HI, I'M KEN!  I CREATED THIS SITE BECAUSE I WANTED A SPACE WHERE I CAN DOCUMENT AND SHARE MY CARD MAKING/ PAPER CRAFTING JOURNEY.  

 

ON DECEMBER 1ST, 2023, I BOUGHT MY FIRST DIE-CUTTING MACHINE AND STARTED TO PLAY WITH EMBOSSING FOLDERS.  A FEW MONTHS LATER, I WAS INTRODUCED TO KAREN BURNISTON (KB RILEY) COLLECTION OF INTERACTIVE/POP-UP DIES, AND I BECAME TRULY INSPIRED.  MAKING CARDS BECAME A PART OF MY LIFE, AND BY LATE MAY, I JOINED KAREN BURNISTON'S DESIGN TEAM.

 

 SCROLL DOWN FURTHER, AND YOU WILL SEE THE THREE KB RELEASES SINCE I BECAME A PART OF THIS AMAZING TEAM.  (CLICK ON EACH RELEASE TO SEE CARDS I'VE CREATED USING THOSE SPECIFIC PRODUCTS.)  

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I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH BY FOCUSING ALMOST SOLELY ON INTERACTIVE CARDS FOR MY FIRST YEAR OF CRAFTING.  AS MY LIFE IS TAKEN OVER BY CRAFTING PRODUCTS HEADING INTO YEAR 2...I BEGAN THINKING I NEEDED TO FOCUS ON SOME OF MY BASIC SKILLS - INKING, STAMPING, AND COLORING.  I THINK IT IS TIME I GO BACK TO BASICS AND WORK ON FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS.  FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO JOIN ALTENEW EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM (AECP) AND HAS STARTED TO TAKE CLASSES FROM THIS EXCELLENT PROGRAM.    

 

I WILL BE POSTING MY AECP CLASS PROJECTS HERE (AND ON MY INSTAGRAM) WHILE I WORK ON COMPILING PAST PROJECTS ONTO THIS BLOG SITE.​  CONSOLIDATING A YEAR'S WORTH OF CARDS - FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN I WAS TESTING OUT THE WATERS TO CARDS I MADE AS PART OF KAREN'S DESIGN TEAM.  AND NOW, AS I EXPLORE DIFFERENT CRAFTING METHODS WITH ALTENEW, I THINK HAVING A SITE WHERE I CAN DOCUMENT AND MONITOR MY PROGRESS IS BEST. THAT 'S WHY I NAMED THIS BLOG MY 'BONE FOLDER LIFE.'

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WORK IN PROGRESS...COMPILING PAST CARDS