tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post750544434575662640..comments2024-03-28T12:34:02.986+00:00Comments on Stamping Ground: Yeah, but how long is TOO long?Julia Dunnithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02164574850662878118noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post-79969074906255127552016-09-20T13:32:41.809+01:002016-09-20T13:32:41.809+01:00[url=http://nexium.host/]nexium online[/url] [url=...[url=http://nexium.host/]nexium online[/url] [url=http://seroquelforsleep.webcam/]seroquel for sleep[/url] [url=http://rimonabant.club/]rimonabant online[/url] [url=http://medrolpak.click/]medrol[/url] [url=http://kamagra.press/]kamagra[/url] [url=http://zithromax.press/]buy cheap zithromax online[/url] Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post-18290687057240459132011-08-31T22:09:48.822+01:002011-08-31T22:09:48.822+01:00It's a beautiful card and certainly worth more...It's a beautiful card and certainly worth more than Shopkeeper Gal will charge for it.<br />I know Station Road! My aunty and uncle live in Tidworth and I spent lots of holidays with them when I was a little girl.angelfishhttp://fiona-staringatthesea.blogspot.com/2011/08/five-things-im-loving-this-friday-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post-32316765255438914292011-08-31T04:26:55.313+01:002011-08-31T04:26:55.313+01:00Sometimes i can take over an hour for a card.Longe...Sometimes i can take over an hour for a card.Longer if altered item.But have to get it right as if not then that will be <br />"dumped".Many crafters do under charge for there crafts,dont take into consideration the time it took to make !<br />I absolutely love this card she's made simple and elegant!Gorgeous colours.I will always think of you when i hear the word DUMP...lol<br />hugs judex <br />p.s your posts do brighten up my day and make me smile...loljudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15915860473376913535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post-86888727163381570942011-08-31T02:33:50.685+01:002011-08-31T02:33:50.685+01:00I often take hours making a card especially if it&...I often take hours making a card especially if it's for a commission. Like Di I may be indecisive, I'm not really sure. Trouble with me is I can't make up my mind on the design so spend ages thinking about it, then before I get started I think of something 'better' and have to rethink my design. Then I fiddle about for ages re-arranging things or adding bits. I often think that when I am happy with a card I should make at least two more of the same design (different colours/papers perhaps) as they will be a lot quicker to make therefore making the average time spent per card, a lot less. Well at least now I know it's not just me who's like this ... well ... I don't think it is.<br /><br />Lynn xLynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07462947997738301760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post-29297085639698047402011-08-31T00:10:56.575+01:002011-08-31T00:10:56.575+01:00It really depends, Julia. Sometimes the ideas just...It really depends, Julia. Sometimes the ideas just come and everything flows and I'm done in a relatively short time. More often than not, however, I have to step away from what I'm working at and do something else. Sometimes for a few days in a row. And then suddenly - click! - it all comes together. If it doesn't, I put it away. A few months later, it will look different. Or I take it apart.Carola Bartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536486322412234854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post-62002485730898016072011-08-30T21:27:25.958+01:002011-08-30T21:27:25.958+01:00I know my hubby would say, he'd want an hourly...I know my hubby would say, he'd want an hourly rate,(coz men always think like that!) and then add all the 'stuff' used and price that up too and then, of course all the cups of coffee, lighting, wear and tear on the carpet...the hoover for sucking up all the mess, etc...but then would anyone buy it for £3,000 pounds!! But then of course there's all the 'fun' of making something no one else has and that's priceless! Mind you, cards do sell on ebay from around the £5 up to £95 pounds!! so there is hope for those of us who's friends and family expect them for nothing! <br />((Lyn))Spyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16287313899527599847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post-54523949028339347682011-08-30T20:31:03.783+01:002011-08-30T20:31:03.783+01:00it took Jo and I all weekend to make a mess
plus ...it took Jo and I all weekend to make a mess<br /><br />plus a bank holiday monday<br /><br />we needed longer the mess was not big enough<br /><br />I'm not sure we finished anything<br /><br />she did comment on my sticky out feet - not sure if it was a style thing tho'<br /><br />left to my own devices I spend as long as it takes so long as I'm quick doing it<br /><br />Dxdonnalouiserodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12558884767978448435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post-64613014779658692982011-08-30T18:36:07.653+01:002011-08-30T18:36:07.653+01:00any amount of time is fine as long as you are havi...any amount of time is fine as long as you are having fun, oh and not on a deadline...LOLSiobhan Brignullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06849562525731995877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post-91115572515648026572011-08-30T16:35:54.935+01:002011-08-30T16:35:54.935+01:00Oh I'm going for the "clump" when I ...Oh I'm going for the "clump" when I get back to my desk....I have a project that will work brilliantly on.<br /><br />As for the rest....I take too long, but I enjoy it. I often come back to things hours and days and weeks later. I've got a cunning plan though. When I make a card, and spend ages moving the flower around the card by microscopic increments, and cover the floor in papers to get the right background shade, and stamp out 3 different sentiments cos I can't decide on which one to use......well, the next time I do that, I'm going to make another card EXACTLY THE SAME!<br /><br />Clever eh? So one card will have been made painstakingly. The other will have taken mere moments, and can justifiably go into my sale box at work for a couple of quid.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11505669225991509087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post-70847288898716092692011-08-30T15:57:01.472+01:002011-08-30T15:57:01.472+01:00Now I know why I'm not a card maker or scrapbo...Now I know why I'm not a card maker or scrapbooker and don't dabble in those endeavers. Of course, for me, when it comes to paper crafts, it usually takes at least a day to come up with a design in my head, then at least one more day to contemplate making it (how often I have gotten the order of things wrong when gluing on a page), then at least a full day to make the project, sometimes more. And if it's a technique I haven't tried before, or for a long time, I have to include in-process photos, which add at least an hour. Now I know why I don't sell my altered books or altered art. Like other commenters said, it can't be for the money because you really don't make any.Bleubeard and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149710375520733752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post-34000150327786051072011-08-30T15:25:51.402+01:002011-08-30T15:25:51.402+01:00You and me both Julia... I do 'clump' as w...You and me both Julia... I do 'clump' as well!! OK... have to admit nobody has actually told me that my style is clump-y (would you listen to big head here... my style.... LOL...). If you think charging for cards is a minefield... try charging for a mini book!! I have charged people less for mini books than I have been charged for a one off commissioned card!! Yep, I could spend a morning on one card... and happily give it away at the end of the session and probably have 'plonked' an embelly into my 'clump' that cost me £2 to buy.... so its a darn good job I don't rely on scrapping to pay the mortgage.... ;)voodoo vixenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05969587296959836879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post-67052374319872788572011-08-30T15:16:22.207+01:002011-08-30T15:16:22.207+01:00a clump eh!! I don't look at time - really whe...a clump eh!! I don't look at time - really when I'm creating, although I do want something finished if I've been working for some time. I find when I work on my own, I get things finished a lot faster than when I have a play day and try to finish something. It's all the other thoughts going in to the project that takes time. I find I also lose a little of my confidence, so diddle instead of just doing... I find the more you create the more you just know instinctively what will work for your sense of rightness, and the faster something gets done. Then I look at others and wonder why they're taking so long... of course they haven't been doing it as long as I have. Beats me if I answered your question though.Yogihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03514083873946064000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post-81408282077940827532011-08-30T14:26:55.504+01:002011-08-30T14:26:55.504+01:00I think it is a beautiful card.
I dread to think ...I think it is a beautiful card.<br /><br />I dread to think what my cards would cost if I added all the materials and time together - one of the reasons I tend not to sell my cards as I never know what to charge.<br /><br />Toni xxmisteejayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03105825533185786612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post-72505682048039425642011-08-30T12:58:05.349+01:002011-08-30T12:58:05.349+01:00Love the card, laughed at the post - I can take ag...Love the card, laughed at the post - I can take ages making a card too. I don't get commissions for mine though so they're just for fun and for me to send people so I don't mind. Not sure I've really timed myself...but I don't think I take as long as Claire - unless you count the tea breaks and getting up off the floor trying to get some feeling back into my legs of course!!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10690233874810368197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post-71288298289002512892011-08-30T11:10:55.877+01:002011-08-30T11:10:55.877+01:00I can take hours making a card, so if they did hav...I can take hours making a card, so if they did have to pay by the hour then we would all be very rich but I think we all loose out BIG time...not just on time, sometimes what we use costs more than what they pay.. on the good part it is a hobby and something we enjoy so making a little bit of money is a bonus. <br />I often find that if the card is being made for family or close friends I tend to take longer to make sure it is perfect... if it is just because I want to make a card then I probably take less time.. most cards I make do tend to take more than two hours... some can take me days !!CLairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02262380873322138372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post-50316512793039521532011-08-30T11:01:30.595+01:002011-08-30T11:01:30.595+01:00I agree with the above, if you paid us for our tim...I agree with the above, if you paid us for our time you could never afford us - never mind the amount we spend on materials! This is my problem when shifting my stock, I'm a cheapskate and kno I wouldn't pay more than a couple of quid for a card so how can I justify charging more? I do hate spending hours at my desk and having nothing I like to show for it.. maybe exacting standards are our downfall?jodpeahttp://www.jodpea.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post-42805639439383737212011-08-30T09:45:41.272+01:002011-08-30T09:45:41.272+01:00The strip!?!?!? I thinkthat was the first and last...The strip!?!?!? I thinkthat was the first and last time station road will ever be called that lol.<br /><br />The card is beautiful I love it. Time on cards I think is difficult especially if they are for order. I don't think anyone gets paid for the time they put in. <br /><br />Layouts on the other hand are completley different that is mine that I am going to look at again and again. It will be passed down generation to generation (it better!!) I feel it,s acceptable to spend as much time as you want on them. <br /><br />It's the same as when you are doing a scrapbook to order you are never going to be paid for the time you put in and it needs to become a factor in how much time you spend.<br /><br />Gosh I have really rambled this morning!!<br /><br />Laura xSimple homemade living https://www.blogger.com/profile/08647136772179544797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post-31675020473302705132011-08-30T09:34:38.303+01:002011-08-30T09:34:38.303+01:00Oh Julia - another really funny posting! I'm q...Oh Julia - another really funny posting! I'm quite slow when making intricate cards - would love to speed up but my motto seems to be 'I used to be indecisive, now I'm not so sure'. The stepping away often helps I find. Di xxDihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06153667791623954306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218645565952627143.post-68419567962453911672011-08-30T09:33:03.355+01:002011-08-30T09:33:03.355+01:00It is beautiful, and very well balanced... as for ...It is beautiful, and very well balanced... as for your questions, I must say I do often, nay usually!!, take a lot of time to make stuff and two and a half hours would be quick!!! But it's the making for me which is THE important thing and if you paid me for my time you couldn't afford me!!!! So the answer is the time you take is the time you want to take and enjoy, no matter long or short in my opinion...<br />Frankie<br />xxDragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com