Tri-Fold Birthday Card

     We have a fairly large family so when it comes to birthdays, we always have difficulty finding a card with ample room for all of us to write a birthday note. Recently, I came across a great idea for a large card.
Introducing: the tri-fold card!

Supplies:

- 1 sheet of thick, patterned paper

- 1 sheet of construction paper, the color of your choice

- Glue stick

- Scissors

- Decorative edge scissors

- X-acto knife (or in my case, box cutters)

- Calligraphy pen

     First, cut your sheet of patterned paper in half.

Scrap Happy Christmas Card

     If you've been crafting for a little while, you undoubtedly have a pile of paper scraps that are too small to do anything significant with but too big for you to be ok with throwing away. Well, here's a quick, easy craft you can do!


Supplies:
- Paper scraps
- Sheet of thick paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Pen 

Easy, Elegant Anniversary Card

     So this project was rather challenging because it needed to be fancy enough to be appropriate (it was their 20th anniversary after all) but easy enough to be completed in a few hours (procrastination, thy name is Gloria). 


Supplies:

- Clipboard
- 1 sheet of printer paper
- 1 sheet of thicker paper, appropriate for card making
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Black pen
- Red pen
- Eraser

Boy Birthday Card

   I don't know about you, but finding a birthday card for a brother who loves dirt, guns, and things that explode can be hard. So here's what I decided to do.


Supplies:

     - Green paper
     - A canon silhouette (which can be downloaded here)
     - Scissors
     - Glue
     - Thin string of some sort
     - Sharpie markers (I used black, red, orange, and yellow)
     - Pen


First, the canon silhouette and a puff of smoke I quickly sketched were cut out and glued onto the card.

Quilled Birthday Card

   My Grandmother's birthday was coming up and since I find shopping for the perfect gift terribly difficult (and expensive), my default plan is to hand make something. Plus, hand made stuff always seems to make a better impression, especially on older people. ;)

   Supplies:

 - Thick, sturdy, piece of white paper

 - Blue construction paper

 - Green construction paper

 - Ruler

 - Pencil

 - Glue (doesn't really matter what kind, I use Elmer's)

 - Scissors

Stuff ya need.