Halloween Events and Some Cards
Posted on | October 26, 2009 | 4 Comments
We got to start Halloween a weekend early this year, which is good because Rinoa has been wanting to wear her Tinker Bell costume ever since we purchased it about two months ago!
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| We went to Barnes & Noble Saturday morning for some kiddie Halloween craft time. |
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| Here’s Rinoa and Mica with B&N stortytime friends Zoe and Maddy. |
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| Saturday afternoon, we went trick or treating at Midway Village. Throughout this whole day, Troy was somewhere else helping a friend fix his car. |
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| Here’s Rinoa at a friend’s party in Monkey Joe’s Sunday morning. (Photo by Troy) |
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We definitely had a lot going on this weekend but we still managed to make some Christmas cards for Gavin’s fundraiser. Mine was an ecclectic mix of cards. I had a great time working on them that I think I’m going to use some of these designs for my card-giving this year.
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| I’ve been trying my hand at mixed media collage lately (in what little free time I have), and with this newfound love, I’ve learned to appreciate vintage images and ephemeras. These first two cards reflect that. The Santa and the Angel were copyright-free images I found online. I printed two or three copies of each and layered them for a simple 3D effect (which the photos don’t really show). |
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| This Christmas tree is an ode to my college days when I learned to be crafty with a craft knife. |
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| This more-graphic-less-grungy set of cards was inspired by this. |
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And here are Mica’s and Rinoa’s. They got to play a little bit with stamps and embossing, which they had fun with.
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| Here’s one of Rinoa’s stamped cards. |
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| These are my favorites of Rinoa’s cards because they include her drawings. |
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| This is one of Mica’s cards. She made several but I have no idea where the rest are at the moment, and it’s late so I’ll just have to show the others next time. |
I’ve also started receiving cards in the mail. So exciting – especially for Mica and Rinoa who gets to open them! I’ll be posting pictures of the cards soon. Can’t wait to share them.
Tags: Christmas cards > Halloween > handmade cards > holiday cards > holiday projects > ica > Rinoa
Celebration Cards
Posted on | October 2, 2009 | 2 Comments
Just sharing some cards I’ve made lately.
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| This is the card I made for Rinoa’s 5th birthday. |
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| And this is the invitation I made for my niece’s baptism last summer. |
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Pop-up Flower Cards for Valentine’s
Posted on | February 3, 2009 | 14 Comments
Created two pop-up cards to give to Mica and Rinoa on Valentine’s Day.
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FLOWER BASKET POP-UP CARD
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| The actual flower basket that pops up in the card is made up of 12 pieces. I cut the pieces from white cardstock using an x-acto knife. |
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| Then I gave the flowers and leaves some color using brush pens. |
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| This is what the inside of the card looks like. The flower basket is attached to the card on two points with a thread that you wouldn’t really notice. |
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| The outside of the card has a simple design so it wouldn’t compete with the intricacy of the flower basket. |
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CHERRY BLOSSOMS POP-UP CARD
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| This card is simpler than the first one. The design is cut-out from the actual folding card. |
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| I used brush pens and rub-ons to color the branches and flowers. The metallic rub-on gave the flowers a subtle, glittery shine. I used a Sharpie to give the branches some shadow. |
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| Like the first card, the outside of this card has a simple design so as not to overpower the pop-up inside. |
Jelly Birthday Cards
Posted on | January 9, 2009 | 1 Comment
Used up all my “birthday” jelly labels and made several cards this week:
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Thought I’d be more mindful of birthdays this year and actually send out the cards I make … lol!
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