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Friday 2 November 2012

Making some crafty time with gorgeous new Chocolate Baroque Stamps

I have been rather busy lately, so blogging has gone by the wayside (nothing new there then).  Which means I have also been too busy to do much crafting but you need to keep your hand in so to speak. 

Now I love nothing better than a playday, when you can dive into paints, inks, stamps, paper etc and have a no holds barred experiment with loads of products.  Nothing structured just loads of mess, lots of fun. But what happens when you don't have a whole day to play? What do you create when time is not in abundance?

How about a crafty power hour - one hour when you create and complete at least one project. Now I know this probably requires a little bit of planning, and sometimes we like spontaneity, but it can also be quite satisfying to actually have something to show for your efforts rather than just a pile of bits.

I have been playing with the new clear stamps sets from Chocolate Baroque which are on general release today - Party Birds and Words and Happy Birds and Words. Both sets have a great selection of words and phrases together with some cute birdie images.  They really fit in with my ideal of quick, simple, clean looking cards.  So together with the stamps, a selection of papers from the Polka Dotty printable download AND a kitchen timer(!) I set to.

And here is the result of my first power hour.


These are really easy to achieve and would make great bookmark cards. All you need* other than the stamps and paper is a circle punch or circle die, some plain white card (I used 12" x 12" white cardstock folded in half and cut into 2.5" strips) and an inkpad. I found it very satisfying to have completed four mini projects inside the hour. And also giving yourself a time limit can actually focus your attention;  it can help if you have had a creativity slump and it stops you faffing about! Good confidence booster too.

So the next time you haven't got much time why not try your own crafty power hour.

Enjoy
Lesley

*By the way, the kitchen timer is optional