Trying to clean my craft room that is beyond a disaster. There is so much to do to get it back in order. One of the things are cards laying around with sketches so I can post them. But as you tell the last few years I haven’t posted much. And this past fall/winter (2022) I didn’t even make any Christmas cards for orders. Just overwhelmed and busy. But in starting to get my life back under control I’m cleaning my craft disaster.
Here are some cards I have made in past year or two!!
A lady at work told me her sister was diagnosed with breast cancer and was starting 15 weeks of chemo. She wanted to know if I could make mini or small regular cards of encouragement so she could have her sister open one every week of chemo. She just needed them within the week because she was going to see her. So I prayed because it was going to be tough to get 15 cards done in one week and God said "tell her yes" so I did. He made all the cards come together so nicely and fairly quick. She loved them and knew her sister would too!
She told me that her sister was a Christian and more of a flower/beauty type of girl. So I knew I had enough stuff in my craft room so I went looking and found so much wonderful stuff that fit what I felt she wanted for her sister.
This two cards were made using Stampin' Up supplies (I believe both are discontinued but if you have them like me maybe this will inspire you!) But they do still have the Hand Penned Petals Stamp Set so I'll link my friends site. I have not used the stamps yet just the beautiful cards in the card pack.
Card size: 3 3/8 x 4 3/4
MINI CARD CRAZE IN JULY challenge @ Scrapbook.com
Anything is Possible Card
Journaling Card: Stampin' Up (Hand penned Memories & More Card Pack)
Embossing Folder: Stampin' Up (Ornate Floral 3D)
Cardstock: Bazzill (Raven)
Rose Overlay Card
Image and Overlay - Stampin' Up (Incredible Like You Kit)
Cardstock: Bazzill (Berry Sensation)
The book card I colored with Tombow Dual Brush Markers.
Inside says: Cancer is only going to be a chapter of your life, not the whole story.
MINI CARD CRAZE IN JULY challenge @ Scrapbook.com
Card size: 3 3/8 x 4 3/4
Cancer is just a chapter
Image: Hero Arts Bold Prints (Book Stacks)
Markers: Tombow Dual Brush Markers
Cardstock: Bazzill (Raven)
Flowers Grow Card
Patterned Paper: The Paper Boutique (Bumblebee's Dance - embellishment pad and 8 x 8 paper pad)
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Thinking of You Card
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Journaling Card (Recollections - Blooming Tag Pad)
Gems: Recollections
Card size: 3 3/8 x 4 3/4
You Got This
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One Day at a Time
Journaling Card: Jen Hadfield - Hey, Hello Collection
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I love You Jar
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I need to be better about posting my cards so I might as well start with the Mother’s Day cards I made for this year. I haven’t been posting because I haven’t had time to list all the supplies that go with them. But I’m going to try to post them and add to the supplies as I have time. If there is something I used you want to know more about just ask me in the comments and I’ll let you know.
So this was for all the cowboy/Texan mom’s out there! I made a card with this image years ago called Cowgirl Flowers but decided to make a new version this year for some new customers that wanted this theme for their Mother’s Day card.
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Cardstock: Bazzill
Digital Stamp: Home on the Range and Bouquet Daisy (Daydream Designs - store closed). Printed on a Epson ET-8500 color printer
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I have several mom's that like birds so I had a couple of those.
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I had an order for a Get Well card for an elderly lady that fell and broke her hip. Also wanted to have some on hand. My husband found this Card Kit of the Month and bought it for me for Mother’s Day. So far the 3 months I have had it I like it! They send instructions to make cards with the supplies but I don’t normally make their cards….I use the supplies to make my own. I used the left side of this scrapbook sketch as my inspiration. I saw a tall skinny card on the left side of the sketch. I ended up making a 3 3/4 x 7 1/4 card. Sketch used: https://www.scrapbook.com/gallery/image/sketch/6722927.html
So this is another card I made with the Annie’s Cardmaker Kit of the Month Club – July 2021 supplies. I was inspired by last months sketch #2 of the August Card Sketch Challenge. The original sketch is a MOJO Monday Sketch #504. I turned one into a sympathy card and the other is going to a lady that lost her husband in late July to let her know I’m thinking and praying for her. So I will be linking it to the September Happy Mail Challenge. **I challenge everyone to mail out one “happy mail” card this month just to let someone know you are thinking of them!**
Here is another card made with the Card Kit my husband ordered for me. I used an old sketch saved in my sketch folder – Sketch-N-Scrap Sketch #135. I made this for friend (Francene) who has been in the hospital.
So we went to Texas this past week for a week of craftiness! And it was just what I needed. We were snowed in so we had nothing to do but relax and play. Before the snow hit we met up with another crafty friend in the area that is a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator and she put on a little get together/card class. She had the You Are Amazing Card Kit for us to split so we could make 2 cards each. I love the stuff in the kit but the cards are not my style so I asked if I could make cards at home in my own style and she said I could. I did not think the shinny blue paper went with these colors and the design just didn’t speak to me. These are my versions made with the kit stuff! Still have a couple more to make but these spoke to me while I was cleaning so I crafted instead of cleaning!!
Watering Can Card:
I had the watering can and tulips in my die cuts and had not used them yet and they were perfect...at least in my opinion!!
I used sketch #5 of the Feb Card Sketch Challenge @ Scrapbook.com. I'm also entering it into the Feb Inspirational Card Challenge - product - flowers.
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Patterned Paper - Stampin' Up (You are Amazing Card Kit)
Cardstock: Bazzill (Piglet, Candle, Parakeet)
Metal Dies: Impression Obsession Dies (IO Dies) - Tulips (die147-A), Watering Can (die155-A)
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug (swiss dots)
Wild Flowers Card:
I originally did the design horizontal with a big sentiment stamp in the middle and two flower lying across the card. Well my first attempt one of the yellow stripes on the end was way skinner then the other end. So I decided if I turned it horizontal then it looked better. In doing so I took off the sentiment and placed the three flowers and liked it better. This 2nd card I was able to get the yellow layers more even. I used Sketch #1 from the Feb Inspirational Card Challenge (long and skinny 9 1/4 x 3 3/4 fits in long skinny envelope usually used for bills....much better to get this than bills!!) I thought these wildflowers stems #2 from Tim Holtz matched the paper pretty darn good! Was happy how this turned out.
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Patterned Paper - Stampin' Up (You are Amazing Card Kit)
Cardstock: Bazzill (Blue Calypso, Whirlpool, Candle)
Metal Dies: Sizzix (Tim Holtz Wildflowers Stems #2)
I made this card for my Godmother’s Birthday. I’m actually a couple weeks early with making it!! I used Sketch #3 from the October Card Sketch Challenge. Sorry the image is blurry. I couldn’t get a good photo. The bird image is 3D with several layers so that is why it looks that way. Happy Mail Challenge – October 2020
Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill (pansy, heather) 3D Push Outs – Jeanine’s Art (Birds & Flowers (SB10318)) Embossing folder: Stampin Up – Sizzix Country Floral embossing folder
I made this for a lady to give to her mom for her mother’s birthday.
I have a standing order for one of the guys at work to make his wife sunflower cards for her birthday, valentines and Mother’s Day. This is her birthday card this year.
My inspiration came from this card came from Lynn’s Locker
Challenge: October Inspirational Card Challenge – Favorites – Recreate a card or sketch you’ve saved in your favorites either on this site, a blog, or Pinterest.
SUPPLIES: Cardstock: Bazzill (Mexican Poppy, Java, pinecone) Patterned Paper: Doodlebug (Kraft in color), The Paper Studio (white shiplap) Metal Dies: Gina Marie Designs (wreath), Cottage Cutz (sunflowers), Sizzix Tim Holtz (Tags) Accents/Tools: Doodlebug Sprinkles(birthday boy)
I had a request from a lady who wanted a birthday card for her niece that was in her 20’s. One of the things she liked was raccoons so I decided this image from Gerda Steiner was perfect. The lady requested “be happy” on the sign.
April Inspirational Card Challenge – Theme – Birthday
SUPPLIES: Digital Image: Racoon Digital Stamp – Gerda Steiner Stamps. Cardstock: Bazzill (parakeet, brown, starmist, african daisy) Metal Dies: Spellbinders (Suns and clouds), Joy crafts (clouds), io dies (tiny flowers) Accents/tools: Nuvo drops (Ivory seashell), pop dots Colors: digital stamp colored in Photoshop by my husband.
I then decided this would be the perfect card to send to a nursing home in Texas asking for cards during the quarantine.
The guys at work told me to take a day off since it has been a stressful month. They told me to make cards or something. Well that night I saw a post where a retirement/nursing home in Texas wanted cards sent to the residents. So I told them I made this so they all they had to sign it!! What was funny was that I didn’t bring in right away and they even asked me where the card was for the “nursing home!!” They try to be tough but they have soft hearts!!
I just changed the sign to “Sending Happy Thoughts” to make it a thinking of you from Missouri card.
April Inspirational Card Challenge – Theme – Birthday Happy Mail Challenge – sent to a nursing home in TX.
SUPPLIES: Digital Image: Racoon Digital Stamp – Gerda Steiner Stamps. Cardstock: Bazzill (parakeet, brown, starmist, african daisy) Metal Dies: Spellbinders (Suns and clouds), Joy crafts (clouds), io dies (tiny flowers) Accents/tools: Nuvo drops (Ivory seashell), pop dots Colors: digital stamp colored in Photoshop by my husband.
I have a customer that has an older lady friend that he is like a nephew too so I decided he needed to send her a springtime card! She loves the garden and figured she could use happy mail during the quarantine. Then I ended up making two alike so I decided my best friend, Cheryl, needed a happy mail card too so she got the Hello Sunshine.
Cutting out a different photo journaling card I had that pink frame left over. That flower piece is another journaling card and it fit over it perfectly so I put them together. Then I saw Sketch #360 at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and used the “springtime” cut from same paper to put the card together!
April Inspirational Card Challenge – Product – Patterned Paper
Made this with other leftovers (pink corners and Hello Sunshine tag piece). I sent this one to my Best Friend Cheryl for the Happy Mail Challenge – figured everyone could use happy mail right now!
April Inspirational Card Challenge – Product – Patterned Paper
Well goodness! I forgot to keep posting cards! Before I get to Mother’s Day cards I better post the rest of Easter 2020.
I made this card for a couple customers that wanted a Christian themed Easter Card. April Inspirational Card Challenge – embossing
SUPPLIES: Cardstock: Bazzill (white, Sunbeam, Heather, Pansy) Embossing Folders: Darice (Cross with Script, Scroll Flourish Corner) Accents/Tools: pop dots
After I made one for orders I decided to make some for my friends and family. So I made them in three colors that I felt fit the receiver.
April Inspirational Card Challenge – embossing
SUPPLIES: Cardstock: Bazzill (white, Limeade, Blossom, Flamingo, Blue Oasis, Tropical) Embossing Folders: Darice (Cross with Script, Scroll Flourish Corner) Accents/Tools: pop dots
As I was working on Easter Cards I saw this photo journaling card and got to thinking about how I could turn into a Easter Card. I came up with the ideal to add the dots and the rest of the sentiment. I had my friend make it sound good and this was the finished product. I came up with this ideal because I like the fun part of Easter but also remember that Jesus is the reason for Easter. I sent this to my new adopted Niece and Nephews and they loved it!
April Inspirational Card Challenge – Inspirational Photo – I went with the Easter theme and the eggs.
SUPPLIES: Cardstock: Bazzill (Blue Oasis) Patterned Paper and Journaling Photo Card: Doodlebug (Bunnyville) Accents/Tools: pop dots, Queen & Co pink dots
One of the ladies wanted a card for her dad that is into gardening and native Nebraska flowers. So I learned that the daisy is a native Nebraska flower! So I added the flowers to the journaling photo card and then used Sketch #594 at Cards with Connie & Mary (I flipped it).
I made two cards so I decided to give one to my friend Dale.
April Inspirational Card Challenge – Product – patterned paper.
SUPPLIES: Cardstock: Bazzill (Blue Oasis, American Poppy, Intense Kiwi) Patterned Paper and photo card: Doodlebug (Bunnyville) Accents/Tools: Doodlebug Sprinkles (spring), SVG daisy cut file
So I make cards for a guy at work and then I also make cards for his mother. I made Easter cards for the mother to give to her friends and son (watercolor paper cross card). Then I made this card for the son to give to his mother (parents). She wrote me today and said she loved it! The mom likes flowers so when I saw the journaling photo card I knew to pair it with this bright happy flower paper! I cut down the journaling card and put the dotted frame around it. I used Create with Connie & Mary Sketch #598 as my inspiration. I used a flower punch to add to the strip below the egg. Because some of the journaling photo cards are big I bought 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 envelopes so this card is 6 x 6. It’s big but not too big.
I made 2 of these and sent one of these to my Aunt Barb! Happy Mail!!
April Inspirational Card Challenge – Product – Patterned Paper.
I needed a card for a lady to give her son. So he got the green/yellow one since that was more manly. I used an older image from Clearly Digi Stamps (no longer in business). Since I’m not good with inks and watercolor I used paper that was already done for me!!
April Inspirational Card Challenge – Photo Inspiration – Easter theme
SUPPLIES: Cardstock: Bazzill (Kachina, Watermelon), American Crafts (lipgloss) Patterned Paper: Recollections color splash 6 x 6 paper pad Digital Image: Clearly Digi Stamps/Clear Dollar Stamps (Jesus Paid It All) (No longer in business)
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