Make A Card- Halloween Edition

Finished card- pumpkin patch

     Now, obviously, I am a bit early for Halloween, but when you send people things in the mail, you have to be ready earlier than the actual holiday. And when you make them yourself, it is even earlier, so I am actually on schedule this year to send them to people during the correct holiday (versus normal when I send Christmas cards as New Year's cards- whoops.)
     Cards still take me a long time to make, mostly because I am a perfectionist and I like to do as many of the pieces as I can by hand. However, I have shortened my hour per card standard a bit by using repetitive shapes and rifts off the same card style.

Holiday Cards, Christmas

 Hello again,

My cute little arts tote- thanks again Debbie!

     I’m back again, this time to show one of my favorite crafts- homemade cards! This hobby is something I picked up a long time ago and though I don’t remember how or why I got started, cards are something I love to make for other people. I think part of my fascination comes from the written word as well as getting a hand-written card from someone else (still so much better than an e-mail in my opinion).  I used to spend hours making just a few, but as time has gone on I have tried to simplify and make cleaner, more professional looking cards in less time.

Material List:

·      An assortment of stickers

·      An assortment of paper

·      Scissors and/or Paper cutter

·      Glue, double-sided tape, glue dots, or other adhesive

·      Blank card sets with envelopes

·      (Optional) yarn, hole-punch, aluminum foil