For my March card swap, I continued with February's collage theme but went more nature-y. I used to watch Youtube videos from card creators and their finished products are gorgeous and very well assembled. But they also all seem to be using the same products and creating mostly white cards with pops of color*. And for the first few years I made cards, I was creating a similar style but I wasn't 100% happy until I realized that I like bolder designs. Once I re-learned that about myself, ...
2023 Valentine cards
For a few reasons I hadn't felt much like crafting for months. I bought the cutest Halloween dies, colored and cut a bunch of bats which ended up tucked away in an envelope for next year. I bought even cuter Santa dies and they didn't even make it out of the packaging. While I'm never the best at my craft-of-the-moment, I recognize that it's good for me to tap into my creative side. One evening while rotting my brain away on TikTok, I saw a video about junk journaling. People who junk ...
January and Valentine’s Cards
More cardmaking shenanigans! I am part of a website's card club, and each month we send cards to others who want them. My 'receiving' months are March (spring! half-birthday!) and September (birthday! cheer me up because autumn is awful!). The card club is fun, but it also keeps me accountable. I have to use the crap I've been buying. For the January group, I wanted a card that was sparkly and snowy. I used some snowflake patterned paper from a 'rustic Christmas' as the base layer, cut a ...
Holiday Cards 2020
(blogged while listening to John Denver & The Muppets: A Christmas Together) I enjoy sending and receiving cards for the holiday. It's an old-timey habit that I really thought was dying out a few years back. Turns out, you just need to find people who care about cards as much as you do! In October/November of 2019, I began to dabble in making cards. I knew that I wanted to make some of our cards this year, but I knew that I would be overwhelmed knowing I had to make fifty-plus ...
