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I have a problem. I need to send a card to someone who I know appreciates my handmade cards, but *grimmace* throws them away before the next trash pickup day!
So. Do I take the time and use my precious "STUFF" and make her a card...or do I throw one in the cart next time I'm at Target?!
:confused:
Help me out, friends ... I feel so silly even pondering the question. But I haven't come to a decision, and I've been thinking about it for 4 DAYS!!!
What do you do in this situation? Am I just being dumb?
Make a SIMPLE card. That may be difficult for you. Your cards are generally filled with lovely details. But if you can zip something out that has less layers and embellishments then it may not hurt as much knowing it will go to the recycle.
Do one of those one-sheet simple cards -- you know the ones without layers that always look so great but are so simple? That way you aren't spending a whole lot of time and you aren't spending any money at the store either -
Second suggestion is - if you are planning to give a present, just do a simple 3x3 gift enclosure, again no layers. Not even an envelope needed, just stick it on the present.
Funny you should mention this because I was thinking of making up a bunch of simple cards for just this purpose, for the ones that don't really care much about cards, i.e. you know they toss them, but I need to have ones on hand.
I don't keep cards, just because once I start I keep everything and I get overrun . My MIL is the opposite, she keeps every card she receives, including the $1 ones.
However, you said she appreciates your cards, so I would send her one. It is about the feeling a card invokes for me. Your card makes her smile, she does something nice for someone else and so it continues, making the world a much nicer place to live in. (God, I sound like an old hippy! )
Dang .. you all sound so convincing.
OK... so I made one and uploaded it but it's pending approvals. I made it with the new Just 'Cause I like you set -- I have more trouble making anything I like with that set!! So, if she tosses it, it won't make me tooooo sad. ;)
This may be a really bad idea, but here goes, my stamper friends who send each other handmade cards write their personal message on a post it note. Those that keep cards, keep it, those that don't pull out the post it and send it to someone else to enjoy. Maybe you could do that with your friend, part of her birthday gift is then a beautiful handmade card for someone else to enjoy.
Another suggestion - if when you play with your sets you make things that are good - not great - keep those to send to people who don't keep the cards. I am sure your worst cards are better than my best. I love your work by the way, you don't happen to be in Massachusetts do you? I would love a lesson.
Scrapmo, that's a GREAT idea! See... I knew you girls would think of something fun for me to do! In fact, I give her cards and stationery as gifts for her to send, so ya!! Excellent idea! Instead of a postit, I could use some removeable double-sided tape I have, and some nice linen white paper or something ... atleast that way if she does choose to keep it, it's all pretty for her too.
...and I live about as far from Massachusetts as you can get... I'm an Oregon girl ;) ...and it's wayyyy too early in the morning here.
I have a problem. I need to send a card to someone who I know appreciates my handmade cards, but *grimmace* throws them away before the next trash pickup day!
Well all I have to say is I haven't thrown out the card you sent ME!!!! (and don't worry, you are on my list....I have about seven RRAKs to get to....soon...oh please let me get to them soon!)
Well all I have to say is I haven't thrown out the card you sent ME!!!! (and don't worry, you are on my list....I have about seven RRAKs to get to....soon...oh please let me get to them soon!)
Great card. If your friend wants to throw it away tell her to forward it to me, I would keep it.
__________________ Martha
"When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life." Jean Shinoda Bolen
Bright, cheery, and will I EVER be rid of that scrappin' paper!?
Just for fun, you could include a little saying on the inside something like this...."If this card gets thrown in the garbage I will make a voodoo doll of the recipient and stick pins in it to suffer for all eternity".
Do people not realize how much of our heart and souls (not to mention cold hard cash?) that goes into the making of these cards??
Do like I do, get a scrap piece of background paper, a simple stamp, and there is your card. Nothing to fussy, and the background paper does all the work for you,
Caroline
Minnetonka, MN
If you decide to go the post it note route, make sure and give an envelope. tuck the whole thing in a larger envelope to give to her. People who are not cardmakers do not have extra envelopes lying around. unless you do the long card that will fit into a business envelope size (envelope is 4 1/8 x 9 1/2 so your card would be a touch smaller than that)
Anna - the card you made is adorable! Seeing as I own thousands of dollars worth of stamps, cardstock, ink and embellishments, I will not allow myself to buy a card. I think you made the wise choice!
By the way, TAC has a stamp with something like this on it:
"Just for fun, you could include a little saying on the inside something like this...."If this card gets thrown in the garbage I will make a voodoo doll of the recipient and stick pins in it to suffer for all eternity".
__________________ My Gallery Team Jasper! "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also" Mt. 6:21
I don't much care what people do with my cards. I enjoy making them and giving them! Try not too be too sensitive and enjoy your creative moment! I've kept every hand made card I have ever received, but sometimes wish I could throw more things out, so I don't mind if someone does. I know a few that tell me that they have every card I've ever sent them or anyone in their household! That makes me feel good. I've been making cards for 6 or 7 years now. One of those that save mine is my son-in-law! He is always amazed with my cards!
I like the card you ended up making. I was going to suggest just exactly what you did! Use your scraps That way, your scraps get some love and you don't feel nearly as bad if the whole thing gets trashed.
For those kind of people, they get cards made with the stuff I am trying to get rid of! They also get my non-SU paper. I am not wasting my good stuff on people who won't appreciate it! Like 5 year old nephews.
Well, to relieve whatever guilt you may have over buying a card, you can always make one, send it to me, and give the store bought one to the recipient! LOL
This weekend my daughter had a bday to go to, last minute one, gotta love those. And with my no stamping clause still, I went to the big red dot store to get a gift card and a card for it to go in. I COULDN'T DO IT. I came home and told her we are making a card, I just can't pay $3 - $4 for a card when I have all this at home! I cut the paper and she stamped the images.
I have a problem. I need to send a card to someone who I know appreciates my handmade cards, but *grimmace* throws them away before the next trash pickup day!
So. Do I take the time and use my precious "STUFF" and make her a card...or do I throw one in the cart next time I'm at Target?!
:confused:
Help me out, friends ... I feel so silly even pondering the question. But I haven't come to a decision, and I've been thinking about it for 4 DAYS!!!
What do you do in this situation? Am I just being dumb?
OK, sorry to gush, but I would FRAME one of your cards. Send this person a dollar store card.
Yeah, what they said....wouldn't get thrown out here either! I understand your feeling...that's how I feel about masculine cards...why make em'? They don't look at them more than 2 sec. and then get thrown out!!
I can relate to this! I put in alot of time making a card with layers, hardware, etc. for my sister for her bday. She called me the day after she got it and thanked me for the card and asked if I wanted her to send the hardward back so I could reuse it. I got it shortly after that. I didn't expect her to keep it forever but didnt expect her to get rid of it right away either. So.... I planned on buying inexpensive cards for whatever occasion I needed a card to send her. But after reading this thread, maybe I will make simple cards....
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You can poo-poo me if you want, but the card is a gift and it shouldn't matter to us what the receiver does with it. If the receiver is too foolish to realize and appreciate what they got, that's their problem and not yours. You did something nice/special/heartfelt and that should be all you are concerned with.
I think I'm in the minority on this site though...
we have a friend who comes to an occasional stamp camp and buys stuff she can stamp on envies and such....found out that she threw out all the stamped cards we all gave her. So friday night at stamp camp, she wasn't there, I said, hey we need a card for Nikki's 30th this weekend( ordinarily, if one of the gang has a birthday, we all send the same card we just made....so they get 4-5 identical cards)
Anyway, one of the girls says, no way!!! this card is too pretty and she'll toss it!! So after our other 3 projects, she grabbed a few sheets of copy paper, we tore it in half, folded it and each made her a stamped masterpiece, making sure to write on the back that she was welcome to toss these!!
After days of worry about what to send your friend, you sure came up with an amazing creation! If I were her, I would not throw it away. Of course, I am one of those that keep every card I have ever received and the handmade cards have a special "leopard print" box. My bestfriend game me a set of cards one year for me to use as appropriate. I was pondering her birthday card the next year and pulled one out that she had made, stuck a post-it in it and signed the post-it. We have now passed that card back and forth so many years that you can't get it closed for the post-it notes. We just leave them there and keep adding to it.
I find that there is a bit of expectation from my family and friends to get homemade cards, even if they aren't stampers. Sending them the Target bought card somehow disappoints them (although I don't mean to, sometimes I just get behind). I think you made a good decision with the simple card, and I also have tons of that SAME paper so thanks for the idea, may I case? HaHa
On a related issue of keeping cards, I keep all the handmade ones I've ever gotten. A lady I have taught in stamper's 10 for years recently died very unexpectedly. I cannot describe the measure of comfort I get going thru my special box and reading all her messages to me and looking at her "art", crooked or imperfect, it is a piece of her heart.
I think you made the right choice.
In the first place, you want to send this person a card. I am assuming that you like them, and that is why you are sending it. So, I don't really think that post its and copy paper would do it here. If you bought a Hallmark card, you would probably have spent $3-$5. You already have money invested in stamps and ink. The price of a half sheet of CS, a layer, and an envelope is minimal. Those items certainly don't cost $5. You didn't waste hardware and prima flowers on someone who doesn't appreciate them. Your time is worth something, but you enjoy what you are doing, and she is a friend. All said, I think you did the right thing.
Just my 2 cents.
I used to save all of my children's artwork, but it finally overran me and I had to throw most of it out. I have a friend who takes photos of her kids artwork and gets rid of it within a week.
When you upload your cards here, you are saving it for yourself and for others to enjoy, for as long as you choose for it to stay here.
Ohhhhhhhhhhh SweetMissDaisy, I'll be your friend. I would frame one of your beautiful cards. I get such inspriation from you! Even though I can't even come close to being artistic like you. I have so many of your cards saved in my favorites. Thanks .
I would never buy them a card. I haven't bought a card in over 8 yrs. I would agree with most posters and put less money it, use no embellishments, but they'd get a home made card!
You are one of my favorite artists, i love your work.
IMO if she throws the card out before the next trash day then she doesnt truly appreciate you card. wait a couple of weeks geez.
I love the card you made, and it makes me sad to actually know where its gonna end up. i know it happens but i am in denial about it. i'll live in my bubble thank you.
I think I'm in the minority here, as well. I just don't think about whether someone is going to keep my card or not. I don't equate it to how much they appreciate it. I see it as a gift ... its about putting the focus on them for whatsever the reason is, birthday, illness, a basic cheer up ... it shouldn't be about me. I just don't like rating my friends and family into who is "card-worthy" or not. Not everyone is a "saver" - I just don't think that makes them "ungrateful".
__________________ Darci "Awww, you guys made me Ink!"
"Creativity is a continual surprise" (Ray Bradbury)
I love the card you made, and it makes me sad to actually know where its gonna end up. i know it happens but i am in denial about it. i'll live in my bubble thank you.
That's me, too! I know people throw cards away but I just don't like to think about it. I enjoy making them, I assume they enjoy receiving them and, after all, it's only paper! I think the only difference between that particular friend and your other friends is that she's come clean. Even I - world's biggest hoarder - throw handmade cards away after a while. What difference does it make if it's a week later, a month later or a year later? Sometimes I salvage the embellishments though :oops:
Anyway, SweetMissDaisy, I check out your gallery all the time for inspiration - even if your cards get thrown away, the ideas live on over here in England!!!
make one, or buy one ... what do YOU do?
