Mystical Birthday Greetings

I've been blessed with long term friendships, some going as far back as kindergarten.  Most grew up with me on the south side of  Chicago, and all entering my life at different phases.  We use to celebrate each and every birthday, until we became too busy to find the time to do.  So, we came up with the system of celebrating them quarterly in groups.  This past quarter, we celebrated the winter babies of which there are  four.  I decided to make them some fun birthday cards using numerology to explain their destiny and tarot to predict their year.

I used black card stock as a base and Alchemy papers from Stamperia with touches of metallic copper.

Snow Globes and more Snow Globes

As a child, I was always fascinated with  watery, winter scene captured in a snow globe.  As an adult, my attraction to them hasn't lessened any.  As a crafter, I'm always looking for different ways to interpret them using simple crafting materials and techniques.  My favorite thus far is the recent popular "dry" snow globes like the one I made pictured below.

I used a clear acrylic ornament, cut a tiny paper house and evergreen tree.  Glued the two inside and then filled the orb with sparkly snow.  Decorated the ornament cap with a pine cone, berries and greenery.  Tied on a Christmas red ribbon to use as a hanger, and wah-lah.  A snow globe to hand on the tree.

Looking Forward to Halloween

Though I love all holidays, I have to admit that Halloween and Christmas are my favorites when it comes to crafting.  I enjoy making greeting cards and decorations around those two themes.  With the exception of a birthday card here and there and some scrap booking of photos, I don't craft much for other occasions.

Here are a couple of projects I have already made for Halloween and am looking forward to working on a few more.  Though starting on Halloween projects during the summer might seem a little premature, when you're as busy as I am with volunteer work, family and friends, it never too early to try to carve out blocks of time here and there.

Here's a little paper Halloween village I made with my Wishblade ( yes you read that right, I still use a Wishblade) and patterned paper.  I cut the tree, bats and fence from black card stock.  I plan to display it on top of a stack of old books.

Here's a simple step card I decorated with shapes I cut with my Wishblade and covered with a print r that I purchased from a seller on Etsy and printed off.