March Means Spring So Where Is It?

 

No matter, Mother Nature is off her meds anyway. So today I have a birthday card for you. After organizing my finished cards last month, I discovered I was very low on birthday cards. So I pulled out a small baggie from my magical file of stickers and die-cuts and held in my hand a plethora of circles.

I used to frugally make use of every inch of designer paper. If a scrap was big enough, I would bring out my circle punch until the paper looked like a skeleton. I think that was about 6 years ago (at least). Anyway, I decided to make rows of circles to "create" my own designer paper.

I also stamped and embossed several circles with a happy birthday greeting to goon card fronts. Now I have a box of circular greetings and deco's for quite a few cards.  Looks like I'll be filling that box of birthday cards sooner than I thought!

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Sharing Another Two-fer Card Today

Last month I offered an easy way to create two cards at once by using the same materials for the card base. Both start with a piece of 8.5"x11", cut in half and folded to make my two cards. While decluttering and organizing my card-making supplies, I found my old crimper and it inspired me to put it back in circulation today. I crimped both card faces and chose a strip of designer paper to add to each, again giving each card a different orientation.

I used an alcohol ink from Tim Holtz to color the grooves left from the crimper, a quick and easy way to add color to any card face. During my decluttering I found a lot of items I had made some years ago and I had thought lost. The shaker box made a home on my new card, as well as a cool Halloween rhyme (and a cute cat rub-on that I did just because he's so cute!)

For my 2nd card, I found an image from Ike's Art called Devil May Care. After coloring him with Copics, I decided to keep my card face white. It makes a stark contrast with my Devil. I added a flourish and a feather, on which I pasted on my greeting, cut out and framed in black. Easy peasy, especially since I didn't have to hunt down all the supplies.

Don't forget to check out the inspiration and challenge at Halloween  Crafts All Year 'round!

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