Card Making Stash Summit and Craft Roulette

Hi everyone - here's a change of pace from my Advent Calendar and Die Cut Diva posts... I participated in Justine Hovey's Create with Your Stash Cardmaking Summit this past week. I had a paid ticket so there were pre-event sessions plus open crops and chats on Zoom - very fun! There were also over 30 classes Thursday - Saturday with various inspiring instructors, including Ardyth & Therese Calvird who I've seen on Craft Roulette. This event was all about using stuff in your stash without buying more stuff - something I've been trying (and failing) to do!

First - a couple of cards I made in a Zoom session with Justine Hovey to help us cut into those horded patterned papers:

Supplies: Paper - Elizabeth Craft Design Joyous Christmas;

Park Lane ivory A2 card; Paper Studio Cardstock;

musical note paper by unk

Dies - Sizzix Big Tidings

Embossing Folder - Altenew Organic Linen

Other - SSS gold sequins

Supplies: Paper - Park Lane ivory A2 card; 

Paper Studio Cardstock; Basic Grey Carte Postale 6x6

Dies - SSS Festive Tags (Stamptember-sold out);

Kat Scrappiness Stitched Strips

Embossing Folder - Altenew Organic Linen

Other - Spellbinders Nov23 Card kit (Ephemera fox 

& enamel dots); SSS printed sentiment strip; raffia

For the first one, we cut into a 12x12" paper & trimmed off a 3x4.25" piece (I cut it a bit smaller), matted it & added some texture behind using a solid cardstock. Added it to an A2 card. A sentiment, a fussy cut flower (from the same paper) and some sequins completed my card. Very quick and easy! Oh and by the way, I'm up to 15 Christmas cards in the stash already (haven't blogged all of them...).

For the second one we took a 6x6" paper pad and pulled out 3 coordinating papers. Cut the papers into 3/4" strips and arranged in a pattern on an A2 panel leaving a bit of space and turning some at a different angle. I trimmed my completed background, matted it and added to an A2 card. Justine used a tag for her focal point so I did the same. I embellished it with a strip of the background I'd trimmed off, a strip of embossing that I trimmed off card one, and a die cut strip. Added a printed sentiment, an ephemera fox, some enamel dots and a bit of raffia. More time consuming to create, but still fun! I was proud of myself for pulling out an old Spellbinders kit from when they had stickers and ephemera.

Next up I have my Craft Roulette card from Friday night's Episode #304 with host Mary and guest Ardyth.

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;

Astro Designs cardstock; scraps

Dies - Poppystamps Winter Porch Pop Up Easel Set

and Whittle Racing Giraffe Kit (retired)

Other - Hero Arts enamel dot; white gel pen;

Spellbinders sentiment strip from an old club kit

As usual, the crafty roulette wheel was spun four times for the necessary parameters:

• Project - Drop Down: I made an easel card since the front drops down to close. 
• Colors - Mahjong: My Mahjong colors were red/black/green/white. 
• Element - Go Wild: The giraffe is a wild animal, plus my sentiment has "wild". 
• Random - Hand Drawn Border: I squiggled some white gel pen on the triangle above the door. Pitiful, I know. 

Loads of die cutting, then assembling. I finished before the show ended but couldn't get my photos taken & uploaded until afterward. No problem since there's a nice window for submitting, especially for members. Here's a photo of the card popped open:

I made the stopper out of strips of black so it looks like a door mat. The sentiment strip was from another one of those old Spellbinders card kits that was full of flimsy ephemera. I'm trying to use them up!! This package didn't have a date on it but it was named Wild Hello.

That's it for today! Justine offered her paid ticket holders a 24 hour open crop on Zoom today so I might pop in there between home chores. Oh, and by the way, I decided to work with the Spellbinders 2024 Advent Calendar in February, using the 1st - 24th items on the corresponding day. I think I've only used one set from that calendar so time to get busy!! Plus I still have cards to finish using the 2025 Advent Calendar items I made.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a crafty day!!