Secret Sister

 

Once again this year I signed up to do a "Secret Sister" swap.  As I did last year, I wanted to send all the cards to the intermediary at once - saves postage & makes sure it happens!  These are the things I sent (plus the cooking one I made with leftovers from the "Bake Shop").  

Card #1 & bookmark (September - above) - patterned paper, flowers, some butterflies and greetings were digital downloads from Debbie Moore.  The card stock & remaining butterflies were from my stash.

Inside (and back of bookmark):

More of the same - greeting on card was stamped from a HOTP set called "Simply Susan".  The text on the back of the bookmark was computer printed.

Card #2 (October):

For this card, I used a card base cut from black card stock.  The bat was from my stash (old HOTP).  The "haunted house" was a digistamp (not sure where I got it).  I colored it with Inktense pencils & water, as well as inks from my stash.  The moon was colored with Opal Polish. The letters were fuzzy stickers from my stash.

Inside:

Inside I added a piece of paper colored with a variety of Opal Polishes and added a spider from my stash (old HOTP).

Card #3 (November):

I REALLY stepped outside of my comfort zone for this one - but tried it to help disguise my card making style.  The music and lady were freebies downloaded a long time ago - not sure where I got them at this point!  There are bits of cut up paper doilies, napkins (turkey & pumpkin), ribbon, thread, flowers and "diamonds" (for flower centers) from my stash.  I used matte medium and gesso, a variety of inks and sprays.  It took a LONG time!

Inside:

Inside is more of the same, along with a pumpkin I had made some time ago from a stamp & Dazzles pieces from a scrapbooking dazzles set (HOTP).

Card #4 (December): this was the baking card mentioned earlier.

Card #5 (Christmas):

This card was a fun one made using another freebie digistamp I got from somewhere.  It is mostly colored with Inktense & water, but I also used metallic watercolor paints on the garland & ornaments. Gold linen card stock was from my stash; greeting was digi download from Debbie Moore and purple was Opal Polish on black card stock.  Oh yes, the inside gold mat was die cut using a die from Crafti Potential (A2 Stitched Rectangles Dots & Stars).

Inside:

Inside I have more of the opal polish on black - more of the gold (using same die set to cut mat) - and another piece from a Debbie Moore digital download.  I bordered that with strips of the opal polish on black and added the word "SANTA: using stickers from my stash.

Additional Gift:

I included a "wallet" gift card holder (basic instructions here).  I used my Brick Wall embossing folder (Darice) to add texture & added some ribbon and embellishment from my stash.

Inside:

I made a couple of pockets for gift cards or similar sized objects from patterned paper & added greetings from my stash.

This picture shows that there is also another pocket that money can be put into.

Card #6 (January Reveal Card):

This card was made with elements that I "up cycled" from a card I received (though I'm pretty sure the main elements are from Hunkydory).  The lace was up cycled, but the gold ribbon was from my stash.  The background is a piece of pink cardstock embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder called Rosa by Anna Griffin - with added ink to highlight the emboss.

Inside:

Inside was a piece of marbled paper from my stash & another up cycled Hunkydory piece.