And the winners are ........

The only two people that entered, Jeanette and Chari. I'll be getting in touch with both of you.  But that still leaves me with too many cards so I'm banning myself from making anymore until I sell some.  This is the cute little box I made for Chari's cards.  It's made with pages from one of her favorite childhood books. It was actually our book but Chari had the same one, I'm sure Chari would be horrified if she thought I was tearing apart and cutting up her beloved book, but my kids didn't even remember it so it's going to good use.

 Front

 Back

Inside

And don't worry Chari I will fill it with more cards, I just need to go through and pick out some 'younger cards' as I'm pretty sure you don't need a lot of sympathy and get well soon cards.

This is what Jeanette is getting.

Isn't it cute?  It's made from Stampin' Up and called Wide Stamp Cases they come in full and half sizes (page 176 in the new catalog)  They have a clear plastic sheet on the out side so it's perfect for decorating with the double sided designer paper. The paper is Bohemian Designer Series paper and I just love it. The handle is from a place where they sell used building supplies and I just painted it to match the paper.

The inside of the box.

 

 

 

An assortment of cards, and yes Jeanette, I will be including envelopes, I just didn't think it was necessary for them to take up space in the picture.

 

 

More cards

I know what you are thinking, Cindy, you already have too many cards what in the world are you thinking? Well, when my sister was visiting and looking through my cards we noticed two things .....

1 - I didn't have any kids cards. I remembered after I hand cut the kitty that I have a die cut that will cut it out for me. Yicks, sometimes I'm so scattered that I scare myself.

2 - I didn't have any donut cards. She mentioned that her daughter loves donuts (and who doesn't) so I thought it might be cute to make a card in the shape of a donut with a little bite out of it.

A couple of days ago I posted a pic of a card I made to showcase some fun things I have in my Etsy shop. Here is the original

I felt like it needed a little jazzing up.

So I added a tiny butterfly in the corner and buttons in the center of the wheels.
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Etsy Shop

My poor little Etsy Shop wasn't been doing every well so I'm adding a few die cuts to the mix to see if I can get a few more sales.
A made this card to showcase what can be done with the balloons and bikes.

Here are a couple of new items. They are all cut from nice heavy Stampin' Up cardstock and Stampin' Up designer paper.

Great for cards or tables for any sort of party.  I also have them in all black for over the hill parties.

Perfect on tables at a baby shower

Cardstock buttons

I thought I would try a super fun assortment which would be great for scrapbooking as well as card making.

Too many cards

My sister came to visit and she wanted to buy some cards from me,  So I went around gathering cards here and there and everywhere and realized I have way too many cards. 

 

These are just the finished ones.

So I'm going to have another giveaway (being the others have been such a big hit.  The last time I had all of one entry and she received the whole kit & caboodle  ??? (you know who you are and I bet you are secretly hoping you will be the only one again.
Anyway I will be giving away some lovely cards and all you need to do is leave a comment. The first person to leave a comment will be the first winner, if several people leave comments I will do a drawing for a second and perhaps third winner. If you have never entered for one of my giveaways leave me a comment and tell me why.  No, just kidding, you aren't required to do that.
I will have the drawing on the 28th so everyone will have plenty of time to leave a comment.

Envelopes

Last week end I was at the lake and I can't just sit in the sun and stare out at the lake so I brought along my trusty envelope punch board and went to town, so to speak, do people even use that term anymore?  I took two books that didn't sell at my garage sale, ripped some pages out, and cut them to 8 x 8 inches.

This was the result.

I also finished a few treat bags that were already cut.

And then I needed to finished these that are the perfect size for a check.

Butterflies

While I was cleaning out my craft room I came upon some fabric butterflies that I couldn't bear to toss so I set them on my table and decided this is the day I'm gong to clear off my table.

I combined them with other bits and pieces that were on the table and this is what I have now a cleared off table and some lovely cards.

You're Lovely

That's the name of the stamp set I had  on my garage sale for 3.00 and it didn't sell.

 I liked the set but wasn't crazy about the sentiment so I took my trusty scissors and did this.

This is what it looks like now.

 I don't know why my camera turns pictures sideways when I up them on my blog but you get the idea.

 

 I added a sentiment from Trust God stamp set

Inside of the card.

I am giving you permission to do the same with your stamps if there is something you don't like. They are your stamps, you paid for them and you can do with them whatever you want.