Oops

This seemed the appropriate card to post today - the Balloon Rally did not benefit me after all. The craft store is on a side street, and all though in plain site of Main st., where the sidewalk sale takes place, no one turns their heads in that direction! It didn't help that Crafty Crafters was the only business set up outside...

I love this balloon stamp - I can't believe it's taken me so long to get around to using it!

Balloon Rally

I have been posting so little because I've been working frantically to get ready for our town's annual balloon rally, held the third weekend of August each year. I have not sold cards locally since the year I made this card ... which never sold. Happily, I kept it, so with a little tweaking it will go into the craft store this week. :-)

Tag fun!

I was given a bunch of tags from an old stationery store that had been closed a couple of decades ago. The remaining inventory had just been stuck in an attic somewhere for years. Anyway, I'd seen some on Etsy, done just in browns, and the seller seems to sell quite a lot of them. So, I decided to see what my gift shop friend thought. I made a set of the small ones, all coffee themed, and she loved them, so this will be yet another project for me down the road! I was happy to stick with brown for the coffee tags, but I wanted to try out some color with other styles.

I used distress inks for all the tags, these are so much fun! I had purchased some last year on impulse, but until a couple of months ago, had only used the vintage postcard and tea dye. But I "discovered" the colored ones when I was making Mother's Day cards, and was hooked on them too!

I listed a few last items on ebay, you can view them here.

Continuing with "Becky Cards"

I am really addicted to these! I planned just to make five or six for the store, but I've made ten so far ...

The chocolate saying on these are from Sunday International.