first xmas cards for 2014

Finished these last week . just now posting. last posting was just images , these are the completed cards

More to come as the Holidays get closer

christmas card design

new possible xmas card trees. the first one is an attempt @iris folding and the second is a technique one of my blogging buddies, Joyce posted called stamp etching. you can see her example here.
there's a tutorial here

my WOWYW post

 It is time for What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday, sponsored by Julia at Stamping Ground. today is #275. It has been awhile since I made it while its still Wednesday. LOL

big shot

box of boxes of die cuts. clearly labeled

cabinet doors. i love cabinet doors. covers up all the stuff. not that whats in it isnt organized, it just looks better.

Proof Today was a GOOD DAY

Inky fingers !!!

A new post OMG

Yes, beloved readers I actually have something to see.

these are merely a circle die cut and a scalloped circle die cut . combined they sorta look like flowers . these are actually a medium size. wrong scale for an A2 sized card tho. i'll show you in a few more pics

these are smaller but the same thing

these are oval die cuts and lacy oval die cuts combined

here we have a stamped rose that has been stickled and mounted on a lacy oval die cut . oops no watermark.

Sorry about the bad pic. here we have 4 dif sized scalloped cirle die cuts. i edged them to give it shadows.

here's the concept that uses the above pieces. almost as good as a stick figure drawing LOL

the piece de resistance.....the mock up. see what i mean about being off scale? its almost off scale for a a4 card. the mock up is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2

Finally A little productivity

Yes, It has been a while

You may have seen this particular card front. I added the insides today.

both inner and outer sentiments are from SU. This card is now complete.

This card front may look familiar. Even Christmas-y.

Looks like it is a Christmas Card. Even on the inside. LOL. When you make your own cards, you don't have to wait for an approaching Holiday. You can have Christmas cards in JUNE ! I love making Christmas cards any time of year

This particular card was originally made in a SU workshop. I made a few changes to
make it my own.

Its designed so you can slip a gift card in there. I added some snow flakes using an EF from Paper Studio . And of course a little sentiment.

That's enough for this post. i'll save some for the next post

A little color

today we got some colors! glorious color. pics were taken about 1/2 hour earlier than yesterdays pics.

been walking in the mornings and decided to SHARE

not that these clouds mean there's a storm rolling in.  they were  just there @6:45am CST .Sun's out now @9:16 am CST

New Cards

Several in fact.

3 Valentines Day cards new for 2014

2 Thankew Cards using a TSC image

An Easter card & a concept for an Easter card

A card using Graphic 45 paper line Bird Song . Hope to make more from this line

A blank verse card for any ocassion, new for 2014

Sorry for the time between posts .

Peace & Blessings

first birthday card designed in 2014

All it is an EF from Paper Studio and some sponged chalk ink .

My first Get Well card

that i've posted anyways. My cousin hasnt been feeling well. I'm no MD but a hug is pretty much a cure ALL. So here's her big hug. Love Ya Kay.

If you know KAY send her a hug on her FB or even <3

2 sympathy cards

My Mom asked me to make a sympathy card for someone she used to work with who passed on. I also needed one for my fellow paper blogger whose Mom recently passed. I still need one for one of my SBS bloggers. The first one I tried to make elegant as well as CAS. the 2nd is monochromatic

Outside. BTW the paper I used for the photo booth walls is Bird Song in the 12x12from Graphic 45. the line has been discontinued. I have 24 of the same sheet. If you want to purchase any, visit my website @www.ibaladysgallery.com and leave me a comment.

Inside

I also have other Graphic 45 12x12 discontinued paper lines available

Looks like I should have chosen different paper for the photo booth walls with this card. and changed the transparency on the watermark. you can barely see the embossed butterflies. if you click on the image, it should enlarge the detail enough to see the butterflies. i think the next monochromatic card i make, i'll increase the range of blues i use.

Outside

Inside