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Omaha Zoo first week of summer break with my oldest daughter |
Becuase I am pressed for time, or more like, I take my creative free time when I can get it during the summer I thought I would continue to share some of my insights as how I "save" time during the summer to get some cards made in the short "bits" of time I have, so I am able to do more with my kids.

Here are some of my design tips for 5-minute cards:
Playing means to enjoy the process! I have looked at playing or dinking around in two different ways: wasting a lot of time and resources, or the other: learning and playing to make something amazing. I save my playing and dinking around panels, they can usually inspire me to make something else, or they go into my Art Journals, that eventually I use to express myself as a story of a season.
On to some of my playing around that turned into cards, that took me less than 5 minutes to put together:
This is a really nice warm up I wanted to see what purple dioxide and Antwerp blue would do with greens and yellows, along with some expressive brush strokes. I also had just bought this Blessed stamp from Taylored Expressions, that I had to play with. It came together seamlessly, then because I wanted the purple to pop, I matted the panel with purple cardstock

I know that that summer goes by really fast when you have kids at home with you, usually a wedding weekend, and visits with friends and family is mixed into the summer along with vacations, getting caught up on cards and creating things is always tricky when you have kiddos at home, It is my hope to inspire you to start playing around, and enjoy the time that you do have into making a card.
What stamps or mediums do you like to play around with?
If you are looking for some great ways to take your cards to the next level you may want to try these classes, I have personally taken these classes and love them, I refer back to them often!
Watercolor Cards Made simple
Radiant Stamping Techniques
Wild cards: 21 Techniques with favorite supplies with Cathrine Pooler
Inventive ink Colorful Mixed-Media Effects
Fresh Eyes on Your Cardmaking Supplies
My favorite watercolor card class that has helped me the most:
Angela's Fehr's class Creative Watercolor
I hope that you have some time to spend on your creativity, and if needed learn a new trick or two!
Happy Creating!
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