Paper Crafting is addicting!

I know, I know...it's been a LONG time since I blogged! I just got into learning to make cards, and while I did take a few photos...I forgot to get them off my camera, so I didn't think to blog either. *giggle* I DID finally get some off my camera...so hopefully in the next few days I can do at least one update post. *sigh* We will see how things go though. LOL

This post however, will be about a card I made, as I want to enter it in a challenge I saw on  the Cherry Lynn Designs blog and I think I have to blog with it not just post it in a gallery...so if you aren't into paper crafting, you probably won't care to read this post...so catch ya later!! ;-))


I made my first step card today!! I've been seeing them a lot, on my journey of learning to make my own cards, just hadn't gotten around to making one yet. They even have dies out there that will cut out and score the step cards...but I don't have any of them, so did all that myself.

I'm still not as good as a lot of people are with this card making thing...and have trouble "arranging" things on my card at times...but have made several I really like, and have a lot of fun with it anyway. :-))


One of my favorite things to do, is make paper flowers and use them on cards. I don't use them on every card...guess that would get old after awhile...not to mention, making them different since I suck at arranging them would be hard for me to do...but I do have fun with them when I can.

I got several dies for my birthday this month from Cherry Lynn Designs, and used several on this card along with a wood grain embossing folder from Sizzix.  The dies I used were: Sunflower, barbed wire, tiny fanciful flourish & mini butterflies.  I got lazy, so instead of cutting the middle of the sunflower out of brown cardstock, I just colored the yellow one brown with a bic marker, it seemed to work quite well. LOL

While I may not be the best at creating "to die for" cards, and don't have much hope I'll win this challenge prize...I'm still learning, and having lots of fun at it, so guess that's all that is important!  I've learned a lot in the last three months that I've been doing this about making cards.  I'm sure I still have LOTS to learn...but that's part of the fun!

If you made it this far...thanks for looking!  I'll try to do a post or two of catching up with photos...we've had a lot going on, it's  just my free time has been spent at my craft table, or if I'm on the computer I'm watching card making video's or reading about making cards...and totally forgetting about this thing I used to love called blogging!  *giggle*

Hope everyone has a great week!!

New (almost old) hobby.

I've been spending any spare time lately, learning how to "paper" scrap, so I can make some cards with some of Clara's scrapbooking papers I got, while helping my brother clean out her craft room. I never really thought I'd "paper" scrap, cause while it's pretty, I don't really like my photo albums to have all that raised stuff on the page, that makes the albums not close to well. However, after receiving several wonderful cards from a friend who makes her own...and my brother wanting to get rid of his late wife's scrapbooking supplies, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to learn to make my OWN cards!

I really should have known better...it's not like I don't have enough OTHER hobbies to keep me busy, I shouldn't have thought "I could make a few of my own cards with this stuff." and think it would end at that! *giggle* ESPECIALLY since I'm a recovering DIGITAL scrapaholic! I say recovering, since I haven't done to much of that for several years. ;-)) I should have known, that ANY form of scrapbooking would be addicting to me...but for some reason I didn't think making cards would be. Silly me! *giggle*

It's all I've thought about lately..."I could do this"....or "that"...or "I'd rather be playing with my paper"....or "when can I take a break and go play".  *sigh*  Yep...scrapbooking in ANY form...is bad for me...or least bad for my productivity (and pocketbook).  *giggle*


This is my latest card. Its the first one I made without a destination in mind for it. LOL I was just learning to make little flowers last night...liked how they turned out so well I had to stick them on a card! So...if you end up recieving this card from me, and have already seen it here act surprised! LOL I just had to share...and since I didn't know for sure who I'd give it to figured oh well...maybe whoever it is won't have seen it, and if they did...OH WELL! ;-))

Poor Galen...least with digital, I didn't have stuff strung all over his (and my) desk, when I was scrapping...now I scrap on the back half of his desk...and I'm going to run out of room to store all my supplies and tools, if I ever manage to get all I want (which I realize won't happen...since I keep finding things I want...but still.  LOL).   We need to add onto our house, so I can have more room and have a dedicated scrapping/jewelry making desk!  *giggle*

I could chuck our day bed, and use the area it's in...but haven't gotten around to totally thinking that's a good idea yet.   *sigh*  What if we NEED it?  (Like we have that many people over who need to spend the night. LOL)  It isn't comfy right now, but could be with a new mattress...so I hate to get rid of it...but it's sure looking tempting, when I think of what I could do with that SPACE!  hehehe  ;-))


The card above is the 2nd one I made. I made it for my Dad's birthday. It's not perfect...but I was happy with it, considering it was only my 2nd...and I hadn't acquired the "good" tools yet. ;-))  I still haven't got all the "tools" I hope to get, but have gotten a few more since I made this card, and sure am enjoying them!

I just thought I'd share what I've been up to lately, when I'm not busy doing other things.  It's keeping me from blogging...and getting into my soap room, so next week, I'm going to HAVE to get busy in there.  (This week I'm doing a little extra cleaning and organizing when I'm not playing...or I'd get into my soap room this week LOL).

As for blogging...well...obviously, that's not going to happen all that often, the way life has been the past year or so...so guess that's my new normal!  While I haven't got a problem with being bored (AT ALL!), sharing my life on my blog makes it seem boring...cause I don't have much to share that is "new"...so I don't "get around" to doing it as much as I used to!  LOL  Guess if I was taking more photos I might...but even that has slowed down a bit for some reason.  If I ever get back to doing that more, you may see more of me on here!

So...till next time, hope everyone is having as much fun as I am!  ;-))