Crafty lady

Anyone who knows me, knows I make everything. My friends call me "Crafty lady". My favorite thing is card making. This year, I thought I would jazz my cards up, and go for something with a punch. (Since I know my English teacher is reading this, that explains why I haven't submitted any work lately). It has taken me up until 2 days ago to finish them!! Actually, that's not entirely true. I forfeited a card to give to someone else, and now I have one more to do. 35 cards!! It would be so easy to buy cards, but I feel like someone who sins against God by doing that. So, I tried starting them early, and I think, if my memory serves correct, I started them just after Halloween. As I said before, I only JUST finished them (almost) 2 days ago.

On top of raising 2 kids, cleaning up after their messes (see previous post), holding a house together, and doing school via correspondence- I have no time. A third of my cards were being sent to New Zealand, so I really needed to get them done in a timely fashion. I would really like to start making a list of everyone's birthday's, and sending them out on special occasions for Halloween etc., but I have too much going on.

Anyways.. here are photos of both last years cards, and this years as a comparison. I'll explain a little how they were made.

 

So the first 2 are the snowmen family. They were a representation of the 4 of us. I printed the images, colored, and cut them out. Then I cut out separate sections, for the scarf and hats, to give the image a 3D look. The background is embossed using a snowflake folder, which you can purchase at Michaels crafts. Here are some similar folders, although the snowflake one is not listed at this time.

http://www.michaels.com/Cuttlebug/products-scrapbooking-diecutting-cuttlebug,default,sc.html

 



 



 The next set of cards is made with Mo's Digital Pencil's "Winter Fairy Halla" stamp. I love, love, love her. I don't normally purchase online images, but I couldn't resist. I also had to buy copic felts, as my sharpies and bics were too saturated, and didn't do her justice.

 The bottom of the card was cut out using my digital cutting "Cricut Machine", and then glitter glued.

 I added some glittered snowflakes, also cut out with my Cricut. A snowflake border embossed in the same snowflake folder as mentioned above. Really, on this I cheated as I had some backgrounds left from last years cards. Then, lastly, the red Poinsettia- to give the card a little zest.

 

 

A ton of work, lots of cutting and glitter gluing, but so worth it in the end. I feel there is something really special about this card.