Diary of a Crafty Girl

 For March I had a plan and I am happy to report that I executed it perfectly the first attempt!  I took a card layout and combined it with a color combination I liked to create what I think is the perfect card to send to your friends.  Layout and color combination are not my images, but the final product is my doing.  Let me know what you think!

 I always forget to come back and show you the cards I finished when I can't post them right away so here are my November and January cards.  November we were tasked with one design, but two different versions in case people didn't want to do a holiday card.  I made a card using our adorable hedgehog stamps along with the calendar stamps to show their versatility.  I made one a birthday card and one holiday themed. January we needed to use items from the mini catalog and/or Sale-a-Bration. I chose to use the new gnomes along with a background stamp from the mini catalog.  On Sundays, my friend and I have been trying to FaceTime to craft/journal together since she lives in Colorado and we can't do it in person.  Here is a creation from a snowy day in January.  My nieces both LOVE when it snows and it brought me such joy to see their joy so I decided to make a junk journal page dedicated to that happiness. 

 Sometimes I think I have a great card layout but it just doesn't come to fruition. I want to touch on my design process and how I get from the first rendition to the last when I am struggling with how it looks.  I started with a card based on my original layout. I planned to use a stamp set (Amazing Year) that was in the annual catalog, but didn't seem to be used too much (that I had seen). It did not turn out good at all, in my opinion.  So I sent it to my fellow demonstrators and got a few suggestions. I updated the design, but something was still off.  I asked my upline for some advice and then came up with the final design. While I did ask for opinions and suggestions, I didn't always use the advice given. The process took several days because I like to step away from a project when it's not going quite as planned.  The first one may have had potential, but I think I was limiting myself with a color palette since I was set on trying to use a specific DSP (designer

 This holiday season, I took some time off work to be able to spend time with my family and just relax. not having  to worry about work during an already busy time.  I spent a little bit of time crafting so I thought I would share my creations. One of the days I worked on a junk journal page.  I went a little overboard with the doodles at the end, but I like how it turned out overall I also made these Christmas postcards to send to my nieces.  Recently I have been leaving the images uncolored so that they can color them in themselves.  They are both very into coloring and I hope they never lose that sense of creativity. My friend's mom and brother joined us for a few days.  It was just as a snow storm was coming so we couldn't go out and do much.  We did watch a few shows and movies so I used that time to doodle and color This is a coloring book I snagged from Dollar General a while back.  I used markers to color these cats These two were done on my ipad in Procreate.  I like t

 The holidays are upon us so making time for things like self-care are harder than ever.  However, last week I made time to sit and try some water coloring and started sketching and doodling again.  My dad was interested in watercolor as well, but didn't like that I had liquid paint.  He wanted to try the kind from the tubes so I bought him a set along with some brushes so we could paint together.  For those that don't know, my dad was diagnosed with cancer last year.  He has lost a lot of drive to do creative things because his hobbies included leatherworking and woodworking - both of which he doesn't have the strength or stamina to do anymore.  The littlest things take a lot of effort for him nowadays, so I thought painting would be a good creative outlet for him.  I wanted to practice for the postcards I am going to make for my nieces and thought that would be a good time to do so.  Mine did NOT turn out like the TikTok I watched, but they looked decent.  My dad just got

 Life has been pretty hectic lately.  I had my birthday month, I started a new job, the holidays snuck up on me.... I feel like I haven't had time to do much posting so I am combining a few projects in this post. One of the Sundays we didn't have family dinner so my dad and I sat down to play in watercolors.  I didn't really know what I wanted to do with them, but I had fun getting some swatches made.  Now when I am ready to start a project, I have the swatches to help me choose my colors! I worked on my card project for December. Card reveal later since I can't share yet, but below is the craftermath.  I hate when I have what I think is a fantastic idea in my head but I can't seem to get it to work out on paper.  Finally got it to a good enough spot before turning it in, but it still wasn't what I had envisioned.  I haven't sent my nieces a postcard in a while, so I thought I would do one for Halloween and one for Thanksgiving.  The Halloween one I made a c