Here Comes the Bride

Here's a simple card for the bride that could be used as a shower card or a wedding card. Just a simple bouquet hints of the wedding that is just around the corner. I just love the little flowers. I want one for myself! (The bouquet, not the wedding :)

Simple Note Cards

I made up a set of cards for my Aunt. She just wants note cards - just something pretty on the front with nothing inside. Here are a few that I made for her.

These can be made into a Happy Birthday, Get Well or Thinking of You card. Indeed whatever you can come up with! Take a peek!

The 2 cards with roses are hand watercolored.

Tractor

Well, I had to finish the tractor - or at least get a working copy up here. Just to prove that I could. I think it turned out to be part old John Deere and newer Farm All. Hey, it looks like a tractor! So, Anne - Cat, you reading this? Need these for Brookshire Farms?

Boy Card - Truck

Well, I like the train, but the first version of the train kinda looked like a tractor. I changed it to green and started out. Well, I made some cool tractor tires, but I couldn't quite get it right. It looked more like a truck with tractor tires. So, a clip here, a snip there... we have a green truck. I still think that it needs some work, but it looks pretty good. Still, no place to put Happy Birthday, but I think that the present gives a hint!

Next Shoe Box Swap

Well today I'm working on my next shoe box swap - a birthday card for a boy. I don't have any stamp sets that are suitable for this. Ann has offered several sets, but they are at her house and I want to work on this now. Punches! I'll try to make something with the punches.

So, I've seen several cute cards with trains. I decide to try. The first effort was good, until I realized that two of the punches I was using were ineligible. Try again. Here's the second shot. I still don't have room for a "Happy Birthday" on the front. I don't know how I feel about that. I may have to scale it down a bit, but that adds many complications. Punches don't get smaller, you know. I'll think about it and see what happens. I might just start over with a completely different card. But I will keep this one in my set of cards!

Who's turning 65?

A friend has many friends turning 65 and has commissioned a set of cards for them. Cute but not too funny, the joke is on the inside. Gotta be good, but not too hard to make if I'm making 16 of them!!! Here's my first draft. (copyright Stampin' Up!)

Shoe Box Swap - Yes, making cards

I attended my first Shoe Box Swap this week. (That's where you bring everything you need to make a bunch of a card you designed and then make everyone else's cards). My card is a women's birthday card. (copyright Stampin' Up)

It was lots of fun, but a bit frantic, since I am a slow-poke when making cards. I wasn't the last one to finish, but close. In another week I have to come up with a boy's birthday card. Hmmm.

Christmas is coming!

So it's a Holiday Card Sale. Yes, I make handmade greeting cards which I sell. If I'm going to sell any Holiday Cards I need to start making them now.

All cards in this posting are copyright Stampin' Up 1990-2009

First we have Frosty, the all around winter icon. We all love him.








Now another snowman, watching it snow, the sentiment inside this says "Let it Snow".

















And the traditional Christmas flower the poinsettia.



If you are interested in any of these that you see, you can contact me to purchase some. You can get any number 1 or 10 or 25, or 7 and you can mix and match styles. I sell them for $2 a card. You can reach me at julieablanchet@yahoo.com. I am only interested in selling in the Denver & Boulder area at this time.

Since I make them after you choose them, there's some flexibility on what's inside. Personalization is possible at an increased price.

Now that I have one, what do I do?

So I have a blog, what's important enough to put in here?

I'm planning to use this as a way to show off some of my handmade greeting cards. For example, I'm making samples of Christmas cards (yes, already!) and I'm planning to put photos here and see if anyone gets here and wants to look and buy from me.

So look for photos coming soon.