I Love Paper! Making Your Own Cards

It is a known fact that I love paper - I love buying different prints, thicknesses (weights), and colors. More so, I love making cards for my friends and family for special occasions. For the past couple years I have made my own Christmas cards. For this particular card, I had a wedding coming up and decided to make a card to match the colors of their wedding - blue and black. I thought that this would add a special quality to the card and make the couple feel extra special. Using cardstock and some embellishments, cards can be made in a matter of minutes and make a big impact!

This card was made to match the colors of my friend's wedding.

Finished card with envelope and embellishment on the front.

Step One: Find an envelope that you would like to use.

Step Two: Select a piece of cardstock and measure the envelope to know how large the card should be.

Step Three: Cut your piece of cardstock to the size measured.

Step Four: Find the middle of the card and make a crease.

Step Five: Start embellishing!

Enjoy!

Cupid's Arrow and Crafting Organization

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
It will be St. Valentine's Day in a week and I thought it would be a great time to get some crafting in and make some Valentine's for my friends and family. For me, making cards and having the energy to sit down and create a dozen cards or more has a lot to do with the organization of the crafting room itself. It gives me great joy that everything I need is within reach and all of my tools, paper, and embellishments are labeled and ready for me to dive in.

Organized pens, pencils, paper, scissors, glue etc is the key to a successful craft project.

Organized bins and drawers hold like items such as ribbon, paper scraps, crafting tools, and embellishments.

Throughout the year, I tend to collect fun, festive, beautiful paper, envelopes, and embellishments WHEN THEY ARE ON SALE! This means going into the stores AFTER the holiday has passed and sifting through the goodies to find some treasures. It is also possible to find items a few holidays down the road and add it to your collection.

For example, there is a great paper store here in Atlanta called The Paper Source and when I get to the Virginia Highlands I visit and see what items I can score. For this Valentine project, I so happened upon the cutest heart printed envelopes! They were even more special because they were 75% off when I picked them up this past summer. Then just after Christmas I stumbled upon some shiny red scalloped oval cardstock that fit perfectly into the heart envelopes - yay!

Here are the Valentine's that were so much fun to make today!

The super cute heart printed envelopes were a great (on sale) find!