I've been a VERY busy bee

Wow.. the last time I posted was back in towards the end of June... Wow... does time FLY!

I'm stuck in the "not done a heck of a lot" and "wow time has flown".  I honestly can't account for it, and I'm really not even going to try to write it all down, I'm just going to hit the highlights.

August - Shipped out my first box of cards to Operation Write Home.  I waited for several weeks for commentary about things I needed to fix, and in the world of OWH, no news is good news... so I can assume that none of the cards I made ended up in the Card hospital.  That's an awesome thing.

August also saw the rise of the Rainbow Loom.  That took off like a rocket!  I'ts a toy made for ages 8 and up.  It's a plastic peg loom in three rows that you can rearrange as necessary.  Each row of pegs sits on a blue holder and that's how you can rearrange them for different patterns.  YouTube has TONS of how to videos and now they actually have books to show you how to make different bracelets and ideas.  I made about two dozen of those in a very short time.

From there, we find September.  I went to a crop and bought more Copic markers.  Copic markers are just awesome!  I started out with one because I didn't understand what made them so awesome.  Then I bought a set of 6; and that soon expanded to almost 56; and I have some on my Christmas list also... so yes, I've figured them out.  They are good at blending colors.... that's their claim to fame, and they do it very well.  I went crazy and bought a bunch of Christmas stamps and some plan white smooth cardstock and went crazy.  Then I used the markers and "rendered" (colored and blended to make subtle shades) them.  I put those aside for the work Marketplace.

Now it's October and I honestly don't really know where that whole month went.  I discovered Quilling; and time stood still.  From the time I discovered Quilling and received my starter kit, it was a whilrwind of quilling snowflakes (I found a really nice one on YouTube), making cards and weaving bracelets.

November is shipping my love off to Vegas for the first week for his conference while I worked every day, came home and made more cards with Copics, stamps and my Cricut.  For the week he was gone, I set up a schedule of cards and at least 2 snowflakes per night.  It kept me busy and I didn't miss the Mr. so much.

November 19th and 20th was the Craft show; and while I didn't sell much of anything, I'm very happy with the work I did.

Just today, I opened an Etsy shop to try and sell these wonderful works of art. Gina's Goodies

Here are a few of the cards:

But even after all of this, I'm not done.

Here's one that is a copyrighted image, so I couldn't sell it, but I colored it just for grins.

I think this one is my best work!

And then... just when you thought I was done... I made... Quilled snowflakes!

Very Light Blue

This is is made from 1/4" paper

1/8

1/4"

All card items shown here are my works of art using commercially sold stamps 

copyright image 2013

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Scrapbooking Galore

Today I am off to the Unconventional Convention at Angela's Happy Stamper, and my order from Stampin' up arrives!  So it's going to be a good day!

 On Saturday!

Hooray!

My Latest Creations!

I spent some quality time with my Cricut and my Wild Card cartridge.  This is what I came up with.


 After that, comes thus little gem:

And I used that cartridge too add words to a card I've already made.  It really mazes it up a bit.  Don't you think?

Today's cards

I finally broke out my mini cricut and put it to work creating cards.  I need to find a fall or Thanksgiving theme for something I have in mind... I'm trying to get all the seasons and major holidays covered.

Black, white and red might be a little weird for Valentine's Day, but I think it works!

A redo

I found a few embellishments, and I like these a lot more now.  They're a bit juvenile looking, I think.  I really like the fall one the best.

The two birthday ones, are new, and they seem to work.

New Cards

Good morning and Happy Monday!

Yesterday, I was at work making a few cards.  They look a little sparse to me.  I was going for a somewhat minimalist approach, and I think I overdid the "less is more".  The nice thing is, I can always add to the card.. it's a lot easier than trying to subtract elements.

So here goes!

This is a card I made for a friend in the hospital.. but Im not sure I like it enough to give to someone.  I like the embossing, and I like the colored hearts, but the cutout heart is a little "blah"; and I think the stamp should be "different" (although I'm not sure HOW... or what look I want).

The next one is VERY minimalist, but I love the color choice.  It reminds me more of fall, and I'm not really sure where to go from here with it.  I think it needs something (acorn paper piecing, a pumpkin in the corner, fall leaves, maybe?  Thoughts anyone??

This is a card I made using a heart puzzle coluzzle that I love (I'm still upset that they don't make them anymore!  I'm glad I bought most of them when I heard, but I'm still looking for more!).  I used a butterfly punch to try for a 3D look; and I think that I succeeded, for the most part.  I have a glue dot under the right wing to help it stand up a little.  The sentiment is "my heart breaks when I think of you".  Sappy, I know..

Okay.. and THIS one is the best of the bunch, I think:  I still need to get some small gem embellishments, but for what I had to work with, it's pretty darned good!

New Blog!

Greetings and Salutations!

Today marks the start of something wonderful.  I have become a Stampin' Up Demonstrator!

I'm VERY excited about this new opportunity to get crafty and possibly spread the crafting bug to other people.

This blog is dedicated to my pursuit of papercrafting.  I am a Cricut user as well as a Stampin' Up person.  While I will only demonstrate the SU items, I can use everything at my disposal for personal cards.

Long live the crafter!!