Saturday snail mail...

Not all from THIS Saturday mind you.  This is all the ones that have been on my camera for a few months.  Just want to get them on the blog; there won't be much description.

This is a fun fold card...see below for how it opens.

Also a fun fold, but this opens differently.  No interior photo.

Another fun fold; see below for open view.

And my oven timer is going off.  Gotta go get my pie out of the oven!

 

Making it Monday...

Another catch up of cards made...this is a long one as it has been awhile.

The next eight are from August 2021 Paper Pumpkin kit by Stampin' Up!  The first three were made pretty much by just following the instructions that came with the kit.

When I made the one above as per the instructions, I found it way to frenetic.  Then I went on to make some that were more to my taste.

The one above and the one below both use the same background paper.  The one above I used some floral stamps to stamp over the flowers of the background.

The one above is pretty simple; I just outlined the background spirals and flowers with a black pen.  This was CASEd by a design I saw at Cards by Cheryl on Youtube.

This was also CASEd from Youtube at Stamp Your Art Out With Rachel Tessman.  That brightly colored laser cut against the black sings to me...it says...Light Bright Lalalalalala.  LOL, all I can remember is the Light Bright name and the tune of their jingle...and those amazing colored pegs against the black background.  Ooooo...and COLORFORMS...another good toy that was very visually appealing to me as a child.

Then I thought I would turn the laser cut over to use the white backing side, and I put it on a lavendar background.  I dropped it it the mail this morning to my mother-in-law as that is her favorite color.

This was also inspired from Cards by Cheryl.  I loved her suggestion of cutting all the banners in half and using them as a bunting.

This one and then next four are all birthday cards from over the summer.  This one has a slug bug for my Catiebug on her 16th birthday to commemorate her getting her driver's license.

The candles were for Bobby's 22nd birthday.  Looking back, I have given him a lot of 'candle' cards over the years...maybe because I want all his wishes to come true.  :)

This one  was for our beautiful Chloe's 15th birthday.

This yellow 'I Miss You'...

...and this "Wish we could hang out" went to friends.

I made this seashell card as a condolence for the loss of a wonderful man. 

And I loved its elegance so much that I made it again using a metallic gold layer to border the embossed seashells.  It went out as a wedding card to a celebrity...no kidding...you would definitely recognize the name if I was allowed to use it...alas, it's work related.

And I will close with this wine bottle sleeve that I made last week.  It's not really a card, but it is made from paper with great directions from Wow Nola Creations along with her Youtube video.

And with that I will close.  I was up stamping at 5 a.m. this morning, and that is SO unlike me.  Well, I can't say I've never done it before, but when I have, it was because I had stayed up stamping all night, not got up and stamped before work like I did today!  :)

Saturday snail mail...

 Time for another catch up.

Boy, this does not look like many cards considering how long it has been since I've posted any.  Actually, I think I have mailed some without taking photos of them.

This blue one I sent to someone after surgery.  It's hard to see in the photo, but the leaves in the vase are stamped in gold metallic ink to go along with the other gold metallic accents.

I actually made several of ones similar to this one; one for work and two for friends.

This one I just used an acrylic stamp block (without any stamp) to apply pastel colors to the card.

The rest are all made with April 2021 Paper Pumpkin kit, but as usual, I didn't follow the instructions and went my own way.  This was a birthday card with the sentiment and another popsicle on the inside.  Now that I look at the photo, the exterior kind of looks like just a jumble of greens and blues.  It was prettier in person.

This one is easier to see that the images are actually popsicles.

Summer is almost upon us.  I saw watermelons in the grocery store the other day.  This was one of two cards I made like this for watermelon lovers.

And this was a 'thinking of you' card for a friend who I thought could use a reminder about rainbows and silver linings.

Saturday snail mail catch up...

The photos of cards have been stacking up...

I love this flower set, but does the center (which I also used for the background) remind you of anything?  Maybe it's just me.

Here's one that uses a different fold and the Darling Donkeys stamp set.  I CASEd this one from Kelly Acheson.

This one, as well as the next six, use the December 2020 Paper Pumpkin.  The card bases that came in the kit were so gorgeous, but they looked way too sophisticated to go with these cartoon-like images to me.  So I made all of these using orphaned papers and scraps I had lying around for more kid-like designs.  

We needed some sympathy cards to have on hand at work, so I came up with this one last night.  It's a larger card, being about 5" x 7".  Though I like how it came out, it is a single layer card.  I think I will do the stamped design on a separate sheet and cut it out, then pop it up.  Still simple, but a bit more 'special sauce'.  :)

This one is from an old Paper Pumpkin...last year?...the year before?  It is the first Valentine I've made this year.  I love how it turned out.  I'll probably make a few other designs as well.

Now I'm off to start weekend chores.  If I get everything on my to-do list done, I can stamp some more!  :)