Late August and early September, I sat down in my work room and made up a bunch of my stamp greeting cards.  At my last show, a customer commented that I didn't have any new cards.  Oh my -- they are paying attention!  So here is what I created over several days of work....

  Base paper Travel Documented (teresa collins)

 Base paper White Wash (core'dinations). Found the Seahawks ribbon at Hobby Lobby.

 White glitter Seattle skyline on metallic dark gray base.

 White flat Seattle skyline on black tie base.

One customer at the last show bought 6 of these Seattle skyline cards.  Now I need to make more before the next show in October.

 Base paper is Life's Journey (K&Company)

 Base paper is The Heirloom stack (DCWV)

 Base paper is from World Traveler stack (DCWV)

 Both Monkey cards base paper are from Safari paper pack (the paper studio)

Single Butterfly card, Rose card above and this Cactus Flower base papers are from Life's Journey paper pack (K&Company)

 Base paper Peach Blossom (wild rose studio)

 Base paper from Butterfly Garden (wild rose studio)

 Base paper Letters from Paris (wild rose studio)

 Both the Star Wars base papers are from Tattered Time (tim holtz) paper pack

Love these cards!  I'll probably do another batch of stamp greeting cards before my holiday craft shows to ensure I have enough to get through the season.  Now on to other cards....

Sometimes it is just so hard to put a card together.  You have an idea of topic and some papers to use.  Then what?  I really had this problem with these last two Peacock cards.  Here is what I finally came up with:

Lavender background paper embossed Mini Peacock Feathers (the crafters workshop). 2-layered pink Peacock (sizzix) pop dots on basic black paper; Blue, Green & Gold glitter glue on ocelli.  Blue glitter ribbon tape, Flowers (petaloo), pink & purple gemstones (hero arts) and blue, gold & green crystals (elements) complete the card.

I am trying to keep these cards simple, yet attractive.  Sometimes, this is really hard to do, especially with this next one:

Peacock Frame (cheery lyn designs) in metallic dark gray paper, on White Wash matt and Black Tie base paper.  Dark red coral ribbon.  The papers give a little bling, deserving of Peafowl, but the card is still basic and simple.

It has been terribly busy around here lately with medical appointments, gardening and picking berries and produce.  However, I did manage to get some cards completed to sell:

These are all 3-D, four-layer greeting cards.

In one of my gift boxes from our Belgium friends was a box of round greeting cards.  Here is what I finally did with some of them.

 This one I gave to a friend for her birthday card.

A few more 3-D four-layer cards to sell....

As you know, each year I donate a set of 4 Peacock greeting cards to United Peafowl Association.  This is the first one:

Peacock die cut (tattered lace) out of green metallic paper on White Gloves matt paper over basic Lavender base paper embossed Courtship (courture creations).  Arched Elegance die cut/embossed (spellbinders) on Gold Foil (martha stewart essentials).  Paper Flower (deco-time) completes the card.  Simple, unusual (in way paper is cut, but wanted to show off the embossed peacock feathers and this peacock is SO big!), and basic.

Peacock card #2 -- Small Peacock die-cut (tessler crafts) on pop dots on gold matt over Blossom base paper (netherlands). Glitter green ribbon, 2 flowers (petaloo) and 3 studs (made by me). 

I have two more Peacock cards to finish before the convention in September.

This Peacock card is for sell -- Same Peacock as earlier (tattered lace) out of grey-blue paper on White Gloves base.  Glitter blue ribbon tape and 3 Star studs in gold, copper and silver (made by me).

This 3-D, three-layered greeting card is for a friend's birthday.  I'm a little behind in getting cards out, so I gotta get a move on!  This Pot of Flowers is on blue card stock with blue floral glitter base (netherlands).  Brown paper is cut 3½ inches Oval Frame (cricut).  Dual pink washi tape (netherlands), 3-D butterfly (netherlands) and Pearls (medium from queen & co and small from kaiser scrapbook).

This card is going to another friend (July is quite busy with birthdays).  The 3-D Violets are 2 layers on basic blue paper over Floral base (netherlands).  3-D butterfly, green washi floral tape (netherlands) and 3 gold rhinestones (kaiser scrapbook).  (Look carefully -- washi tape is right under the blue paper.)

Lastly, this Mariners card is for another friend's husband.  Seattle Mariners base paper (urban scrapbooker), stock green matt cut in diamond shapes, Mariners jersey & hat (ek success), Happy Birthday dazzle (hotp) on shimmer light green paper on pop dots.  Basic and simple for the perfect Mariners fan!

We are working on our holiday craft show schedule.  Spring shows were booked before we could complete the applications and our summer is way too hot this year to do any summer shows (I simply cannot handle the heat).  Keep an eye on this site for our holiday gift shows.  I will have greeting cards, and my husband will have etched glassware and handmade chocolates for your gift needs.  Since we have an abundance of herbs this year, we are thinking of packaging and selling some packets.  Come on out to the shows and see what we, and other vendors, have for your shopping needs!

Well, guess I'm a little behind in posting greeting cards.  It has been a busy spring and summer.  Weather turned warm early this year.  My husband and I worked hard to get the vegetable garden in and clean out the berry beds.  Irises came into full bloom and were gorgeous for several weeks.  Roses are enjoying our warm weather.  We've now been picking Strawberries, Blueberries and Raspberries for weeks.  Yes, everything came on about 6 weeks early.  Blueberries are almost done, a month early.  We picked our first good batch of Marionberries this morning before it got too hot.  We now have blueberries and raspberries in the freezer for the winter.  The weather is so hot, and so prolonged, we will probably lose some strawberry plants; however, my husband's herb garden is not doing too bad.  He has picked and dried a batch of herbs already this year.  The Pacific Northwest rarely has such warm lengthy stretches of weather like this.

With other things going on, mainly with family, I've had little time to work in my craft room.  I did get some birthday and graduation cards done, so here's a look-see....

Most of you are aware that I've been doing a lot of 3-D, layered cards the past year.  Here are the pieces trimmed out for a cousin's birthday card.

And the finished product!

For his twin brother, I did a Cow, 5 layers as well...

For the older brother, I did this 9-layered soccer match.

And, just in case the twins were getting too old for the Fox and Cow birthday cards, I whipped up a couple of Dinosaur cards....

Thankfully, the Fox and Cow cards are good for this year, but next year, I should make a little bit more advanced cards for the twins.

Then, I needed to make a high school Graduation card for another cousin.

Not a bad card for not having any graduation materials in my craft room.  But I still have two other graduation cards to make yet. (And I thought I was done with graduations when the kids grew up!)

I did have a chance to get into my craft room extension to play a little bit with our new Silhouette Cameo that we won at our local scrapbooking shop earlier this spring.  I love the way this design turned out!  Next, to turn it into a card...

Ooops, that college Graduation card.  This was for a family friend who studied history and geography.

Inside of the card...I do not remember where I got this piece of paper, but it was perfect for this!

Lastly, I made a birthday card for a man much into music.

I have cards for sell on my work table, so as soon as I get photos, I will put them up for your viewing.

Have a safe 4th of July!

Ever had a card go wrong?  You know I do cross stitch greeting cards as well as paper greeting cards.  Well, I had my first cross stitch screw-up.  I had decided to stitch a card for a friend's birthday a couple of weeks ago.  It was a kitten.  The body was right, but the face was.....well, I don't know what it was.  It just did not look like a kitten.  And the outline was so small and fine, it would destroy the piece if I plucked it out and tried again.  So, eventually, after looking at it again two weeks later......I tossed it.  Fortunately, stitched designs for greeting cards generally do not take much time (3 to 4 hours), but still....

In it's place, I created this adorable 6½ X 5 inch Duck and Watering Can counted cross stitch greeting card for my friend's birthday.  She loves birds and gardening.  I apologized for getting the card to her late, but no worries.  She was still getting cards from others, so I didn't feel so bad.

Base paper is A Ladies Diary (graphic 45), purple satin ribbon, 3 Spring Pastel Buttons (multi-craft) and 3-D Butterfly (europe).  My friend loved it!