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Finding motivation to paint

July 10, 2021Accomplishments, Business, Inventory, personal paintings, UncategorizedBlogging2021, Bloggingfundamentals, Business, Colorfuldimensions1014, craft projects, The Craftiblog, ZerotoheroColorful Dimensions 2 Arts

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Not to trifle with my internet

June 9, 2021Accomplishments, Business, Machines, To do listsaffiliate links, blogging, Blogging2021, Blogging2022, Bloggingfundamentals, Business, Business2022, businesses, Colorfuldimensions1014, Firstfridays, internet, ZerotoheroColorful Dimensions 2 Arts

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Don’t feel Defeated by Machines

April 30, 2021Accomplishments, Business, Inventory, Machinesblogging, Blogging2021, Bloggingartist, Bloggingcrafter, Bloggingfundamentals, Colorfuldimensions1014, defeat, defeated, inspiration, Machines, Printers, ZerotoheroColorful Dimensions 2 Arts

I want to say that I really didn’t want to miss you all but the last few days have been a bit of a whirl wind. I have been anxiously awaiting for a new printer. It finally arrived while I had to go to town for a appointment. While this is not about my appointment or about the date I had with my spouse. I want to just say it was a nice day and it felt good to be out of the house after several months of being cooped in. It felt good to have the sun warm my soul. Needless to say, we were in town all day. (to ourselves with masks on when needed.) By the time we got home we were to wore out. The only thing that I had enough energy for was to open the packages that came in the mail. A nice pretty purple, simple printer. Lightweight and moveable. Unlike the big one we have that is heavy, a pain to run, died a few years ago and its currently not liking me at all. When I reflected back on yesterday, it has occurred to me that I really missed watching people, the smell of the mills, the sounds of the cars, the flowers, the business of the people going into stores, the trees (flowering type) and just so much more.

Today, I thought I would be brave and plug that cute, new, printer in. Um, No instructions, No software, and this could not be a good sign. Well, I got this.. right… Plug cords in and turn on.. Oh got to put the ink in. Shut off and put the ink in. Turn back on. Run up the stairs to grab the paper. Lets see if this little baby is going to work. So much excitement just got deflated when I see these flashing lights….. no paper going thru. Whyyyyy?? Whyyyy me??? This voice says stop and check everything. Cords are plugged in, the ink cartridges are in, button is on. I know change the paper. Maybe it don’t like the paper. Run back upstairs and find different paper. Tried that and nope that didn’t work either. Hmm well, there is another cord and lets hook up the computer and lets try some trouble shooting. Well I found out that HP is doing away with paper instructions. Nice to know! Ha! Yes, found software. Downloaded and went thru all the appropriate steps. Well, that still didn’t solve the problem. HP had me download an update on the software that I just downloaded. Can you believe that? But low and behold it told me that something was jammed in the printer. Really!!! Yep, that smart little cookie printer was right. I pulled out this piece that made me want to panic as I thought oh boy, this thing must have got broken on its trip here. Luckily, I did send an item from my computer to the printer. I wish you all could see how I excited I am over this sweet little printer. I’ve been printing everything that is important that’s been on my computer for sometime. Mostly one pagers, or two. But I have some biggies that are going to take a lot of ink. I’m a bit stingy with my ink for the moment until I can order more ink. Anyway, I just want to say here this has been a long but eventful day. (my computer has been complaining that it has a full memory) I’ve been dumping files where ever I can. You tube videos take a lot of memory. I do hope that I can get back to my favorite pass time soon. The next couple of weeks is going to be extremely busy. There is still a lot to learn, do, and not do. My point for this post is this. If, you get a new machine. Don’t let it defeat you. Don’t be afraid of it. There is always a solution somewhere. When you beat it, give your self a pat on the back. You deserve and earned it.

Cute little purple printer. Blue tape was replaced after use so our four legged friends wouldn’t break the plastic parts.

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Revision

This article was first published April 30, 2021 and September 19, 2021 the article was revised to add color to the text and to provide structure to a sentence.

Happy Mail

February 22, 2021Accomplishments, UncategorizedBloggingfundamentals, cardmaking, Colorfuldimensions1014, Firstfridays, greeting cards, misti, papercrafts, The Craftiblog, ZerotoheroColorful Dimensions 2 Arts

Happy is not the word I’d use today for how I feel about my happy mail. After a two year wait, I finally have one. Call me happily pink for this month.

Update: 5/20/2021

The more Colorful Dimensions 1014 learns how Word Press works the more updates are being done. For instance, this post was lacking a Tittle. By placing an update lets all readers know that Colorful Dimensions 1014 cares about quality, and assurance that the reader has the best possible reading experience as possible.

Rainy Day Crafts

February 15, 2021Birthday Cards, Cards, crafts, Rainy Day projectsbirthdaycards, blogging, Blogging Craftor, Blogging2021, Bloggingartist, Bloggingcrafter, Bloggingfundamentals, Cardartist, Cardmaker, cardmaking, Cards, Colorfuldimensions1014, GreetingCardsColorful Dimensions 2 Arts

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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14th of February

February 10, 2021Cards, Valentine CardsArtist, Blogging2021, Bloggingartist, Bloggingcrafter, Bloggingfundamentals, Cardartist, Colorfuldimensions1014, Distressinks, Firstfridays, The Craftiblog, Timholtz, Valentine, ValentineBlogging2021, ValentineCard, ValentinesDay, watercolor paper, ZerotoheroColorful Dimensions 2 Arts

14 February is around the corner and this card is a gem out of all the cards I have made. I’m anxious to make the next Valentine card number 6. Just as soon as I finish rearranging and cleaning my Craft/studio/ photo room. Happy crafting!

Kindness save’s a friend

January 3, 2021Accomplishments, Education, Motivational ideas, prompts, To do listsblogging, Blogging2021, Bloggingfundamentals, Education, Firstfridays, Friendship, inspiration, Kindness, prompts, ZerotoheroColorful Dimensions 2 Arts

I have gone thru a whole week retrospectively happy reading e-mails, checking (FB), play on Instagram, checking Redbubble saving YouTube for last. Scrolling thru the videos to see which one I want to watch first. I stopped short reading a tittle “I’m ready to Quit!”. I was stunned. Here somebody I adore and I wanted to scream at her “Oh No u don’t!”. I didn’t get all the way thru the video. I was compelled to contact her. I let her know how I felt and that she is loved.

The next day she posted another video completely different head line. She had explained how other people’s words meant to her besides mine. (The outpouring was a blessing) Sometimes we just need to connect to that one person to make a world of difference.

My point is this, please be kind to yourself and to others. ( to help protect her privacy and her family I conveniently left out her name) ( this is in response to answer assignment 11. Prompts) https://www.dailypost.Wordpress.com

Using what you have or improvise

December 31, 2020Accomplishments, Baby Birthday Cards, Birthday Cards, Cards, crafts, Inventory, Motivational ideas, To do listsBaby'sfirstbirthday, Babybirthdaycards, babycards, birthdaycards, Bloggingfundamentals, Craftprojects, Craftsupplies, Happy new year the craftiblog, inspiration, The Craftiblog, ZerotoheroColorful Dimensions 2 Arts

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.