card class

I taught my card class at the end of March and it went well. The only mishap was Nate getting a horrible ear infection again and Derek was out of town so I had to juggle. It was one of those times that as a mother you wish had a few more hands and a more patient personality. It all worked out however, so no worries.

A few women in the card class wanted to start meeting monthly to work on cards. I think it sounds like fun and it will make me commit to working on cards more frequently.

For my birthday I got a a few homemade cards from friends of mine that had taken the card class. I was so pleased to see that they had gone home and made cards and I felt lucky to be the recipient of their handmade creations

I made the pictured card a few weeks ago for a friends birthday. I love making them but find it hard to find the time to make them for everyones birthday. Meeting monthly would be great for this very reason.

A few more cards

Here are a few more cards that I made. I love the elephant paper - who am I kidding, I just love paper. I was going to teach one or both of these cards at the class I'm doing but decided against it because of time restraints. I think these cards are a bit too involved for a class with a lot of people and not much time.

Since I'm not going to teach these at the class I have been trying to figure out who to send them to but am having a difficult time giving them up. I don't know why these two cards are hard to part with but for some reason they are.

If any of you should end up with this card in your mailbox please know that you are loved and that it was a huge sacrifice on my part :)

Hallmark

I (Denise) have been on a card making spree. Here are just a few of the cards I've done. I'm teaching a card making class for enrichment at the end of this month so I have been making a ton of cards trying to decide which ones to use for the class.

It has been nice to spend time creating. Before these cards I hadn't been spending much time being creative. I have enjoyed sitting down at my work area and playing with paper and colors. It's also been nice designing cards, creating them and then giving them to people. Giving them is the best part. I'll be glad when the class is over so that I can share the example cards with people.

Also on a creative note...my photography class starts next week. I am so excited. It will be nice to have all these creative outlets to pursue.