I love a good card making session where I can put multiples together that don't all look alike but look like they were fun and created with the moment in mind. I created this set of seemingly unrelated cards in 1 hour sessions over a period of about 4 days. See below for more about the process and techniques involved.
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I hate to waste but I'd rather have too much of something than run out just before I finish a specific project.
I often work in phases such as the cut phase, the background color phase, the ink phase, the glitter phase and so on...
These habits lead to fun projects and a wonderful feeling of accomplishment, but they also lead to quite a few leftover bits and pieces which can either be thrown away (gasp) or stashed in the stock pile.
Quick Cards March 2010------click to enlarge
Keys to Stock Pile Paper Art
Find a storage system that works for you today. Some examples I've seen are sorting items by:
color
theme
season
manufacturer
size
Don't save everything. Set up a quick evaluation criteria of your leftovers and stick to it. Ideas for criteria might include:
I really like it
It matches a style or theme that I use regularly
I have a place and method to keep it so that I can quickly find it again
Make regular dates with yourself to play with your stockpiled items. Consider a time to create all-occasion cards, small collages, tags, or scrapbook pages that you can add photos to at a later time. Let serendipity enter your art time.
Think FAST--Stockpiles are great resources for those times when you only have an hour or two and you want to get creative. Just play without great purpose and enjoy the end results.