Something different

I really should stop watching YouTube because I find out about new crafts that I just need to try. And for new crafts, you're going to need some new supplies! When I heard about die cutting felt, I just had to try it. I already had a die cutter so I only needed to buy felt and the stitching dies. Anyway, this is a nice little craft that you can do on the couch or take on the go. The owl is from a Nicole Spohr spellbinders die. The bell is from Poshta Design. The bear is not a stitching die, but a papercrafting die. It is by Trinity Stamps. I tried to stitch it to paper in order to make a gift tag, but it didn't work real. The felt and paper seemed to be off size wise.

Old faithful template

For Craft Roulette this week the parameters were: thank you card, 1950s colors, toast or bread and brown paper. Toast or bread was the difficult parameter. I have one small stamp of toasting glasses, but I do not have anything for toast or bread. So, I thought of money being "bread" and I used my old faithful plastic money holder template. Years ago I used that template to make Christmas cash envelopes for my neighbor to give to her grandkids. When I heard that it has to include Brown, my mind went to pink for 1950s colors. My aunt used to have a 1950s pink kitchen.

Double Z fold, updated room pic

Of course, I made a Z fold card for Craft Roulette.

On the show, Mary showed us how to make a double Z fold. I had never done that before. I had also never used these little Mandela stamps from spellbinders so to first I thought was good. It's not a typical card for me. Also posting a quick update on my room. I cleaned my room and I actually added a second desk, which is really helpful. It's not shown in the picture though. Why didn't I think of that before?

Rhymes with Ogg???

The parameters this week for Craft Roulette were: bookbinding card, candy colors, rhymes with ogg, lettering. I am not a big fan of the bookbinding fold, but I really had fun with the rhyming parameter. I made a cat and I learned that in Australia mog is a term for a cat. my cat is on a log with a frog. I hand drew the frog and cut him out. I made so many changes over the course of this card with layout, colors, sentiment. I colored first with alcohol markers and I did not like the result at all. Me and alcohol markers do not mix. for the final image,I used my Tim Holtz watercolor, pencils and got a much better result. The stamps were a bargain from the used craft store 2.50 for those cute cats!

Not another Zoyfold!

On the Craft Roulette challenge this weekend, the wheel made us do a card with three folds! I am not good with these fancy fold type cards. The only thing I could think was to re-create another Zoyfold card, which was required a few weeks ago by Mr. Wheel. A zoyfold is a combination of a Z food and a Joy fold card. I must admit, they are kind of fun. I liked the way this turned out and I probably should use Reid more often. The parameters were: a card with three folds, sweater colors, footwear, and a Post-it note. I colored with Prismacolor pencils and gamsol.

More Craft Roulette cards!

For some reason these parameters really did inspire me! They were: project: slimline colors: lumberjack ( this was the hardest one I thought) element: hat or cap random: lace people used all kinds of things for caps. Even bottle caps! I never would've thought of that. Love the creativity of the Craft Rouletters! here are the cards I submitted. I always like doing mixed media but I feel challenged by it.

2024 was a good year!

I made 56 cards this year. This is the most I've ever made and it's making me happy! 

Some insights- my favorite cards are card I make for people who I really know well and love. Looking them over, some of my favorite cards are the funny ones!

I always want to be artsy & watercolor and collage but I am guilty of making things way too complicated!

Here are my favorites for 2024.

 

For Scs spring gathering

Craft Roulette inspired

Craft Roulette inspired

Craft Roulette inspired

Craft Roulette inspired

Craft Roulette inspired

Craft Roulette inspired made for Joan

This one cracked me up the whole time I was making for Liz