Ground Hog Day

Well the furry critter said more Winter for us.  I can't complain, it hasn't been rough at all where I live.  I don't mind the cold but I am looking forward to opening the windows again.  I love  when you can smell in the air the earth warming and readying itself for Spring. We have had some lovely 70 degree days.  SO I have been busy again making cards.  I have finished the birthday cards for all the nieces and nephews (yahoo!)  now I just have all the friends to create.  I love stamping. I love all the dies available today as well-I used the memory box dies of the flower border, the lovely branch and the little clouds to add just the right touch.  I used an embossing folder to accent the spellbinders die background in blue, some raffia and a tag and a happy little bird in red. 

  I love how creative we can all be with a few pieces of paper, some stamps and a handful of embellishments.  I realize, of course, that some of our carefully made creations just end up in the circular file-but hopefully for one brief moment the card brought a smile to the lips and the knowledge to the receiver that they are thought of and loved.

Fun with Hearts

Time is speeding by as usual-and this year I am determined (re-determined) to keep up with card making for the holidays and birthdays and just because events!  Of course I start out every new year like this-  I have started reorganizing my crafting space (again).  I am determined this time that it will be finished the way I want on it. (OK not very realistic, but I can dream right?) That helped motivate me, seeing all my fun dies, paper, and stamps while I worked through finding them a permanent home.  That did stall the reorganizing process-but restarted the creative process. Do you ever find that you can spend all this time collecting ideas, and creative stuff, but not really use it? Sometimes I think I have as much fun organizing all my things as I do using them. Anyway I made these cards for a class and I think they each turned out fun and I really enjoyed using my Spellbinders dies and Papertrey Ink Stamps.  As well as a new die company I just found that I love to use-Memory Box Dies.  Some beautiful images and super creative dies.  Too much fun with folds. I can't help but love them. Folding is an easy way to really make your card fun to open and have without too much stress or time to create.  Sorry about the dot on the photos-don't know exactly what that is?