Gift Card Holders

 

These are two gift card holders that are pockets with pull outs. The idea came from 

Sunny Day Stamping Studio tutorial for a Pocket Card with Pull Tab

The graphics are from two Esty designers Fantasy Digitals "Vintage Santa with Cardinal" and Paws Letters "Garden Party Gnome Chocolate Mocha Party"  The tabs are made with the punch and stamp set "Keeping Tabs" and the papers that are matted onto colored cardstock are printed on Polar Metallic paper from Red River Paper Company.

The gift card holder's pocket slides out wo reveal the money or the gift card or sentiment. Both are A2 size and have plenty of room for a sentiment stamped on the back of the card. These are  quick and easy, versatile and can be made in several orientations. or styles beside pockets.

Card for Jimmy Robinson

 

Notebooks for gift giving

 9.5 x 4.75 spiral notebooks for gifts.   Images were either generated in AI in Photoshop, or are from graphics purchased from Esty or other (bottles, owls, ladybugs,) or simply gathered from here and there on the internet. All have special people in mind.  Six more are in the works mostly autumn and patriotic themes for them. Don't forget to click on an image to see it enlarged.

Bottles and Butterflies

Hummers and Hooties

                                                                Brews, Boots and Beaches

Ladybug Kids Kleenex box

 

Spellbinders Better Press

 I'm just so excited with my new BetterPress system from Spellbinders.  The DEBOSSING of intricate designs and inking (or not) then coloring (or not) --OH! the Versatility--is my newest addition to crafting passion and fun. This is the first card I made first pressed, then watercolored.

Same plate--Sympathy card done in Slate Gray, on a slate gray card Purple flowers below

A sampling of Sentiments--ready to go!

Changes in My Life Cards

 

You can't start the next chapter in your life if you

keep re-reading the last one!
(owls by SVG Vector Store, Etsy "Snow Owl Clip Art

Show me your way, Oh Lord.  Teach me your paths, guide me in your 
truth and teach me, for you are God, My Savior and my hope is in you
all day long 

Thinking about the future and discovering the ways and the options in life.

"I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference."

Robert Frost, "The Road Not Taken"

Let it BEE Good---Kleenex Box Covers

Sunflowers and Bees---Happy Summer Kleenex Box  Covers

Yellow 

             White cardstock box, bees and sunflowers papers from Cute Bees paper pack at Etsy 

 

 The Patriotic Gnomes for the Kleenex box cover below
are from SayHi's Digital Shop at Etsy

By Request---summer sunny sunflowers:

These are from Shabby Chic's store at Etsy called the "Sunflowers in Pots" 
The cardstock is SU Daffodil Delight edged in vintage photo distress oxide 

Watercolor washed sunflowers on Copper Clay cardstock

Purple Gnomes--Flip Out Card

 

This flip-out card reverses the opening and is made without the "tuck" slot in it.  The card was inspired by Lisa Curcio's The Best  Flip Out Card" You Can make the inside sentiment area a pocket for a gift card or modify any way you want.   The surprise is the "backwards" opening to reveal the sentiment. The gnomes are from the SGVector Store at Etsy called Garden Gnome Clip Art, Purple.  The papers are DP from a Stampin Up Collection; I cannot locate the name of the collection.

Father's Day Cards

 

Father's Day Gnomes for Ryan and Mark. Watercolor Father's Day Gnomes Collection from Etsy seller Whimsical Art Graphics.

For a VERY Squirrely Friend

 I have a dear friend who is NUTS about Squirrels as much as I am Crazy about Owls---and this is the card  made for the 77th birthday coming up.  The kit I used is simply called "Cute Squirrels" from an Etsy store. There are Dozens of the cutest watercolor artwork for squirrels there. (Click on the picture to view it larger).  It's an A2 size top fold card with spirit lore for them on the back.

The squirrel lore reads: Squirrels are wonderful little creatures, and like many other animals, they have their own lore and symbolism. Yet even with all these different lore, there is one common thread of the squirrel running through various cultures. Some have called it the “changer” because of its habits of returning to the same place at the same time every year, only to find that something about it seems different.

With the spirit of the squirrel in our hearts, we too can see beyond our current limitations and break free from the mundane fabrics of life. As we wake up and view life more grounded in ourselves and our environment we find that for once everything seems brighter and easier to understand.

Renewal- Adaptability-Change -Spirit -Playfulness  - Resourcefulness -Connection with earth and sky energies - Gratitude -Foresight-

‘There is more to life than what we can see’ 

and the spirit of the squirrel shows just how true that is."