Creative Insider Guide – Next set

by CraftyAmanda in Artwork, Cards, Close to My Heart, CTMH, Pattern | 1 Comment

Well, This next set of cards comes from the insider guide Urban.

I am loving this guide for some quick cards that have some punch!

These samples use the bulk paper from Jubilee and a stamp set my Mom got me several years ago. (It has been unearthed in my household diet project. One of the few rubber stamps that survived the purge!)

You might notice that I trimmed down (or lost, whichever works for you) some of the pieces from this set. It gives the cards a completely different look and shows some versatility of these guides. Make the paper work for you and your stamps!

Happy Crafting!

Kathryn’s 6×6 Pattern 2 Card samples

by CraftyAmanda in About Me, Artwork, Cards | 2 Comments

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

jan14 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!

Club Night – Left overs

by CraftyAmanda in Artwork, Cards, Close to My Heart, CTMH, Pattern | 3 Comments

Once a month a great group of ladies haul their crafting tools and supplies to the church and create some beautiful artwork. For the past several months the project I have provided comes from CTMH (close to my heart) Insider guides and their choice of bulk papers and cardstock from my stash. Each insider guide is designed for creating 10 cards. So my girls either pair up and split the set with a friend, or if no one else wanted the same paper, I got the other half of the set. So, the following few posts will be my use of those shared packs. The first set comes from the Urban Insider Guide. Urban_Creative_IG

This first set of cards use the For Always bulk paper.

The stamp sets used are both older stamps of the month so they aren’t available, but I’m sure you can find something that will work for you! The last set of cards of were colored using the watercolor paints. (So much fun!)

Happy Crafting!

Finally

by CraftyAmanda in About Me, Artwork, Cards | 2 Comments

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!

Ground Hog’s Day

by CraftyAmanda in About Me, Artwork, Cards, Close to My Heart, Stamping | 1 Comment

Ground Hog’s Day and Phil didn’t see his shadow. I heard on the radio that is only the 18th time since the mid 1800s. (that seems awfully low, maybe I heard it wrong?)

This month is support Operation Smile. If you purchase the Share the Love stamp set (only available during February) or Animal Greetings, $7 will be given to Operation Smile. Either stamp costs only $17.95 with $7 going to a great organization.

I have used and love the Animal Greetings stamp set several times and have even managed to show photos on this blog. A great addition to any crafter, but especially a card maker. I haven’t used Share the Love yet as it just arrived last Thursday and the kids were off school until today. (Also why My blog is a day late in being updated. opps!)