Thursday 17 October 2024
Birthday Tags
Tuesday 15 October 2024
Fifth Set of Birthday Cards
I took a couple of evenings, cutting down the papers in the pack to work with the June 2021 Sheetload of Cards (a favourite).
Then I chose coordinating ephemera for each card and had everything stored together in a plastic bag. I know how busy things are going to get in the next couple of months, so I wanted to get a jump on my nursing home donation cards. That way I could just reach into the bag and pull out the pieces to quickly complete a couple of cards!
I was able to use what was left in the paper package and the remaining ephemera for these cards. I love to use things up!
Wednesday 9 October 2024
Slimline Christmas Pop Up Card
Saturday 28 September 2024
Fourth Set of Birthday Cards
I took a couple of evenings, cutting down the papers in the pack to work with the June 2021 Sheetload of Cards (a favourite). These four cards don't use the Sheetload, but using these full sheets cut to 5.25 x 4" left me with severe 2" strips to use. Most of them were shown with the 3rd set of cards - remember I rarely end up posting things in the same order I make them. 😊
Then I chose coordinating ephemera for each card and have everything stored together in a plastic bag. I know how busy things are going to get in the next couple of months, so I want to get a jump on my nursing home donation cards. This way I can just reach into the bag and pull out the pieces to quickly complete a couple of cards!
Monday 16 September 2024
Third Set of Birthday Cards
I took a couple of evenings, cutting down the papers in the pack to work with the June 2021 Sheetload of Cards (a favourite). These four cards don't use the Sheetload, but made good use out of the leftover 2" paper strips along with one full sheet. Haha - cutting that sheet down to 5.25 x 4" left another 2" strip to use up (see the card in the upper right). Then I chose coordinating ephemera for each card and have everything stored together in a plastic bag. I know how busy things are going to get in the next couple of months, so I want to get a jump on my nursing home donation cards. This way I can just reach into the bag and pull out the pieces to quickly complete a couple of cards!
Friday 13 September 2024
'Boat Pop-Up' Birthday Card
Wednesday 11 September 2024
Pair of Birthday Mini Slimline Cards
Monday 9 September 2024
Second Set of Birthday Cards
Today I'm sharing the second set of Birthday Cards I made using a 6x6 paper pad & coordinating ephemera. You can see the first batch HERE if you are curious! (So far, I've made 8 cards)
I took a couple of evenings, cutting down the papers in the package to work with the June 2021 Sheetload of Cards (a favourite). I chose ephemera to match and have them stored in a plastic bag. I know how busy things are going to get in the next couple of months, so I want to get a jump on my nursing home donation cards. This way I can just reach into the bag and pull out the pieces to quickly complete a couple of cards!
Friday 6 September 2024
'Let The Music Play' Pop-Up Card
The music notes come included with the Piano Keys Pop Up, but the treble cleft is from the Music Charms. You simply snip off the hanging hole to take it from a charm to an embellishment!
Wednesday 4 September 2024
First Set of Birthday Cards
I pulled out a 6x6" paper pad from my stash that had a coordinating ephemera pack. A couple of years ago I took advantage of an Echo Park sale when we were visiting Arizona and I'm realizing that I haven't used much of what I purchased (papers/stickers/ephemera).
Once I got flipping through the pad, I figured I could just work cutting down the paper pad until it was gone, so I chose a Sheetload that worked with 6x6" papers (the June 2021 is a favourite) and then started to choose paper combinations.
It took two evenings, but I got all the papers selected and cut down as well as the elements chosen and stored everything together in a clear bag. Now all I have to do is to pull out the pieces I want to work on to finish off the cards! These are my first ones, and they will be donated to my Mom's old nursing home.
For the horizontal border strip, the sketch shows the patterned paper going right to the outer edge, I did that on some and on others I left a border.