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Getting Ready To Make Cards -

I have been making cards for almost 23 years, in fact...right about now I was creating my very first project, my daughter Terra's birth announcements - made out of a Disney stamp, cardstock, and a few colored pencils to color them in!  I had been put flat down in bed the early part of November, and knew I was having a girl!  That is why her nickname is "Pooh Bear", because of this Disney stamp!!!  I absolutely knew NOTHING about making cards - but wanted to create something "unique"!  Through this one project, not only did I find I loved to create crafts in general,  after moving back home to Utah from Colorado, I discovered the art of scrapbooking, and the rest you might say - is history!  I found a talent to create, and a love to share with people - to show how easy it is to create your own style of cards, pages and gifts!  I am going back to the basics...to help you in not only organizing your stuff, but in helping you get more done with what you d...

Using scraps for card making

Organizer box - categories for cards      Making cards is a lot of fun - grabbing a quick card pack from a local craft store that has the envelopes and the card bases, add your scraps and leftovers from your layouts - and you instantly have one of a kind handmade cards!!!  Since I have rubber stamped longer than I have scrapbooked, doing both crafts makes it easy when I create, by using leftovers for things like cards, bookmarks, and even paper piecing patterns.  I have things in categories for the cards I make, however, this is my list - feel free to add to it, or change it in any capacity!   Anniversary or wedding Baby Birthday Friendship Get well Just because Notecards Sympathy Thank you Thinking of you Holidays      As I scrapbook - I put the scraps from that project in a small clear plastic drawer - and then when it gets full, I put them in an accordion style file folder separated by color.  As I am creating thin...