and some recent additions from Club Scrap http://www.clubscrap.com. So much paper and I was feeling quite overwhelmed by it. What am I going to do with all this stuff?
February I spent some time handling my scraps and making a bunch of flowers and embellishments using the Cricut http://www.cricut.com/(X(1)S(inss53exioly0t55st32dg45))/default.aspx and Sizzix machines http://www.sizzix.com to use up some of this paper and to keep from buying more stuff.
I wasn't in the mood to do scrapbooking. I have a gazillion photos that I need to do something with, but I just keep putting it off.
I thought I may make some cards. BUT - how do I start? What are the sizes of regular cards? What kinds of things can be used? I had so many questions that I needed to find some help. Doing a Google search brought up a whole bunch of stuff and I wasn't interested in reading all they had. I wanted pictures. Video would be fantastic.
Then I remembered that Google has a video tab. I hunted in there for a while and found a few things that peaked my interest. Nothing that really made me want to spend a lot of time researching. Then I came across Dawns videos and things began to click.
Dawn (I don't know her last name) is a Stampin Up Demonstrator http://www.stampinup.com and she uses Stampin Up rubber stamps, papers, inks, and whatnots in her cards and other items.
I got so excited and the creative juices began to boil over after watching her tutorials. I can do this. I really can.
Then I had a dreadful thought. I don't have any Stampin Up stamps. That almost - ALMOST - stopped me from doing cards. There was going to be some creative license taken here if cards were going to be made with what I own now and don't have to purchase.
So....here is a sample of what I was up against and the solution to this problem.
This is Dawn's card that holds a gift card. These are photos taken from my computer screen of Dawn's YouTube tutorial for this little cute card.
And this is my solution to the problem of not having the rubber stamp for the front image, nor the hole punch to make the notch in the thing to get the gift card out.
This stamp I've had for a long time and have not known what to do with it. I think it turned out pretty good. And the notch thing I used a sunburst punch that I own. Works the same as the hole punch.Go give Dawn's tutorials a try. They are fun. You may find all kinds of things in your craft drawers, bins, containers, and baskets that you thought you would never have a use for. Haul those goodies out and rethink their purpose.
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