Sunday, September 23, 2012

Shapes Added

23 Sept 2012, 9pm MST

Shapes added to my Custom Die Cutting Catalog in the A2 Card Convertibles section:

A0001, A0002, A0003, A0004, AM0001, AM0002, AM0003, AM0004

Ready to Post!

23 Sept 2012 -

Okay, I've completed the basic structure of my blog, so I'm now ready to post. I'll be spending the next few weeks adding the die cut shapes to my custom die cutting catalog. You should see new shapes almost every day. Plus, I'm putting in a big custom die order with AccuCut, and those should be available just around the time I get all my currently available die shapes listed. Can't wait!

Sunday, September 16, 2012

A Work In Progress

16 Sept 2012-

Whew! Still working the kinks out in my layout, trying to understand widths, borders, etc. in Blogger land. Give me a few more days! Thanks, Becky

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Custom Die Cutting

23 Sept 2012 -

Okay, hold on to your britches!! I have hundreds of shapes, mostly centered around cardmaking and mini scrapbook albums and have set the goal for myself of getting all the possible cutting combinations posted here on my blog. Eventually, maybe within 2 or three weeks, I'll get everything listed. Then I will add paper and shopping options. Within each category are the picures & links to each individual shape I can die cut. Each shape will also eventually have its own Gallery of sample project photos, and I'll add those over time. You are also welcome to email your project pics to me, and I can post all the info here on my blog! Here are the main categories:

New! - These are the shapes that have just arrived in the past month.
Coming Soon! - These are the shapes that I have ordered from AccuCut and will be coming soon.
A2 Card Convertibles (Window Cards & Mats) - These are all the card shapes that are 5-1/2"x8-1/2" flat and 5-1/2"x4-1/4" when folded. They also have shapes cut in one side to form windows into the inside of the card.
A2 Card Shapes - These are also all the card shapes that are 5-1/2"x8-1/2" flat and 5-1/2"x4-1/4" when folded. These do not have window shapes, but are solid. They also have unique shapes beyond the standard rectangle but the outmost points are still 5-1/2"x4-1/4" when folded.
A7 Card Convertibles (Window Cards & Mats) - These are all the card shapes that are 10"x7" flat and 5"x7" when folded. They also have shapes cut in one side to form windows into the inside of the card.
A7 Card Shapes - These are all the card shapes that are 10"x7" flat and 5"x7" when folded. These do not have window shapes, but are solid. They also have unique shapes beyond the standard rectangle but the outmost points are still 5"x7" when folded.
5-1/4" Square Cards - These are all the card shapes that are 10-1/2"x5-1/4" flat and 5-1/4" square when folded. This includes all the Convertibles (Window) cards, coordinating mats, and other 5-1/4" square shape cards.
Other Cards - These are all the other card shapes I have, such as gift card size and 3-3/8" square.
Envelopes - Envelopes of all shapes and sizes.
5-1/2" Mini Albums - Everyone has an obsession, and after cards, this project/shape is mine. So cool!! I probably have over 50 dies related to this theme. These are also the "word" albums (each page is a letter of a word). All the album pages are 5-1/2" high, with a great variety of widths for stylish album pages.
Mini Albums - These are all the OTHER sizes of mini albums, including 6"x6", 8"x8", and journaling albums (i.e. smash albums).
Bags & Boxes - These are all my 3-D bags and boxes die cut shapes.
Page Backgrounds - These are all the mat shapes designed to be page backgrounds for 12"x12" and 8"x8" scrapbook pages.
Tags, Frames, & Mats - These are all the shapes that cut tags, frame, and decorative mats for cards and scrapbook pages. Great for journaling and stamping greetings on cards.
Snowflakes - Another obsession!! Love snowflakes!!
Borders - These are all the shapes that cut decorative strips, most of them 12" wide.
Alphabets - These are the alphabet sets
Holidays & Occasions - Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's, Birthday, etc. themes.
Everything Else - All the other shapes that don't neatly fit into other categories. But still cool! Becky's Wish List - My ongoing list of dies I wish I had and ones I dream about ordering. Feel free to comment and make your own suggestions for dies I should order!

About Me

I've been a paper crafter for at least 15 years, dabbling in scrapbooking but truly loving cardmaking! I started out as a scrapbooker, then moved on to cardmaking when someone showed me the beauty of using rubber stamps to make greeting cards. Been an addict ever since!! My true crafting "babies" are my AccuCut dies, of which I now own hundreds. No, you don't want to know how much money I've spent on them. Kind of embarrassing. Which is one of the reasons it's time to start sharing my dies with the world, and seeing if I can get them all paid for (insert sheepish grin)! I attend a monthly scrapbooking crop hosted by my wonderful friend, Laurie, and I bring a selection of dies and 2 AccuCut Grandmarke machines to every crop. Always a big hit! Nearly every time I get asked when I'm going to open a scrapbook store, but mostly I've decided to stay at home with my last small children for a few more years until they start school.

At this point, Becky's Craftroom is a one-woman show. I'm starting out slowly, seeing how my dies do as I list all the shapes I can cut, and sell the paper either here on my blog or in my eBay store, http://stores.ebay.com/Beckys-Craftroom. I've been on eBay since April 16, 1999, and I've been actively selling various things, mostly Pazzles Inspiration products and crafting adhesives, since 2008. I currently have 100% feedback rating and just reached a feedback number over 3000+!! Fast shipping and great service are the hallmarks of my eBay business and I hope to bring the same thing to my Custom Die Cutting service.

My artistic motto - "Let the paper speak!" While I love embellishments, particularly ribbon, I don't like them to overwhelm the design. I see many designs that look like an embellishment and ink box exploded all over them and the beautiful paper gets lost. I don't mind empty spaces if they are filled with beautiful or interesting paper. In fact, I get annoyed when too much of the paper gets covered up. There are so many wonderful colors and patterns out there, so LET THE PAPER SPEAK!

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Operation Write Home

Funny how you can find something, and it's instant KISMET.  That's what happened to me on Sunday morning, September 9, 2012.  I was hunting on the 'net, looking for pages that would answer the question, "What is the point of 6x6 paper pads?"  Well, I got some good answers which converted me to the concept as well as sparking a desire to add 6x6 designs to my 5-1/2" line of album die cuts.  But what I also got was this little link on a comment left on someone's blog.  Just an innocent little link.  Where did it go?  Why, to the Operation Write Home website!!!


OWH's mission statement - "Supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as 'AnyHero' cards of gratitude to encourage them."

I'd been thinking for several months that I really, really need to start making and giving away cards with the HORDES of craft supplies I have, but I hadn't found anything I wanted yet. I grew up with my Dad in the Army, moving every several years. I still remember how it felt to wake up in the morning and hear the troops training in the distance. How proud I was of them! I have good, deep positive feelings towards the military in general and I love the idea of donating my crafting skills and supplies towards that cause. Finding OWH was a great blessing and it has rejuvenated me in wonderful ways. It's such an instant, strong feature of my life now, that I've given OWH its own tab on my blog! Here is a list of Becky's Craftroom blog posts featuring my OWH cards, etc:

Becky's Wish List

These are the ideas for dies that I want to order, and custom dies I want to have made. Feel free to comment on my list and put your own requests on here!