Card making

Before I go any farther, Mom if you are reading this stop right now.  Please do not read any farther, spoiler alert.

Okay, now that I have taken care of that little problem,  I am not even sure if my mom reads my blog, I want to show you what I have been working on the past couple of days. 

 This is a card for my Great Aunt who will be celebrating her 90th birthday this coming Saturday.  She is so outgoing and does well.  You would never know that she is 90.  I hope that when I am 90 I am doing half as well as what she is.  She was my grandfather's younger sister.  He was in just as good as shape when he passed away, hoping that is a family trait that was passed down to me. 

Mother's day card for my mom.  I will actually give it to her on Saturday when I venture down to my Great Aunt's open house.

I also spent the day working on several birthday cards, but they aren't quite finished yet.  They are still missing something and I am not sure what. 

Just a few cards

This year we have close to 30 graduation parties to attend.  I decided it would be easier to make cards vs purchasing that many cards.  I choose a simple design that would be easy to mass produce, the only thing I changed is the color of the cards.  I choose to make each card in that groups school colors.

Graduation cards

Every year we seem to get invited to several graduation parties.  Probably has to do with the fact the Kurt is the athletic trainer for the district we live in and I teach high school in a neighboring district.  Since starting to play around with card making I have made the card for that year.  I usually try to use the school's colors when making the card.  Here is this year's design.  Now I only have about 30 more to crank out.  Most will be in red and black but a few will be purple and gold and one will be blue, red, and white. 

finally, it has been a long time

Okay so it has been a very long time since I have felt creative. Really been missing the creative outlet, but it just wasn't too happen. So I have been trying to figure out a way to get a little extra cash and thinking that I could put my crafting skills to work. I am thinking about seeing if I can make a few items that I could sell on Ebay or Etsy. I came up with this card design tonight, hoping to make a few more tomorrow along with some dish towels. Let me know what you think and how much you would be willing to pay? Thanks

Shoebox Swap card

I was invited to participate in the Eastern Iowa Shoebox Swap. Sounded like a good time, only problem is I have never really done cards before. Since I couldn't decide on a theme for my card, decided to go with something that could be used for many different themes. Even though my card was one of the more simple cards at the swap, many people commented that it was a cute card. I might have to come up with a few more card designs. Just what I need yet another hobby.

Day of Creativity

Scrapaganza had a day of Creativity yesterday. You could pick from 4 different areas to create. They were offering two simple cards, a 2 page 12 x 12 layout, a fall clipboard and an ocean book. You had the chance to do as much or as little as you wanted to do. What is really nice about this, is that the girls were allowed to participate also. Kristen and I both chose to make the 2 different cards. The cards are really simple and hopefully I will remember this as the cards are a good pattern to use for making just about any style of card. Just change the paper and stamps to fit the theme.

Card making 101 (the remedial class)

My first attempt at making cards. I don't normally make cards, but needed 5 cards for family birthday party so decided at last moment to make the cards. I have seen better cards, but since this was my first attempt and I had a limited amount of time to do this, I was happy with the results