A card, a random question, and a quote March 19, 2007

So, I went in to the school to finish a few things – an hour of “work” means that I get to play the rest of the day, right?

Anyways – I have another house mouse swap coming up and I decided to work on it. I love this little guy and thought baby cards are always nice to have around. I do have to admit that I get most of my layouts from somewhere else. I mean, there are only so many *unique* designs, right? I mean, they are “my designs” but just the same layout. I’m okay with it.. I mean why else would they publish “Joy of Cardmaking”? (I guess I would love to know how others come up with *unique* design layouts.) I also discovered that the texture wheel going both ways looks freakin’ awesome! I loved those jumbo wheels in the new SU! catty, but bad little me doesn’t use them! I will now, because of this newly discovered “background.” I also like them because the backgrounds only fit A2 card size… and I make a mess of trying to line it up again without overlapping.

I have a few others that I made last night. I posted some to SCS, but of course regretted it. I love sharing, really I do, but by golly I *DO* want recognition because I make darn cool stuff (Yes, I love my cards!)! So, I’ll share here and do some other stuff.

Random question… for those of you who sell cards. How do you stockpile for craft shows and stuff? Do you make multiple copies of cards? (I totally dislike doing that! Unless for a swap, like a 5+1.) I wonder if you said this was a *unique* design if you could charge more? Oh, and how the heck do you store them all? Maybe I should invest in a couple of more SU! card organizers.

That’s all for today… I’m debating on posting the others or sending them away to a big, bad (okay, not bad – but it does fit!) “Fox Books” (You’ve Got Mail! reference) – cardmaking magazines!

Oh, I did find a great book that I had stashed away – a rubber stamping quote: “A day without rubberstamping is a day without sunshine!”

~Kendra

Birthday’s Galore! March 17, 2007

I never realized that I needed so many birthday cards!  I made this first card

for Ellen, the owner of the beauty shop where my family goes.  This card looks just like her!  Don’t you love when your cards are *just right* for the people you are giving them to?  I’m so excited to give it to her.

The second card I made was inspired by a color combo that I saw in PaperCrafts.  I kept making a purple polka dots, but they just weren’t working.  So, this is what I came up with.  My grandma’s birthday is the 29th, so I’ve decided to give this one to her!  Now, I need to make a card for my mom to give her! 

I did another card too, but I’m sending it out as a RAK!    See, I’m doing well with my experiment, for the exception of my LSC card.  But, you didn’t want to see that one anyways… It was *unique* to say the least!  LOL!

I’m off to make more cards – last night I drank a too few many Coca-Cola’s and stayed up until 3 in the morning.  Hey, I made some cards though, right?  Thinking about going and getting me one to charge up my creativity again!

Thanks for coming ladies!  I appreciate it!  (I love to write/talk, and I want to share my beautimous cards with you too – Yes, I love my cards! – so this is a perfect combo!)

Peace Out and have a great day!  (Decision of the day?  Go outside where it’s sunny or stamp?  Or just open the door to my apartment and let the outside in so I can do both?  I like the latter better, but I probably should take a shower first!)

finally!! March 17, 2007

So I couldn’t stamp because I had some school stuff to get done.  Being on track break is good, but then I feel guilty because I’m not thinking about school 24/7.  Well… I’m always thinking about school actually.  I even dreamed about the kids the other night.  I was in their school bus, riding home with them.  But then I had to drive the bus.  I know, I know – I should think about getting some better dreams. 

So my card.  I posted my Limited Scrap Challenge card to splitcoast.  Golly that card was a pain in my hiney.  I kept adding stuff and adding black ink and more and more.  I like it, but I’m not in love with it.  I totally understand that challenges are supposed to stretch you, but more often than not, my challenge cards are not that good.  And I have a confession…. at shoebox swaps, I totally can’t make my cards look like the originals.  I’m like stamping impaired or something.  When I’m creating something totally Kendra original, I become one with the card.  It’s like an experience.  It’s my baby.  (No wonder I love my cards!  Digression – JanTink always says “Yes, I love myself!  Can I steal that Jan?!?  Because I love my stamping creations!  ) But, remaking cards and challenges…. I just don’t do so well.  It kills me.

Anyways, so I stamped that one.  And then I did this baby!  (Yes, I love my cards!) 

I bought these Autumn Leaves acrylics back in November.  I had eyed this guy for a while online, and then when he was at my LSS, I decided that it was fate.  But, I am guilty of neglecting him.  Bad stamper Kendra, bad!  I wanted to use the spaceship.  And this simple thing is what came about.  I’m a big fan of simplicity.  I am not a complicated layout, mucho embellishment girl.  This card is totally my style.  I bought those snap stamps a while back too.  They are not that easy to use.  I even goobered my card the first time, but had used my handy dandy super sticky mono multi that I couldn’t get that puppy off there.  Fortunately I was able to save the baby and you can’t even tell that I made a boo-boo!  LOVE that!  (My mom says that hand-stamped cards are best when they aren’t perfect.  I love my momma for that!)

I’m off to stamp a birthday card for the owner of the hair salon my family goes to.  I’m patiently (okay, that might be a slight exaggeration) waiting several orders: some hero arts stamps, Basic Grey 6×6 stacks of their new lines, stuff from StarLitStudio, and my new PaperTrey stamps.  Notice I said stamps!  Yes, I ordered both the words and the new butterfly set.  I’m a bad bad girl!  But, I’m so stinkin’ excited!    I’m also contemplating an order from Cornish Heritage Farms.  Dag nab it, I opened my yahoo newsletter and *just* had to go and look.  I *need* some colorbox chalk inks for my new PaperTrey stamps, don’t I?  And the polka dot backgrounders are just screaming my name.  We all know that I’m ordering, don’t we?!?  I’ll wait.  Oh… what are your thoughts on a Bind-It-All coming to my house?  Do you think I would actually use it?  Hmm.  So many crafting supplies, so little time!  LOL

(And I said that I wasn’t going to spend any more money on crafting stuff for a month!)  Ouy.  Will the money police come get me?

Okay – I’m done.

Peace out!

~Kendra