MORE CARDS

I've needed some new inspiration for my cards.  I get bored doing the same old thing.  I have a blog I follow that has tutorials - it is where I found the instructions to make the flower pot cards below.  You can see the instructions here.  Dawn's ideas are awesome and she makes it easy to follow the instructions.  If you go to her home page, and click on the tutorial button, you can scroll through her videos and find ideas for all sorts of things.

I love the flower pot cards, but because I don't own a lot of Stampin' Up things, I just improvise with what I've got.  I think I made the flowers a bit too small here - they don't look like they are filling the flower pot - maybe I'll add a couple more.

This shutter card was a  lot of fun.  I've made 3 so far.  One I sent to my grandma, the other I made for my honey for Valentine's Day (don't want to show that one yet), and this one I made for my adorable nephew, Stephen, who will be 1 next month.

I have found that making cards is therapeutic for me.  When I'm working on cards, all I think about is the design of the card and it really gives my brain a break from the routine of life.  Plus, I know how good it feels to receive a card, so that makes me happy knowing I might make someone smile with my card.

GETTIN' BUSY IN MY SCRAPROOM

Well, last week was one of those weeks that I felt like I accomplished a lot.  I love weeks like those, except that the following week(s) seem to be all down hill from there, but such is life.

One of my resolutions this year was to send cards out more often than I had in the past.  I love making cards, but it can be time consuming.  I am trying to make 2-4 cards a week, plus trying to catch up on some of my scrapbooks.  I worked so hard getting Ty's stuff all done before he graduated in May, that I kind of burned myself out, and have not done much since.  I am over a year behind on Tanner, and with the amount of pictures I take of Levi and Noah. . .  oh well.  Right now, I'm working on Tanner's album.   I've gotten several pages done!

Disorganized - oh no!

Please note:  I am not a "fancy" scrapbooker or card maker - I do basic simple things.  My theory is that pages "done" are better than "fancy" pages, and a card sent is more about the thought than the beauty, right?  Works for me.  I got a couple more cards done last week too!


The golf card is for a dear friend who recently had surgery, but thankfully, seems to be on the mend!  The other card is one I found on Dawn's Stampin' Thoughts.  She has a lot of fun cards on there and tutorials to follow.  The picture of Ty and Emily is not attached, I just used it to show you what the card is supposed to look like.  I have a friend in mind to send this to, but need to get a picture printed for the card :-).

And speaking of Emily. . . . she is here visiting this week.  We really love having her.  She is a sweetheart.  She got Dan and I these beautiful frames for Christmas - I love them - moose, trees and photos - a few of my favorite things!!

 

I know this is all very exciting stuff!  I'm sure you all will leave this blog feeling so fulfilled :-).

DINOSAURS AND BIRTHDAY CARDS

As you know, my baby turns 2 on Saturday.  I've been busy making his scrapbook page/card.  See, I discovered a long time ago that boys don't care about cards in any way, shape or form!  So, I make a scrapbook page in the theme of their birthday, leave space to put a couple of photos, and then we all sign the page like we would a card.  That way, I am one up on the scrapbooking thing, and I don't feel badly that I spent time making a card they did not read!

Noah is very into dinosaurs - especially T-Rex!  I put "Have a T-rexic Birthday" on it - get it ----- terrific birthday.  Corny, I know, but just go with it!

I also decided to send more birthday cards this year.  I've been making a few here and there and got a couple mailed out already for those New Year's birthdays!  Here are a few I made: