It's been awhile....

Yes, I know that it's been a crazy long while since I've been here, so I added lots of eye candy for my cardmaker friends out there!

I don't even have a really good excuse for not posting for so long, except that it was summer and there seemed to be alot of things that needed my time and the computer wasn't one of them! I did have a very fun 20 year class reunion and also a big family reunion this summer that was great to get to see family and friends. I also had a couple big card orders that had to be filled, and then before I knew it was back to school time, and then these last couple weeks I've just been having some "special" time with my depression...always needs to remind me that it can pop up whenever it wants (personally I think it waits for the most inconvenient times!:b)

Some fun news this week is that I got accepted onto a new card design team and I'm excited to work with the talented girls over there. Come check us out at http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/

And now onto the cards...These are just some of the many cards I made in July! :)

These are more of the birth announcements that I made, but these ones use the pictures that I took when I was over there one afternoon...such a cute little man!

And the card making has begun...

I've actually managed to be quite productive over the last couple days...it's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't really bother to sleep...I'm sure that I'll crash at some point today and try to catch up on the sleep I missed tonight. I was just in the mood to create, and I had the house nice and quiet and all too myself, so I took advantage of every bit of creativity that I had!

It's looking like Brad may have a job for at least a few weeks, so that will also be helpful in giving me more creative time. He just doesn't seem to understand when I am in the middle of designing a card I can't be interrupted 20 times or each card takes 2 hours and becomes totally not worth making!

Well, enough with the babbling and complaining...here's what I've been up to in the last couple days.

The rose on this card is made in a paper tole type style. The rose itself is a stamp that I have and I just stamped 2 copies on the green paper and 4 copies on the yellow paper. Then I cut out the leaves and petals all seperately, curled them a bit and then reassembled the rose using foam tape to give it dimension from the back of the flower (leaves first, then outside petals, etc). It is a bit time consuming and I definately won't be making tons of these cards, but I do find it relaxing to cut out stuff, so it's kinda fun to make now and then.

I got 8 birth announcements done today and am quite happy with how they turned out. I may try to go over there and help her get a few more pics with him looking more towards the camera, but if not I'll just make do with the pics that the mom took.

I did go with some unconventional colors for baby birth announcements but I hope that they look ok. I also did some with the traditional blue, white, yellow etc. Let me know what ya think of the different cards!

This is just a quick little thank you card that I threw together yesterday. I like the colors and I think that little giraffe just looks too cute!

More birth anouncements

Another card using the paper tole type rose embellie

Isn't this the cutest pic? Just love that little wink!!

I actually used this picture 3 different times, but each time is a little different. Here he is looking to the right, in another card I just flipped it horizontal so he's looking to the left and then there is one that is black & white. Boy, do I ever love digital pictures!

That's all for now folks! I probably should head to bed now, but maybe I'll just work on some more cards since I seem to be wide awake right now...again!!

This'll keep me busy...

So I finished the order for 40 cards and then my girlfriend ordered 8 bday cards, and then I got an order for 100 cards!!! Needless to say I will be a busy girl for awhile!

We spent most of this week up in Edmonton visiting family and friends, so when I got home today I quickly finished up the 8 bday cards and then started thinking about my plan of attack for the next 100 that need to be made. I posted all the bday cards at the end of this post and the other cards posted are the first 2 towards the 100.

The order is for 40 birth announcements which I'm hoping to get working on first, just waiting for the pictures to put on them. I did have a fun visit to the scrapbook store last week and stocked up on some fun little boy paper. The rest of the cards will be thank you's, sympathy, and no sentiment, and I can pretty much just make them however I want which makes it more fun when there are so many to do at one time.

I've also taken an interest in paper tole lately so I was playing around with layers and 3d with the little 3"x3" daisy card that I posted.

I will try to post regularly as I get the cards made and I hope you enjoy looking at some of the fun I'll be having!

This first card is just a blank one. The 3 flowers are all layered with foam dots and have some gems and stickles as well as the buttons to add some nice texture.



This is one of the thank you cards...I need to keep them baby boyish as she is planning to use them for the baby gifts they have received. This is some new Cosmo Cricket paper and I just think it is too cute with the little airplanes and then the stars. This is my very dimensional gift tag....lots of extra cutting, but it does look pretty cool irl!
These are the bday cards...I included 2 pics since the top row is in focus in one pic and the bottom row is in focus in the other pic.

That's all for now, but keep checking back cause there will be lots of new samples posted soon!

40 card order is finished...

And a new 8 card order just came in! I also have to get a bunch ready for the country store at our family reunion. I will be donating some to help cover the costs, but I will also have some for sale as well, so I want to make sure I have nice supply ready.

Today was the day I was supposed to quit smoking, but I had a few slip ups. I've only smoked a couple cigarettes though so tomorrow will be my first totally smoke free day. I'm still feeling pretty good about this, so hopefully this will be the time I succeed. At least I have lots of cards and such to keep me busy!

Here's some of the other cards I made for the last order...