Monday, 19 January 2009

Ringbinder rave

DH has flu, J's ear problem is ongoing and I feel knackered. My Swiss friends will see all is not well as I've posted a picture of a ringbinder on my Blog. My aversion to ringbinders has become a bit of a standing joke which all started when a good friend of mine excitedly bought a huge box of them as she loves to file EVERYTHING! she's the only person I know to have punched holes in a Pottery Barn catalogue, now if you know how thick those things are then you'll know that's what's called commitment to filing. Anyway I've posted this pic for a reason, I found this link the other day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYuFWdLWCS4 I absolutely love what Marion does with this card, just when you think she's finished she adds a bit more, brilliant techniques to create loads of layers. I was also fascinated by her binder full of stamps, I suppose this is what everyone does already but how clever is that? why didn't I think of it before? (Hera mate, stop laughing I can hear you on the other side of the lake...)


Consequently, I took out all my stamps and made vague subject pages and I love it, totally inspiring! I also discovered the odd stamp I'd bought twice (in different sizes of course) and low and behold I found the TEAPOT!! I swear I looked in that box, really I did...
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3 comments:

Angelika Westermann said...

Thank you for pointing me to this link! I was absolutely fascinated looking at how this card developed...
All the best for you and all of your family. Hope you won't catch the flu as well!

Jen xo said...

What a great link, i love watching how other people work. i was very impressed that she put the lid on the glue stick straight away, no wonder mine are all dried up!!jenxo

bockel24 said...

Hey, can´t believe that you´re talking about me here, LOL! Actually, the FAT binder in the video is my sister´s (because my BIL has made the video in their house), but of course I have my stamps in a similar, just not as many :-) Without this system, I´d never find the appropriate stamps for my projects ...