Card Front

Since we spent two weeks traveling and then had lots of company and events at home, I haven't had much time for crafting.  I did get a card made for Damon's birthday.  Next up are belated birthday cards for two nieces. I'll get Ryan and Whitney's wedding card finished on time.  Then I'll be back on track for future birthday cards.  I have both a card-making event and another crop coming up later this summer, so I hope to do lots more crafting this summer.

I used this card on both the Your Scrapbook Place blog and for the challenge on Creative Bug on the Loose Challenge.  The challenge required something old and something new.  The new items are the cute images from Creative Bug. The old items are the bottle cap, tag, ribbon & fiber.
 

Card Inside with tag in the bed pocket

  Tag with bouncing heart 

Here's another new card for the blog at Your Scrapbook Place.  It's an example for a 1-2-3 challenge:  1 patterned paper, 2 images, and 3 buttons.  Because it's a window card, one of the inside images shows on the front.  I really mixed up the stamps for this.  The two on the front are Sewing Cat by 2 Cute Ink and Sewing Box by Broken Box.  Inside I used Woman Sewing by Jellypark and Buttons by Meljen.  Usually I have tried to stay with a single designer for a card, but this mix and match effort turned out fine.

Your Scrapbook Place has a May challenge sponsored by Scribbles Designs

I used one of the Scribble images to create these two easel cards.  The first one is a pop-up image of just the fish.  I think he'll make a fine graduation card.  The second card is a little more elaborate.  I used a coloring page background to create the fish tank. I used a more monochromatic color scheme for my fish. The sand is a mixture of homemade flower soft and glitter. I covered the finished image with a sheet of acetate to mimic the fishtank glass. 

It's been a while since my last post.  I have been doing a little crafting, but mostly working away from the craftroom and computer.  I'm proud to say I've lost 15 pounds on my new Virtual Lifestyle Management program.  I have taken time for making a couple of box cards.  I love the format.  They look so spectacular and they're really not that hard.  Unfortunately, I didn't take pictures before mailing them.  Luckily, Amy K posted a picture of hers on Facebook so I grabbed it to post here.

I finished up the matchbooks for the Old Man Winter swap at Scrapaholics Anonymous. The cover is on the left. The opened matchbook is on the right.  A little humor and a little space for journaling--I like that combination.



















And here's the birthday cards for the Birthday swap, also at Scrapaholics Anonymous. The idea for the front came from a card I saw on Pinterest. I love my owl punch.
                                                                                                 
I have found there are owl puns for every possible occasion.

 The inside was a printable found online. It included the Happy Birthday sentiment, and I added the Owl never tell. I was pleased with the result.

I realized that I hadn't posted these cards.  I made the pop bottle valentines in both Coke and Pepsi versions for various family members.  We sent the box of spring to my Aunt Sandy who is going thru chemo again.  The texts say:  Made just for you because you're PRICELESS (with barcode), Sending you a box of spring, May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun and find your shoulder to light on, and Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world. I've also started swapping again, so I hope to post some swap cards soon.