would be fun. I hope you'll show some of your efforts.
I used to make cards — inspired by Mary of Frugally Challenged and Trundling through LIfe but I got away from it when I moved and then the broken arm put a kink in the works so now I am trying to get back into it. I will post if I make something soon.
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