January Gathering of the Card-making Group

It took us many weeks to find a date that all might attend, and still, like January weather, not all were able to come. We still had a wonderful time being creative.

Sue brought a lovely card design that could be chosen or sent by men (our goal this month.

The bee stamp was from Magenta Style, a Canadian company.

The corner die cut was from a Tim Holtz set, Mixed Media.

The color choices were terrific, as usual.

Bonnie brought a bird card.  She tried to keep the flowers to a minimum!

The birds and branches were die cut ahead by Bonnie.  What a job!

Again, her color choices were incredible.

A man would definitely buy this for his sister.

I brought this woodland scene design embossed with a Darice folder.

Some twine, a tag and some distressing or antiquing made it suitable 

for a masculine birthday.  

We tried a de-bossed version also by gently swiping the raised 

part of the embossing folder with a stamp pad.

A nice effect also!

This wood panel with a swag of greenery would be perfect for 

a frosty January birthday, male or female.

The paper pad has a variety of wood panel colors with a distressed look.