Creativity is Born of Necessity

I know that’s not how that saying goes, but it applies today! I threw all of my supplies in my crafty bag (which was literally overflowing) in 5 minutes while my sister was waiting before we left. Well, I seem to have forgotten half of what I need.

I mentioned in a previous post that I had forgotten my watercolor brushes. I went to Wal-Mart and bought a really cheap set. Some of them work great and may become my favorite brushes! And, of course, I didn’t bring enough colors of cardstock!!! For embellies, I brought 3 bottles of dew drops because there are several colors in each bottle and I didn’t bring any blooms. I also didn’t have the right ribbon for this card but I bought some yesterday when I was at the crafty store.

The last thing I forgot, that I’ve noticed anyway, is glue dots. I worked it out with the flowers by making a lollipop flower I’ve been making them quite a lot anyway because I like matching the cardstock and flowers. The glue dots were another issue. How do you apply Dew Drops without glue dots? I’m looking around the table to figure out what I have that would work for glue and remembered that I had used Glossy Accents for glue so I decided to try Stickles. They work great!!! I think I want to add a little a little more Stickles elsewhere on the card but I’m going to wait for daylight. I’ll also try to get a little better picture of it tomorrow.

NOTE: I changed the picture. I took the photo on one of my thrifty finds from yesterday! I’m off to got to two thrift stores now. I hope I find lots of fun treasures!!!

I made this card for my niece’s birthday which is today! Since she is in Las Vegas, I don’t think she will be looking at my blog. I guess if she is, she’ll be getting a little sneak peek.

The stamp is Groovy Angel I got from Susana's Custom Art and Card Design. Isn’t she adorable. Of course, I colored her with watercolor paints; we’ve already talked about that! I brought my latest favorite 4 pads of DP with me. I chose to use the DCWV Whimsy stack. The ribbon is ???; I added the Dew Drops with Stickles and painted the fairy’s wings with Shimmerz.

I made the card as a gift card holder. I cut the paper 5-1/2 x 12 and then scored at 4-1/4 and 8-1/2 and then folded the small flap in. I applied the DP to the flap and then made a diagonal cut from the upper corner to about 2” from the bottom corner. I then attached the left over triangle to the upper right corner. When the cards not in there, you can’t even tell it has been cut. I added two other pieces from the scraps. I just made this up as I went and I think it worked out great!

I used the sketch from Delightful Sketches. I decided if I’m going to make a card, I’m going to get it into at least one challenge so I looked for a sketch. I haven’t had much time to keep track of challenges lately!

It’s really been fun this week. As planned, I went to see Jim at the hospital on Wednesday. He looks great and was leaving the hospital on Thursday. So he is home now and probably a very grateful man indeed. I wanted to take a picture so all of you who gave well wishes and prayers could see him but I didn’t bring my camera. I stayed way to long talking with he and his wife Kitty, but we were having so much fun! Kitty is going to email me a picture of Jim so I can post it on the blog. Jim and I are planning to start a transplant support group after he returns to Boise.

The bad news of Wednesday was that I didn’t get to go to any thrift stores and didn’t find much at the craft store. I got out of there for $5. That’s a miracle!!!!

Today, I drove up to Richfield, Utah, where the Pepperidge Farm factory store is located. In Logan, I went to my favorite antique store and craft stores. I’ll take some pictures of my finds tomorrow – not too much but some things I’ve been looking for. Tomorrow, I’m going to thrift stores here in Brigham City and in Ogden. I caught the thrift store bug once again so now I have to hit a couple more before I go home!

Blessings,

Christine