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Honeycomb Bee Card

For my niece’s birthday I made a bee card this year. It all started with an embroidery pattern and just grew from there!

Honeycomb and bee card elements
Foiled vellum honeycomb, decorative paper underlay, embroidery stitched onto card
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M R's avatar Author M RCategories Birthday, CardsPosted on 16/08/202315/08/2023Leave a comment

Dogwood Easter Card

[Here is a revisiting of my 2021 Easter card, it was so beautiful

I have been on a flower kick this year and my Easter card was no exception!

Foiled flower detail
Dogwood flowers foiled on shimmery cardstock.
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M R's avatar Author M RCategories Cards, EasterPosted on 27/03/202319/03/2023Leave a comment

The Expedition Against Sandusky

This is my first book commission! My Dad wanted a book made of “An Historical Account of the Expedition Against Sandusky under Col. William Crawford in 1782” (and yes, that is a very long title!) so I gladly made it for him.

Sandusky in the press
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M R's avatar Author M RCategories Bookbinding, BooksPosted on 20/03/202319/03/2023Leave a comment

Bats and Spiderweb Card

The holiday season is upon us! I have been doing a lot of bookbinding lately but I had to set it aside and start making some cards for Halloween! Using some free paper and my typewriter, I went to work.

Bats and Spiderweb cards
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M R's avatar Author M RCategories Cards, HalloweenPosted on 25/10/202222/10/2022Leave a comment

Pride and Prejudice

My mother is a big fan of Jane Austen so I made and bound a copy of Pride and Prejudice to go with the copy of Sense and Sensibility that I made a couple of years ago!

Book binding supplies
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M R's avatar Author M RCategories Bookbinding, BooksPosted on 19/05/202210/05/2022Leave a comment

Fly Away Card

I was going through all my postcards and vintage cards and I found this great postcard that I picked up from the Pima Air & Space museum and I just had to use it for my Dad’s birthday card!

Tucson postcard
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M R's avatar Author M RCategories Birthday, CardsPosted on 21/03/202220/03/2022Leave a comment

Alice in Wonderland

This year I want to work more on bookbinding, so I started off the year (and the end of last year) with finishing up my Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass book!

Alice Front
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M R's avatar Author M RCategories Bookbinding, BooksPosted on 03/02/202203/02/2022Leave a comment

Victorian Frame Card

This year I got my cards done early! I wanted to make a card that could feature many different images so I came up with the frame idea.

Images for Victorian Frame cards
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M R's avatar Author M RCategories Cards, ChristmasPosted on 21/12/2021Leave a comment

Tree and Snowflake Card

[I hope you are getting ready for Christmas, it’s almost here! Here’s some festive inspiration. Originally posted 12/14/2019]

It is time for my Christmas card! As soon as I got my Foil Quill this summer, I knew I wanted to use it heavily for my Christmas cards and I did. Lots of sparkle for this holiday season!

Tree and Snowflake card detail
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M R's avatar Author M RCategories Cards, ChristmasPosted on 02/12/202116/11/2021Leave a comment

Be Thankful Card

This year I wanted my Thanksgiving card to be simple, so I designed it around the one phrase, “Be Thankful.”

Foiled Be Thankful
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M R's avatar Author M RCategories Cards, ThanksgivingPosted on 18/11/202116/11/2021Leave a comment

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