If card making is your hobby of choice, December is your Super Bowl. There is no shortage of ideas and inspiration. But there is pressure, because by now, people know you make cards. I usually make 12 or 13 cards…
October 2025 cards: Happy Halloween!
Happy November! Here’s a look at the cards I made for October’s Card Club. Of course, I had to go with a Halloween theme. Inspired by my painted pumpkins, I wanted to go retro with these and stick to a…
September 2025 cards: A happy autumnal accident
I originally planned for September’s cards to have a cozy back to school vibe. I already had a stamp set with various office objects: a desk, a typewriter, books, shelves, and so on. I stamped them all out (eight individual…
August 2025 cards: Watercolor WOW!
Rabbit rabbit! Happy September! Another month gone means another set of cards here on the blog. When I was looking for inspiration for my July cards, I pinned a design featuring a stamped bouquet of flowers with splashes of color…
July 2025 cards: I crafted a watermelon?
(With apologies to Dirty Dancing, I didn’t carry a watermelon…I crafted fourteen of them!) A little review for the new readers: my current craft is making greeting cards. I’m a member of MetaFilter’s Card Club, meaning not only do I…
June cards
This month I re-entered the MetaFilter card swap to force myself back into creating cards. I knew that I wanted my June cards to have rainbows on them because of Pride and also who doesn’t love rainbows? They mean many…
February and March cards
My February cards were a riff off of my Valentine cards, but I’m not as pleased with them. The card fronts are comprised of a die cut rose stamped with purple ink adhered to embossed white card stock with a…
Valentine’s Day cards 2024
I bought a LOT of craft supplies during the thickest part of the COVID pandemic, and because I was sad (pandemic) I barely used any of it. So other than cardstock, tape, and glue, this year I want to use…
December and January cards
My December holiday cards this year featured a stamp set I bought a few years ago and didn’t use: It’s called Merry Beachy Christmas and features Santa in a tropical setting. I used blue and yellowish inks to “paint” the…
