Mother's Day cards

Since I'm selling stuff at a craft fair this weekend, I wanted to have as much stuff themes for Spring holidays as possible.  Here are some Mother's Day Cards I put together:

This was made almost entirely from the Simon Says March Card Kit, the sentiment is Lawn Fawn.  The background is that yellow striped washi tape that comes in the kit, and the stems are just colored with markers.  I finally found a use for washi tape!

This card was inspired by a masking technique I learned in Clean and Simple 2 at Online Card Classes, and I had tried to make a version of this during the class that I don't think came out too well.  Here is the improved version - much cleaner, and I like it much better.

These two are variations on the same card, just in different colors.  I used watercolor paper and gelatos or waterbased markers to create the gradient strip, and then just punched out the little flowers from the gradient I made.  I embossed the flowers in clear embossing powder to make them shine a little.

Keep reading for my St. Patrick's Day cards, Easter cards, and some Birthday cards I made for a friend.

I'm back and Happy Spring!

Hello!  I bet you didn't even notice (I'm not famous enough yet for people to notice ;), but I was out of town and therefore disappeared from the Internet for a little while.  I was in Florida, visiting my grandparents at their snowbird condo in Boca.  I did, however, have time to make a bunch of cards, so I have lots of things to share with you.

First, though, a few more orders of business:

If you're in the Boston area, please come visit me at the SLAM Market at the Burren in Somerville, this Saturday from 12 - 4.  It's my first foray into selling at a craft fair, and I'm super nervous about it.  But, if you come, the Burren is offering $5 lunches all day!

Also, if you like the cards I've been posting, please check out my Etsy shop.  I've kind of been neglecting it lately, in the hopes of fame fortune in the blog world... but I'm about to post all of the Spring cards you see on the blog, so please check it out here.

Now, onto the card eye candy!  First up is a set of Passover cards I made to send to family members both in Israel and stateside.  I used backgrounds from Paper Smooches, and icons and Hebrew lettering from a local stamp company in Newton, MA called Zum Gali Gali.

See my next posts for some Easter, Spring, and Mother's Day cards!

Spring cards

Also this weekend I did some spring-inspired cards, thanks to the Simon Says Stamp March card kit!

Here they are:

For this one, I thought the green paper straw would make an excellent stem for a flower, and I like the way it turned out.  The bee is from Technique Tuesday.

This one was inspired by a card in Paper Crafts magazine... I love the way the branch came out with all those different ink colors, and for the tree on the left, I cut a strip of the Simon Says Stamp white woodgrain card stock, and covered it in brown ink.

Enjoy, and as always, I love comments!  (Constructive criticism is welcome too - I am a beginner and could use suggestions!  Just keep it friendly, please.)

Shabby Chic/Vintage Challenge

Hiya!

I've had a busy weekend of making cards, watching the Oscars, and seeing an awesome Indigo Girls concert!  Here are some of the results...

I had a bunch of stuff left from the Simon Says Stamp February Card Kit, but admittedly, most of it was completely not my style.  I decided to challenge myself a bit, and I think this card is actually pretty fitting for the Hero Arts If I Could Turn Back Time challenge.

I was itching to use those cute little envelopes, so I decided to stick the sentiment inside it.

Those hangers/paper clips were in the dollar bin at Michaels, and the pack of those notecards was on the sale rack at The Paper Source.  The rest is from the card kit.

Enjoy and leave me comments with suggestions or thoughts!

More results from craft day

Here are two more cards I made while catching up with a friend (and eating yummy mac and cheese).

I wanted to have something easy to make on hand that I could send out to people who buy my stuff on Etsy, just as a special gift.  I used Kristina Werner's offset-stamping technique, and I stamp I got as a free gift from Lawn Fawn to make this simple Thank You card:

And, ever since Simon Says Stamp sent me kraft cardstock with my card kit, I'm totally in love with it.  So here's another Easter card:

The ducks are actually one stamp that I cut up, the dots are from Paper Smooches, and the sentiment is from Hero Arts.

Thanks for reading and please let me know what you think!

Clean and Simple Challenge #228

Hi again!  Over the weekend I had some crafty with a friend at our monthly craft day, and I wanted to share what I came up with.  This first card is perfect for this week's Clean and Simple Stamping sketch challenge, so I wanted to submit it.  The card is based on this sketch, and since I will be selling at a craft market right before Easter, I thought I would make a few cards for the occasion:

I switched around the words and the image, but it seems to work.  Let me know what you think!

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge, #90

I made this card with extra paper stuff I had lying around, and I wanted to enter it into the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge.  This is week's theme is "black and white +1," meaning black and white with one color.  Here goes:

     

Thanks for reading!