Good-bye Christmas Cards....Hello January!

Here are a few of the Christmas Cards we made at my annual Christmas Card Class in December.  I always have a Christmas Card Class where people can come create as many or as few cards as they want.  I have everything designed, cut and sometimes even stamped and ready to put-together.  What's funny?  I have never sent out hand-made Christmas cards!  After all the work that is put into putting this card class together; I am so OVER Christmas cards, that I don't want to look at another one.  Haha! 

Sangria Card

Here is a quick and easy card that I created for my November Card Class.  I used the Sangria papers and added some gold sequins for some extra sparkle.  Don't you love simple? 

November's 5-4-10 Card Workshop

Check out the cards we will be making on Friday, November 2nd at 6:30 or Saturday, November 3rd at 10:00.  You can create these five cards for only $10.00!  It is so nice to have a collection of cards on hand and ready for when you need one without having to go to the store, spend an hour looking and reading all the cards and then have to spend upwards of $4.00 or $5.00 for ONE card!  Contact me if you are in the Helena, Montana area and would like to attend this workshop. 

Some of these cards are inspired by other talented crafters, and I always appreciate their ideas and inspiration! 

5 cards for 10.00 workshop

Would you like to make these beautiful cards?  Wouldn't it be nice to have cards on hand, so they are ready to go when you need one?  Isn't it nice to give someone a hand-made card rather than an expensive, store-bought card?  If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you have to come to my card workshop!  We are making these 5 cards on Friday, October 5th from 6:30-8:30 OR Saturday, October 6th from 10:00am-12:00.  Come one of these times and go home with 5 cards and envelopes ready to sign and deliver or mail.  Each month, let me show you how to create 5 different hand-made greeting cards with a variety of papers, stamps, techniques and embellishments.  Everything is pre-cut and ready for you to stamp and assemble.  The cost is $10.00 if you bring your own adhesive or $12.00 when you use my adhesive.  Beginning card-makers are welcome!  Bring someone I don't know and you and your friend may choose a card from my stash!  Workshop is held in my home in Helena, Montana.  RSVP for directions. 

Please RSVP by calling or texting:  (406) 465-8761 or email:  mkosena@bresnan.net

Cherry-O Cards

These are the cards I made and sent out to my students. Some of my students gave me some end-of-the-school-year gifts. They are so wonderful and thoughtful! I love to make cute (yet simple) cards and mail it to them over summer break. Kids LOVE to get cards and letters in the mail. Who doesn't? So, these are the cards I came up with. I used Cherry-O papers and some paper in the Cherry-O Creative Basics paper, as well. That cute butterfly and dragonfly are from the A Flutter stamp set. I colored them in with CTMH markers and inked up the edges of paper with Tulip ink. Easy!

Quick and Easy Cards

I made these cards after Christmas....I know...I am just now getting around to posting them. I needed some easy, quick, easy, cute, easy cards to send to some of my students for the Christmas presents they had given me. My students and their parents are always so generous and thoughtful. I don't buy cards anymore. Why would I? Making cards is so much cheaper and I can usually make a card in the time it takes to go to the store and look through the thousands of cards for the perfect one. Plus, a homemade card is so much more personal. Anyway, on to the cards. I used the directions for making 20 cards ( 2 each of 10 different designs) shown in the Wishes book. I used the Tinkerin' papers because I wanted the papers to have a whimsical and "young" feel to them since they were going to be sent to six and seven year olds.

Supplies used: Stamps all Close to My Heart: D1444 A Little Thanks, D1184 Flying High, D1443 Share the Magic, D1320 Shining Star, D1361 Thank You, Twitterpated WOTG, Tinkerin' Paper, White daisy ribbon, foam tape

Thank You Card

Don't you just love this simple thank you card? I created it using the papers from the Passages paper. The Passages paper pack is geared towards travel, antique, and more manly colors, but I just adore the paper that looks like old-time writing.

Supplies used to make this card: Wishes book Simple Expressions, X7126b Passages paper, D1361 Thank you stamp set, Z1266 Just Blooms Spring Blossom, Z1269 Filigree Charms, Z2166 tulip ink.