My sister and I attended our monthly card class yesterday and I heard her say that she hasn't spent the time in her craft room this year like she normally does. Its true...neither of us has. I have collected a lot of items (and pins on Pinterest) with the thought of projects but a lot of them are still sitting in bags in my craft room...UGH! When I am there I am focused on cards made specifically for someone or making them as a special request which makes me feel so good about the time I do spend on them. I know that the requester loves them and is sending them with love. But the space is becoming limited and I might need to spend some time weeding out so that I can focus on creating and hopefully having my ducks in a row for a craft show in October next year. I have a few things on hand but not enough to commit to a booth and I need to refresh for my own piece of mind. This will only be my second craft show and the first one didn't go so well but I learned what sells and I have to realistic about pricing and inventory.
I'm learning that people like my elaborate cards so I plan to have them available. I didn't have any cards last time but my sister did and she sold almost all of them! I hope to have photos up as I go along and will continue to blog about my progress. At least it will give me some motivation knowing I need to track my progress.
My sister and I stopped into a cute little store in Longmont yesterday and I was inspired by a few things I saw there and want to try my hand. I found few Christmas gifts there so it was a good place to inspire in more ways then one!
So, I wanted to post a photo of the card I created for my husband for our 16th anniversary. He loves my cards and I think that this one is the best one yet. The one he gave me was wonderful. He may not make them like I do but he puts a lot of thought into the ones he does buy and always has writes the sweetest things inside them. I keep them. I'm not sure he knows that! So, here are a few pictures of it.
The papers are G45 and the frame on the front is a Jolee's product. Wish I could find more of them but I couldn't. I didn't realize it was actually a photo frame and it does make the card heavy but it had dimensional dots on the back so I just changed out the photo once I figured out that I could and added a few more to secure it. The doilies are cut out with a Stampin Up die and there is a jeweled skull on the upper left side of the middle of the card but it became mostly covered up. I was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest and followed the link to this blog: http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/combined-challenge-139-anything-goes.html where she had a challenge for this type of card. And here is a link to a tutorial on how to create a center step card: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/centerstepcard/. I've also seen sidestep and center step tutorials on YouTube. Maybe one of these days I'll do a video but that is a long way down the road.
This is a center cut step card. I have favored the side step cards but this card and one I made for my son needed the room for the bigger embellishments or to accommodate a larger stamped item. Now that I've done both it's difficult for me to do a flat card!
Since this was so front heavy I had to figure out a way to get it to stand up. I suddenly remembered that I had seen another card where it had been punched through all the layers and a ribbon run through and knotted in the front and back. I gave it a try and it worked! I finished off the back and added a tag more to give it some weight than anything. It's a good thing I didn't have to mail this card!
The photo in the center is of the two of us at a Halloween party a "few" years ago and it's one I didn't have but it has been sitting on my sister's desk. Isn't it perfect for this? I loved the result and my husband loved the card!
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