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Friday, November 15, 2013

Card Tutorial #1 Vintage Butterflies (CLA400b)



 
 
 I'm typing here on my couch trying to decide the best way to explain how I've ended up back in the blogger experience again.  I have a headache!  I've just spent the last three weeks learning how to make a video with the equipment I have (had to buy a new ipad...not that I'm complaining! very pretty!), learning how to export the video, upgrade the video, thumbnail it, post it, get a YouTube Channel...yell at the world...you know...I need more brains.  The art cover on my YouTube channel has zero appeal...for pete's sake!  I don't even know if I'm up to having the "comments" option turned on!  My hand was shaking hovering over the button where you decide if the video is private or public!  Arggghh!
     The months before that I spent looking for store space to purchase and renovate.  What a great idea!...until you find out there are a few factors like parking, permissions, locations, derelict buildings!...I'll find one... one of theses days... and then I'll go back to doing what I feel comfortable doing...surrounding myself with stamps, paper, embellishments and rolling around in them occasionally!  (I've never done that!...I swear!)
     So until I become a store owner again, I think I'll work on learning how to be an online paper person...videos, blogging, selling online (that one is going to take some more work....again - lack of brain capacity!)...and all of that.  You can watch with an objective eye...commenting once and a while and letting me know what to do next.
     I don't think I can be a professional objective person. It's pretty much going to all hang out (discreetly of course).  I've been watching other videos and blogs trying to see what one should act like while taping.  But then you start taping, and you realize that your mouth just starts filling in all the blanks without permission and your video turns into a long monologue with too many details.  I did the whole thing more than once, and edited it trying to make myself sound cool...but it didn't work!  I'm afraid that's how they will be!  Be myself right??   yeah...hmmmm....I think people just say that because they know there is only so much you can do to "upgrade" your public image before the cracks start showing!  (chuckle)...there you are!
     So I'm going to take a moment to see if I can
figure out how to embed my video into this blog and then we'll see if it all works. I've been learning how to make pdf recipes in a different format called "Pages"...so I'll add that when I'm satisfied I can churn that out properly.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012





I've been thinking a lot recently about how much easier it is to have a store! Since I have had the pleasure of owning 2 (one in Alaska and one here in Port Huron) I definitely can remember what it felt like to jump out of bed in the morning and realize I had "x" amount of time to galvanize the kids, myself, lunches, showers, assignments, rides to school, etc. to accomplish before I could unlock "forget-me-not Paper Arts" back door.  Now...especially since it is summer...I strolled down here with a cup of coffee before 8am.  (not that galvanized!)  My one son doesn't live in the house and my other one is snoring gently (pretty sure) upstairs.

You'd think working from home would be easier!  But a store leaves you no choices but to get your job done!  Go to work, panic, sweat, freak, race home, panic, sweat, freak, run back to the store for classes, panic, sweat, freak...you get the idea.

I believe I sauntered this morning....I'm even typing s..l..o..w.....



Ingredients…

Stamps:
     Sun (Wavy Rays)/204G/Stampscapes
     Babbling Brook/183G/Stampscapes
     Rocky Peaks/188F/Stampscapes
     Water Pattern (sm)/231C/Stampscapes
     Leaf Sprig/183G/Stampscapes
Ink:
     Pumice Stone Tim H or Slate/Adirondack
     Espresso/Adirondack
     Butterscotch/Adirondack
     Stormy Sky/Tim Holtz Distress Ink
     Mountain Rose/Adirondack
     Moonlight White/Brilliance Pigment
         Archival Ink
Paper:
    Bazzill Metallics/Charlie/12-1212
    Pink Paislee/soiree/00604
    Glossy Cardstock
    Good White Cardstock
    Diamond Bling/Bazzill Basics/18-1004
Tools:
    ”timmy”-Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Applicator
    felt covers for “timmy”
    Embossing Tool                                   
Other:
    Clear embossing powder
    Die-namics Skyline Border
        By www.mftstamps.com
    Frost white Colorbox ink refill
    Q-tips both regular and pointy

Measurements:
            
Card: 4 ¼”x 5 ½ “              
1st Mat (Coral): 4” x 5 ¼”  
2nd Mat (brown):  3” x 4 ¼”  
Top Mat (stamped): 2⅞ ” x 4 ⅛”


Saturday, July 7, 2012

CityScapes CLA378 - Card 2



I've had so much fun with my new Die-namics Solid Skyline by
My Favorite Stamps or www.mftstamps.com!

After finishing the card I cut right into it along the grassline and up
the side of the tree so that I could put the city die in front of the sky but behind the grass.  Having a piece of the tree behind some tree branches helped to complete the illusion.



Ingredients…

Stamps:
     Shagbark/242G/Stampscapes
     Sedge Bank (left)/234F/Stampscapes
     Cloud Bits/292C/Stampscapes
Ink:
     Black Soot/Tim Holtz Distress Ink
     Stormy Sky/Tim Holtz Distress Ink
     Meadow/Adirondack
     Red Pepper/Adirondack
     Butterscotch/Adirondack
     Espresso/Adirondack
Paper:
    Bazzill Metallics/Onyx/12-1211
    Melissa Frances/Vines & Blooms/#PA384
    Glossy Cardstock
    Good White Cardstock
Tools:
    ”timmy”-Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Applicator
    felt covers for “timmy”
    Embossing Tool                                   
Other:
    Clear embossing powder
    Die-namics Skyline Border
        By www.mftstamps.com
    Frost white Colorbox ink refill
    Q-tips both regular and pointy



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