27th Wedding Anniversary

My parents celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary on September 22nd of this year. 

First you'll see the envelope I made out of paper. It's really easy! I'll make an entry about how to make envelopes.

Next to my dad's name is a sticker that reads "unity". 

The "Mr. & Mrs." is a sticker.

The "hand in hand" is a sticker" and the stripes are cut from special paper.

 Front of card.

 Opening the card...

Inside of card. 

I wrote my mom and dad an anniversary poem to encourage them in their long marital journey. 

And to know that all along and still, they hold one another "hand in hand".  

I liked the "hand in hand" sticker so much that I wrote it in connective cursive on the back of the card.

Happy anniversary Mom & Dad!

Dad's 51st Birthday --homemade card

My dad's birthday was on September 8th. He's a firefighter for his main job, and his favorite color is red. So I usually try to incorporate some sort of red in the gifts I give him each year.

This is the back of the card. 

I hand-wrote the Gs; as well as the "It's your SPECIAL DAY!!!!"

I wrote some little memories that I appreciate about him.

The edges around the verse are stickers.

Happy birthday Dad!

First homemade wedding card

Nick and I are going to a wedding tomorrow and I thought it would be a great opportunity to craft a keepsake card.

When Nick saw the finished card, he asked me if I had an envelope for it. When I realized I didn't, then I began to make one. This is the back. I used one sheet of paper for the envelope, stapled the sides with one staple each, then scissored a sliver of this decorative chipboard to hold the flap of the envelope in place.

I wanted it to be delicate, but firm when closed, yet easy to open. The card is inside.

Taking out the card...

The card is made from two sheets of special paper. This paper was folded in half (after being cut to fit a desired size). The writing is by hand, and was inscribed with a black fine retractable Sharpie.

This is the inside of the card. I cut this special paper to fit; making it seem as though there is a border of white around it. The writing is by hand with a special black ink pen.

This is the back of the card. The top left corner is a thick sticker that is referenced from 1 Corinthians 13:13, "There are three things that will endure--faith, hope, and love--and the greatest of these is love."

This is the rest of the back of the card.

And here are the card and envelope together!

Looking forward to seeing the wedding tomorrow!

my 1st grown-up handmade card

I just folded this blue cardstock in half after cutting it with a provocraft cutter. The top border is something I purchased at Hobby Lobby for 99 cents...

...using scissors, I cut out some design from metal sheet paper to help with opening the card...

...I used bright green cardstock to print out my captions. I used the same font for these....

...the paper on the top in this photo was also from the paper used as the background for the caption on the front cover...

...I used this heart-designed vellum that I bought from Hobby Lobby to keep a heart/love theme. The heart that I used on top of the dark blue cardstock was cut from a gift bag...

...this is the back of the card.

And this is front.

And now it's goin' in the mail!

Mother's Day card ideas

So I found this great website for referencing great ideas for hand-crafted Mother's Day cards.

Here it is: http://www.kaisercraft.net/blog/mothers-day-cards-and-crafts/

I'm hoping to do a card for my Mother-in-law, Nick's dad's mother (so my grandmother-in-law), and also my own mother.

The tough part is gathering the ideas and developing your own into the making of the personalized cards. But I'm looking forward to seeing what happens for each one! I'm hoping to post my progress on them as well. Hopefully Nick and I will be able to figure out why my camera is producing blurry pictures.

Let me know your thoughts or any other feedback on what you're doing or what things you'd like to do!