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Do It For The Love Of Horses
My love for horses began when I was a child. I dreamed of one day owning my own horse. That reality never came to pass but my love for horses has never diminished. I still try to capture these amazing animals on paper or in photographs. See the illustration below the disclaimer.
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More Memory is Always Needed
One of the most important things to keep in mind when starting and running a business is how are you plan on show casing your products.
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Frogs begone
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything. Here I am. Tada! Let me fill you in on what I’ve been up too. I have been creating greeting cards and art this whole time. But of coarse, blogging has been kind of set aside for now.
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Reflection on the business of crafting
It’s been awhile since I posted last. I took some time to reflect on what I want the most. Over the past month I had to do some tracing and research to figure out if I’m doing something wrong or if I was doing something right. Im sure that every blogger, Instagramer, tweeter, and business owner can relate. Taking time to reflect on what’s working and not working is not only beneficial to ones inner being but to ones business as whole. I’m sorry to my peeps that have missed me so and wondered where I’ve been. I haven’t been very far away. One could find me on Facebook, Twitter or even on Instagram. Needless to say I have been working my tail off to bring some cards and art to the table.
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Craft Supplies, tools and Craft Room what’s liked and disliked
Do you have favorite craft supplies or tool(s) or thing(s) in your craft room? Do you have a favorite space in your craft room or what do you like the most about your craft room? What do you have craft supplies or tool(s) that you dislike and why? Do you have a section of your craft room that you dislike the most? If there was anything about your craft room or space that you disliked how would you change it?
Let’s dive in and try to answer some of these questions. I’m sure many of you have often wondered about these questions from some of your favorite crafters and those you read online. I will admit I’ve wondered some of these questions myself. So lets take a look at the questions individually.
Question #1. Do you have favorite craft supplies or tools?
My most favorite tools are my pencils, pens, and colored pencils. I can achieve a lot with them. My most favorite craft supplies are my white card stock. I can place nearly any thing I want to achieve on white card stock.
Question #2. Do you have a favorite space in your craft room or what do you like the most about your craft room?
My most favorite space in my craft room is my desk. My desk is an old vintage desk and my husband brought it home. He had intended to use it for himself but the wife adopted it from day one. (Wife Rules! lol) What I like the most about my craft room is the window. I can see everything I need to from that window. It gives me a wonderful view of tree’s and everyone who passes by.
Question #3. Do you have craft supplies or tools that you dislike and why?
I can honestly say yes. Craft Supplies that are so old that they no longer work. I have tools that are hard to use and some are so old that they have broken. They will soon beheading to the garbage been. I mean they are so far gone that they can’t be repaired or reused in some other form.
Question #4. Do you have a section of your craft room you dislike the most?
My current craft room has been a wonderful area to work in when I first started out my journey. As I grew so did my supplies and tools. I have visualized that soon I will need to find more space for more tools and supplies. With that in mind my craft room now has become too small. So I guess I could say I dislike the fact that my craft room has become too small for my needs.
Question #5. If there’s anything about your craft room or space that you disliked how would you change it?
Yes. Let me explain why! My craft room is not a normal Square. Its more like crossing two sticks together. That’s my craft room. Its not very wide and its not very long. My hopes that in a few years that I will have a much bigger room to have as a craft room.
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Learning Basic Mix Media
How many of you are intimidated by mix media? How many of you feel completely overwhelmed by all the mix media products available? How many of you are on a limited budget and can’t get all the available goodies at once? If you want answers to these questions and more read on. We will take a look at each question and try to attempt to find solutions to them. I know that I need a bit of help myself. I have a lot to learn about mix media and perhaps we can learn together.
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The Yacking Elephant
Hello Dimensional Readers,
Last month has been a wild and long month. I’m glad to start a new month: August.
Out of all the many things to talk about, my elephant is in the room. This elephant is just one of many. This elephant
has a lot to say and has been pressing me all morning. I intended to be working on how to write better emails but yet
yet this elephant is going off like a thunderous storm. So here is what the elephant is saying. But first let me set the stage.
Yesterday, I was scrolling thru my emails like I do every morning. (The rule is delete at least 10). (That is a story for
another day). I come across an email to read. I click and read it but I scroll up to see a comment made by someone that
I don’t know. It made me kind of sad. The comment was in reference to how they love to draw. All it took was one
comment from someone and they just put the pencil down to never draw again. Later down the road they pick up a
pencil to try to draw only to discover they have zero desire to draw a thing. Sad story indeed. I posted “the I care
emoji’. What could one say? I could not get the right words at the time.
Here’s the elephant in the room. What could one say when one experiences something similar. I can’t say that I have
experienced the exact same thing because I don’t know all the details or the comment that was used. But what I can
say is this. Some people can say the most off the wall things about someone’s art ability whether it was ill intention or
not. With these comments, if not in good company, can be literally debilitating. Some times it takes us years to recover.
I can say this from my own experience’s. All I could say or can say that if you are in a situation like this, do grieve for
the hurt that was caused but (this is a big but) don’t ever set that pencil down to never draw again. this is the worst
possible thing one could do. Don’t ever give up! Being a Artist is a gift.
I know people who wish they could draw. All I hear from them, that all they can draw are stick people. (What they
don’t know is there are other people who want the Art of stick people). My point is this. There is always going to be
that one person who’s going to say something negative. On the other hand, there’s going to be people who say that
they absolutely love what you do. Who would you rather hang out with? The one who said the bad comment or the
one who said those amazing words you needed to hear? I can tell you I’m going to hang with the people who say the
amazing things I need to hear. The ones that truly mean what they say.
I’m truly sorry for the person who stopped drawing all together. Nothing can fix it except for time, and lots of
encouragement from all of us who know what it’s like. Luckily this person has turned to a fellow group of artists that
will wrap them up in art support.
This situation has compelled me to wonder how many other artists (young budding ones) and the old ones that are
kind to an artist whether we like their artwork or not?
out there in the world going thru this very thing. This just needs to just stop. the in justice of it all. Can we please be
The one person who comes to mind in my own world is long gone and I’m very certain that they wished they could
have been more loving and understanding. More supportive and whole lot less judge mental whether spoken or non
spoken.
I support Artist in need of encouragement.
Susan @ Colorful Dimensions 2 Arts
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Craft Offerings at Dollar Store and Dollar General
If your a beginner card maker and you don’t have a big budget. Many items can be found at Dollar General and the Dollar store. You might be asking how do I know this? I’m a frequent shopper of Dollar General and the Dollar Store. I occasionally use their products making cards.
There are many products to choose from at Dollar General for example: Card bases with envelopes (pkg. 20), jewels (big and small, various colors), variety of stickers, glue, water color paints, pens, color pencils, puff paint, water base Acrylic paint and so much more.
At Dollar Tree there is mounting tape, glitter paper, foil paper, stickers, glue, hot glue sticks, paint, watercolor paints, color pencils, pens and if your lucky stamps. There’s more and way too many to list them all.
Not all Dollar Stores and Dollar Generals are created equal. You may need to travel to many shops to get that one thing you want. However, the cost factor out weighs the cost of a the major craft stores. It is also a major save when it comes to ordering products on line.
I have used most of all the products offered by both of these store’s/companies. I still use some of their products to this day.
When you become a bit more confident in your card building skills, you can add to your stash with more popular products. I will admit that card making is not a cheap adventure, if your wanting all the latest tools and popular products. Building your stash takes time. Keep in mind that there will always be some new product or some new stamp. I recommend picking only that makes you happy and something that you think you will use over and over again. I don’t recommend picking the items that are trends. I can tell you I have been building my stash for year’s and I’m still not where I want to be. However, I am closer to my goal and so will you. But that’s another story for another day. This is suppose to be about craft supplies and where to get them as a new card crafter.
I can tell you that there are just a few things you may need that are not available at either of these stores. That is a bone folder, a score board, a paper trimmer and a guillotine. The bone folder isn’t exactly needed but it’s a nice addition to secure mounting tape or reinforce the fold of a card base.
I can also tell you from experience you want to watch for those extraordinary items that just pop up out of the blue at either of these stores mentioned. For example: Washi tape. (I was super excited to find it and I walked around like a kid in the candy store.)
Technically this was suppose to be about my favorite Dollar store crafts. I can tell you that story was too short for this platform and to tell you the truth I wanted to get away from making this all about me. I wanted this to be about you too.
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If you really want to know the answer to the question……my most favorite craft item in the whole store(s). It’s…… It’s…. ITS STICKERS! I love stickers and I will happily admit I’m a sticker hoarder. I love my stickers so much that some don’t even stick anymore. Sad isn’t it. I grieve over the loss of just one sticker. So if you can imagine.
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So there you have it dear readers… my dirty secret and where to get cheap card making supplies. Till the next time, Colorful Dimensions 2 Arts salutes all card makers.
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Rainy Day Crafts
I’m happily crafting in my craft room on a rainy windy day. This is a work in progress. It’s nearly quit’n time and I’ll have to finish this tomorrow.
Update: 5/20/2021
This beautiful Card did get completed. The geese are 3-D. Geese are stamped with a wooden stamp block (company unknown). The lace trim was from a lacy frame that was cut with a die. The lace trim was painted with Wink of Stella. The Egg was cut out with a Egg shaped die. Back ground is water based acrylic. Flowers are 3-D. Made with water color paper in Tim Holtz ink, using his technique. Flowers are cut out with flower dies. Card base is made with 90lb. white Card stock purchased from Walmart. The centers of the flowers were completed and gems were set.
I can see that it would have been better for me to use a photo of the project that was actually completed. (the only reason was to show that the project was completed for the most part and secondly, that I figured out how to add a photo to the post.)
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Valentine
Be my Valentine is one of the phrases used for Valentine Cards. Valentine Cards are vary and are relatively easy to make. Here in this link to a post on Facebook showing my make of a slim line Valentine Card with a see thru window shaker. Bright pink, purple, and white cardstock. Nice and sparkling. This was a wonderful craft project for any crafter to make. Using a heart shape die to cut the heart shape window to a much larger heart shape die to cut the background and window pieces. Be sure to stamp the background piece ahead of time. Using thin pieces of double sided foam strips to make the shaker part. Filled with pink glitter. This Fabulous Card is sure to warm anybody’s heart. Its a must see and what a wonderful keepsake for years to come. A another post you may be interested in 14th of February
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This post first published 2 February 2021, revision is being made to add color to text, adding text to the post itself, adding categories and tags. link added.
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Using what you have or improvise
I recently read a word press post on a New Years Card. Beautiful Card! Reading the description she explained she had stamps for this particular season and she had misplaced them. Instead of spending time looking for them she improvised by finding what she needed right from her computer. My point is this: not everything has be made with stamps or dies. Just as cleaver embellishments are made from what is available at hand. I think that it makes the card all that more special. I also want to point out that this is part of a assignment for word press (day 9). I also want to add that I’m slightly impatient as these classes or assignments need to move a tad bit faster for me.. sooooo I’m doing my best to add buttons.
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