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Although I have been playing with paper for decades, it feels like I am on a new journey.  I have found a love for die-cuts and card-making "things"...even though I have never been a "card person" or a "scrapbooker."  But hey, there are no rules! For my first finished "piece" I present "Triple Boo's"!   I definitely need to do some research on how to take better photos!   Supplies: Dies from Sweet Boo bundle (Scrapbook.com) Ghost "Boo" Two different 3D flower dies from a set  (Amazon) Stencil: 8"x5" background (Amazon) Ink: Junesix waterbased ink (Amazon)  Sorry, no colors listed on the stamps themselves, but might be Sky Blue and Lemon Yellow, watered down 6x6 piece of pattern paper bought from a big box craft store probably 15 years ago! White card stock ( Neenah 94 bright index 110lb  (Amazon) Process: I didn't really have any sort of project in mind when I started.  At first I just wanted to try cuttin...

Starting a blog in 2025 seems a bit crazy.  Especially considering I really prefer to write my own words instead of AI-ing them.  I am not anti-AI...I just like to write.  It is like making bread out of my scattered dough of thoughts. I did a couple of quick searches on starting a blog in 2025.  And then I quickly realized that is a silly rabbit hole to fall into.  I am looking for a good place to capture and organize information around this new paper craft hobby I've been playing with for the last few months.  I have started collecting information on Pinterest , but I don't know if that is a good place to keep all of my information, projects, processes, etc.  So, here we are! Now...with that out of the way...