Some Fall Cards to Share

I'm taking a fun and free class with Alejandra Gomez (Creating with Allie on Facebook and other social media). It has been really fun. Yes, I know how to make cards already lol. But it is fun sometimes to learn different techniques that you haven't done before. Or revisit ones you haven't used for a long time. Plus, her accent is just real darn fun to listen to :)

Anyway, these are the three cards I created using the patterned paper background unit from the first night. Aren't they cute? I'm not sure about the last one with the sunflower. It is quite busy. But, it's my favorite paper from the new Plaid Tidings DSP pack.

P.S. I don't love how the stamped images on these watercolor and textured type image stamps shows up in photos. They look kind of cross-hatched or patchy. But, in real life, they are not. You don't see that at all. Just sayin'.

There is a special young lady in my life who is going through some stuff, and I'm trying to help keep her uplifted by sending her cards each week. These first two will probably go to her. I send her a dad joke in each week too, those are always cringingly fun :)

 

If you want to know what products I used to make any of these, just shoot me a message or comment on this blog post. Becasue frankly, I'm just too lazy to put it all down here ;) 

And, if you don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator already, please choose me as your demo on your next Stampin' Up! order so that I can afford to buy all the pretty things. Ha ha! You will have to enter my info in the "find my demonstrator" link at checkout. The name on my demo account is Chelle Scott, and I live in Spanish Fork, Utah.

And, as always, thanks a heap for stopping by! 

For a Friend That Makes Me Smile

Hey there, two posts in the same month? What? Who am I? Ha ha.

Actually, I have been thinking of just not having a blog (*gasp*). Seems like it is antiquated now. At least for someone like me who is just looking to share things that she makes. The really important part is the pictures, and they can go on Instagram. I really don't have much to say about most of them and kind of struggle to write anything interesting. Then, I'm betting nobody ever really reads it lol. Huh. Something to think about. If you read this, what do you think? 

And, on that note, here is a card I made a few days ago using the new Forever Fern suite from Stampin' Up!. Don't you just love those colors? That pattern is my favorite of all of them. I want to hoard it, but I'm trying not to hoard all the pretty things lol. There will always be new pretty things. 

If you want to know what products I used to make this, just shoot me a message or comment on this blog post. And, if you don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator already, please choose me as your demo on your next Stampin' Up! order so that I can afford to buy all the pretty things. Ha ha! You will have to enter my info in the "find my demonstrator" link at checkout. The name on my demo account is Chelle Scott, and I live in Spanish Fork, Utah. 

And, as always, thanks a heap for stopping by! 

Christmas in July

Around July each year I start thinking about Christmas lol. Not because I want it to come, but because there are lots of paper crafting events for Christmas in July. In regard to cards, I think this is because lots of us avid paper crafters make our own Christmas cards. And lots of us make lots of cards!

Last year I actually didn't send Christmas cards because I fell in love with some Autumn designer series paper that I really wanted to use. So I ended up sending Thanksgiving cards instead. And, to be honest, that might be a new tradition for me. I love all things fall. We take our family vacation at the beginning of fall and it just seems like it kicks off the best parts of the year for me.

But, to that end, I always end up with all these really pretty Christmas papers in my stash that don't get used. But, I had to have them you know? They're so pretty! I don't scrapbook Christmas anymore. Truthfully, it's a lot less fun when your kids are older. Maybe when I have grands someday....

So, since I was thinking of Christmas I decided to make a card. I had a lot of fun, and I'm so glad I used that greenery sheet from the Stampin' Up! All is Bright DSP from last year (retired, sorry). I just loved it so much and was happy to finally play with it.

This fun fold design is so fun. I believe it is called a buckle fold. I found a video tutorial on Lisa Curcio's YouTube channel, and had to give it a go. I like having a bit of a unique twist on my cards, especially if it lets me use lots of big pieces of pattern. Love me some patterned paper!

If you have questions about anything used on this card, just send me a message or leave a comment. 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Everything

I have not scrapbooked in a long time. At least a couple months. And before that single page I made a few months ago, it had been a very long time. Not sure why. I still watch YouTube vids of my favorite creators all the time. I still buy all the things (I do try to curb that quite a bit. I am well aware that my stash is plenty enough already.). I still look on Pinterest and Pin the inspo. I just had no motivation to actually do it.

Today I was feeling overwhelmed by all of the social media about COVID-19. I just can't look at it or watch it OR talk about it anymore right now. I'm stressed out. We don't have enough food to get through two weeks. We have no money to go and buy food until payday. And, even if we did, there is nothing to buy. People are crazy. It's all gone. Ok. I'm not talking about it. I'm done.

So, needing to get out of my head and off of social media, I took to my crafty supplies and some comedian vids on YouTube. I went in with the plan of making some base pages or just putting some papers together for page kits. Once I started going through my scraps, I got inspired. I had some papers that I loved and just wanted to see a finished page. So I slapped down my papers (all scraps except the background) and grabbed a photo that I already had printed. OMG. I found my hobby again guys! It felt so good. I made a page that I love. I got my hands in some of my paper. The angels sang. It was magical! Lol.

I'm not going to list what papers or supplies these are because I really don't have the foggiest clue. I have had them forever. Except the background diagonal, which I LOVE. I just picked that up. It is Jen Hadfield Chasing Adventures from American Crafts (2018).

Use your stash. Find some of your old supplies that you still love, mix them with new ones. Have some fun. Get out of your head.

On another note, I think I have just organized my paper in a way that is not right for me. I just reorganized them from by color to by print (like florals, stripes, dots, etc.) a few weeks ago. The error in this system became apparent when I went to look for paper today for page kits and had to go through every section to find papers. I thought I would want to find a stripe or a floral or plaid, etc. Wrong! I just want to find paper that looks good together and have similar colors. But organizing by color wasn't working for me either because when something has multi colors, then I don't know what to stick it in. And I also want to store things that are from the same collection together (which I do have a separate category for). This makes me think I should just stick to buying coordinating kits. But I like the idea of making my own kits. Hmm....maybe I should buy in groups of things that I like together, but not necessarily from the same manufacturer. And then store them together? IDK. How do I sort my paper that I currently have? Do I just make a bunch of page kits. I feel a Nicole Jones binge coming on......

Well, that's really all I have in me for today. Hope you found something to inspire you and get you out of your head and crafting today as well.