The Inevitable Scrappy Background

 

During those months that I visited South Bound Brook during the renovation, I spent many a weekend making Scrappy Backgrounds since there was very little else that could be done.  Fortunately for me, it is a task that I thoroughly enjoy.  I now have a pile of about fifty.  My

sister-in-law Donna is visiting for a huge family event this weekend and she asked if I could make her a couple cards to give to a friend in her church who would send them to shut-ins.  I gave her my pile of Scrappy Backgrounds and told her to pick some that appealed to her.  I then turned them into cards.  That was pretty fun!  I tried the Triple Time technigue with the one on the right, interesting effect I thought.  I like how rounding the corners and punching a border on the one on the left made for such a different look.  My brain is churning trying to come up with another group for her to take back before she leaves next Wednesday...



Antique Cards

 

I took a Book Binding Class taught by Melissa Frances at Scrapbook Expo this past weekend, making the booklet in the center.  With some of the leftover supplies, I tried a couple cards.  Although cute, they're just not "electric" to me.  I'll keep at it though.  It would be awesome if I was able to use up all the extra supplies we received and not have to figure out where to put them in my new studio...

Final Christmas Shipment to OWH

 

Here's the last shipment of Christmas Cards to Operation Write Home for 2013.  AND, I'll beat the early deadline of October 15th... woo hoo!!  I will continue with the challenge to make five Christmas cards a month though, but the rest will be for my personal stash.  This would probably be a great time to start a tradition for me and Ernie to send Christmas cards to all our friends.  You know, all two of them.  JUST KIDDING!!  Are you my friend?



Make it five more...

 

Although this is an October post, I can assure you this was finished before midnight last night.  JUST under the wire of my challenge to make five Christmas cards a month.  And yes, there are five...

 

Supplies used...

• Patterned Paper from the K&Company 12" x 12" Yuletide pad
• Stampin' Up Old Olive and Very Vanilla Paper
• Recollections Speckled Red Paper
• Mistletoe Assortment from Close to my Heart
• Offray Beige ribbon 



School colors...

 

I spent two weeks at the end of August getting Zack set-up and acclimated at his college, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL.  He asked that I make him a few thank you cards to send to various people for the gifts and scholarships he received.  He asked that I use the colors of his high school; red and black AND the colors of his college; blue and gold.  The first challenge of the Virtual Card Making Party this past weekend with Operation Write Home just seemed to tie in so well with his request.  I even thought they were semi-masculine.  I hope he likes them.  These will go in his first Care package from home...



Christmas in August

 

I looked at the calendar and thought, "I've got plenty of time..." until I remembered we're leaving Saturday to take Zack off to college.  When I return, it'll be September... yikes!  No time, no time, no time.  So here is my contribution to the Make Five Christmas Cards a Month challenge. CASE'd from a card I saw on Pinterest, I made seven of these...

Supplies used...

• Patterned Paper from the K&Company 12" x 12" Susan Winget pad
• Stampin' Up Old Olive and Very Vanilla Paper
• Recollections Speckled Red Paper
• Chipboard Greetings from K&Company Christmas Cheer Chipbox
• Two tone ribbon
• Dimensionals

First shipment from New Jersey

 

Of course she had to help!  That's what Wuzya's do...

 

Other than the five Christmas Cards from the previous post, the rest of these were made in Massachusetts before moving.  As I'm organizing my studio, I collected random cards from this stash here or that stash there and got them ready for my first shipment from New Jersey.