Yay,  I’m creating another post and four months haven’t gone by since the last one!

For those of you who missed the last post,  I received a out of my comfort zone 6×6 paper stack from a friend.   After avoiding it for months, I found this great set of patterns and created several cards.  The photos below are my representation of the 2nd pattern’s cards.  The first pattern cards can be seen here.

Pattern 2 Card 1

I mentioned in the last post that I was also able to use up several odds and end embellishments to free up room for storing new embellishments.

Pattern 2 Card 2

Pattern 2 Card 3Pattern 2 Card 4 Love how these cards turned out,  despite the fact the colors are outside my comfort zone.   I do wish I would have taken photos of ALL the cards I created as some of my favorites where the ones using up the scraps!

Happy Crafting!

After a LONG absence,  I hope to be able to do more regular postings.   To start things off,  I have a large number (around 90) photos of cards all edited and ready to be talked about and posted.  So,   as you know I am a CTMH (close to my heart) consultant,  but not a purist.  That being said,  I very rarely buy paper other than CTMH, so this post is a rare bird indeed.

Background: A few friends and I travel about 6 hours to another friend’s house to craft for a LONG weekend once a year.   Last year one of these friends gave everyone a 6×6 paper stack.  The stack I got were not my go to colors,  and not CTMH paper,  so for several months the stack got moved from place to place in my studio taunting me. Finally I decided,  something was going to happen to this paper stack and I consultant google & pinterest.   I found these great patterns,  and jumped right off the cliff.  (http://kathrynscards.blogspot.com/2013/05/6×6-cutting-formula.html)   What did I have to lose right.  I wasn’t in love with the paper,  so even if it was a disaster I was not going to be moving this stack around anymore,  and I could always use the cards for fire starters right?

So,   if you learn nothing else from this post,  I hope you realize that sometimes great results can be accomplished when you step outside of your comfort zone.  (In simple terms,  I really like how these cards turned out.)

I made  2 sets from each of Kathryn’s patterns and used all the scraps for a few additional cards.  Unfortunately I don’t have photos of every card as I mailed several out prior to my studio photo shoot!  Fear not,  I have photos of each card from the patterns.

Pattern 1 Card 1

Before I get too far into this post I want to mention that I am on a mission to use up embellishments so I can buy more without guilt and they will have a place to fit in my studio.  On these cards I was able to use up lots of various embellishments and empty a few spots in my storage folder  🙂

Pattern 1 Card 2

Pattern 1 Card 3

Pattern 1 Card 4

I’m running out of time today,  so I’ll post the photos for the second  pattern in my next post!

Happy Crafting!