I wanted to make Valentine's Day cards for my kids and turned it into a personal challenge to use some older supplies. (I'm not afraid to admit that I love collecting craft supplies even more than I love using them.) It's hard to remember but I'm pretty sure I had all of these things before having kids, which makes them at least 10 years old.
Patterned paper is one of those things that I have way too much of and should never buy more of. However, my tastes have totally changed since I started paper crafting. I used to love Basic Grey and their heavily distressed patterns. Now I lean more cute or clean and simple (think Lawn Fawn). This Basic Grey "Oh Baby Girl" collection was unopened, and perfect for fussy cutting some stamped letters.
During my Basic Grey phase, I was also really into Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas that he did every December. So I had to have this tag die for making my own distressed tags. I used more Basic Grey patterned paper to cut four tags. I'm turning each one into a ticket that our kids can use for a fun outing with each parent.
I was crazy for these Hero Arts alphabet stamps when they came out! I don't even remember using them very much, but I made sure to have the letters to spell a few words and my initials. Now I wish I had more letters! Let me know if you have any you aren't using.
Last week I was really inspired by Jennifer McGuire's video about pattern paper piecing. Isn't it funny how I tried so hard to conserve every last bit of this paper when it has just been sitting on a shelf for the last 10 years? Old habits...
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