Iris folding attempt #2

I have to say, I am having so much fun experimenting with card making! This second attempt at iris folding was so much fun to create.

In this picture, the colors are a little off from what they actually are, but you get the idea. :-)
I used the iris folding pattern here and edited the rectangular shape just slightly to get the watering can shape. The handle and spout are just out of a different matching paper (not iris folded).

Yay! Happy Friday!

Nerdiness and another birthday card

Michael and I had a great date night last night. We went to go see the Doctor Who Season 8 premiere, and it was fantastic! I was surprised at how packed it was - I guess I didn't realize how many fans there are out here!

I made the bow tie necklace using this tutorial - it was fun to make!

I also did my nails all nerdy - gold themed for all except the British flag. Gold Converse shoe, Tardis circle thingys, 2 hearts and Silence tally marks.

Gotta say, I'm so blessed to have a man who humors me and my silly obsessions :-) We had a blast!

Then today I tried my hand at iris folding, and this birthday card is what I came up with:

It didn't turn out quite as polished as I'd have liked it to be, but not bad for a first try, eh?

Happy Tuesday!

Girly blue birthday card

Here's another one! I thought up this one all by myself (no particular Pinterest help), so I'm a bit proud of it. :-) The flowers are new - a good friend of mine dropped off some of her extra scrapbooking supplies to me, and I, of course, had to make another card with some of them!

Another birthday card:

I like it, anyway! And this concludes our birthday card frenzy of August 2014.

Happy Wednesday!

I'm on a roll!

I'm on a roll this week! Here's another card I just made. Lots of family birthdays coming up - gotta be prepared! :-)

I used paper scraps, ink, black ribbon and vellum paper for this one.

Happy Tuesday!

My New Hobby (and a couple card ideas!)

Well, it's been a while, hasn't it? Things have been great! I just got back last week from an awesome girls' retreat with my in-laws, which was super fun! My Facebook friends can find the most interesting pictures (with my awesome in-laws in them) on my FB profile. :-)

I did want to write about my new hobby - card making! Actually, this really isn't a new hobby as it is one that I've recently been dedicating more time to. In high school I had a young women's activity where we did card making, and fell in love with it.

The funny thing is, though card making is similar to scrapbooking, I really don't enjoy scrapbooking at all. I think it's because scrapbooks behave the way my dirty dishes do, there's always more to do. So if you decide to scrapbook, you kind of have to make a big commitment to at least finish one book. Am I right?

For me, card making involves the same type of creativity that scrapbooking does, except there's an end to the project. When the card is done, it's done. And it's also an excuse to send off adorable cards to family members via snail mail. I know when I get something in the mail it just makes me happy, so why not help make someone's day?

Anyway, on to the fun part of this post. Here are two cards that I created myself, with only a bit of inspiration from Pinterest.

#1: Girly happy birthday card

I've discovered that I really enjoy freehanding designs on my cards instead of stamping (because stamps are just so darn expensive!). That's what I did here. I'm sure if I weren't so lazy I could create designs on the computer to print off (since I used printer paper anyway... don't judge!), but I didn't for this one. :-)

#2: do you see what i see?

There are so many different ways you could add your own flair to this one. I used fiber paper (is that what you call it?) for the snowman, some pre-embossed paper for the nose, and metallic markers for the star and snow, but you could totally change it up and do snowflake stamps, hole punch snow, or whatever you want. I had fun with it, anyway :-)

Anyway, that's it for today - and I'm off to make dinner. Happy Monday!