Sending out more thank-you notes. This one was made with Fee Jardine’s “Jeanie Bloom” (it’s such a pity that she retired last year, she was one of my favorite designers), and I love the flowery paper, and denim alpha. Printing and cutting out flowers actually helps to keep cards flat, esp. if you intend to send cards like these to someone via mail.
I’ve got another card I want to share with you today. It’s made with the kit “Animal Crackers” by Libby Pritchett and Tracey Howard, and I wish I had a way to properly translate the German sentiment, which means “extremely good” (a common expression in German), but the literal translation is “animalistically good” or something along those lines, though that really doesn’t mean anything in English, lol. Anyways, for the sentiment I used one of Darcy Baldwin’s fonts.
I’ve got more card inspiration for you. This one’s another simple thank-you card, made with several layers of patterned papers. The kit I used was from an older SSD Quarterly Assortment mini kit by Kristin Cronin-Barrow.
Got you another card this week. This one’s another birthday card, and it was made, using Misty Cato’s “Adoration” as well as a handwriting font by Darcy Baldwin.
I finally managed to get decent pictures of my completed album, so here’s my 2011 December Daily project at a glance: For credits and product information click on the images in the weekly recap posts: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, and Week 5.
Here’s another thank-you card from me. This one features a ton of fonts by Darcy Baldwin, but also a Lauren Grier alpha, and the kit used was by Traci Reed from one of the older SSD Quarterly Assortments.
I have something special for today’s hybrid post. A star shaped Christmas box. I found the template and instructions on the canon paper craft website, but instead of using their paper patterns (which would use a lot of unnecessary ink and paper), I simply created my own clipping masks from their templates, and clipped my own papers to them. The papers I used come from Kristin Cronin-Barrow’s Tis the Season for Love, and I Love Cocoa. Creating my own clipping masks also allowed me to resize this box and make it a little larger than the original. This box has double layers everywhere, which makes it quite sturdy.
It’s that time of the year again. My favorite season! And in honor of the season, today’s hybrid post – of course – has to be a Christmas themed one. This one is the latest card I created with Julie Billingsley’s “A Frosty Christmas.” The holly leaves on the label I found among my Photoshop Custom Shapes, and for the sentiment, I simply used one of the fonts on my computer. Here you can take a closer look at this card:
I’m in trouble. It’s late where I am, I’m tired, I should be going to bed, but I can’t. Because I seriously stuffed myself. And even hours after the event, I’m still way too full to put myself to sleep like this! With the Thanksgiving dinner being the best meal of the year and all, of course you’ve got to seize the opportunity. And with all the various dishes of stuffing (they come on the side here, not in the turkey), of course I feel stuffed. But anyways. That’s just a side note. I should talk about my current card. Of course, it being Thanksgiving and all, it had to be another thank-you card, and I made this one with an older Jenn Barrette contribution to one of the SSD Quarterly Assortments last year. I “stamped” the sentiment with one of the stamp alphas by Heather Roselli, and easy-peasy there’s another card ready to go and find its recipient! On that note, happy thanksgiving y’all!
The holidays are around the corner, and for many of us this means mailing out season’s greetings. What better reason do we need to get our crafty mojo going, and create our own Christmas cards? (Or any kind of card for that matter?) Today, therefore, I’d like to introduce you to a website that has become a great inspiration for my own card making in the last few months: Card Positioning Systems. The website runs like a blog, and on a frequent basis, sketches for greeting cards are released along with a full load of handcrafted cards that were created based on the sketches. What better inspiration do you need to kick your card-making up a notch? And don’t worry, this is not a Christmas site. They publish new sketches all year around, and their sketches are general enough to use for non-holiday-themed greeting cards as well. Here are some more samples from their recent posts … Got inspired? Then why don’t you hop over to CSP to browse their posts a little more? …
