02.08.08

Cataloging Tips and Techniques

Posted in Uncategorized at 6:48 pm by PaperDesigns

 A dear friend of mine came over a little while ago, and I finally got to playing with alcohol inks.  I do love them – they’re messy, and you have to have some room to work in, and the patience to mix and match the colors.  But, when I had all the pieces done – I really liked how they came out.  Then I looked at my created backgrounds and figured out which stamps I wanted to use to stamp on top.  After that, it was just a matter of matching up the papers to the artwork to create the cards.  It was a lot of fun.  But it really has me thinking….. what if I choose the paper first and then deliberately create the right color backgrounds and stamped ink to match that?  That should be my next venture!

I’ve started a running dialogue of Tips and Techniques for cardmaking on my other blog.  I hope to keep it going, and have it ready to print out and use as a reference.  It’s been really fun working on it.

The blog challenge asks what I am looking forward to doing with my family when the weather improves.  Spring, for us, means gardening!  I love to get out there and plant the seeds, and then a little while later I’ll plant the veggies from starter plants that take too long to grow from seeds (tomatoes,  for example).  My daughter and I sat down and landscaped out a whole Japanese Style Garden on paper – with all of the plantings, rock gardens, and, of course, a huge stream with a Koi Fish pond.  Well, come Spring – we’re going to get started building it!  With all of the different types of trees and plants, it may take a little while to grow in, but just having it as our project that we do together will be worth all of the time, energy, and money!  I really should take a lot of pictures and scrapbook the whole project from start to finish.  She’s 11 now – can you imagine if she were to ask to have her wedding there someday?  Oh my, what a thought!

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