Starting Out 2017 with a Variety of Card Needs

Well, now I worked on a "Thinking of You" card with the seasonal greens theme.

It makes a handsome card for a man ready to 

come home from a month in rehab.

And then I switched gears to a new baby card.

A third girl in the family, all in four years!

The grandmother is a long-time friend of mine from high school.

I had a great time doing this one--for a change from sympathy cards.

Three more of those to go...

New Year 2017

Starting the New Year with a clean-up of my craft room!  Then a couple cards to design and craft for events and thank yous.  Unfortunately, I started with a sympathy card and need to make a few more.

I enjoyed using the Tim Holtz die cuts of greenery but

had a difficult time with matching paper/cardstock to

the type of greenery die.  Much experimentation!

I used the same dies to make a thank you note.

Still seasonal but the glitz and hoopla is toned down!

I also have a new baby girl card to make.

I'll post it later after I finish the seasonal theme on two get well cards, 

more sympathy and thank you cards.

November Card Making Session

Sue brought this lovely hanging ornament card,

We embossed each ornament with different colors.

The photo doesn't show it well, but

the embossing powder had sparkles!

We made a version of my strips card.

They turned out nicely --and used scraps from

previous years!

Spending A Blustery November Day in the Craft Room

It was sunny, but windy and cold. The trees are almost bare. What better time to think of holiday cards and tags.

I tried some simple tags with just stamping and antiquing on the edges.

Adding some ribbon and a single, frosty snowflake gave it some holiday shimmer.

 I made up a shoebox of supplies for everyone to make their own Monday.

Now for the holiday card design.  I used nothing new, just scraps, Washi tape and ribbon strips

to make a colorful background. The sentiment Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas is dry embossed

and split diagonally.  A few rhinestone stars  red, green or silver and a ribbon add some sparkle.

An easy and fun to assemble kit for our card-making session on Monday afternoon.

And one more card for a friend who just had surgery.

Some color popping bursts, a scripty Hello, a few pearls

and coordinating organza ribbon make it energetic.

Just what she needs!

I now need to start production on my Christmas card.

The supplies I ordered are in.

The design is set and a prototype card made up.

Now, cut, cut, dry emboss, dry brush,

assemble and accentuate--80 times!

October Cards from the Group

Another great session of card-making, learning new techniques and making new designs.  Also complaining about bows and coloring!  A never-ending discussion of our most challenging parts of making a card from another's kit.  Still, we are always successful in making the kit our own.

Here are some of the designs:

Dianne brought a fun design for Halloween.

No coloring or bows!

Just some stamping (jack o'lantern faces)

and adhering!

Dianne brought another design 

with wood-like embossing stamped lightly,

The rest was assembling and

playing with placement.

Dianne did make the "fussy bows"

for some "fussy" people!

Sue brought a great design that used

embossing and cutting parts from a second embossed stamp.

Great fall colors and sentiments!

Carol brought coloring!

We used markers to enhance an embossed scene

and cloud die-cuts to create a fall tree.

After much complaining, we were all happy with

our results (all different, of course).

Next meeting is Monday, November 14th

from 1-4 p.m. in the lower level of the clubhouse.

We will bring holiday designs.

We need some more cards to send to 

neighbors to cheer them up during the season.

A Cuddle Quilt for Hunter

He ordered primary colors and trucks!

Wood Grain and Leaves for Fall Cards

Wooden frame with autumn embellishments

Variations on the theme