It's March!

Hi everyone!

First off, congrats to one of my best friends--Jenny--on her engagement to Brian! I can't help but feel relief because this is an indication to me that the bad year is well behind us and this year is going to bring so much more happiness and good memories.

I'm going to take you back to December for a bit to show you the stocking cards that I made:

The coordinating envelopes:

X-mas Tree '10 Card

Today seems like a good day to catch up on the blog for a bit.

This is a card that I designed myself on Illustrator. It isn't the prettiest card, but I tried...lol Also, the size wasn't ideal. As you can see in the picture, the envelope had to be custom-made to be humongous! I believe it is the largest card that I've made so far!

An eyelet is what keeps the top piece held together underneath the star. The card was printed on white cardstock before getting made up. Each metallic cardstock layer is propped up by foam pop-up adhesive. Again, this isn't the prettiest card, but I was sure proud of the sketching and planning that went into it after. You can post below if you'd like me to send you the template for it through e-mail.

Embossed Sleigh

This is a card that I might give to a guy just because of its simplicity and the color scheme that is used. You'll need a stencil of a sleigh (you can choose any stencil), embossing pen, embossing powder, as well as a heat gun. I traced the stencil in parts because I wanted the powder to stick evenly--I inked part of the image and applied embossing powder, inked another part and applied embossing powder, and etc., etc., etc...

Below, is the envelope that I made to go with the card.