I'm telling ya, there's a jinx on me this month. The seller who had the elusive last two pages of the Once Upon a Springtime collection emailed me this morning and stated, "Unfortunately, one of the patterns you ordered..." Blah, blah. Okay, so now I'm down to needing one page, but all is not lost. I now have four copies of the most important page of the pad, so that's fine. I'll get the last page. I always do... eventually. The project isn't even due to begin until at least after Christmas, so no biggie. A little headache to sit on top of a larger one.
Not a very productive day today on any level. There was a little accident that involved bones, mass blood, and pain, so everything stopped to attend to this little matter. I did manage to watch a few tutorial videos between annoying yelps of pain. Maybe life will continue tomorrow?
Two steps forward, one step back still equals progress.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
DId It
Yes!
Finally. It all comes together, even better than hoped.
I spent hours yesterday trying to buy a few select items and ran up against wall after wall of "not currently in stock" and paying $5.00 or more for each shipping charge, adding up to over $20.00 for less than $15.00 worth of product.
I started out the day with a positive attitude. After about an hour of searching the wheels began to grind down... again. Time to take a break. I set back out after the house quieted, not really expecting results. And then, jackpot!!!
Scor-Tape. Bingo!
Flying off the shelf Prima mask. Gotcha!
Photo corners. Done deal!
I am tickled pink. But... the best was yet to come. I've lusted after a Graphic 45 collection called "Once Upon a Springtime" that I believe retired about the time I came into the craft. Through sheer perseverance I managed to collect the tag, frames and sticker pages, and all but two of the pages from the12x12 paper pad. Tonight I found the two pages, they are ordered, and mine all mine! I've resigned all hope of finding the full 8x8 pad. Notwithstanding, this is the absolute BEST. Now(!) all the Prima flowers, lace and crystals I've been hoarding will have a place to call home. Right after I finish the other three albums in line. Poo. The important thing is having the set together when time comes. I think to buy another safe to keep my most treasured papers protected in the event of a fire; either that, or find a place to stash that other junk taking up valuable safe space: birth and marriage certificates, diplomas, etc ;P
The next Graphic 45 quest is the Olde Curiosity Shoppe line. It's newer and hardly a challenge to find. Just that money thing, which always gets in the way of fun. This will be the September allowance.
I still can't figure out why the big hobby stores aren't carrying Scor-Tape. And why I haven't heard about it until now? The red sticky tape meets all demands, but gets to be down right expensive at $3.00 for five yards. The Scor-Tape does the exact same thing, but for a few dimes more buys twenty-seven yards. Every album created so far has cost over $10.00 in tape alone. Throw in the-up front paper investment and a few embellishments... and one of these books costs almost $35.00 to create - of course I still mess up a whole bunch in the process. What was it I read a few months ago? Scrapbooking is the art of spending $20.00 decorating a ten-cent photo... too funny.
So.
I've finished the full mock-up of the next album and decided the binding. Or so I thought until watching a new batch of YouTube videos. There are quite a few out there that use greeting card size pull-outs for pictures. Not a bad idea, actually; most of the fun of the mini's is the interaction, and it also provides a quick way out of figuring where to put the 5x7's collected over the years.
I'm content. There's enough work laid out now to last until Christmas. It's going to be a fun three months.
Finally. It all comes together, even better than hoped.
I spent hours yesterday trying to buy a few select items and ran up against wall after wall of "not currently in stock" and paying $5.00 or more for each shipping charge, adding up to over $20.00 for less than $15.00 worth of product.
I started out the day with a positive attitude. After about an hour of searching the wheels began to grind down... again. Time to take a break. I set back out after the house quieted, not really expecting results. And then, jackpot!!!
Scor-Tape. Bingo!
Flying off the shelf Prima mask. Gotcha!
Photo corners. Done deal!
I am tickled pink. But... the best was yet to come. I've lusted after a Graphic 45 collection called "Once Upon a Springtime" that I believe retired about the time I came into the craft. Through sheer perseverance I managed to collect the tag, frames and sticker pages, and all but two of the pages from the12x12 paper pad. Tonight I found the two pages, they are ordered, and mine all mine! I've resigned all hope of finding the full 8x8 pad. Notwithstanding, this is the absolute BEST. Now(!) all the Prima flowers, lace and crystals I've been hoarding will have a place to call home. Right after I finish the other three albums in line. Poo. The important thing is having the set together when time comes. I think to buy another safe to keep my most treasured papers protected in the event of a fire; either that, or find a place to stash that other junk taking up valuable safe space: birth and marriage certificates, diplomas, etc ;P
The next Graphic 45 quest is the Olde Curiosity Shoppe line. It's newer and hardly a challenge to find. Just that money thing, which always gets in the way of fun. This will be the September allowance.
I still can't figure out why the big hobby stores aren't carrying Scor-Tape. And why I haven't heard about it until now? The red sticky tape meets all demands, but gets to be down right expensive at $3.00 for five yards. The Scor-Tape does the exact same thing, but for a few dimes more buys twenty-seven yards. Every album created so far has cost over $10.00 in tape alone. Throw in the-up front paper investment and a few embellishments... and one of these books costs almost $35.00 to create - of course I still mess up a whole bunch in the process. What was it I read a few months ago? Scrapbooking is the art of spending $20.00 decorating a ten-cent photo... too funny.
So.
I've finished the full mock-up of the next album and decided the binding. Or so I thought until watching a new batch of YouTube videos. There are quite a few out there that use greeting card size pull-outs for pictures. Not a bad idea, actually; most of the fun of the mini's is the interaction, and it also provides a quick way out of figuring where to put the 5x7's collected over the years.
I'm content. There's enough work laid out now to last until Christmas. It's going to be a fun three months.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
File Folders
I am on the threshold of beginning the Graphic 45 Little Darlings mini.
I'm using plain manilla file folders as the page base. Until today, I'd forgotten this was the original plan, and it got stuck in my mind that I need to take a trip to JoAnn's to buy some pretty, glimmery, heavier weight card stock before beginning. Up until now, I built all my minis pages on medium-heavy weight card stock. I've thought to use chipboard from cereal boxes, but this seems too "coarse" for a baby's album. Perhaps this would best be used on future albums where children will handle.
I know the file folder concept for scrapbooking is very popular right now; these and the memory file box Heidi Swapp's claim to fame - among her other incredible ideas. I have a couple sets of some patterned file folders, but I'm not ready to commit to a project using these. Good grief, there's only so much a novice can handle! Instead, the file folders I plan to use in this project is due solely to their strength.
When committing to the baby album, I gathered all the papers, embellishments, pictures, ribbons, etc I could possibly think to use in the creation and put it all together in a box. Today I stumbled upon several videos demonstrating how to begin a project. I was dead on. Now I'm left with figuring out what doesn't belong!
I've made an actual size mock up of the album using printer paper. This is going to save a ton of designer paper I surely would have cut incorrectly. There's only the front and back covers and four pages designed so far, and I'm fairly confident there should be at least one more page, if not two. The binding style also remains yet undetermined.
My mother did fill in a baby album for the first few years of my life, but it was very much hit or miss. Fifty years later, the book is actually beginning to crumble. I'm at a loss as how best to preserve her work. There are several options available. I could scan all the images and print them to include into the updated version; however, in doing so, it's all but guaranteed the original will continue deterioration. I could cut up the book, deacidfy the pages and use the cut portions on small journaling tags. I'm not entirely sure, but I think her notes to be so scarce as to not worry about cutting one side and cutting into another entry on the other. Either way, the original book is not going to last much longer, so it's a choice between two evils. I'm leaning toward the second option now that it's spelled out. Now to find a store willing to order Krylon's de-acidfication spray. None of the stores do at present, but I'm betting if they put it on their shelves, it would fly off the shelves.
I'm using plain manilla file folders as the page base. Until today, I'd forgotten this was the original plan, and it got stuck in my mind that I need to take a trip to JoAnn's to buy some pretty, glimmery, heavier weight card stock before beginning. Up until now, I built all my minis pages on medium-heavy weight card stock. I've thought to use chipboard from cereal boxes, but this seems too "coarse" for a baby's album. Perhaps this would best be used on future albums where children will handle.
I know the file folder concept for scrapbooking is very popular right now; these and the memory file box Heidi Swapp's claim to fame - among her other incredible ideas. I have a couple sets of some patterned file folders, but I'm not ready to commit to a project using these. Good grief, there's only so much a novice can handle! Instead, the file folders I plan to use in this project is due solely to their strength.
When committing to the baby album, I gathered all the papers, embellishments, pictures, ribbons, etc I could possibly think to use in the creation and put it all together in a box. Today I stumbled upon several videos demonstrating how to begin a project. I was dead on. Now I'm left with figuring out what doesn't belong!
I've made an actual size mock up of the album using printer paper. This is going to save a ton of designer paper I surely would have cut incorrectly. There's only the front and back covers and four pages designed so far, and I'm fairly confident there should be at least one more page, if not two. The binding style also remains yet undetermined.
My mother did fill in a baby album for the first few years of my life, but it was very much hit or miss. Fifty years later, the book is actually beginning to crumble. I'm at a loss as how best to preserve her work. There are several options available. I could scan all the images and print them to include into the updated version; however, in doing so, it's all but guaranteed the original will continue deterioration. I could cut up the book, deacidfy the pages and use the cut portions on small journaling tags. I'm not entirely sure, but I think her notes to be so scarce as to not worry about cutting one side and cutting into another entry on the other. Either way, the original book is not going to last much longer, so it's a choice between two evils. I'm leaning toward the second option now that it's spelled out. Now to find a store willing to order Krylon's de-acidfication spray. None of the stores do at present, but I'm betting if they put it on their shelves, it would fly off the shelves.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Scrap-lifted
This layout is one I virtually lifted from the page of another artist, NMscrapper. The paper was on hand (or maybe I ordered the paper after seeing the original layout) and a store accidentally sent me the chipboard pieces - really! - and I immediately knew which photo belonged on my version.
I'll readily admit the original looks far better than mine. (Better photography, to begin with!) But the similarities are striking.
I was particularly proud of the pleated flowers I made from scratch... my first. I recently bought a Cricut cartridge, Flower Shoppe, that handily allows me to create the yellow roses found on NMScrappy's page. I'm still working with the cartridge, but this demonstrates the progression of skill acquisition over time. Today, I would have copied the yellow roses and applied them to the LO.
I created this layout when cutting very pretty paper still seemed rather sinful. I learned after this paper could and should be cut, which cracked the barrier that kept me from opening the virgin G45 stacks. Although I loved the paper line, Printery, I didn't realize it came from Prima Marketing. Had I, I probably never would have used it. It's just good that it did.... plus, I still have more of the paper to hoarde.
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| Adaptation of original layout featuring my mother, 1953 |
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| Scraplifted from NMscrappy, posted on Scrapbook.com |
I'll readily admit the original looks far better than mine. (Better photography, to begin with!) But the similarities are striking.
I was particularly proud of the pleated flowers I made from scratch... my first. I recently bought a Cricut cartridge, Flower Shoppe, that handily allows me to create the yellow roses found on NMScrappy's page. I'm still working with the cartridge, but this demonstrates the progression of skill acquisition over time. Today, I would have copied the yellow roses and applied them to the LO.
I created this layout when cutting very pretty paper still seemed rather sinful. I learned after this paper could and should be cut, which cracked the barrier that kept me from opening the virgin G45 stacks. Although I loved the paper line, Printery, I didn't realize it came from Prima Marketing. Had I, I probably never would have used it. It's just good that it did.... plus, I still have more of the paper to hoarde.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Lots to Cover & So Many Photos
We're back from vacation and there's much to cover in this post.
EDIT: Picture Revised. The original photo posted reference a haul from last week. This photo was the one intended for this area. Apologies from the author.
Several items ordered before we left arrived in the mail today. I referenced a vintage stamp, paper, postcard company a post or two back, the order shown to the left. The order was a sampling of some of the many products available and not surprisingly, was happier with some items more than others. The various stamp sets are perfectly suited for several projects I'm due to begin in the coming weeks. The little boy alpha stickers will quickly disappear. The postage card/journaling tags will slowly find secret spots as other projects evolve. I'm not sure how much the baby book chipboard stickers and chipboard pieces will actually end up in the Graphic 45 Little Darlings mini-album I begin work on this month, but with product in hand I'm now certain the colours match perfectly. This was more luck than anything else. The Flower Shoppe cartridge from Cricut also arrived and this one will save over $100 within a day of work. These cartridge offers endless dimensional flower combinations that, for under $20, cost about the same as one standard punch of this type. My deepest regrets, EK Success.
Charms are used extensively to decorate the outside binding of mini-albums; a charm bracelet for a book, as it were. During each major phase of the vacation I bought several charming (ahem) charms representing that event; and, other pieces I thought might come into use down the road. The dinosaur charms are precious! I plan to use these within the Texas vacation mini as tag danglies. I'll post pictures of how they're used once put into pace. The cute little pot bellied pig will be seen again in the upcoming mini album project using the Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe paper collection. Unfortunately, the gift shop at the Japanese Gardens didn't have a koi charm of any sort, which was a major disappointment... the quest will continue.
Next are the photos of the book's layout almost naked, before attaching the vacation photos and other memorabilia inside. I've flipped at a breakneck speed through most of the pictures we took and can already tell I'm going to add a few more pages to the album. I suspected this would be the case, and planned accordingly, but waited until knowing exactly what we had before committing to the work. (See post: TP & Thinking, June 26th, 2012) Those, of course, aren't represented in this showing because they are still locked in my head and scattered throughout various parts of the scrapbooking room.
School starts back this week so I'll have many hours each day to devote undivided attention to several upcoming mini-album projects. The baby book, the boy's younger years, and two identical copied-to-the-letter Old Curiosity Shoppe albums - one for here and one as a Christmas gift. The album I plan to shamelessly copy - not once but twice - is shown on YouTube here. Almost needless to say, but said, is that all the paper lines will come from various Graphic 45 collections. Does the company sell stock? If so, buying in could prove a solid investment.
I promised to cover a whole bunch. Delivered, with a smile. Blessings!
PS... The vacation was positively awesome. We had a blast.
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| Crafty Secrets & Cricut Haul |
Several items ordered before we left arrived in the mail today. I referenced a vintage stamp, paper, postcard company a post or two back, the order shown to the left. The order was a sampling of some of the many products available and not surprisingly, was happier with some items more than others. The various stamp sets are perfectly suited for several projects I'm due to begin in the coming weeks. The little boy alpha stickers will quickly disappear. The postage card/journaling tags will slowly find secret spots as other projects evolve. I'm not sure how much the baby book chipboard stickers and chipboard pieces will actually end up in the Graphic 45 Little Darlings mini-album I begin work on this month, but with product in hand I'm now certain the colours match perfectly. This was more luck than anything else. The Flower Shoppe cartridge from Cricut also arrived and this one will save over $100 within a day of work. These cartridge offers endless dimensional flower combinations that, for under $20, cost about the same as one standard punch of this type. My deepest regrets, EK Success.
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| Butterfly, Turtle & Potbelly Pig charms |
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| Dinosaur charms |
Along side the need for a quick buildup of paper and fabric scrapbooking flowers, I've also found my charms collection miserably lacking.
Charms are used extensively to decorate the outside binding of mini-albums; a charm bracelet for a book, as it were. During each major phase of the vacation I bought several charming (ahem) charms representing that event; and, other pieces I thought might come into use down the road. The dinosaur charms are precious! I plan to use these within the Texas vacation mini as tag danglies. I'll post pictures of how they're used once put into pace. The cute little pot bellied pig will be seen again in the upcoming mini album project using the Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe paper collection. Unfortunately, the gift shop at the Japanese Gardens didn't have a koi charm of any sort, which was a major disappointment... the quest will continue.
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| July 27th, 2012 |
I couldn't resist posting one of my favourite photos of Martin feeding the koi during our visit to the gardens. The fish practically climb out of the water for their kibbles. The little guy's mouth is wide open waiting for him to drop in the pellet. Is this a great shot or what? I love it!
Next are the photos of the book's layout almost naked, before attaching the vacation photos and other memorabilia inside. I've flipped at a breakneck speed through most of the pictures we took and can already tell I'm going to add a few more pages to the album. I suspected this would be the case, and planned accordingly, but waited until knowing exactly what we had before committing to the work. (See post: TP & Thinking, June 26th, 2012) Those, of course, aren't represented in this showing because they are still locked in my head and scattered throughout various parts of the scrapbooking room.
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| Front Cover |
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| Inside Front Cover |
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| Japanese Garden Pages |
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| Museum Pages - Info Bundled, Ready to mount |
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| Self-descriptive |
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| Family Photos & Small Pocket Page |
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| Flip Page Details |
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| Glen Rose - With Back Inside Cover |
( How nice it would be to quickly figure out how to neatly arrange the photos, but this is a first and it's late! :D
Oh, well)
I'm particularly proud of this mini-album because, although I've learned many of the techniques from other great scrappers, the layout, paper combinations, and design are 100% mine... no scrap-lifting involved.
School starts back this week so I'll have many hours each day to devote undivided attention to several upcoming mini-album projects. The baby book, the boy's younger years, and two identical copied-to-the-letter Old Curiosity Shoppe albums - one for here and one as a Christmas gift. The album I plan to shamelessly copy - not once but twice - is shown on YouTube here. Almost needless to say, but said, is that all the paper lines will come from various Graphic 45 collections. Does the company sell stock? If so, buying in could prove a solid investment.
I promised to cover a whole bunch. Delivered, with a smile. Blessings!
PS... The vacation was positively awesome. We had a blast.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Card & Haul
I'm finishing the second created card of the year. It's for my brother, and boy did all sorts of inspiration take hold on this one. It's not just a card, but also a little note pad should he ever choose to use it as such.
I went shopping yesterday making the usual circuit. I found all sorts of good stuff! The associate store had recently restocked their hobby aisle, and most of the stuff I picked out ranged between 25 cents up to $1.00. Nothing more than that for a very generous bag to bring home. The best find was a spool of Tinkerbell ribbon, which was more of a strand of tiny green rhinestones mounted on a gossamer ribbon not much wider than the rhinestones. It took my breath away. HL had a few steals, the best of which included a Madonna Christmas stamp I've had my eyes on for awhile (reduced from $11 down to $3.50) and a chain of square metal jewelry charms, also deeply discounted. I found a large, delicate flourish stamp set at TM that will be used at every opportunity.
The prize of the week: I found a box of deeply etched resin roses that I couldn't figure what possible function these could serve until pulling one out of the packaging. They were bulletin board tacks. The packaging leads me to believe these were meant to be sold as individual pieces, maybe a dollar each? The outside box original price listed at $11.00. TM reduced them to $3.00. Because three were missing, the manager reduced it all to $2.40. This was theft, I say! My plans for the tacks are to cut down the tack portion and use the top as a closure button for a mini-album. Or even, how about... using some as very pretty bulletin board tacks until using or selling them for scrapbooking purposes.
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| Face |
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| Inside with working notepad and assorted vintage tickets |
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| Envelope |
I went shopping yesterday making the usual circuit. I found all sorts of good stuff! The associate store had recently restocked their hobby aisle, and most of the stuff I picked out ranged between 25 cents up to $1.00. Nothing more than that for a very generous bag to bring home. The best find was a spool of Tinkerbell ribbon, which was more of a strand of tiny green rhinestones mounted on a gossamer ribbon not much wider than the rhinestones. It took my breath away. HL had a few steals, the best of which included a Madonna Christmas stamp I've had my eyes on for awhile (reduced from $11 down to $3.50) and a chain of square metal jewelry charms, also deeply discounted. I found a large, delicate flourish stamp set at TM that will be used at every opportunity.
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| July 23rd Haul |
The prize of the week: I found a box of deeply etched resin roses that I couldn't figure what possible function these could serve until pulling one out of the packaging. They were bulletin board tacks. The packaging leads me to believe these were meant to be sold as individual pieces, maybe a dollar each? The outside box original price listed at $11.00. TM reduced them to $3.00. Because three were missing, the manager reduced it all to $2.40. This was theft, I say! My plans for the tacks are to cut down the tack portion and use the top as a closure button for a mini-album. Or even, how about... using some as very pretty bulletin board tacks until using or selling them for scrapbooking purposes.
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| Resin Tacks |
Friday, July 20, 2012
Flowers & Style
This is the first post about flowers and scrapbooking. The reason is quite simple; except for the few occasions I've used paper flowers - in very limited quantities - on a scrapbook page, I haven't seen a need from them. There's a dimensional aspect that I figured would fail when used in a traditional, sheet protected 12x12 album-bound book.
For the past couple of months when doing the scrapbook store run I've began picking up a package or two of assembled flowers when found on sale. They aren't cheap. Last week, TM had a sale on Prima Flowers (the industry standard) which reduced the $4.00 packages down to 99c each. Talk about building a rapid inventory!
Though I'm not quite sure where to start, I'm fascinated by the flowers made by I am Roses. You get a big bang for each buck there, and they are truly lovely. They have a huge assortment of flower types, sizes and colours, and priced very reasonably. Except that I have to restock on some very basic supplies, I would order enough to sample and play around with.
The big box craft stores all carry silk flowers, which they regularly have 50% sales. This is an area to pay more attention, especially the bridal section.
And in no way least, there's virtually an unlimited range of paper flowers created with the Cricut. I've watched scores of YouTube video demonstrating techniques of creating beautiful flowers I never would have thought possible.
Primarily through the warehouse sales, I've built a reasonable collection of Tattered Angels sprays and glimmer paints. These consistently put out stunning effects, but they really need to figure out a better spray system. I've yet to complete a project without having the sprayer clog. Everywhere I turned I kept hearing about Lindy's Stamp Gang, a direct competitor of Tattered Angels. I watched several videos from both the manufacturer and independent reviews, and I'm convinced this line definitely has a place in my growing spray paint/mist collection. Lots of them! The mention of the sprays and mists while posting about flowers is because these play such an important role in colouring flowers... and so much more.
The white flowers at the lower right corner are some left over from a wedding several years ago. Cheap, cheap, cheap. The coloured flowers are the same set but with a stingy application of differently coloured Tattered Angel's mist sprays.
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It's taken awhile to figure this out, but I do have a "style". It is the colours and images predominate between 1910-1960. Yes, that's a sizable range, but these are the colours I love working with best. G45 probably helped with that, but it holds true across all paper lines and graphics. When I heard yesterday about an online store, CraftySecrets.com carrying vintage papers, postcards, and images; I had to go check it out. Using incredible ultra-human restraint, I left the site with only a large stamp set (perfect for the G45 On the Boardwalk line!!) and 32 page postcard collection, and two booklet sets. Yes, all from the 1930-60's. And as it happened, they had a sale in place. I will go back to "visit" again, some time soon. Oh, yes, life is good!
Then, as if the gummy karma worms weren't helping along most wonderfully, today I found a blog site here called The Graphics Fairy LLC, with free(!) vintage images... thousands of them. Too good to be true.
On a sadder note, one of my all-time punches got damaged somehow. The question becomes: do I go out and buy another, or do I go with a similar punch? This is really discouraging; having to buy something a bit pricey twice.
For the past couple of months when doing the scrapbook store run I've began picking up a package or two of assembled flowers when found on sale. They aren't cheap. Last week, TM had a sale on Prima Flowers (the industry standard) which reduced the $4.00 packages down to 99c each. Talk about building a rapid inventory!
Though I'm not quite sure where to start, I'm fascinated by the flowers made by I am Roses. You get a big bang for each buck there, and they are truly lovely. They have a huge assortment of flower types, sizes and colours, and priced very reasonably. Except that I have to restock on some very basic supplies, I would order enough to sample and play around with.
The big box craft stores all carry silk flowers, which they regularly have 50% sales. This is an area to pay more attention, especially the bridal section.
And in no way least, there's virtually an unlimited range of paper flowers created with the Cricut. I've watched scores of YouTube video demonstrating techniques of creating beautiful flowers I never would have thought possible.
Primarily through the warehouse sales, I've built a reasonable collection of Tattered Angels sprays and glimmer paints. These consistently put out stunning effects, but they really need to figure out a better spray system. I've yet to complete a project without having the sprayer clog. Everywhere I turned I kept hearing about Lindy's Stamp Gang, a direct competitor of Tattered Angels. I watched several videos from both the manufacturer and independent reviews, and I'm convinced this line definitely has a place in my growing spray paint/mist collection. Lots of them! The mention of the sprays and mists while posting about flowers is because these play such an important role in colouring flowers... and so much more.
The white flowers at the lower right corner are some left over from a wedding several years ago. Cheap, cheap, cheap. The coloured flowers are the same set but with a stingy application of differently coloured Tattered Angel's mist sprays.
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It's taken awhile to figure this out, but I do have a "style". It is the colours and images predominate between 1910-1960. Yes, that's a sizable range, but these are the colours I love working with best. G45 probably helped with that, but it holds true across all paper lines and graphics. When I heard yesterday about an online store, CraftySecrets.com carrying vintage papers, postcards, and images; I had to go check it out. Using incredible ultra-human restraint, I left the site with only a large stamp set (perfect for the G45 On the Boardwalk line!!) and 32 page postcard collection, and two booklet sets. Yes, all from the 1930-60's. And as it happened, they had a sale in place. I will go back to "visit" again, some time soon. Oh, yes, life is good!
Then, as if the gummy karma worms weren't helping along most wonderfully, today I found a blog site here called The Graphics Fairy LLC, with free(!) vintage images... thousands of them. Too good to be true.
On a sadder note, one of my all-time punches got damaged somehow. The question becomes: do I go out and buy another, or do I go with a similar punch? This is really discouraging; having to buy something a bit pricey twice.
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