Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Minimalist Me


While waiting for the glossy black paint to dry on My Studio's counter tops, I created a birthday card for my brother the Fisherman, and for my dear friend. These were both fast, simple, and fun! I get great satisfaction creating something out of nearly nothing--and as you can see from my art posts, I have a very minimalist design concept in most things I do. Some days I use more layers than others. Most days I keep it simple.
My parents, my aunts and uncles, my DH, and others who have lived through good and rough times, have all had an impact on how I save and recycle items. One of those categories is greeting cards. If a beautiful card has another "life" after landing in my mailbox, I'm sure to cut it up and find another use for it!
To me, less is more.

Isn't it great that God made each one of us so uniquely and so special? That's a GOOD thing! Celebrate life and all its gifts!

Friday, July 25, 2008

Green Herb -- My Studio in Progress


Progress is slow but sure in My Studio ... The 30 year old gold shag carpeting (which is now back in style) is outta here! Yesterday I chose "green herb" for the wall color. When I saw the gift bag & wrapping paper at Hallmark, I knew immediately that the green, pink, orange, and white would be my color palette. The gray old-office countertop will become black to match the filing cabinets.

It's raining today--not a good day to brush or roll--so I'll scrap instead and hope that the adhesives hold well!


Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Here We Are--Friends Crafting Together

On Sunday afternoon, six friends came to make cards and to see how fast, fun, simple, easy, and economical it is to use the Close To My Heart products--card kits, My Acrylix stamps and inks, My Stickease, and Liquid Glass. Though my voice wasn't at 100% after a week of laryngitis, I thoroughly enjoyed showing and telling all about the products at my first home gathering. My friend, Nancy, was with us in spirit during this Komen Race for the Cure weekend. My upline and great helper/encourager and my mom were cheering for me too while they were making a project in their scrapbooking group on Sunday. Thanks, everyone, for helping me kick off my new endeavor with CTMH! Cheers to scrapping and cardmaking together!

Paper Art from StudioJane

Samples of my created paper art ...

Clear Acrylic Cards

Greeting Cards

Mix 'n' Mingle Album

Gift Albums

Memory Keeper Boxes

Art Keeper Boxes

Thank You Note Cards

Custom Gifts

Christmas Greeting Cards

Pregnancy Journals--Display Albums

For Baby

Floral Photo Note Cards