Stars and polka dots

So I made this card a WHILE ago but didn't get it to its recipient until just recently. It was for my cousin Kelly, who can be a girly girl about some things but a tomboy about others! So instead of doing a pink/purple kind of card, I went with a red and orange theme (red is the one of her school's colors and on her sports uniforms too!). I loved how bright and fun the stars, stripes and dots were on these birthday stickers — a very cute set that I would definitely use again, and could also work for a boy's birthday! That chocolate brown just works with everything too!

Easter goodies!

I'm going to be out of town tomorrow visiting family, so I wanted to get a jump on Easter posting! I made some fun tags to label Easter baskets with all nine of my family members' names. I loved the background paper, and I was able to use pastel complementary colors. The "ribbon" reminded me of wicker baskets, and I loved the little egg stickers I found.

I also made a card for my mom, with cute handmade bunny ears and tail! While I was making it, I thought of putting little whiskers around the writing to keep the theme going. Hopefully she'll like it! I've also got some Mother's Day cards in the works, for our moms and for some special orders through my Etsy shop, Fly Against the Wind :)

A little bit of green

I had to make this card for my mom — she loves St. Patty's Day! Her grandparents came over from Ireland in the early 1900s. I loved these embellishments that I found, and the ribbon was a last-minute decision that I think ties it all together :)

A sneak peek at some treats ...

Floral February birthdays

Two people who are very special to me are celebrating their birthdays today: my friend Carly and my mother-in-law, Laura! The cards I made for them are probably my two favorite so far. I started out with the same pack of stickers for both cards and made variations using two different color themes. Click on any of the pictures for a closer look, and you can even magnify them from there!


I loved being able to use the same set of embellishments but make such individualized cards for each of them! I saw the light purple and thought it would be great for Mom, since it's such a soft, delicate, graceful color. To tie in the colors on the flowers, I used a light teal for accent paper as well as a nice, antique-looking floral paper with the purple, teal and green colors in it. I believe there is some writing on the floral pattern, a smudged script that's not really readable but adds a pretty touch. As I was making the "Happy Birthday, Mom!" detail, I thought of using my patterned scissors to finish off that antique feel the floral paper gives.


For Carly's card, I went with a darker teal that so reminds me of her, as well as a more modern take on the floral pattern. This paper had a slight shiny texture, and some of the flower petals had [a tasteful amount of] glitter on them. My biggest challenge with this one was making sure I didn't overdo the stickers. (I always tend to want to overdo things! :P) There were so many cute stickers in this color scheme that I decided to use them as a border between the floral paper and the light teal accent color, keeping the blues and the teals together and transitioning between the two with a lighter-colored flower. I even put one flower embellishment (the third from the left) at the end of a curl on the design so it was incorporated into the pattern. I loved being able to use the horizontal layout, and I think it worked really well here.


I have one set of stickers left from this package, a light brown-gray color, and I think I know just who I want to use them for. But my lips are zipped for now! Tomorrow, I'll post a Valentine's Day preview! :)

Baby congratulations card!

Here is my first card I'm posting!! I have others made but haven't sent them yet. I made this one for my stepsister, who just had a baby boy last week. I had this set of stickers from scrapbooking a page on the San Diego Zoo and thought they would be perfect for a little boy. So many bright colors!

My biggest challenge was figuring out how to get things written on the inside, but I think I developed a good system — I cut a piece of white paper a little smaller than the outside of the card, wrote on it, then glued the right side completely onto the card. To keep the left side from just flopping closed onto it, I put glue just on the corners and stuck them to the card — that way, it's not pulling and causing tension when it opens and closes :)

My next cards will be sent off in February, but check back for some other fun little projects before then!

Bookmark fun

To get things rolling, here are a couple of bookmarks I made with some extra scraps and stickers I had. I really like the final look! I think the only thing I would do differently would be to use flatter stickers.


These embellishments are my absolute favorites. They just look so classy!



I love the colors on these ones — the teal and blue mixed so well!



Lovely flower detail :)


Well, that's a start. Tomorrow, I'll be sending my first card off — to my stepsister for her new baby. I'll put up pictures soon!