What Do You Do With Your Handmade Cards?

Hi

I don't know about you but I have a very large box full of handmade cards for every occasion under the sun that will last me to the end of time!!! I find myself giving cards to anyone and everybody just to use them up. They are also getting very expensive to post!

I enjoy making them and don't want to stop but I haven't sold any in a very long time as everyone now makes their own and even giving them to charity shops isn't working as they seem to be bursting at the seams with handmade creations.


What do you do with yours?

MILTON & SUNFLOWER BIRTHDAY CARD

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Hope your all having a lovely day and its not too wet where you are, we've had rain most of the day!!!
Today I've added my blog to my Do Crafts page in the hope that I'll get some more followers, not sure if this will work but if anyone reads this and can give me some tips I'd be very grateful!
I've thought about doing some of the card challenges but again not very sure on how to enter and link back to my blog.
How do you link back to your picture?
How do you add candy giveaways on to your side bar?
How do you add a link to the website you are entering?
If anyone can help please leave me some clues in my comments box.

Any way enough of me moaning on and onto the card for today which was made for my daughter to give to her friend at work.

Sorry about the photo not being clear!


I used the following Items from my stash

White Card & Envelope
Patterned Papers
Milton & Sunflower Stamp
Spellbinders Floral Ovals
Lakeland Greeting
Sticky Pearls
Butterfly Gems

Thanks for Looking

WELLINGTON BIRTHDAY CARD

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Tonight I finally managed to get a card made! I have 3 male cards to make for next week so I must admit that I have broken my pledge about not buying any crafting goodies as I have bought the new Wellington Bear decoupage sheets and 6" x 6" paper pack. Naughty, naughty me but they were so cute and just what I needed for these mens cards!

I only used the topper from the decoupage sheet and have kept the decoupage so that I can make another card.

I used the following items

Cards for Men card sketch (March 2011)
15 x 15 cm Kraft Card & Envelope
160grm Chocolate brown card
Patterned papers from the Wellington pack
Wellington decoupage sheet
Craftwork Newspaper print candi

Thanks for looking
Please fell free to join my blog if you like my crafty creations

MY NEW SHOES

Sorry I haven't done a craft blog today, I spent my evening filling in online forms for my daughter's college funding etc. You think it will only a few minutes but before you know it its bedtime!
So I thought I'd tell you about my new shoes I bought from Hotter. Unlike the card from last night my ones are flat and sensible but they are the comfiest pair I have ever bought and well worth every penny spent. I wore them on Saturday walking around town with my daughter for 5 hours, normally I'm hobbling after an hour due to suffering from ingrown toenails but managed to go the whole day without a squeal or moan which believe me is a first!
I did start this post before midnight having my bednight cuppa in bed watching Ideal World's pick of the day show at 11pm but as I said earlier everything seems to take me much longer than I think it will, could it just be that I'm getting slower!!!

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New Shoes Birthday Card

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Well its been another sunny, rainy day again here in Aberdeen, I'll soon be swimming to work if we have much more!!!
Last night I weighted myself and got a shock to say the least when I stepped on the scales so I have just finished doing 10k on the exercise bike and intend doing some form of exercise daily from now to our holiday, if I don't then all the new clothes I have bought for holiday won't fit and hubby WILL NOT be pleased!

Tonight I am showing another card that I made a while back as I was late home from work after going 3 rounds with the fax machine (and it won) so I haven't had time to do any crafting but really want to try and keep blogging:(

I used the following items

Sizzix Sizzlits Shoe Die
Quickutz Alphabet Dies
Gem Stones
Craftwork Candi
Papers from Stash

Thanks for looking

RACING CAR BIRTHDAY CARD

Sorry I've not blogged for a few weeks, I've been so busy at work and tired by the time I get home I haven't done much crafting at all. We are still getting plenty rain up here in Scotland and its very cold for May. Yesterday it was sunny and today its very windy and dull!
The card I'm showing today was made a while back for a teenage boys birthday. I had bought a shaped card download from "Crafts U Print" but my printer didn't print the whole design so I printed it a couple of times and used it to decoupage the design.

The following items were used for making this card:-

Crafts U Print = Racing Car Download
Black Peel Off Stickers

Thanks For Looking

Basque Set Card Toppers

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I had such a busy weekend I didn't get time for much crafting or blog hopping but did manage to make these toppers from the box of die cuts. I will get around to making them into cards sometime hopefully! Sorry if the photo isn't very clear but the weather here is terrible, one minute its sunny the next its pouring down & then sunny again, don't know which jacket to wear to work!!!

I have been taking photos of the crafty cubbyhole so will try and get them posted so you can have a good old nosey around.

I've used the following items from my stash:-

Nova Crafts Basque & Pants Die
Quickutz Cookie Cutter - Handbag
Quickutz Cookie Cutter - Shoes
Quickutz Cookie Cutter - Vase
Stick On Gems
Bows

Thanks for Looking