Scrap Links #3

Today I'm having a look at card making sites.

The first one is something I just ran across and I thought I had to share it's a template and instructions on how to make a great card for your girlfriend,sister, daughter or whoever likes shoes. You'll find the template and basic instructions on how to start making your own hand made cards.

Vickys Cardmaking Ideas -another great site for the newbie and not so new card maker. *lol*

Ever heard of Card Making Day? Well, neither did I. According to the World Card Making Day website this international holiday is celebrated: The first Saturday of each October, kicking off the holiday card-making season, the most popular time for creating and sharing handmade greetings. October still seems to be very far away so until then I'll just enjoy this site and all the card making ideas.

And finally, Card Making Inspiration, with loads of cards and instructions on how to make them.

I hope you'll enjoy the links and make lots of beautiful cards. *lol*

Scrap Links #2

Day 2 of my Scrap Links week. Here are a few links to places I think are worth a visit.

Panduro Hobby - My favorite hobby store in Sweden. They also have a few stores in the UK so why don't you have a look around? I LOVE their stamps!

Little Sayings - An ugly website with tons of sayings, perfect for scrapbook pages and cards. This one is a must!

Free Printable Scrapbook Page designs - Download and print out backing paper, tags and embellishments for your scrapbook pages (if your printer uses acid free ink) or cards.

N2 Scrappin' - A list of page toppers for scrap pages and cards.

Sunday Scrapping # 11

Well, this week has been all about medieval literature and no play, so I've only managed to make one card and add a bit of bling bling to the cards I made last week. So sorry, no TADAs to show this week... But on the other hand I've been busy today printing out lots of Paper Piecing Patterns, layout sketches and scrap instructions I had on the kids' computer, so I can finally get it "cleaned" and I can have my scrap things organized in a note book. And woohoo, what a great inspiration that is! I have found so many great ideas and patterns I had forgotten I had saved, so I can't wait 'til I get some time to play.....

My TODOs for next week are: studying for my coming exams (Linguistics and Phonetics) and hopefully spend next Saturday making cards OR studying like crazy. It depends on how much I can study next week and how well I feel, after so many weeks cramming for my exams.

This week's question is: When do you find time for crafts?
OMG, I am really not the right person to answer this one because right now I just don't.... But I usually scrap/make cards at night, after the kids fall asleep. And when I don't study all day and I don't have to declutter and take care of the mess at home I sometimes manage to steal a few hours off my housework and I can sit down and scrap in the morning. But that was a long time ago.... I HOPE I'll be able to get back to that some time soon...

Sunday Scrapping # 10

My TADAs for last week: 3 cards I made last Sunday night. I wanted to do more, but I guess that 3 cards are better than none... After all, I'm in the middle of my exams and don't have ANY free time at all. :(

As you can see, I used the same stamp for all three of them and it's basically the same card, but since I never manage to do the same card twice there's something different in every single one. I really do like this stamp. My mother bought it for me last year and I haven't had time to play so much with it yet. But just you wait. *lol* As soon as I finish my exams I will spend a WHOLE weekend just scrapping and making cards.





My TODOs for this week: Not much. I have a HUGE exam on Thursday and that's about everything that's on my mind right now. And as soon as I finish that one I need to start with the exams I have within 3 weeks from now. So I guess my crafting weekend will have to wait until mid February.

This week's bonus question: Which of your recent projects were you the most proud of? (Any photos?)
I'm sorry to say that here haven't been any "recent projects" on my table, I've been too busy with my studies. Hopefully that will change soon.

My inspiration is back!

Yay, I've found my inspiration again. *doing the happy dance* I guess those hours of cutting paper and not studying made all the difference. So far I've done 3 cards and I've got a lot of ideas (but not enough time).

It's been raining cats and dogs today so I haven't been in the mood to do anything. At least not study... I just wanted to get back into bed and stay there all day. Instead I made chocolate muffins, an apple pie and now I'm preparing spinach soup. But now I really, really need to study for about half an hour until I have to rush to school to get the boys.

Have a great week everyone!

Where's my inspiration?

I've taken the day off my studies today. The boys and I went to mass this morning, after having breakfast in a café with some friends. Unfortunately B got sick at church and threw up, several times. We had to run to the toilet so I missed the Eucharist. Poor thing, he was really pale afterwards but got well in no time, once outside the church...

Then when we got home G got really furious because I talked to him while he was playing Nintendo DS and started to scream like crazy so he's punished, no TV and Nintendo for a couple of days. B was tired and layed down for a while. I just gave up, there was no chance to study today. :-( So I cuddled up in bed instead and watched "The prisoner from Azkaban" on my laptop. And then I decided to make some cards... But no way, the inspiration is all gone.... I ended up cutting a lot of paper but didn't make a single card. They all look so UGLY and there's something missing...

I really wanted to make some cards and participate in Amy's Sunday scrapping this week but that seems imposible. :-(

Anyway, this is my To Do-list for the coming week:
* I want to make at least 10 cards

No ta da's this week...

And here's the bonus question: If you could only do one kind of paper crafts for the rest of your life, which craft would you pick?
Oh, that's a tricky one! Can I pick stamping, any kind of stamping? Then that would be my choice. I'm a stampaholic... All I need now is the inspiration....

My card making goals for 2008

I started off on a good pace this year and made several cards each month but then when we started the horrendous home makeover all my crafting inspiration just vanished. I haven't made a single card for the past 3 months so there really wasn't much to sell this year at the Christmas fare. :-(

Now that I've got the living room back and so many new toys to play with I've decided that I need to make at least 20 cards a month and hopefully much more than that. All in all I want to make at least 300 cards next year, but if I can make 500 that would be great! Now I know where to find the card stock (Boy, was that a difficult task or what? Scrapping has not hit Morocco yet) and I have plenty of stamps, ink, embossing powder and tools so all I need is a little time and a lot of inspiration. Right now all I want to do is to get home, get my exams overwith and start playing like crazy! *lol*

Beautiful holiday cards

It's December 4th and I still haven't even started making my Christmas cards. There is so much to do this year! I don't know if I'll make it on time, time is running up. :-( I'm actually thinking about ordering my Christmas cards on line instead. Even if you buy Christmas photo cards it's still not like a store bought card. It's more personal than the store bought card, because you chose the photo and in a way it's much more appreciated than the home made crafted cards. The Christmas card is in itself a gift, especially to those you don't meet very often and you want to keep updated on how your kids are growing. I ordered my Christmas cards online one year and the cards that year were a great success. I know my relatives cherish them.

At VistaPrint it's easy to personalize the holiday cards. There are several templates to chose from, both religious and whimsical. There are also templates for other religions, like Hannukha and Kwansaa cards, but several religions are missing. I guess they will have to chose one of the more general templates. And there are lots of great templates.

Okey, off I go to have a look at the templates...

A new blog

I'm about to start a new blog! Oh yes, I'm back at my living room table doing cards. Hooray! I haven't done any cards in AGES but lately I feel really inspired again and I've decided to taka advantage of that mood and try to get over my cardmaking block. Yesterday I made 8 cards. So, in order to keep my different roles apart a bit I will have this blog for my every day life and the new blog just for card making. I'm not ready to go "live" with that blog yet, but in the next couple of days I guess I will and I'll introduce it to you. So stay tuned if you're into cards and you'll be able to see what I've been up to. *lol*

Time to log out from the computer and get my scrap boxes out and just go wild! I LOVE feeling creative and right now I really do.

See you later - in case I'm not making cards all night. *lol*

Christmas cards in July?

Oh yes, now is the time to start working on those Christmas cards! At least I should get going and stop joking around. I NEED to make at least 100 cards before the end of October - and I've got stampers block!!!! I'm in desperate need of stamping inspiration: card proyects, techniques, blogs, stamping boards, shops - whatever. I used to have lots of links but lost them in a computer crash a few months ago. And now I just go blank whenever I look at my messy living room table, which is where I work on my cards.

Please, please, please - help me out! I need LINKS! And encouragement. And a bit of Christmas spirit - hohoho......

Cards, cards, cards...

Lately I haven't had any time whatsoever to scrap. I've been busy with my job as a volunteer teacher, my studies, the kids, decluttering at home, my blogs and so on.... I hope things will slow down soon, because I really miss working on a page and watching it all come together. I've been scrapping on and off for several years now and besides yoga, it's my favourite "waste of time".

But I haven't been totally non creative. I've done some cards. Well, actually I've done over 50 cards these past weeks. Whenever I have a bunch of cards I send them to my mother and then she sells them to her friends. That way I earn a bit of money so I can buy more scrap/card stuff.*lol* I don't think I ever will become rich making cards because every euro I earn goes back into my hobby. But I'm having fun and that's the most important thing, don't you think?

Hopefully I'll be able to post some of my cards here in a few days time.