April is Card Month for Me

Wow - you go a few weeks without posting and Blogger changes their back end look and feel! Note to self to try to keep up.

I think everyone I know has a birthday in April. I've counted at least 10 so I've been in card making mode for a while. I've come up with a simple initial design that I can reproduce with different looks. I've been using up some old embellishments and trying to shop the stash as much as possible.
Here's a sample of some of them.

Our family friend is also celebrating his 80th this month so I made a special card for him.

Happy Easter!

Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter! 

Here's a peek at the Easter cards that I created this year. The chick is from my Easter 2010 Cricut cart.

Birthday & Thank You Cards

Here's a simple birthday card and a thank you card that I put together this week.

 

Happy Birthday!

                                                                          Thank You!
Unfortunately, you can't see from this photo, but I actually used a polka dot stencil template with Versamark and then I heat embossed the pattern. The stitching was made possible by the Sew Easy tool.

Patterned Paper Gift Wrap

Another great idea from class....using your patterned paper as gift wrap. I decorated this gift box with paper, handmade rosette, flowers, stamps and stickles. The band slides off so all the elements stay in tact. Prettier and more personalized than Tiffany's!

Quick Card Post

I'm long overdue for a post! I've really been enjoying the Curious Scrapbooker's Field Guide and have been spending a ton of time making cards using all of the great techniques I'm learning. Here's a sampling:

Triple Challenge Layout

What do you do when you have no time? Look for ways to combine not one, not two, but THREE challenges all in one! This layout is using my February Counterfeit Kit, the Valentines Day/stamping challenge from Week 2 of the Curious Scrapbooker's Field Guide and a new sketch posted at Write.Click.Scrapbook. This came together as easy a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I just happened to have all the right ingredients.

I used several different stamping techniques including distress inks, masking and cutting out stamped images. Stamping is so much fun! I LOVE it!

Another Tuesday Morning Haul

I just returned from our annual Florida trip and my annual visit to the amazing Tuesday Morning store they have down there. There may be a location near me, but I like to pretend this is a unique place that I can only go to on vacation - that mentality helps save money! This trip I was really excited by the different pre-made kits they had. I really wanted the Girl's Paperie Halloween kit, but decided to go with the travel one instead as it was more versatile. Here's what I picked up.

Heidi Swapp Travel Kit: alphas, stamps, masks, die-cuts, rub-ons
The Girl's Paperie Vintage Travel Kit: papers, trims, die-cuts, brads, charms, chipboard
Tim Holtz dots & alpha grundgeboard
Tim Holtz configurations box
Heidi Swap ghost alphas
American Crafts tent stamp set
2 sets of Thickers
3 Making Memories alpha sets