Card Making

The other thing I have been doing is making cards.

One of my favorite designers is Karen Burniston.

Today, I will show you some birthday cards I made. 

This first one is for my adopted daughter, Savanna.

Outside

Inside

Yes, that is a 3-D popup birthday cake.

On the card below is the one I made for my 17 year-old, 

adopted daughter, Samantha.  

It has three  panels, on the front that flip back and forth. 

Plus the front lifts up for a message.   

Outside Front

Flip side of the front.

Inside

These cards are fun to make but they are time consuming. 

Yes, picking out the papers is just as difficult as 

picking out fabric for a quilt. Only the qualities are smaller.

They are always well received. 

Other Projects Card Making

Some other things I have been doing is making cards. I wanted to give my cousins in England some homemade cards for thanking them for letting us visit with them. Unfortunately, we had to cancel our trip because of the coronavirus. Not happy about it but it is the best thing to do. 

This does give me more time for making these little treats. Especially since I was behind in my original goal. Maybe if I made simpler cards it would go faster. But that isn't my style. 

I love this quilt design like die, with 4 colors I can make 4 cards. 

Then I added a flower, each piece was cut by hand, except for the middle circle and all inked by hand, I like them. 

They are blank inside. 

I also made four more, I used a couple. 

We had eight kids from our ward graduating from High School who weren't going to have graduation so we did a drive-by parade. 

I made cards for each of them, three different high schools were represented. 

For Heritage Academy, red, white, and blue.

Mesa High, had the most students, 6. Purple and gold.

For Westward High Blue and orange.

The insides were all the same, just colored in their school colors. 

I also made some birthday cards.

Outside fronts.

I did make the second front smaller which I like better but I didn't center it right. Oops, my friend won't care. 

Inside for one friend.

The middle. 

Inside for the other friend. 

The middle for the other. 

I also learned to make this fancy card front. I wanted to try it out before I made it for real for someone. Very fun technique. It is an interactive card called a Magic Iris by Lawn Fawn.

Magic Iris closed.

Magic Iris opened to show a message..

Happy Paper Crafting!

Card Making

As you know I do other things besides quilting and cross-stitching. 

I made some Easter cards in the shape of a basket.

This looking down on the basket.

This is looking straight at the front of the card.

I made the purple in two different shades. 

Here is the dark purple.

I made this same card for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day. My next version will be for Mother's Day. I think. I can also see it in Red, White, and Blue for the 4th of July. I don't usually make cards for the 4th but I might this year!

These baskets were designed by https://karenburniston.com/.

This next card was made by Lawn Fawn. 

Using their Magic Iris die set. It is easier to make than it looks.

This the Magic Iris closed.

Here it is opened!

The Magic Iris is fun!

Happy Card Making!

Making Cards Again

My Cousin and I are going to England in June to visit our 2nd Cousins. We are descendants of the same Great Grandparents. 

Since we will be staying with some of them, I decided to make cards for them to use as a thank you for letting us stay with them. 

Here are the first two batches I made. I made half of them when my scrapbooking group was here. The cards are blank inside for them to write their own messages inside. 

I better not see any of these sent back to me. 

Valentine Day Cards

So the other project that kept me from making more progress on the Christmas stocking was Valentine Day cards.

I didn't make a lot just some for some very special people. 

First I made a basket card and since I had to mail this one it was finished first and sent off. 

They do fold flat to mail.

 

Here are the other three baskets I made. One each for my girls and one for a friend.

Of Course, I made one for my hubby.

I made a different card for Richard.  This is the front of his card.

The back.

The inside.

In this link, you can see the video and see the card open.

The die for this card only arrived this afternoon so I had to present it to my hubby after dinner because I didn't have enough time to finish it before dinner. 

Each person was happy with the card they received and thought their card was the best.
Works for me. 

Happy Card Making!

Thanksgiving Day Cards I made

Prior to Thanksgiving, I made some Thanksgiving day cards for some of my closest friends and family members. I made 11 in total. 

The most complicated but fun card I made was a stand-alone basket designed by Karen Burniston. She is a very creative designer and has an engineering background so many of her card designs have moving parts. In October I made this basket for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. It is a very versatile design. I have Valentine's card design in the back of my mind. 

My Thanksgiving Baskets.

My Halloween Basket.

My second card was also by Karen Burniston. This is the inside.

The outside.

Some of the other cards I made I used the wreath maker by Gina K Designs.  She designs mostly stamps but the wreath maker is a lot of fun. I meet her last year (2018) at the Scrapbooking Expo here in Mesa. A very nice and talented lady. 

Here are the cards I made using the wreath maker.

The last design I made I used a stamp from Gina K and dies from Karen Burniston. I really liked how this one turned out.

These were fun to make and the receipts enjoyed them, 

so I have been told. 

Happy stitching, paper crafting whatever you do, enjoy your day!