Transformation Butterfly...

When Laurie Susen visited at the beginning of March (so we could attend the TON retreat in New York City together), she stamped me three of these images from the set she had purchased. On April 7th, I finally colored them. I did not have the die so I used my Scan and Cut to cut them.

I did not have the courage to cut off the part that hangs over an A2 card so the Ernman made me special envelopes (seen on the far left). They are under weight and still under size so the postage should not be any different...

I asked in one of my cardmaking groups about what I should do for the background. Unanimously, it seemed to be, "make it white". OMG! They definitely nailed it! This card is GORGEOUS, if I do say so myself. I dry embossed the white, popped that whole layer with foam tape, did glossy accents on the butterfly body and two parts of the wing, wink of Stella on the gold flower and flat red sequins around the outside...

But now, there's only THREE to send... boooo! I'd send one to everyone! :)

Previous Cards from Album...

 That photo album in the mid-lower right of this picture with the Operation Write Home business card in the cover, I used to carry around with me to show random people some of the cards I had made in the past. I haven't shared this in YEARS so I was thinking it was time to take them out, put them on card-backs and send them out. Why not? They're doing nothing for me here and they have such fond memories attached to them...

 I first became interested in cardmaking when I took a couple classes in Massachusetts AND a former classmate in California was sending cards to the troops, back in early 2010. The card on the left, I still make and often use as a sympathy card. The card on the right started the mad obsession with Copics...

 The background paper on this was cut circles from magazines and pretty paper. The cake and the sentiment, I made on the computer. For awhile, I loved making these for Operation Write Home...

 The former classmate I mentioned, became my mentor and in October of 2010, I went and spent a week with her at her home in Fremont, CA. These are two of many cards that we did. The one on the right is the actual original. When I re-made it, many times, I kept this one in the album...

 I must have made a bazillion of the card on the left for Operation Write Home. I loved the entire process. The card on the right is a Bargello Technique I tried and loved. I couldn't ever part with it...

 These two were just fun, fun cards to do for Operation Write Home...

 Of course, I made a lot of these for OWH but they also became one of the many we used when Zack did his campaign to get every student at Marblehead High School to write a note to one of our troops back in 2012... 

 I remember thinking how fun this card was but, there's just so many people to whom you can send it...

 One of the first videos on YouTube that I ever watched. I kept this card because I thought it was so cool how the birds accidentally landed in such a perfect place on the card. It WAS NOT planned... 

One of two I made...

Update 4-22-20: Somehow missed in the group photo above but one I've made many, many times over the years. Designed by my mentor when I visited her in 2010. I brought the stamp, she had the idea. The symbols mean "Faith, Hope and Love"...

So, my thought is, let's get these postal. They're doing me no good sitting in an album that no one looks at. Which is your favorite?

We'll Weather Together...

 Paper Pumpkin kit for March 2020, "No Matter the Weather" could not have been any more appropriate for what's going on in our world right now with the COVID-19 Coronavirus. These were very fun to put together...

 I made four of these. OBVIOUS that the roll of twine enclosed wasn't going to do ALL the cards in the kit, I used my own orange twine on these...

 I made three of these. I think they'd be great "congratulations on your pregnancy" cards. TWO family members are pregos... how fun!!

I LOVED this card! So apropos. I know exactly who could use this reminder. Yes, we ARE all in this together... stay well, stay sane and stay safe peeps. :)