Sunday's are for Shareing

 

Welcome back Dreamers!

     What a fun week I have had!

• Monday was spent in the studio working on projects, organizing posts for my Facebook page and finishing some table gifts for my roomies at the upcoming Stampin' Up!©️ Convention. I also got 5 birthday cards in the mail for my card ministry at church. I hope they put a smile on their faces. 
• Tuesday hubby golfed and I took down the Christmas tree! I know...about time, right? But February in Oklahoma can be so dull. Sparkling tree lights are so cheerful!  We got to have dinner with my son and his wife. AND my youngest grandson Wyatt! This Grandma's heart is so full!
• Wednesday, Patty & I went to Moore to pick up some grid wall that I bought from a gal in the Oklahoma Scrappers Facebook page. And them to Edmond to meet a creator and pick up a homemade stamp for my business. We met and shopped at a lovely paper crafting store before driving back to Sand Springs. 
• Thursday, Laurie and went to our monthly gathering with friends and crafted all day! And met my kayaking friends for a drink at a local pub! My medicines don't allow alcohol, but it is always great to meet up with them.
• Friday I visited an 87 year old lady in the nursing home. She was a delight! After our visit, I  made a quick stop into Michael's to pick up some watercolors for the granddaughter Kai. Then picked my grandson and dropped him for work. 

Whew! I am tired reading about it. But I thank God for the energy to be able to continue,

    So, I have to know...did you try this sketch? I have gotten 2 cards done using this sketch. I am not sure where I found the time.  I really need masculine birthday cards for church. So my first card leans a little on the masculine side. But I have loved this paper since I got it. 

Nests of Winter DSP

   This paper is on the last chance list, but was still available at the time of this writing. I turned the sketch sideways, and made the the focal point larger. I think that matting makes the DSP pop from the base card. The circle is a piece die cut from the DSP and, of course matted in the same color! A little twine finishes it off and I still kept it simple.

Frames & Flowers

      Frames & Flowers is a DSP in the annual catalog that I have not used enough times. It only comes with 3 double sided papers and 3 single-sided die-cuts designs. It is lovely.

       

  

 

The Petal Pink Ginham is not really gingham. Closer look shows you that it is just small flowers in a row. Look again!

 It is really small flowers in a row. INGENIUS!

The die-cut is right out of the package. The sentement was stamped directly on it. How simple! Unbounded Love is the stamp set it is found in.  I popped the die-cut up with Stampin' Demensionals.

This was a 10 minute card from start to finish. 

Ii hope this series has helped you unleash your creativity and build excitement. Make some cards...send them to a friend! 

Spread some joy!

I'm Dreamin' of my next card....You keep Dreamin' too!

Sketch Sample

Welcome Dreamers! Here is a sample from the catalog that used the 1st sketch, that I talked about Monday. Let's break it down a little bit. 

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    The designer has used a card base from Sunny Springs Cards and Envelopes. Then they added a simple tag topped with the sailboats from  Something for Everything Ephemera Pack. The result is much different from sketch. That is because the sketch is just a starting idea to create your card! And it is a simple card, with very little to no stamping.  I feel this card is perfect for a beginner or for anyone who needs a card in a hurry

      The 2nd card I want to show you is found on page 34  of the annual catalog. It is made with the Mediterranean Blooms Suite, This in NOT a simple card. It uses more products and a little more time. But you can do it! It also uses the same card sketch. Strip off the the extra leaves and a couple different types of DSP then you can see it! This is for those of us who want to have it all! I am one of those gals!

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    One more thing I want to say.  If I had been handed this card sketch as a beginner, I wouldn't have used it. It is too simple and look at all that space at the bottom! I want to fill it up to the edges. LOL  I want you to embrace the "white space" at the bottom. The simple cards, like this one, have an elegance to them. A bit of sophistication!   It will be our secret that it was so easy.  Now get to it! Get those fingers creating!

   I am working on my cards using this sketch. I have 2 completed, but I want to show you some more.  They will be on my Facebook page on Friday's Finished Projects!  

I'm Dreamin' about creating & inspiring you....You keep Dreamin' too!

 

Where do i Start?

I remember the first Stampin' Up! class I went to. I had been scrapbooking for many years. But this stamping thing was a totally freeing, scary thing I had done in years! I starting using stamps in my scrapbook pages, but I still didn't get into card making. Put that tiny piece of paper in front of me and...nope...I got nothing! You could hear the crickets in my head! So how did I get to where I am now? Refusing to give up helped. I turned to a site called Page Maps. They have templates for scrapbook pages as well as cards. Some, honestly, were too complex. But I love that they shared samples made with the maps. Stampin' Up! has embraced card maps in their last couple of catalogs. And I love them! so we start there. They can be found on Page 22 in our current catalog. In the following few pages and scattered around the catalog, they have given us samples.

It would be silly of me to not use these to teach my new people to make cards. "Welcome to the dark side", said in my best Darth Vader voice! So I have picked 2 of what seems to be the simplest of the 22. If you follow me on FaceBook, I have a challenge there to make a card from these. Make a card using either of the 2 templates. Upload a picture of it to the post there by Saturday March 1, 6 p.m. CST. The challenge? Each card posted will get your name into a chance to win a selection of 6"x6" DSP. I will also add a few other challenges for this week. Trying to get my social media outreach recharged. Thanks for all your help! I'm Dreamin' of sharing more with you all.....you keep Dreamin' too!