Hello friends, I am in week 2 of my feature at CASology.
Before I share my cards for today, I want to tell you the challenges I have/ had when I started card making. I live in Macau, it is a country by itself. That being said, I cannot find a single stamp/ card making supply here. The only supplies available here are paper(Plenty of good card stocks, specially the textured and glossy ones) and some tiny pigment ink pads, and some embellishments.
I cannot buy anything online, credit card won't work or shipping issues :( , neither can I open a PayPal account, Macau is not listed!!!. Even though I can afford to buy a few supplies, but there is no way to get any supplies here....lol story of my life :D :D
So, I go to Hong Kong to buy my craft supplies, and do know that it is another country, so immigration clearance and all other formalities need to be done. Need to sail, so always look forward to a smooth sail....sometimes the sea is really rough!!!!. BUT, I have a GREAT store there(Actually I found 3 stores), which have most but not all the stamp companies.
So I had to think of a way to make cards using bare minimum supplies. I went for printing my own sentiments and sponging. It is a great way to make a card. You might not do it every-time, but at times it comes in handy.
I LOVE stamps and other supplies, and I really wish I can get my hands on all... LOL every crafter's dream. I know most of you have good supplies, so this is for people like me who start out with not much on hand, and find it difficult along the way ;) I now have decent supplies :) , but still love to use the bare minimum approach every now and then.
Today I wanted to share with you guys some of my previous cards from my past posts. All these cards have one thing in common - Just bit of ink for sponging and no stamps, only computer generated sentiments.
All the sentiments are from my quotes collection, and I printed off the computer, I do work on the fonts and design. Let's scroll down.
1. This card is very special, this was my first HM at CASology. It is very easy to recreate this, just take few stitches and add a pendant and few more stitches. Bit of sponging with a very light hand on the top edges.
2. This sentiment is part of a poem, I had shared the poem in the original post. The stencil is handmade, just a tiny embellishment.
4. Printed sentiment, just sponged the ink and few sequins.
5. Printed words, and also the soil splatters using a font, and added strips chipboard for the road.
Before I share my cards for today, I want to tell you the challenges I have/ had when I started card making. I live in Macau, it is a country by itself. That being said, I cannot find a single stamp/ card making supply here. The only supplies available here are paper(Plenty of good card stocks, specially the textured and glossy ones) and some tiny pigment ink pads, and some embellishments.
I cannot buy anything online, credit card won't work or shipping issues :( , neither can I open a PayPal account, Macau is not listed!!!. Even though I can afford to buy a few supplies, but there is no way to get any supplies here....lol story of my life :D :D
So, I go to Hong Kong to buy my craft supplies, and do know that it is another country, so immigration clearance and all other formalities need to be done. Need to sail, so always look forward to a smooth sail....sometimes the sea is really rough!!!!. BUT, I have a GREAT store there(Actually I found 3 stores), which have most but not all the stamp companies.
So I had to think of a way to make cards using bare minimum supplies. I went for printing my own sentiments and sponging. It is a great way to make a card. You might not do it every-time, but at times it comes in handy.
I LOVE stamps and other supplies, and I really wish I can get my hands on all... LOL every crafter's dream. I know most of you have good supplies, so this is for people like me who start out with not much on hand, and find it difficult along the way ;) I now have decent supplies :) , but still love to use the bare minimum approach every now and then.
Today I wanted to share with you guys some of my previous cards from my past posts. All these cards have one thing in common - Just bit of ink for sponging and no stamps, only computer generated sentiments.
All the sentiments are from my quotes collection, and I printed off the computer, I do work on the fonts and design. Let's scroll down.
1. This card is very special, this was my first HM at CASology. It is very easy to recreate this, just take few stitches and add a pendant and few more stitches. Bit of sponging with a very light hand on the top edges.
2. This sentiment is part of a poem, I had shared the poem in the original post. The stencil is handmade, just a tiny embellishment.
3. Printed sentiment and used double sided tape for the hearts, followed by glitter.
4. Printed sentiment, just sponged the ink and few sequins.
5. Printed words, and also the soil splatters using a font, and added strips chipboard for the road.
6. Printed sentiment and also the flamingos are from a font, and sponged the water and added the glitter glue for rain. There are tons of free fonts available, you just need to spend some time to see how these work.
7. Masked and sponged circle, with a hand-cut stencil for the lion, and printed sentiment.
Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate your kind feedback :) Have a great day!
