Hey, mon! Welcome to the island! Where, every little thing is gonna be alright.... I've been waiting to use this stamp set...and didn't look any further for an alternative for this week's Craft Roulette. I already plan to mail this to someone(s)... I even am finishing the inside of the card, and on the hunt for an envelope(s) to decorate and such. I am sensing the need to get this in the hands of a few of my friends.
This week's Craft Roulette (#256 featured the following parameters:
Supplies used:
- Stamp set for character: Oddball Bob from Stamping Bella
- Background stamp: Beach Backdrop from Stamping Bella
- Accessories: Little Buddy and Three Hour Tour and Cute Kids Pirates from Scrappy Boy
For those of you who don't know... an A7 card is roughly 5"x7" in size (some sites say 5-1/8"). For me, I'm fine with doing a large card, I know some struggle with the size, but my former crafting style would be gleeful with the amount of canvas space to fill up on a large card. My first paper crafting passion will remain to be creating a 2 page 12"x12" scrapbook spread...and I'm inclined to fill up every spot on the pages, that's just me. I started this insane accumulation of supplies about 26ish years ago, and since then, I have many unfinished or work in progress 12" scrapbooks...cards kind of got in the way... so did recipe cookbook scrap pages (I adore doing those, especially 8"x8" size...) MemDex recipe boxes, and so much more.... I will say, my projects are once again, left undone, since I stumbled upon and started participating in Craft Roulette... 70 projects ago!!!!! I never dreamed I'd use all those supplies, and now I'm even getting the energy to organize things! I LOVE my Friday nights... I still have to perfect myself...I create these cards (leaving the insides blank to finish later when I mail them)...and never get around to mailing them. I start out making multiple quantities (like 3-4 of each) and only finish the one that I submit during the membership window of Craft Roulette. (for a small membership fee, I have until Thursday night).
One might say, a goal of mine is to actually mail the cards out. I'm at the point now, since I'm recording through my blog, facebook, now instagram (that's new! @the_trudio_studio ), I really don't need my original, if I ever want to duplicate! I just know, I'm having fun doing what I'm doing, it's a no stress, no pressure fun way to play with my inks and stamps... and in the meantime, I'm using stamps that have never been inked up! This one, I REALLY enjoyed doing. I even enjoyed more, researching Bob Marley. What an inspiration he was with insight ... who I wonder what he'd be saying in this day and age.
I perused the internet and found several quotes that Bob Marley was known for saying. I hesitated with posting a few, as I truly believe we are a wounded nation right now, and I'm fearful they may look political, even though I really wanted to put them on here...just I'm not going there on my social media. I just can't. But one quote that he said, reminds me of my answer when asked how I managed hard stuff. I was going through a very very hard life tragedy/loss going on 18 years ago now, followed by life threatening health scares involving two of the closest people to me in my life within 6 months of each other...all of this within a matter of 3 years...I'd fall, pick myself up only to fall again, it was hard. A wise acquaintance of mine asked me how I managed....
...and I thought about it....
.....crafting has been a sense of therapy for me, so when you find something that is fun, I say run to it...until it's not fun anymore...hours and hours have been spent in my craft room, lost in other thoughts...true mental therapy, I'm sticking with it, warts and all for now! I guess I've now had 70 weeks of fun and my new addition to my "therapy" (Craft Roulette) is habit, as Craft Roulette plays a role in my mental health I'm finding! :) Per Bob Marley:
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