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!