Halloween 2014

I pulled myself away from cross-stitching yesterday to make Halloween cards. Thanks to Peachy Cheap, and a recent deal they offered on October Afternoon's Witch Hazel paper and embellishments, I quickly produced six cards. Here is a sampling:

First I layered the chevron strip over the stars paper.
Then I popped up the die-cut owl and added glittered bats from my stash.

This cutie is a postcard I layered over coordinating paper.
The button was included in the pack and the twine is from my stash.

Another cute die-cut popped up on coordinated paper.
And move glittered bats from my stash.

Easter 2014

Here's the Easter card I made this year:

The postcard image is an Etsy download. Six different postcards print out on an 8.5" x 11" sheet of card stock, each with a different postmark. I was able to send a Chicago postmark to my sister who lives just outside the windy city; a New York postmark to my son who lives on Long Island; and a Kansas City postmark to my sister-in-law who has relatives in KC. Odds are no one noticed, but I thought it made the cards extra fun.

2014 Class Valentines

This year for Valentine's Day, both grandsons decided to give Olaf Valentines I found on Pinterest. You can find the original here - Frozen Olaf Valentine. But because the schools only allow store-bought pre-packaged food, my daughter and I got creative and decided to use packets of hot chocolate.

Elliott, the second-grader, also needed a decorated shoebox for the class Valentine exchange. He and I collaborated and came up with a pretty unique idea. The box was orange, so we just went with it, saying it plays off Olaf's nose. I think it turned out cute and a little more boyish than the traditional red, white, and pink boxes.

I used the free printable for the hot chocolate labels.

I found an Olaf image online, sized it to fit the top of the box,
and used a Martha Stewart snowflake corner punch. For the snowflakes on the sides
of the box, I used a Sizzix stamp and die set with my Cuttlebug.

Valentine's Day 2014

This is the card I sent to the grandsons, grand nieces, grand nephews, and my grandsons's godfather's daughter. I used different paper for each card, but the construction was the same for all six.

I cut the hearts with my Cricut and used my corner-rounder punch on the corners of the card. The paper on the inside is the back of the background paper used on the front. The owl on the envelope is a Christmas stamp, but, since Valentine's Day is typically cold in the midwest, I thought it still worked for the February holiday. For extra fun, I included a half sheet of heart stickers in each card.