For the past month I have really been struggling to come up with ideas for cards. There was absolutely nothing that inspired or excited me. So I did a total purge of my craft room that took a couple of weeks and emptied one entire unit of drawers and shelves that covered an entire wall! It felt so good to let go of "stuff" and that led to "new hones" for many of the remaining supplies. Clearing space was a good start, but I was still feeling a bit lost when it came to being creative.
So... I just took a stamp I had never used, stamped it on a piece of cardstock and started coloring. I pushed myself to stick with it and slowly I found I was actually enjoying it. (More on that next month!) I had no idea what I was going to do with it, but I didn't give up. While trying to come up with the next step, I found a stash of leftovers that were never used in projects, but were just waiting to be used!. And that was apparently what I needed to jump start my card making process. I was beginning to feel the joy that comes with having an idea and making it come to life. Yippee!
Unfortunately, this void in my creativity made me over a month late in crafting a birthday card for a friend. So I decided a friendship card would be more appropriate all things considered. I had saved the negative image from a flower card that I made 3 - yes THREE years ago - so I pulled that from my new-found stash, and brought it to life! I am so happy with how it turned out. The original image was from a floral image I found online. I kept it simple with glitter and just added ribbon and pearls to embellish it.
Using two shades of glitter was something I had not tried before, but it was easier than expected.
I worked slowly with little embossing powder spoons to control where it fell.
I wanted the colors to flow into each other gradually.
Trying to capture the shine of the glitter is tricky, but it was so pretty in person.
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