April Cards

So in the month of April there are a lot of events that need cards such as Easter and then there are 3 birthdays in the family. I've been trying to work on them slowly but I think I'm working a little too slow, ha. I've got two of the birthday cards made. One is for my mil and the other is for my sil. I still have to make one for my niece and then I need to make 6 Easter cards. I've also signed up for a few swaps. I need to make 10 ATCs, 3 swivel clasp charms, 2 sets of 5 dress forms and then glam up the set of 5 dress forms that I'd already made. I also have to do a layout for a friend, start thinking about Mother's Day cards, and then my brother's birthdays and my dad and another niece's birthday. There's going to be a lot of card making in the near future. Plus, I have a ton of school work. I had thought that tonight I would be good and do school work when I got home. Then when I was at work I decided I really needed to get some of my crafting stuff completed. So what have I done since I've been home, nothing related to those two things. I've managed to make dinner and then waste time on web. I made myself get off a little bit ago and then I went on a search for my ATCs that I'd started and along the way figured out that I could keep my La Blanche stamps in the photo organizer that I picked up on Sat. It was 50% off plus I had a coupon for $5 off of $25. I'd been looking at the organizer for a while. I also found the set of Spellbinder dies that I had misplaced, remember the large circles that should be in my binder well I found them, yeah!

Here are my cards, the first one is a sketch from the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club

This is the card for my SIL. Paper: cardstock - Neenah, patterned - MME, Stella & Rose, Flower: MFT Pretty Posies die-namic, image stamp: MFT - You Rule, MFT Sweet Stack die-namic, sentiment: Lawn Fawn - Sophie's Sentiments, embossing folder - TH Music

Close-up of the card front

This is the card for my MIL. The idea for the quilt pattern I got from the Splitcoaststampers website. Paper: cardstock - Neenah, patterned paper - K&Co., spool die - TH Sewing Room die, twine - The Twinery - melon (?), sentiment stamp: Lawn Fawn - Sophie's Sentiments, pearls: Recollections

Close-up

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What I have been working on during my absence

Here are some of my creations for the months of May, June, and July.


This is the inside of a wedding card. I left the area under the Happily Ever After unglued so that it would act as a little pocket. I used the Storybook cricut cartridge along with two Martha Stewart punches.


Here is the anniversary card that I made for my husband. I colored the Fleur Anya stamp in using Copics. I tried colored her to look similar to me. I haven't really gotten the hang of coloring darker skin yet. I used the spellbinders labels four for the mats and the sentiment stamp is from Studio G.


An easel card with Fleur Anya again but I colored her to look like my mom when she was younger. I used Damask sizzix embossing folder for the background mats and a stamp from Autumn Leaves Stampology.

Finally, a swing or flip-flop card for my sister-in-laws birthday. The owl is from Cornish Heritage Farms (so sad they are selling). The solid paper is from DCWV and the patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye.