A Valentine

Yes, it's been almost 6 month since I've posted, but I've been in a serious dry spell- I call it "Crafter's block." Fortunately, I got to hang out with my sister over Christmas (after a full year apart!!!) and she got me back on a papercrafting roll!  I came home with some new supplies (thanks to Sister-Santa and my favorite SU consultant) and a new lust for paper!

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I wanted to work on my husband's Valentine's Day card completely unrushed, so on the first day of February I got to playing. Of course it took most of two days due to my sporadic availability (can you believe my one year old needs supervision?) but didn't it turn out pretty? I'm not sure exactly what to call me style, but this is it! A little bit vintage, a little bit botanical, a bird, a butterfly, something mechanical... (dude, that rhymes! I think that needs to become my blog tag-line!) If you come over anytime in the next ten years, I'm sure my husband will have the card predominately displayed.

Nuts and Bolts: As you can see in the lower right corner of this collage, the card is one of those accordion style cards- do they have a real name? I find the format so much fun to work with because it allows you to make depth without covering a bunch of stuff up. The clock and large butterfly are from Stampin' Up! (SU) stamps and are embossed with Chocolate Chip craft ink.  The bird was made with the SU Bird punch and that faint butterfly behind the bird is also SU. The heart in the upper left and very back upper right is Tim Holtz (LOVE him!) grunge board, inked with SU ink and the heart in the lower right is hand shaped wire. The middle butterfly is hand cut from the DCVW Mariposa Stack (I love it so much I had to buy two just so I wouldn't be so stingy with it). The very back has a small envelope with a tag slid in it. That tag is where I wrote my personal message.

Mother's Day Cards

I made a big batch of Mother's day cards again this year! Last year I sent out 6 (to my mom, 2 grandmas, my mother-in-law grandmother-in-law and sister), but this year, I added my sister's mother-in-law, because she's like a grandma to my boys. Plus I made a few to sell in my etsy store. I really got on quite a roll and it was a lot of fun!

Now if only I would sell a bunch more on etsy so I could buy more supplies!

Half a Year of Birds

Here's a few more cards I made from that bird calendar. These are so very simple that it makes throwing away any neat calendar a crime!!!

Old Calendars

The little bird pics in this one are cut from the back of my 2009 desk calendar! I've been using all the birdies from that calendar and love how the cards are turning out!

Botanical Window

Back when we lived in Michigan a friend found these two old windows (and a door) on the curb by the trash in front of an old house someone was remodeling. She always had plans to do something creative with them, but when they went to move she decided not to take them with her. The door wouldn't fit in my car but I was happy to take the windows. I brought them home and taped these four botanical prints (from an old calendar) to the back of the small one. For some reason the larger one has always remained empty. My hubby thinks it needs something in it, but I've grown to love it blank.