I am not doing a very good job at making my little blog feel loved this year, but fear not... Even though I may not be posting as much I am still crafting away! I just popped on today to say hello and to share a few cards that I made for Mother's Day (I know, I know..... that was 4 months ago.... what can I say... better late than never, I guess :0) )
I made these cards using an American Crafts valentine paper pad and a very old paper pad from MME. The card with the cute little puppy was made using a stamp from Crafter's Companion and the rest of the cards were created using a stamp set from Stampendous. I used two Colorbok Chalk inks in Charcoal and Brown for the super cute little bird cage image and Tuxedo Black Memento ink for the image of the puppy. I colored in the image of the puppy with my Copic markers and paper pieced the little birds in the bird cages using scraps from the papers I used for the base of the cards.
I typically try to make unique cards for each person I send a Mother's Day card to, but I was really enjoying using the Stampendous ink set.
Now, on to the pictures!
On an unrelated note..... While I do love summer, my favorite part of fall has arrived for us in Northern Virginia.... Pumpkin Spiced Lattes from Starbucks.... Can anyone say, "Yummmmmmy!"?
Happy Crafting, friends!
In preparation for Mother's Day, I have been adding new items to my Etsy shop as gifts for mothers, but are generic enough to be used for other events for women. The latest additions are sticky note holders for 3x3 sticky notes. I kinda just started with one or two and then the next thing I knew, I had made 8, lol. I also used the opportunity to play around with taking pictures of my creations with our new camera. It is great having a good camera now because we have no good lighting in our apartment and it is really hard to get good pictures.
The flowers I used were a really random fine in a dollar store in Baltimore. All of the packages were like a dollar and a few were $1.25. I bought like 15 packages while I was there because I didn't know when I would come across such a good deal again.
Okay, so the card in my last post was not the last Mother's Day card. :) For this card, I used papers from some papers recently given to me by my cousin (I have the name at home, so I will have to update later :) ). I also used a digi image that I have had for a few years and embossed some plain white card stock with a Cuttlebug Rosette embossing folder.
In other news in life, we have a very busy weekend ahead of us. We have some dear friends who will be in town to minister in our Bible Institute and Sunday service, as well as a birthday party for our pastor's son and a graduation on Sunday after church! I am also plugging away at getting the scrapbooks done for my mom. I purchased some divided photo holders from We R Memorykeepers and man, they have been a huge help in getting a large number of photos scrapped in a single front and back sheet...highly recommend them!
Also, it is 70 degrees and Sunny with a high of 82 today. Finally, the nice weather is here!
Good evening Ladies, I just thought I'd post the last of the mother's day cards I made (actually, I take that back, I think I have one more to post.... now I have to go back and check my previous posts to see... lol)... Anyhow, on Saturday evening I realized that I hadn't made our pastor's wife a mother's day card, so I whipped one up. I already had the image colored from about a month ago when I was practicing with my spectrum noir alcohol markers so it came together fairly quickly. The paper pad I used was a 6x6 that was a few years old, passed on to me by my very lovely cousin Christy. :) I die cut the image with my circle Spellbinders die and layered with another circle cut out with my circle Spellbinders die, as well as a scalloped circle Spellbinders die. I finished off by running a piece of pink patterned paper through my Cuttlebug machine with a rosette patterned embossing folder and popped on a few white pearls to finish the card off.
Can you believe that we are almost into May already?!?!?!?!?!?! It seems like it was just February! May is a busy month for us, and this May will be even busier than usual. In the first two weeks of May, we have 4 birthdays and Mother's Day, and then our anniversary and Memorial Day at the end of the month. I haven't start much, but I have started working on a few cards and gifts.
Below is a simple card that will be going to my MIL. She loves butterflies. These butterfly stamps were from K&Company, as was the patterned paper. The card stock was basic Recollections cardstock, and the ribbon was from a gift that I saved the ribbon from.
I also put together simple thinking of you card, as I was being inspired by the butterfly theme. The butterfly is just one of the clip art graphics in Microsoft Word, with the color of the butterfly changed to black and the sentiment was typed out in Microsoft Word as well. The patterned paper was from the Recollections Teal Butterflies patterned papers. The button was from the dollar aisle at Michaels and the cardstock base is from the Recollections basic cardstock packs and their loose card stock options.
Good Morning all... Happy Monday.... Hope that everyone isn't too sleepy this morning :) I just thought I would share the last of the Mother's Day cards I made, plus the last of the custom order that I never posted last week and a birthday card/gift for a friend.
Last of the Custom Orders:
Mother's Day card for my Pastor's wife:
Birthday Card for Friend:
Gift Basket for Friend:
Supplies:
Paper: Textured card stock, K & Company Amy Butler, some 4x6 papers from a friend
Embellishments: Prima flowers, ribbon from a friend, rhinestones from Queen & Company
Digital Images: I'll have to get back to you on that one
**I made the baggies with the tea bags in them from some plastic card holders and some cardstock/patterned paper cut down to size. I hole punched through the paper and the bags and then just laced ribbon through.**
Oh... and here is a better picture of the birthday card I made for my brother! (I finally uploaded the pictures off of my actual camera on to the PC :) )
Good Morning all! Long time, no talkey.... Sorry, I've been out of the loop for so long, but this weekend I was crafting like nobody's business (what does that even mean, btw...). I had a custom order for 4 mother's day cards that I needed to have done by today, as well as get my mother's and MIL's cards out today, plus get my FIL's birthday card out (his birthday is on Mother's Day this year). I still have 3 more mother's day cards for the pastor's wives in my husband and I's lives and a 3 more birthday cards, but I still got 7 cards done this weekend so I was pretty happy.
I didn't take a pictures of my FIL's birthday card or my MIL's card (oops), and one of the pictures for the custom order didn't save in my email, so I will post that one tomorrow. Below are pictures of my mom's card as well as three of the cards that I made for my boss.
And.... as I actually remembered to write down the brands before I left for work tomorrow I can remember the supplies today, lol.... I kept the designs similar for many of the cards, since I was putting together so many in such a short period of time...
(Card for My Mom)
(Custom Order 1)
(Custom Order 2)
(Custom Order 3 - outside)
(Custom Order 3 - inside)
Supplies:
Paper: Textured and Sparkly card stock, K&Company, K&Company Amy Butler
Embellishments: Prima flowers (from cousin and found 1/2 off at Michaels - I bought a whole container of blue, pink, and purple - that in addition to the flowers from my cousin - I finally have a good stock of flowers!!!); Queen & Company rhinestones
Sentiments: Poems from about.com, other sentiments typed out and printed on PC and handwritten
Tools: Fiskars paper trimmer and corner punch, Elmers glue dots, tape gun
Digi Images: I'll get back to you - those I don't remember
Today I am at home taking care of my husband who hurt his back this weekend (poor guy :( ). I spent the extra time inside this weekend working on Mother's Day cards for my mother and my mother-in-law. I really am finding that I enjoy making cards more and more with every new card I make. :) I'm still new at it, but I'm having fun. I've posted some pictures below.
