Wow! For once I OVERestimated the task!

I am very happy to report that I am almost completely on top of all my projects at the moment. The house looks quite in order, I have done all next months birthday and other cards for church and I have cut and scored 130 gift boxes. I am actually ahead at the moment.

I have had fun buying some new bits and pieces; not much, just a sheet of paper that completely inspired me and some little chip board shapes and stuff. I made the following card out of this gorgeous birdie paper by basic grey and a pack of chipboard shapes that I got for $2,50 at big W! I want to get some more, they are really nice quality and cute shapes.

Last Tuesday, I set myself a challenge that turned out to be really fun; I used just basic tools, (adhesives, scissors and cardstock) to turn all my paper scraps into cards, using all the little bits and pieces and stamped things I have accumulated and not been able to part with.

I made 13 cards and I can't tell you how satisfying it was! Because you are starting with the embellishments first, I found that it stretched my creativity and I was coming up with designs that were quite different from my usual style. It was fantastic going through my junk box and actually making a dint in the pile (albeit, a very small one!)

I have made some birthday cards today and I am really happy with them; rather than using chosen products as a starting point, I thought of the person the card was for and what style I think they have, then selected papers accordingly. I am really happy with the outcome; quite a few different styles.

This one is probably my fave; I trimmed around some beautiful flocked paper and used foam dots to mount and silver embossed a greeting. Really simple yet I love the finished effect.

This one uses different colours than I would normally choose, but I thought they would be nice for this particular lady I had in mind and I like the finished look.