Where we get our ideas to make cards.

Today we want to talk about ideas! When you have made as many cards as we have, ideas can be lacking or just not happening! When we first started out, looking at examples in a Stampin’ Up catalog was enough. (Yes, that’s how long it’s been since we started. Back when catalogs were still popular and didn’t have to ‘special order it’). However, we have learned over the years that you have to search for ideas EVERYWHERE, and that includes unconventional places. We won’t go into all our ideas because they can be so weirdly random and we honestly don’t remember them all. So, to start out, we are going to follow up from a previous post we made about going to the craft store to get ideas. This is probably the most ‘fun’ way to get ideas, but let’s face it. This usually involves buying an armload of random things (usually not in the card/scrapbooking areas) that you hope might work. So of course this can get expensive and wasteful. There is also always places, like Etsy that you can see what others are doing. We also always try to remember to take pictures of our final products. That way we can look back at pictures a few years later and remember ideas we have forgotten. Also, ‘K’ found technique ideas from a scrapbooking catalog. Believe us when we say scrapbooking and card making are completely different realms! But honestly, most of our ideas come randomly from our supplies we have available. Like a piece of fabric or the shape/size of the card we are using. The pattern, color and even size (scraps) of paper we want to use. It’s amazing to us how an idea can form and realistically made into a card.