So I will be honest with you. I have not had the best of weeks on a personal level. I have had one of those weeks where each morning you wake up wanting to pull the covers over your head and curl up in a ball. But some how you manage to get up and get the days work done. And then Friday came and I knew I had two options. I could find a way to get some stamping done or post that I would be taking the week off.
I opted to see if I could get some stamping done. I won't say it was easy, forcing oneself to be creative is never fun. But something happened along the way. I started to forget about my worries and enjoy the creative process. One simply cannot worry and be creative at the same time. It was a wonderful break and it reminded me why I love being creative.
Project #23-Happy Birthday Card
Supplies: Stamps and Die-Papertrey Ink (Birthday Tags), pattern paper and banner-Little Yellow Bicycle, circle punch, Spellbinders die, Dew Drops and ink.
Project #24-Turning 8 Scrapbook Page
I has been such a long time since I could scrapbook on a regular basis and I had forgotten how much I loved it. I often opt for cards during my creative sessions as they take less time to create. But I definitely have fallen in love again with scrapbooking. :)
When I use stamps on my scrapbook pages, I often use them as accent items. Which is how I used them on these pages. I soooooo wish I could show you more of the pages, but the are for an upcoming class.
Supplies: Stamps-border stamp (Inkadinkado), small star stamp (Hero Arts), tag sentiment (Papertrey Ink-Tag-Its #10), birthday sentiment (Papertrey Ink-Birthday Tags), birthday word (Little Yellow Bicycle), pattern paper (Fancy Pants-Rough and Tough), ink, circle punch and tag punch.
While I did not get many projects done this week, I did use a lot of stamps sets. :) I would love to know what you have been working on. Post and tell me about your week and be sure to link your work below.
Thanks for stopping by,
Jeri
I love that birthday card. You sure put a lot of detail into it. Scrapbook pages are wonderful also. Thanks for sharing and getting out of bed and not pulling the covers over your head.
ReplyDeleteI heat embossed on ribbon for one card. Another card I really had fun because I used the negative from a die cut for my shape. It was loads of fun layering stamps which is not something that I usually do. I have a panel to adhere to a blank card. I only used one stamp for the sentiment because of my focal image. I stamped on a metallic paint chip sample. I'm thinking if I use the same technique again using solid card stock and then stamping on the focal point with different stamps layering them.
Have a great weekend!
Even though you had a tough week you made beautiful things, my friend. :-)
ReplyDeleteBless you for pressing onward! Your cards and page came out quite lovely :) I admire your inner strength and managing to peek out from the covers to create ... Not sure I could have manage these beauties under the circumstances So here's a woohoo just for you!
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