Anniversary Cards

I actually purchased this My Mind's Eye paper with men's birthday cards in mind, but I ended up using quite a bit of it for these anniversary cards. They are much nicer in person. :)

Tuesday's Creations

Monday's Booty

for a teen girl
more of my favorite Basic Gray papers.

Three Girly Birthdays

Make them bright! That was the customer's request for these three girly birthday cards. Mission accomplished, and I got to use two of my favorite lines of paper: Basic Gray and My Mind's Eye.

Father's Day

This card was a custom order for a friend of a friend. She just said she wanted it "big like a normal card" instead of small like I prefer to make. :) I used scraps from my scrap drawers, buttons, a rubberized leaf, a strip of leather lacing, and a copper heart for embellishment. The sentiment was printed on a small scrap of card stock with an ink color to coordinate with some of the patterned paper print.

Custom order- Wedding cards

When I am given parameters for design, I have a more difficult time coming up with ideas, so this one took me a while. Black and white with a touch of kelly green were the customer's request. I like putting the married last name initial on a wedding card, as well as a photo if I can get one, so this one incorporates both those preferences. I didn't know if the casual look of the polka dots would be too informal, but I think it turned out well.
The theme of this card is shimmer!! The cardstock, printed paper, envelope and part of the flower all shimmer in the light. It is 5X7.

Wedding Invitations

This was the outside of the invitation and the front of the envelope.  I had to come up with a way to address them, and didn't want to risk making a mess with gel pens, so I stamped a pale pink floral design on plain white labels. It looked pretty elegant for what it actually was!  One detail you cannot see is the two hearts we embossed on the back flap with an embossing punch.  The little "M" labels were custom made for us, and were used on the little dishes we had on the guest tables at the reception as well as the toasting glasses.  
Inside the pocket folder the invitation is printed in brown ink on vellum.  I layered solid pink cardstock (like the post card is printed on) beneath the vellum, then punched holes and treaded pink and brown ribbons through the holes.  The whole assembly was then adhered with a piece of photo tape along the top on the back.  The heart shaped website information paper was punched with a heart shaped punch, and the little brown metallic paper flower adhered with mono-multi glue.  The pink rhinestone already had adhesive on it--they came in a long strip that had to be cut apart.  The photo and RSVP cards both slipped neatly into the little pocket.I also made the pages for the guests to sign and the programs. The guest sheets were brown background with a smaller piece of pink cardstock adhered.  I printed out "Our Guests" at the top and two columns of lines for signatures.  The pages will slide right into a sheet protector in a 12X12 album! 

Some New Cards

Whew! That was a long break from crafting--actually I did quite a bit of crafting over the past few months, but not for sale. Here are a few custom cards I just finished.