Some new Mother's Day cards. The two on the left are sold, but the other two are available. The one on the bottom has the Proverbs 31 passage on it and a hand crocheted little flower. You should be able to click on the image to enlarge it for better viewing of details.
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
2010 Mother's Day Cards
Some new Mother's Day cards. The two on the left are sold, but the other two are available. The one on the bottom has the Proverbs 31 passage on it and a hand crocheted little flower. You should be able to click on the image to enlarge it for better viewing of details.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Cards for a Custom Order
A pleasant surprise was in my email inbox the other day--an order from a past customer. I love those because that means they were happy customers! She purchased several cards I already had made, plus some of these...
Mother's Day is coming up pretty quick... I need to make a card to send someone myself.
Cards for men are the most challenging for me to make. I LOVE putting flowers and ribbons on the cards, and Ornery informs me that "men don't like all that fluffy stuff." Oh, well. I am adaptable. :)
Mother's Day is coming up pretty quick... I need to make a card to send someone myself.
Cards for men are the most challenging for me to make. I LOVE putting flowers and ribbons on the cards, and Ornery informs me that "men don't like all that fluffy stuff." Oh, well. I am adaptable. :)
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday's Bounty
In the spirit of using up my stash, I took a few odd size/shaped envelopes with me to the scrapbook store on Saturday. I have several different sizes of square envelopes, and even though they are more expensive to mail, I still like them a lot. So, the first two cards here are to fit both size and color of envelopes. I also just happened to have two tag-board frames with matching embellishment tags to go with them. I am sure I must have been inspired for some great project when I found them on the clearance table, but I sure don't know what it was now... so I had to come up with some new inspiration!
After inking the butterfly cut out, I bent it slightly in the middle, then taped both sides to the frame to lift it up off the card just a bit. The tag reads: "Memories are the key not to the past but to the future." Might be a nice condolence card?
The recurring blue and orange theme of the frame and tags used up the last of a sheet of clearance paper: it looked like they were made for each other! I love it when things come together like that!
The top card was somewhat of an experiment with a friend's border punch. I may have to invest in a couple of those with different designs, as I have found myself drawn to them lately. On that same card is an orange felt flower whose petal had been snipped off in the production process. The flaw is hidden beneath the tag. The bottom card took a bit of engineering to cut the window which reveals the blue die-cut swirl paper under the tag. The biggest challenge on this card, however, was getting that slippery satin ribbon to stay "nailed down" on the tag!
The top card has a transparency atop a light blue paper which is all attached with flower shaped brads to the main card. The flowers on the side were already glittery. The bottom card also has one flower from that glittery set between the pink silk and red velvet flowers. They are attached with a rhinestone brad.
This picture didn't turn out well for some reason--sorry about that. The top card is using scraps from a journal I covered recently. The text is actually a clear sticker that I put on blue paper, then matted with brown shimmery paper. This is elevated with foam tape over the ruffled brown ribbon trim. The bottom card is one of my favorites from the day, but that little pleated flower is not likely to be repeated on cards in the future--what a pain! The little tile in the middle of the flower says "you" to complete the phrase "Crazy 'bout YOU"
Can you tell I love using flowers on cards? I borrowed some flower punches to put under the buttons on the card to the right. Flowers on the left are silk, paper and velvet with a glittered brad in the center.
After inking the butterfly cut out, I bent it slightly in the middle, then taped both sides to the frame to lift it up off the card just a bit. The tag reads: "Memories are the key not to the past but to the future." Might be a nice condolence card?
The recurring blue and orange theme of the frame and tags used up the last of a sheet of clearance paper: it looked like they were made for each other! I love it when things come together like that! 
The top card was somewhat of an experiment with a friend's border punch. I may have to invest in a couple of those with different designs, as I have found myself drawn to them lately. On that same card is an orange felt flower whose petal had been snipped off in the production process. The flaw is hidden beneath the tag. The bottom card took a bit of engineering to cut the window which reveals the blue die-cut swirl paper under the tag. The biggest challenge on this card, however, was getting that slippery satin ribbon to stay "nailed down" on the tag!
The top card has a transparency atop a light blue paper which is all attached with flower shaped brads to the main card. The flowers on the side were already glittery. The bottom card also has one flower from that glittery set between the pink silk and red velvet flowers. They are attached with a rhinestone brad. 
This picture didn't turn out well for some reason--sorry about that. The top card is using scraps from a journal I covered recently. The text is actually a clear sticker that I put on blue paper, then matted with brown shimmery paper. This is elevated with foam tape over the ruffled brown ribbon trim. The bottom card is one of my favorites from the day, but that little pleated flower is not likely to be repeated on cards in the future--what a pain! The little tile in the middle of the flower says "you" to complete the phrase "Crazy 'bout YOU"
Can you tell I love using flowers on cards? I borrowed some flower punches to put under the buttons on the card to the right. Flowers on the left are silk, paper and velvet with a glittered brad in the center.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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