Meadow and Sprigs Cards

Here are my latest cards.

 

I used the Spellbinders Sprigs dies on the first two cards. 

 



 

 

I used the Inkadinkado Meadow Stamps on the next cards.

 

The first three I sponged the background.

 

 

The last two I inked a clear block and spritzed with water before "stamping" onto the paper.  I let it dry, then stamped image.

 

Flower and Butterfly Cards

I recently made the these cards using a technique I learned from the following site:  Wrinkled Flower Coloured with Distressed Ink Tutorial.  I made mine a little differently because I didn't have any distressed ink.  I used what I had on hand, some of my kids' watercolor markers.  I think they still came out very nice.  I also tried this technique with some butterflies.  I didn't have the right colored pink paper for a couple of the cards so I used the same technique to make a couple of sheets of background paper as well.  I think they came out looking like handmade paper and I really like the texture.

 

 

 

 

 

This card was made into a butterfly shaped card by offsetting the die so it wouldn't cut through the top layer.  I sponged the edges.

 

 

 

My Latest Cards Made With My Latest Purchase

I recently purchased a Sizzix Big Kick machine and I LOVE it!  It has really changed my card making!

 

 

I also recently discovered a great way to store my cards until I give them away.  I have a Cropper Hopper picture storage container that I purchased years ago but never got around to using.  It has worked wonderfully to store my delicate cards.  It is one large box with 32 individual 4"X6" containers that I can put at least 2 embellished cards in back to back without fear of them getting squashed.  I thought I had come up with a new idea but soon learned I was not the first to come up with this idea.  ;-)  I did learn that others have even used a similar item to store their wood mounted stamps.  I don't know if the Cropper Hopper brand is still available but there are others out there such as IRIS brand carried by Joann's, Hobby Lobby and Walmart.

 

 

 

 

 

 Now to get to my latest cards.

 

Here are a few masculine cards:

 

My favorite is the cowboy boot.

 

 

 

 

 

I needed a sympathy card recently and these are what I came up with:

 

 

 

 

 

 

With Mother's Day, graduation, and a wedding soon approaching, I made the following:

My daughter thought that it would be fun to make a couple of baby cards, so here they are:

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a thank you card I made for a friend who trimmed our dog for nothing:

 

 

 

Birthday Card:

 

 

 

 

I hope to have time to make more soon.  Although, we need to work on Mother's Day gifts for my mom.  We were thinking about make yoyo sachets and square glass candle holders from the Dollar Tree with my kids' pictures printed on vellum and glued to the outside with a flameless tea light inside.  If these materialize, I'll post pictures.  :-)

Dabbling in Sewing

Sewing has always been on my bucket list so when I ran across hair bows on Pinterest, I had to try them.

I then became a little more brave and decided to embellish a top with yoyo's.  I also made a hair bow and a bracelet to match.  They are not perfect but I do think they came out very cute.  (I didn't realize the top was so wrinkled.  Sorry about that.)

Christmas Ornaments

Last Christmas my kids and I also made these ornaments:

Jewelry

I thought I would try my hand at jewelry as well so here are a few necklaces and bracelets I made for my dd.

The necklace medallions were made from washers and decorative paper.

I learned this technique here:   http://www.things-to-make-and-do.co.uk/other-stuff/washer-necklaces/washer-necklaces.html

Here are a couple of beaded bracelets I made.  I learned this technique here:  https://diannefaw.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/beaded-braid-bracelet/

Hand Made Cards

I am starting my crafting journey again after abandoning that journey to have and raise two small children.  They are not so small anymore and my daughter has decided that she would like to start crafting a bit herself.  She has helped spur that creative side of me again and I have begun to craft once more.  I don't consider myself to be great at it but I do enjoy it.

I decided to share some of the things she and I create as we travel this journey together.   So, here we go.


Here are some Valentine's cards and hair bows Roo decided to make for a few of her friends.

 

 

I then decided to make a few of my own Valentine's cards for my family.

 

 

I actually started with my kids' birthday cards:

 

Here is another Valentine's themed card:

 

 

 

The following are cards I made at least 14 years ago:

 

The first two cards I made using a bleaching technique.

 

The next three are birthday, Christmas and anniversary cards.

These cards were for my son's baby shower over 14 years ago.

 

 

 

The next three were for my husband's birthday.

 

My dd made the grill card herself.

My ds made the target card with my help.

This was my card to my husband.

The next cards were some easy cards I made to show my dd how simple cards are also pretty.

These are wedding cards.

Here are a couple of close ups of the wedding cards.

The next two cards I made using primarily a leaf punch.   I used the leaf punch to make the bee, tulips and, of course the leaves on the Thinking of You card.  The Happy Birthday card was made using the leaf punch, a swirl punch and a foam hexagon stamp I made myself.

Here is a fun Happy Birthday Frog card embellished with a tiny frog punch.

Here I made a simple Mother's Day card.

These two cards were made with a flower punch and jewel embellishments.

 I enjoyed making the next three cards with this versatile flower stamp I recently acquired.

This card I made using a doily, heart punch and jewel embellishments.  My dd loves this card.