Cards - the beginning...

I figured since I'm just starting this Blog, I can show things I have already done.  I REALLY hope to be able to make cards every week or so, and have something new to show.  I love to make cards, but they usually go on the back burner if something else comes up, like a holiday and I just HAVE to make a craft for the kids, or if I actually get around to my regular family scrapbook pages.  Right now, I am way behind on my scrapbook pages for my family.  I haven't scrapped since October, so I am a few months behind.  Once I get back on track, I hope to make a ton of cards.  I'd really like to mass produce cards, like maybe 5 at a time, that are similar but vary a little and put them in a file to have on hand to give when needed, like Birthday's or Thank You's.

So, here are a few cards I have made.  I pretty much just started last year, exploring the making of cards.  I use my Cricut and Michael's paper for most of the cards.I didn't write any of the sizes down at this point and it is only a photo of the cards I have made.  I look forward to being able to provide more information to you as I progress in the making of my cards.  :)

This first card was a card telling our parents we were having another baby.  I now would never have the outside of the card look so plain.  I also think that carriage was a sticker.  (This is BC - Before Cricut.)

This was the inside of the card.

This next one I used the Lollipop alphabet die for the Sizzix to make the letters.  This was a Thank you for my son's teachers at the end of the year.

Love this Film Strip Die from Sizzix.  

The rest of these cards are in no order, I barely remember the order in which they were made.

I made this card using the Birthday Bash Cart.

I used Sweet Treats for this one.

Birthday Bash again.

This was my first Pop-up card I made, using the Every Day Pop-Up.

A card for a Baby Shower.

A Baby Shower invitation.  

I used the Sizzix Mac & Cheese Font for the name and Round-a-bout for the title.  

My second Pop-up card.  I am hoping to get better over time.

My daughter wanted to have a 'baby' party.  It wasn't her Birthday or anything, she just wanted to have a party for her baby.  So, I threw one.  We invited 3 little girls over, had lunch and cupcakes and they sat with their babies.  It was very cute.  Here is the invitation.

I used the Once Upon a Princess Cart for this cupcake.  Then I used the Girls are Weird alphabet die from the Sizzix for the letters.  

  I used the Baby Steps Cart.

This was the same party that my friend brought me the gift of Bakerella's Cake Pop Book.

These next 3 cards are only partial cards, either the inside or the outside of the card.  When I first started making cards I would put something on 3 surfaces of the card and then just a stamp on the back.  Now, I am trying to just do more with the front side of the card and not fill every surface of the cards.

I used 3 Birds on Parade for this one.  That cart is so stinking cute.

This is from Freshly Picked. 

There you go my friends.  The start of my cards.  Like I said, I really hope to get a move on these and make more cards and share them with you.  If you have a favorite blog, let me know.  I love to learn and see everybody's ideas out there.  

Have a lovely and creative day!

Susan

Diaper Cakes

I first heard of diaper cakes when I was co-throwing a baby shower for my BFF.  I had never heard of them and was quite confused.  Then, I finally saw one and thought 'how clever'.  Four years later and I found myself wanting to make one for a shower I was invited to.  I looked all over the internet to 'buy' one, then I thought why not make one?  Well, there are A LOT of ideas out there.  Have you ever visited Cake Wrecks?  Well, they should have a whole section dedicated to Diaper Cakes.  The ones with the most 'generous gifts' on them are too busy for my tastes, but the 'gifts' are super thoughtful.  Anyway I found this gal on you tube and I loved her simplicity and elegance.

Now, even my own diaper cakes could be on Cake Wrecks, they are far from professional or even amateur, but not too bad for a beginner.  Oh, and have I mentioned I am a work in progress when it comes to photography?  

Here are my first four cakes (in order).  I'd love to see yours, maybe I'll branch out one day, and try different ways to make them, but most of my friends are done having babies, so I'll put this hobby on the back burner for now.

I like this last one the most.  I didn't have any restrictions.   The girls I did this for had no idea what they wanted or what this was anyways, so that is why I was able to experiment with the flowers.  :)