Crafty Korner

Over the summer I've tried to make an effort to make a little bit of time for myself on Friday afternoons. I was excited to get back to this today after a few weeks of crazy schedules and the start of school. I like to work on my scrap booking or make up a couple of cards. The ideas from these cards came from the July/August 09 Paper Crafts Magazine. Our local library stocks 3 different kinds of crafty/scrap booking magazines I like and I always enjoy picking up a new one and trying out the ideas.

The red and blue thank you card above was made from my paper scraps pile. I save just about every little square inch of my paper from previous projects in a paper bin. I love putting colors together to make another project with. Faye loves to dig through my pile when she is in the moode to get crafty too! I made a set of 2 cards with this design.

The birthday number cards are as you probably guessed--for a 4 year old and for an eight year old girl. I love creating art with numbers! I made a set of 5 cards with this design.

The last card set I made was using a new technique that turned out to be really fun! I gathered a few leaves from the back yard and inked them with brown ink. I used an acrylic block to hold them down and then press the detail on to the card. These are pretty simple, and I imagine that I'll play around with this technique a bit more in the future. I made a set of 2 with this design.

I always welcome friends to join me! Let me know if you want to get crafty with me, what fun we could have, all in one sacred naptime! :)