Hi, I am just wondering how you store your scrap paper? Do you have an easy, efficient way to do it? I need to organize with the little options I have for storage!Thanks, Kris Reynolds
Here is a post I did a long time ago on this: http://prairiepaperandink.typepad.com/amyr/2006/11/card_stock_and_.html
I still have the drawer with the file folders to keep all my scraps in since I mainly use Stampin' Up! CS - and I am STILL trying to figure out what to do about my Bazzill and Prism CS as they're stored in the Cropper Hopper Vertical paper holders and I don't want to just toss the scraps into those (makes it more of a pain to get to them...).
Does anyone know if you can get IKEA delivered. The closest is in Chicago and we are in Columbia Missouri 125 miles west of St. Louis
Bonnie
Yes you can. Just go to IKEA.com and select your country and go from there. I have NO idea what the shipping charges are - and not all items that you can see online are available to order - you have to go to an actual IKEA store to get them.
Hola Amy,
Do you buy your cards and then embellish them? or cut cardstock n fold? What dimensions, I am terrible in math, please help me on how if cardstock is used.
Diana
P.S I use buy n embellish.. I think your cards are smaller than mine are.
I use card stock - mostly Stampin' Up! but I have a lot of Bazzill and Prism card stock as well that I frequently use. I mainly stick to the 8 1/2 x 11" card stock then cut it in half to make my cards - so unless I specify otherwise all my cards are standard A2 size (4.25 x 5.5").
If I'm using 12x12 CS I cut out a 5.5 x 8.5 piece and fold it in half to get my A2 size card.
What do you use to outline your images for that shadow effect?
Do you use a color chart or do you have any tips on combining colors into a design?
For the first one I answered that here.
You know I never use color charts - I have Stampin' Up!'s Color Coach but I never use it (but back when I first got it when I was newer to stamping - I used it ALL the time! I really recommend it b/c I found it really helped me to think out of the box with color combos as I tended to use the SAME colors all the time).
When I'm using patterned papers (which I do a lot!) I pick the colors from the paper to use on the rest of the card - which makes it easy (for me) since then the color combo is already "set" and I go from there.
When it comes to using color - stick to no more than 3 or 4 main colors for your cards - using more than that can overwhelm the design (it can be done you just have to be careful!).
One thing that not only helps but is FUN too - is to participate in the Color Challenges on Splitcoast. There is a new one every Tuesday and once you get into them I find it helps you to view colors in a different way!
Love your cards!!! Thank you for sharing. I just recently received my Bellas in the mail and I have never used this kind of stamps before (not cling, no wood mounted) soooo, any suggestions on what works best for these?? I am dying to ink them!
Check this out: http://prairiepaperandink.typepad.com/amyr/2007/01/using_unmounted.html
I mount all my Bellas on EZmount now b/c all my other UM stamps are this way and sticking to only one system works best for me - but at the end of that (long) post I show how you can use just double-sided tape and an acrylic block for the Bellas.
When do you find the best time to stamp and how do you keep your kids occupied while you do your creating?
I really LOVE mornings - and I find that is when I'm most creative. I try to stamp every morning but it doesn't always work out that way. My studio is in an area just off of (and practically part of) our living room so I have the girls in here with me the enitre time. They have a bunch of their toys in here and a lot of the time they both sit right up at my desk and watch (and give input by pointing out things they want me to use and generally chatting up a storm. It's hilarious but at times (like when Veronica is in the mood to shriek "No not that!", "Don't use that!", "Oh no you're gonna wreck it!" - EVERY time I reach for something or do something) - I'm ready to pull my hair out LOL!).
Josie still takes naps in the afternoon so I try to get more done then as it's just Veronica and me I can stamp and she colors and we chat and have a grand time.
And then there's the days where all I deal with is spilled milk (or cereal, or soup or whatever can be found and poured all over the floor!) and constant meltdowns/tantrums/fighting.....needless to say I don't get much done on those days!
What die-cutting machine would you recommend for first (or possibly only) purchase?? Thanks!
The first and only machine I've ever used is the CuttleBug - so that's what I recommend! It is super-easy to use and they have a TON of dies and folders for it, and you can use other companies dies (like Spellbinders Nestabilities) in it too.
