Jacqueline’s Scrappin’ Asteroid

I packed up my card making supplies and took them with me on a trip this weekend and had a very productive weekend.  I managed to make 9 cards, 6 of the same design and 3 different ones.

A week or so ago, much to the surprise of all my friends that know how much I hate thinking about Christmas any time before December 1st, I signed up to participate in a Christmas Card Swap.  The only spot left when I finally decided to sign up was in a group to make square cards.  The whole card making thing was new to me so I really didn’t think it would be any big deal to make square cards any more than a rectangle card.  Boy was I wrong!  I searched high and low for instructions and ideas for square cards.  I did find some sketches but no real instructions with measurements or anything.  Next problem was envelopes for the square cards.  I just couldn’t find any!  Time was running short and I had to get these cards done and sent.

While traveling in our vehicle this past weekend I sketched out a couple of plans for the Christmas cards.  My plans changed and evolved as I finally sat down to do them.

The first card I made was this one:

Here’s the inside:

And here’s the back:

The second card I made was this one:

I wasn’t real pleased with how this one turned out and I wanted to try it again.  Here’s what I ended up with on the second try:

The third card I made was this one:

When I got home I had to figure out what to do about my need for envelopes for my square cards.  I finally decided to try my hand at making my own envelopes.  Here’s what the back of the envelope looks like:

And here’s what the inside of the envelope looks like:

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