Well, after a busy January I’m finally getting around to
posting about a few of the projects I’ve been working on.
First, I belong to a card exchange with a few of my family
members at a LSS in Helena, MT (where some of my relatives live). For the past few years, my mom, grandma and
aunts have participated in making 10 cards with a given theme, each month and
exchanging. It has always seemed like
fun, however I’ve always been a little intimidated by the commitment- I don’t
have a great track record with follow thru – but this year I decided to jump
in. My plan is to get ahead…so I can’t
fall behind. I’ve completed my January
cards (“winter” was the theme). I’ve
shamelessly stolen the design from a sample card that I saw from Maile Belles
during the Papertrey Ink release last year (2011). I loved the card so much that when the
opportunity for a ‘winter’ theme card came up I couldn’t think of anything
else.
I love how these turned out…it was super easy to replicate,
which is important when you’re making 10 cards.
While I had all my stamps out, I decided to whip up a couple
birthday calendars that I can use to get better at sending handmade cards. I drafted up
a worksheet in excel and printed out enough to make 3 calendars - one
for me, my mom and grandma – since I’m sending her my cards to turn in for the
exchange. I used a combination of
LawnFawn and Papertrey Ink tag-its stamps for each months ‘theme’. I put the 12 months in the little binders (I
bought mine at Staples) along with a sheet protector for each month that can be
used to store pre-addressed envelopes (if I ever get that organized). I think they turned out really cute!
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