Iris Folded - Easter Eggs

So I was sitting there thinking of something to make for Easter....when it hit me....IRIS FOLDED!!!! EASTER EGGS!! Yay they are so much easier and quicker to make now that I have over 100 under my belt. I drew up the template and then made two in no time. The only thing that takes me any amount of time to figure out is....what papers to put with what. Since I have quite a bit to choose from it just takes alittle figuring and then...tada!
Here are pics of the two I created last night. Obviously it is too late to order them for this year...but hopefully you might want them for next year!! ENJOY!

IRIS FOLDING!!

This is pretty fun to make.....seeing as it takes a while to get finished folding and taping and then cutting to make the beautiful finished product. But they are SOOOOO gorgeous! And worth all the effort put into them. I made  over 100 of these at the end of last year for Christmas....and it was long hours and seemed like I would never finish. But I ended up getting it finished in time to send out two weeks before Christmas Day!! I gave 80 of them away to my family members as gifts and used 20 of them to send out to friends. I made 50 ornament ones and 50 stocking ones. I am still looking for the pics I had of the ornament ones...but I cannot find it so I just have the stocking one to share.

I made it so that you could use the stocking as an ornament after you peeled it off of your card. So it was a two in one greeting card! It was a huge hit with everyone. I am going to be taking orders a lot earlier for these this year due to their difficulty in making. I only charged two dollars per card...and had an 80 order.... so I made a good amount on them I think...thanks to my dad for buying 80 of them.

Easel Cards!!!!!!!

This is such a beautiful way to display a card. I got this technique offline and just fell in love the way that it presents your art so that people can enjoy the card long after they have received it for their particular occasion. What a great way to give them a double blessing. This is so easy to make and it enables you to have NO extra cost when sending the cards. Because the card IS the easel. Great for putting a flame-less candle behind if you use vellum. It will shine behind your image. Super adorable. I made one for my husband for Valentine's Day and one for my mother in law for Valentine's Day. They are still on display and it is April! Just imagine Christmas cards with scenery and you can keep them up all December!! Here are two examples of ones I created!

Stamped and Hand Drawn!

These are some more recent creations. I am using more stamping, and items that I have drawn onto cards myself. These were created after meeting someone who introduced me to a whole new side of card-making. I have since gotten a cuttlebug and use it for lots of things. I do sell these cards if anyone is ever interested in purchasing them.

Some of the FIRST styles!!

This is a small selection of some of the cards I have created to date. Since then I have expanded my techniques and will be uploading some of those new creations shortly. I just wanted to show some of the types I have come up with.

I never took classes and learned these techniques from other card-makers. These were all original to my own idea of paper placement and embellishments. I didn't look up ways on youtube or any other sites. Since creating these and a few more I haven't posted yet, I have looked up more ways to create things by utilizing these sites. I look at them to get a new general idea of stamping techniques or whatnot....but I still use my own creativity to generate my greeting cards.