Card Swap!

It sure has been fun looking at everyone's cards, from letterpress to watercolor! Can't show you the cards (since I haven't asked permission from the artists), but I do want to say that this is a wonderful experience, and I highly recommend participating in one or organizing one yourself.

Window Box

The last flower punch card for a while...

Last Year's Christmas Cards...

... will end up as next year's ornaments! This one took 20 cards to make.

More Flowers

There is a snowflake and autumn leaves version of this card somewhere in this very unorganized blog....

The Garden Fence

I'm rushing the season here, but really, I can't wait for Spring!

St. Patrick's Day

Reminds me of the hours I spent as a child trying to find a four leaf clover in the lawn :) Never did btw....

If you check back from my earlier posts, you will see a version of this card that has a lot more detail to it. This simplified card saved a lot of time, which was great because I needed a lot of them!

Note that the letter slides out from the mailbox when the card is opened.

Heart-shaped Scrap Basket

Thinking Ahead...

Working on some Valentine's Day designs. Lately I've been spending time with paper collage and sculpture instead of just pop-ups. These roses are hand cut petals that are chalked, glittered, scored, and glued together.

Vote to Win!

The Etsygreetings team is having a December challenge based on a snow theme. Click on this link to view all the entries then vote and you can possibly take home the winning entry!

http://etsygreetings.blogspot.com/1999/12/vote-in-our-december-team-challenge.html

The Finished Product

Here is the finished design - with a better body shape, better contrast, and minus the messy glitter!

Design in Progress...

This little guy is not the final version, but he's almost there. I'm creating him for a design challenge (snow themed), but he still has "issues". The mechanics of his push/pull tab that scissors his arms and legs are working well. It's the glitter and the color scheme that's not working. The glittery snow I plan on changing to felt or flocked paper (the card sheds glitter all the time!), and he needs more color contrast in his snowsuit.

The Mistaken Teacup

This is what happens when you daydream! I was happily plugging along when I accidentally cut the cord to what was supposed to be a large round basket. Instead I had to turn it into the shallow saucer. What goes with a saucer? A giant teacup!

Sliding Gift Tags

Tha back looks the same as the front, so they are nice enough to use as gift cards or tree ornaments.