The Creative Blog Hop
My husband, Jim, http://irishdreamweaver.blogspot.com/
was
tagged by Mary H of http://carolinacardsbymaryh.blogspot.com/
to participate in the creative Blog Hop and
asked me to do a post on my blog on the same day.
Mary H is a lovely person and does beautiful work you would enjoy taking a peek at her blog at the above link...and then, Of course, Check out my Hubby's blog at the above link.
Jim was asked these 4
questions…And below is my answers to the same questions…
1. What am I
working on now?
Everything
Nothing
Actually, nothing would be
more like it. I often find myself
feeling like I’m in a state of confusion (loss
of direction) I want so much to be working on something but I don’t know
where to even begin.
Everything. I see so many neat ideas on everyone’s blog
and on pinterest (I’m addicted) that I want to try everything…and again I’m
confused as to where I should begin. I love to try new techniques. So I have so many project ideas going in my head...smile...
In my head, Right now... I am working on
ideas for my daughter’s next birthday. I
hope to do a book of “short” letters to her…containing memories of her life.
How does my work differ from others in my genre?
I don’t really think that I
am that unique. I am inspired by
everyone else’s creativity…
The one way my cards might be
different now is that today the trend is clean and simple, and one layer cards (big
challenge for me).
My cards usually have lots of
layers. I’m trying very hard to get away
from using so many layers on my cards. Postage is just so high
these days.
Why do I create what I do?
I’ve been crafting for a long
time. Starting with sewing, then cross
stitch, knitting, crochet, a little bit of plastic canvas, embroidery, and
smocking.
It’s been my therapy for a
long time. I like to create to give
gifts.
Personalized gifts…and also make things to donate. 
I have found crafting to be
mostly relaxing…I say mostly, because at times it can be frustrating when
things don’t’ go as planned. Actually
very few things that I have made end up the way I had originally thought they
would.
After spending about 3 hours or so on a card that ended up
in the trash can…I sat down at my craft table to try again, I ended up making the above card in under 10
minutes (which is very good for me!)
I almost didn’t post the above card at Split Coast Stampers because I thought every one
would laugh at it, and think it was too simple (remember this is before I heard
the words clean and simple in regard to Card making). To my surprise, to date, it is the most viewed card and the
card that has been favored the most in my gallery.
Almost everyone through the years would tell me that I am
too critical of myself and I guess this card helps to prove that to me.
How does my
creative process work?
My husband gave me an answer for this…Chaotic!
(Remember he sees my craft table after I’m done working on a
card!)
He also may have said that because he knows I spend as much
time looking for my lost supplies as I do creating…
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Here are some of my favorite cards…and most of these cards
made the Favorites list at Split Coast Stampers.
This card was made using the Iris Folding Technique. It is still one of my favorite ways to make a card...I learned how to do this technique at...
I made the above card for a challenge at The Splitcoast Stampers Teapot party. We were to make a card for someone going for Chemo...The person that this card was sent to ... loves the Cherry Motif...and has lots of Cherry decor in her Kitchen. I did not have a Cherry stamp or image...so I made my Cherries out of Shrink it. I had trouble getting the stems to to look right...so hubby suggested using bread wrapper ties for my stems. They worked perfectly.
Hubby colored my image for me with copics.
This is a box card...Another favorite technique...
I found the directions to make this card at...
I found the directions to make this card at...
This card was made using Gold embossing powder and A Stencil from Dreamweaver stencils...
I forgot to add the link...but the link to Dreamweaver stencils can be found on my side bar.
Using Stencils is another way I really enjoy making cards
Thank you for visiting my blog today...
Blessings,
Jill
