{"id":379,"date":"2009-02-17T16:44:04","date_gmt":"2009-02-17T21:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/?p=379"},"modified":"2009-02-17T16:44:04","modified_gmt":"2009-02-17T21:44:04","slug":"creativity-abounds-some-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/creativity-abounds-some-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity abounds . . . some days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was one of those days when I sat down and within a little more than an hour came up with three new cards.\u00a0 I have to admit I can&#8217;t usually come up with them that fast or that easily.\u00a0 Some days I sit there and stare at my supplies and have to drag something out of the depths but every once in a while\u00a0I can sit down and the creativity abounds.\u00a0 I love these sort of days!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-380 alignright\" title=\"Rasberry Tart card\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/out-of-comfort-zone.jpg\" alt=\"Rasberry Tart card\" width=\"302\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/out-of-comfort-zone.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/out-of-comfort-zone-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/>I can show you one of the three cards I came up with this afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you know me well, you&#8217;ll probably know that this card\u00a0is a bit out of my normal comfort zone.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not typically one for bright colors (especially the Bold Brights)\u00a0but some reason I do\u00a0like this Raspberry\u00a0Tart designer paper.\u00a0\u00a0When it came to\u00a0the\u00a0large flower from the Pretties Kit I found that I could actually see the colors and design of the paper through the flowers.\u00a0 So, I decided to try soemthing\u00a0new.\u00a0\u00a0I read somewhere before that someone embossed on one of these flowers so I\u00a0thought I&#8217;d give it a\u00a0try.\u00a0 I\u00a0used\u00a0a Versamark ink pad to dab ink (clear) all of the flower and then\u00a0dumped white embossing powder on it and heated.\u00a0 I did this twice to get a good covering.\u00a0 I like it, the flower is shiny\u00a0now and a very nice white.\u00a0\u00a0I wouldn&#8217;t use the embossed flower all the time becuase it wouldn&#8217;t always fit the\u00a0look I want, but it is great for this card!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-384\" title=\"Sneak Peek 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/praying-sneak-peek.jpg\" alt=\"Sneak Peek 1\" width=\"55\" height=\"291\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-385\" title=\"sneek peak 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/blue-congrats-sneak-peek.jpg\" alt=\"sneek peak 2\" width=\"64\" height=\"293\" \/> There are other items in the card that you may not see me using too often.\u00a0 The button is from the Button Bouquet set of designer buttons.\u00a0 Buttons are cute but I\u00a0just haven&#8217;t gotten into using them too much yet.\u00a0 The &#8220;friend&#8221; and swirlies around it are from the Chateau Bella rub-ons.\u00a0 One of my upline\u00a0gave\u00a0me these rub-ons and I am finding myself using them lately but it&#8217;s been slow in coming.\u00a0\u00a0 Now the ribbon isn&#8217;t abnormal for me at all, I love using ribbon.\u00a0 This particular ribbon is 1 1\/4&#8243; grosgrain\u00a0 in Pink Pirouette.<\/p>\n<p>So, there you have it, something new and a little different for me!<\/p>\n<p>The others two cards I came up with today are for the <a title=\"stampin' events york, pa\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/upcoming-stampin-events-in-york-county-pa\/\" target=\"_blank\">All Occasion Cards <\/a>class coming up on Friday,\u00a0March 13 (wow!\u00a0 Am I really ahead of the game???)\u00a0 I can show you a sneak peek at these cards but not the whole thing . . . you&#8217;ll have to come to the class for that!\u00a0 Keep in mind that there is a size limit of 10 for this class and I&#8217;ve already had the first person enroll.\u00a0 Be sure to contact me if you want to attend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was one of those days when I sat down and within a little more than an hour came up with three new cards.\u00a0 I have to admit I can&#8217;t usually come up with them that fast or that easily.\u00a0 Some days I sit there and stare at my supplies and have to drag something [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-cards","category-events","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}