Birthday cards

When I got back from Chicago, my box of SU! goodies were waiting for me. I quickly realized I needed to make a card for both my Mom and Sister-in-law since we were celebrating their birthdays this past weekend. So, I dug into my new supplies and here is what I came up with. I think they turned out pretty good considering I only had a couple hours from concept to fruition.

 

Birthday Cards

I did a few birthday cards last week.  I wanted to use my Cricut but ended up using my Cuttlebug instead.  I used the Happy Birthday, Swiss Dots, and D'vine Swirls embossing folders.  I really need to learn how to ink the embossed images without getting ink all over the paper.  I'd like a cleaner look, but think these turned out okay.  My brother gave me a great compliment (one of the cards was for  him).  He said he loves getting my handmade creations because he knows how much thought and caring goes into making each one.  That was the best compliment ever!!!  I appreciated it so much.  :-)

 

 

Random Cards

Here are some miscellaneous cards I've done. Sympathy, Miss You, Just Because...

 

Thank You Cards

Does the pink one look familiar? It's just like one of my birthday cards except with flowers and a thank you sentiment. The 2nd card was made using the SU! Alphabet Soup stamp set and my Cricut. I used the Mini Monograms cartridge for the U and the green square behind it.

Here is a simple thank you card... I used the heat embossing technique and it has the same thank you sentiment as the pink card above.

 

 I totally scraplifted the red card straight from the SU! catalog.  That catalog sure is chalk-full of great ideas.  The second card I created on my own.  It took some time with all the layering and I realized I need the ticket corner punch from SU! as it took me forever to cut the edges around both layers of the thank you sentiment.

Here is a little thank you tag I made to throw into the orders of crafty things I sold on ebay.  Just a little something...

Friendship Cards

This friendship card is actually a thank you card also. I used the same tag technique I mentioned in the birthday card section. When you open the card there is a little stamped image that says 'Thank You' but you can't see it when the card is closed. I used versamark ink and embossing glitter and heat embossed the flowers on the green strip.

 

Okay, this is one of my all-time favorite cards! It is a flip card. I made these for a card swap. Thank goodness I only had to do 12 of them - or should I say, Oh my goodness, I had to do 12 of them! LOL! I really do put a lot of pressure on myself when it really isn't necessary. I was so happy with these when they were done. They turned out just like I wanted them to. The front has a pre-printed sentiment on it and stamped images, the back just has stamped images and space for a hand-written sentiment.

 

Baby/Anniversary Cards

I made these cards for some friends.  I love the little baby from this stamp set.  It is so cute!!

 

Anniversary Cards

I really like the simplicity of these cards. I wonder, though, why they take so darn long when they look so simplistic. I think I can complicate the simplest of tasks... LOL! I actually used my markers to color this stamp image so I could use multiple colors on the image.

 

Christmas Cards

Hey-Hey!  I didn't scraplift these.  I actually came up with these on my own.  Imagine that.  HaHa!  I did the first one and hubby thought it wasn't very Christmas-y so I changed the colors to green and red.  He liked that one much better.  TAC stamps were used for this card.

 

I used heat embossing for these next cards.  Again, I came up with one template but wasn't crazy about it so I ended up going with the second one.  The sentiment inside is the same sentiment I've used every year since I started making cards.  I'm sure our friends and family are saying "Jeez - get a new sentiment stamp already".  LOL!

 

We created this 'Santa Suit' card at one of our SU! club meetings. My cousin actually made this for her family's Christmas cards that year.

Below are our main Christmas cards for 2008.  I didn't make enough which is why I had to make a few of the ones below this picture.  I made these using my Cricut machine.  I love this machine!!  Of course, with both projects, I used stickles - lots and lots of stickles!

 

 I plan on doing these for all our cards next year.  I have to do about 60 every year.  Good thing making these is therapeutic!  I made these using the Cuttlebug machine and the lace tree embossing folder.