The Bean Envelope

Last weekend I raked. This weekend...nearly had to shovel. It snowed off and on all day today. That is how we roll here in the Midwest!

Furnace on....Windows open....Close the windows...Turn on the furnace!

I'm so anxious to start buying bedding plants! Luckily the shops don't have any yet or I would have filled a cart with them! I guess the local green houses know best... The rule of Green Thumb around here is DON'T PLANT UNTIL MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND!

My Midwest sister and I both sent snowy photos from today to our Atlanta, GA sister. We shared a text stroll down memory lane of wearing wooly warm winter coats over our frilly, short-sleeved, Easter dresses to Easter Mass. And being too cold (and mad) in church to even be able to shed the coats to show off the fru-fru dresses!

Enough about the weather...on to the card. Went with a 'coin card'. I have GOT to use up some of my 500 hundred coin envelopes!

Java Talk
~Base card - yellow cardstock
~Stenciled background (Tim Holtz stencils)
~Stamped cup colored with Copics, highlighted with Smooch, topped with Liquid Applique, circle punched
~Sentiment by Taylored Expressions - punched with SU Window punch
~Coffee bean
Challenges | Inspirations
Just Us Girls - color week - pink, purple, yellow
PolkaDoodles - spring colors
Southern Girls - nature (real coffee bean)

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Here's to spring, nope...snow....yup spring...nope...snow.... and a card that smells of coffee!

Nancy in Iowa

Holiday MashUp



 I TOLD you I had an over abundance of Coin Envelopes! I decided to make Valentine cards to fit these babies! 

 

In my defense this was probably the only quantity I could find on Amazon. 

  

But THEN when I started digging around my Valentine storage box. NOT to be confused with a Valentine box for holding all the kiddie Valentines we all use to spend hours decorating! Do kids still make Valentine boxes?

And I found this stack of 3 x 5 heart printed envelopes! There are two dozen of them. But as I admitted in my previous post - my list of "home made card worthy friends" isn't long enough to even need a list!

 

So...I put the Coin Envelope mission on HOLD! I will use these little cuties instead! Luckily I can still use the juicy stack of strips that are left-over from making square cards. So many missions! So little time!

 

In the spirit of a holiday mash-up I FINALLY broke out one of my Christmas gifts to use on one of the Valentine cards. I put to use the Tim Holtz Alphabetical die. I think I will be using this quite a bit! Fun font and oh how I enjoy my Cuttlebug!

 

 

Buckle Up

~Base card Bazzill pink cardstock

~Target tag with twine

~Valentine ribbon

~Chipboard buckle

~Red glitter chipboard heart

Inspiration | Challenges

Sketch Saturday - layout

One Stitch at a Time - love is in the air

The Ribbon Girl - anything plus ribbon

 

 

 

 Hearts-A-Plenty

~PaperTry Ink white cardstock

~Layer of The Paper Studio Basics design paper

~Red stripe tag with twine

~Chipboard buckle with heart print ribbon

~Glitter chipboard heart

 Inspiration | Challenges

Mojo Monday - sketch

Crafting When We Can - add hearts

 





 

Exes and Ohhhs

~Base card PaperTrey Ink Pure Poppy

~Letters die cut using Sizzix Tim Holtz Alphabetical

~Tic-Tac-Toe made using white cardstock, creased, smudged, and stamped with Paper Studio Alphabet, layered on cardstock matts

~Washi tape

Inspiration | Challenges

Corrosive Challenge - love

Crafting with Dragonflies - anything goes

Digi Designs - use lots of red

 

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Here's to staying focused, digging through storage boxes, and finally playing with Christmas presents!



Nancy in Iowa

Sisterly Eye Rolling

Two more Valentine cards! Four and counting. Luckily (?) - I only have friends that number in the single digits. Maybe I should be a little nicer!

Well, truth be told...there are Facebook "friends", there are friends, and then there are card-worthy friends... Not all friends are created equally - you know what I mean?

Actually, I don't usually send the cards I make. I make them and give them away for other people to send. For some unknown reason I just was in the mood for Valentine cards! This is very uncharacteristic of me as I am so NOT sentimental or mushy! Just ask my siblings! They would probably say - "You have FRIENDS?!" Of course they would say this while holding a glass of wine, lots of laughter, and don't forget some eye-rolling!

I found a set of 8 pre-made tags (twine included) at Target in my favorite aisle and picked these up for the bargain price of one dollar! They are just the right size for my goofy 'coin envelope cards'. Let me see...of the box of 500 (3 x 5 inch envelopes) I used approximately one dozen! WHOOOP!!! Anybody need any coin envelopes? Jeepers! What was I thinking!?

Tag You're Mine
~Base card PaperTrey Ink Sweet Blush
~Washi tape
~Tag with twine from Target
~Two glitter chipboard hearts
Inspirations | Challenges
Card Mania - add some red
Crafts and Me - use reds or Valentines

Valentine Referee
~Base card PaperTrey Ink
~Red/white stripe tag with twine from Target
~Glitter chipboard heart
~Katie & Co sentiment
~Die cut edge
Inspirations | Challenges
Gem of a Challenge - love is in the air
My Time to Craft - Love is all around

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Here's to time in my Bubble, scoring big at Target in the dollar aisle, and sibling ribbing!

Nancy in Iowa

Confetti Hearts

Only my second Valentine card for the day. Good thing I don't have very many friends! Had to run to Target (also known by my friends and I as the 100 dollar store - as it is difficult to get out of there without spending ....you guessed it...at least $100). I NEVER go to Target without perusing the "dollar" aisle! Speaking of the Dollar Aisle.... I found these vellum envelopes prefilled with confetti. I knew they would fit on my goofy "coin cards"!

Bought a set. Brought them home. Added more hearts - inside and out, switched out the twine with ribbon, and ink smudged the edge.

Hearts A-Plenty
~Base card - pink cardstock embossed with Cuttlebug Simple Flowers embossing folder, bottom edge torn
~Vellum envelope with hearts and dots confetti
~Three red glitter hearts
~Metal brad
Challenges | Inspirations
Gem of a Challenge - love is in the air
My Sheri Crafts - Valentine with pink/red.white
Creative Knockouts - anything goes

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Here's to trips to Target, finding awesome items for a 'buck', and being on a card making mission!

Nancy in Iowa

String of Coins

 I'm going to attempt to get some Valentine Day cards made...in time for Valentine Day...2016!!! I better get busy! Thought I would stick with my "coin card" format. Don't forget....I have hundreds of "coin envelopes"! I wanted a few and couldn't resist the BARGAIN price of ordering them in BULK!

Hence, I feel the need to make cards that will fit the envelopes. Luckily the strip that is left over from making a square card from 8.5 x 11 cardstock is perfect for my bounty of coin cards. Win. Win.

String of Hearts
~Base card PaperTrey Ink Raspberry Fizz
~Layer of white confetti cardstock
~Rescued red cord
~Three glitter hearts
~Strip of white glitter card stock die cut
Challenges | Inspirations
Just Us Girls - work week - valentine
Fusion Card - sketch
Crafty Creations - hearts
Crafting by Designs - anything goes

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Here's to buying in bulk, rescuing bits and pieces, and having deadlines!

Nancy in Iowa

Twine, Whine, and Wine

Current Score
New Job: 10          Me: 0

Awckkkk! Being new at a job sucks more than a brand new Dyson vacuum cleaner!

I am so busy I don't even have time to climb upon the pity pot and whine about how busy I am!!! I am however sitting here DRINKING WINE!

So - let's get to the card....which I managed to have time for while I was doing the laundry. I have NEVER looked forward to Sunday afternoon laundry - until I started this job! It is the only time I can carve out for card making.

Found a few minutes for this post...and a glass of vino! That is progress...

Awhile back I posted about the insane amount of 'coin envelopes' I have so here in another "Coin Card".

I love all the Power Poppy stamps! This one was a gift from sista Gailey! I stamped the image on kraft card stock and 'fussy cut' it. Cutting around the string was NO fun at all. (Hmmm...wondering if I NEED a Scan N Cut?)

Posies by the Bunches
~Remnant card stock PTI
~Layer of The Paper Studio Oops-A-Daisy
~Twine
~Spellbinders oval die/Cuttlebug
~Power Poppy Sunny Harvest stamp, colored with Copics
~Kraft card stock paper piecing
Challenges | Inspirations
Just Us Girls - Word Week: spring (FLOWERS - I can NOT wait for Farmer's Market to begin!)
Bunny Zoe's - spring colors
Card Mania - flowers

Here's to lovin' the laundry, dreaming of a ScanNCut, and wondering about my time management skills!

Nancy in Iowa