Easel Birthday Card

I saw the cute easel-style card back in August on many blogs and I've been wanting to make one ever since. The card lays flat in the envelope and when opened you can prop the card up for display. Very Clever!

Here is my card-class sample easel card, a remarkably easy yet stylish card to assemble. The ribbon makes it bulky for mailing, but I suppose you could wrap the ribbon around instead of tying a knot.

Here is a side-shot so you can see the easel folds.
Many of the easel cards out there are designed with quite a bit of decorations both inside and out. While I do love the finished look of these cards, sometimes all those layers and added bulk are not only not practical, there really isn't time to assemble all the layers in a 50 minute, 3-card class. Instead I used a very nice heavy, embossed cardstock in lieu of the many layers for dimension.

Enjoy!
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A Masculine Birthday Card

I've made up a basic and rough birthday card that is fairly masculine. The outside is non-descript, so it really could be an all-occasion card.

There is a lot of textrue to this card and while a little bulky, it's not overly so. It'd probably need to be hand-cancled so double the postage, but again...not too excesive. I wouldn't want to have to mail each card like that. ;)

Enjoy!

I *heart* Cards

Oh, rats..I didn't win the silhouette from I heart naptime...so I just bought one instead! I was wanting one for Christmas but just didn't feel like asking for one.

But after a month of lotsa thought, I decided I could really use it!

In the meantime....here are 3 non-silhouette cut cards, just in time for Valentine's Day.

Flying Hearts:

This card is only a little bulky, in that there is a button on the front. The rest is flat and light weight.

A Sweet Treat Cup:

I used my stash of last year's Treat Cups from Stampin' Up! Once I figured out how to make a pattern for the class, the mechanics were fairly easy. This is not a card for the mail...but it's yummy! Filled with red-hots.

9 of Hearts:

This is a simple and clean card, only slightly bulky because of the foam tape (optional.) Perfect for your non-significant-other-type Valentine.

Hope you are enjoying the first month of the year. I am making a resolution to craft more items for me or family/friends and post them on the blog...I'm not doing very good so far. Hopefully, you're keeping your resolutions!

Enjoy!

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Silhouette Give Away!

Go to I *heart* naptime to seee how to enter to win a wonderful Sihouette cutting system.

I want one soooo bad!

2010 Favorites

In looking back on my posted creations I have a few that stand out...click on the links to see the individual post.

This card was a fun one to design:

I love how this class was so coordinated:

I really like the colors of this card:

But my favorite by far was this wonderful gift that was both a joy to create and give:

Thanks for following my little blog; I hope you enjoyed the posted projects. I hope to have even more to show you in 2011!

I hope you have a safe and Happy New Year!

"...A Bright Red and Green..."

Here it is...my last class of 2010. I did it up a little over-the-top with the Christmas colors, but they look spectacular!
This class has 2 cards and 4 tags (2 each of 2 different designs.) All materials are prepared and provided along with colorful, easy-to-read directions. In-person instruction is Tuesday December 14th, but kits are available for delivery/mailing. Kit cost $10; 14 kits available at this time.

Card one has a stamped image of a Christmas tree dotted with glitter ornaments, framed with shining ribbon and poinsettia paper: Card two has a multi-colored stamped image, dazzling gems and glittery paper: The two tag designs are simple but fun, with glittery paper ornaments and stamped sentiments. I hope to see you Tuesday...enjoy!

Revisiting my Advent Calendars

I am going green and going to recycle and re-post the advent calendars I made last year. Such lovely calendars...too bad I didn't make one for my boys. I have the shell made but I haven't decorated my boxes. Maybe I can get it done by the 6th, but there are so many crafty things to get done this weekend! We'll see.
Enjoy the recycled post!

Christmas Advent Calendar

Happy first day of Advent! I have been gone a'craftin me some Advent Calendars and I have two more to make this week. These take me about 8 hours to make but they are fun to do. The biggest challenge is lining up all the boxes and figuring out which paper goes with which decoration better. That seriously takes about an hour and a half of my time, because if you know me, then you know how serious the details are to me. And they are even more important when making a gift.

This first calendar is made for my "phamily" for part of their Christmas gift. It turned out really well.

I made some of the decorations, added some wooden numbers but most came from the "Mistletoe" and "Fa La La"collection by Making Memories. I really like the paper and chipboard colors. Then, when I was bragging on it to another friend, she casually asked if I would mind making her one...or two. So I made one up for her and I'll be trying my hardest to make the other this week. This one is similar but I made a few different decorations like a glitter star and a big poinsettia flower.

Drop me a line and let me know what you think!

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