Treasury by jewelryvixen of Etsy

Thank you to jewelryvixen for including my spring cards in this beautiful treasury! I do love that color of pink and especially the Poppies watercolor! You can check out jewelryvixen's shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5975454 .

I've had so much fun over the last few days working on new cards! I got in a bit of a creative slump while I was working on sewing and spring cleaning! It's been great to get back to playing with paper!!

Treasury by CindyLouWho2...

Thank you Cindy!! You can check out the treasury at http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=51118 until Thursday and see Cindy's shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5770758 . Thanks for including all us card makers!!

Treasury by Rozzie

Rozzie of the Alberta Street Team at Etsy created this beautiful treasury featuring Alberta Roses and included one of my spring cards. Thank you Rozzie! You can check out her shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5164135 .

Treasury by cindylouwho2

Special thanks to cindylouwho2 at etsy - a member of the Alberta Street Team (I am too!) who included one of my cards in her beautiful treasury. You can take a look at her shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5770758 .

For the boys...

There's a lot of men in our family and I find it really hard to find a handmade birthday card that's not too girly. When I found these metal alphabets I decided they would make the perfect 'manly' embellishment. And of course Basic Grey's Archaic paper just works perfectly with them. The next time I make this design I'm going to change it slightly and add a mat of darker colored paper behind the patterned cardstock - just to soften the contrast between the white card blank and the patterned paper.

Spring must be in the air...right???

Since December, Calgary has had very very cold weather. It finally got warm mid January - one of our chinooks - a warm wind that comes over the mountain. So I figure - it's got to be spring, right!! Wrong - after making a few different spring card designs that I absolutely love the temperature has now gone back down, the snow is falling, and we're back to winter again. One of the joys of living close to the mountains!

Here's one of those spring cards - my daughter has decided this design too is part of my 'kindergarden' series - enjoy!

The results...

So my informal experiment yielded some interesting results. I had too much going on in real life to keep my internet promotion up so, needless to say, my valentines didn't sell. However, here's the views results - for one set of cards there was no difference in whether they were in the top category of paper or holidays. For the other set there was a significant difference with the holiday top category being higher. So I've decided it's definitely worth using the top category of holidays if your item fits but definitely be sure to put one in the regular spot too!

Here's my newest listing from what I call my 'kindergarden flower' series! Enjoy!!