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I Made Some Cards

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It's November 22, 2024. As you can tell this blog has been at the top of my mind and to do list all year long. Ha. It is not that I haven't done cards this year. Here are some pictures to prove it.  A librarian friend celebrated her birthday in March. I used some special kit papers to create this book themed card. I usually create a card with stamped images, but I had these great themed papers so used them instead of stamping book shelves. I thought it was a nice librarian to librarian card.  In June I participated in Justine Hovey's Fearless Cardmaking in Minutes Challenge. Each day of the 3 focused on one part of cardmaking and gave us some limits so we would not belabor the process. So first we had to pick something in our stash that would simplify the process. I chose a cover die. Now how to color it. I tried coloring parts of the die, but the color did not come out smooth. Then I tried blending pastel colors on the base of the card to create a light, airy rainbow of co...

NEW BEGINNINGS

 Happy New Year 2024! I have decided to launch a blog this year to promote some of my creations. My primary creation is greeting cards for friends and family. I have posted on my Facebook page many of the cards I have put together. Several others I have sent and forgotten to take a picture before mailing them. As I make new ones perhaps I can pull together a tutorial so you can recreate something similar.  During the 2023 Holiday season I dabbled with creating some snack boards for special gatherings. My daughter-in-law declared that I should be in charge of snack boards every year because she liked the one I had made for a get-to-gether last holiday season. So this year I expanded. On Thanksgiving we generally snack while watching Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Thanksgiving dinner sometimes takes place later in the afternoon so a snack board wards of some hunger pains. Then we had a small family gathering for a Christmas celebration so I made another board. And I decided to ...