WOW!  I had no idea it had been quite this long since I had posted something.  I knew I had probably missed most of December and all of January.  Well, the only excuse is that I just needed a break.  I had just finished over 150 cards for each of Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas holidays and now Valentines.  Before I dig into getting at least that many made for Easter, I decided to try to show some of the many other cards I have managed to get made.

I'll start off with a birthday card that I made for our grandson. He'll no longer be a teenager as he turns 20 this coming Saturday. (Cards for young men are especially hard for me.)

The back side is for our personal message to Tucker.

Posts might not be every day, but I will try to get something going here again.  I have a lot of cards I can share.  Thank you for finding me again.

 Life has been very busy but I just completed these 3 cards.

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The retired papers I used are from the Stampin' Up! "Tidings of Christmas" collection.  I ran across a card like this on Pinterest and since I had the papers, I decided to CASE the one I saw.  Tina Rappe had posted this card on her blog in November 2021.  One difference is the shape I used for the sentiment.  The other difference is that I had assembled all of the pieces on the dsp mat and then onto the Soft Succulent card stock piece.  It turned out that it was too large to add to an A2 card base and leave and white border.  Instead I just added it to the white card base anyway.  It works.

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Happy Birthday, Abby!

I had made an accordion card like this for Halloween and decided to make one similar for one of our granddaughters who is celebrating her birthday today.  I had seen a video that had changed up the right hand side inside with a little opening.  With that opening, I added a little pocket for the money that we give each of them for their birthdays.  I have searched the YouTube video so I could include a link but cannot find it.  I need to learn to make a note of it!

I loved the colors of this paper.  It is retired and I'm not sure if I have any of it left.

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The Tuesday, November 4 video by Rita Holmes usedt this layout.  I had just received the Stampin' UP! "Lovely Garden" dsp from the Last Chance items and decided to use one of the patterns to give it a try.  It isn't necessary, but she and I chose a paper that I could use both sides.

(Inside)

After making the first one, I decided to make one for Christmas.  For this one I added a white mat before adding the pieces to the card base.  This card gave me the chance to use more retired dsp.

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This card really is made out of leftover pieces!  I had a lot of strips with the trees and wanted to see what I could make with them.  

I started by cutting 4" x 5 1/4" piece of white to use as a base.  The green "speckled" dsp is all one piece so I added it to the middle of the white card stock.  Then I added the tree strips to the top and bottom.  Next came the trees in the middle.  I wasn't satisfied with the look and I had narrow strips of Real Red card stock and decided to use them.

The card base was already on my table and I had cut off a portion of the right side.  After measuring, I cut the dsp piece down to 3 1/4" x 5 1/4" and added it to the front flap.

The white card stock for inside was going to show when the card is closed, so I embossed a narrow design onto the right side.

Not too bad for being made with a bunch of leftover pieces.  

A picture of what is still left but I am tossing them.

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These two scrap pieces weren't quite the right size but I was able to make them work.  In fact, when I had them laying on the table, I was going to use the reverse sides but when I went to add the adhesive, I decided to make the switch.  

When the pieces were placed side by side, they didn't quite measure 3 3/4" x 5" but by expanding just a little and adding the green strip, it all worked out.

I have just one more card that I will post tomorrow and then I can say ANOTHER PAPER BITES THE DUST!  LOL

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