Did you ever look at your pile of crap stash of supplies and wonder "WHY do I have so MUCH stuff? And what exactly of it am I using?"
Yep. Had that moment. Did I respond by doing a big, deep culling of my crap stuff, and going bare-bones? NOPE! I mere decided that it was time I started pulling out the stuff I hadn't used, and putting it (or at least, SOME of it) to work.
I made this--
So, yes, I HAVE used this stamp set and dies many times, and I will continue to do so, because I love it. However, I have sort of moved away from using tons of patterned paper( or maybe I just feel like I have), so I pulled out several pieces of the hoard, and used them in my layering. Two of those papers are form my FIRST shopping trip to buy
I also hadn't used my basic shapes dies like I should, considering the HUGE investment that lives in my craft room. Not like this circle is any great shakes, People, but you gotta start SMALL.
Oh, yeah, I also used the smallest flower die from Spellbinders to make the sun. I don't think I have EVER used the smallest die in any of my die sets...Isn't that weird?
Anyway, I like how the leaves manage to look like they're growing out of the circle and taking over the card. I also love my Enamel Accents berries. S'nice...
So, the challenge to use my crap beloved stash continues.
Stay tuned.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
All Best-
Richard
We're a funny lot, us cardmakers. When we first start out we feel we must have everything available, later finding we don't need most of it. I have enough paper to cover several small countries, but what do we think about paper? Say it with me - if I use it I won't have it any more. Right? I started out one time to use all my stamps so I used the SU stamps first because I have them alphabetized - I got through two stamp sets! But no, I can't throw anything away, although occasionally I can give away some "stuff". Love the card - it would especially be good for St. Patrick's Day!
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