Design team member Stacey Kingman loves to make cards. There's a wide range of creative opportunity involved in cardmaking. Sometimes she'll spend two hours on a card, sometimes five minutes. For her, it depends on her mood and the situation. Often, she'll make a card just because she wants to play with her tools and paper, not because she needs to send a greeting to anyone. She tells us, when she does this, she tries to make cards that will fit a variety of occassions so she can use them later when she needs a card but doesn't have time to make one.
Stacey made these three cards with the new October Afternoon Wild Cards. Each card has a general theme, but not a specific message. She kept the design simple and varied the papers, ribbon, and embellishments. The first one is from the Cherry Hill collection. She had a "thank you" card in mind when she made it, but it could easily be a card to encourage someone or just a "thinking of you" card. She says that she has found that she really need to keep more of these non-specific cards in her stash!
The second card is made with the Road Map collection. Don't you just love the sleepy owl on this Wild Card!? She confesses that when she made it, she had a "hope you're feeling better soon" card in mind, but it could even be used for a fun wedding card or maybe just a silly "hello" card.
The third card Stacey made is from the Ducks in a Row collection. It would make a sweet baby card for a boy. It's just a nice blank card, a little more masculine than the other two, with a wonderful vintage feel.
There are so many ideas for using these Wild Cards on greeting cards! Stitch them, cut them into pieces, add rub-ons to them, make very small cards out of the Wild Cards themselves...She tells us she'll do that next! (We can't wait!)
Leave a comment on this post and we'll enter you to win a package of our new wild cards! We'll give away one of each set...Cherry Hill, Ducks in a Row, and Road Map! So, you have three chances to win! We'll announce a winner next Wednesday, June 10th. Good Luck!
love love these cards!
Posted by: ching | June 13, 2009 at 02:23 PM
would love a set of these! SOOO adorable!
Posted by: Leah Killian | June 13, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Love the examples on the blog!!!
Posted by: Jennifer C | June 10, 2009 at 06:42 AM
i would love love love love love the cards!! It is not enough to have just one pack!! =)
Posted by: Merdrey | June 10, 2009 at 06:28 AM
Great cards!!
Posted by: Julie W | June 10, 2009 at 06:04 AM
Beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Marie | June 10, 2009 at 04:23 AM
Love the card...beautiful... it will be interesting to win a package so that I can play with it...
Posted by: Catherine P | June 10, 2009 at 03:48 AM
Those Wild Cards are great, havn't seen them for sale here in the UK yet but will keep my eyes open!!!
Posted by: alison-lee | June 10, 2009 at 02:04 AM
These are really adorable. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Posted by: Michelle | June 09, 2009 at 09:44 PM
Adorable! Love these cards!!
Posted by: Laura S. | June 09, 2009 at 09:34 PM
These cards are SOOO cute! I love them!! The owl one is so much fun and I have a wedding card I need to make so this may be just the inspiration!! Thanks for all the inspiration here!!
Posted by: Nancy Holley | June 09, 2009 at 09:19 PM
What a neat way to showcase these cards! Too cool!
Posted by: Diana | June 09, 2009 at 09:12 PM
Great idea! They are beautiful cards!
Posted by: Tanya | June 09, 2009 at 05:47 PM
These cards are awesome!!! Love the new OA lines!!!
Posted by: liz haworth | June 09, 2009 at 05:42 PM
These are adorable, I'd love to get some - wonder how long it'll be before they reach this side of the pond??
Posted by: helen salthouse | June 09, 2009 at 04:21 PM
LOVE!LOVE!LOOOOVVVEEEE those wild cards!! I hope I win!
Posted by: susan bourgeois | June 09, 2009 at 04:19 PM
Love the wild cards. Thay could be used for so many fun projects!
Posted by: Jessica Leathley | June 09, 2009 at 03:26 PM
ooohhhh...very fun. Love those cards...and love THOSE cards..tee hee.
Posted by: Jennifer Stevens | June 09, 2009 at 03:25 PM
oh, these cards are so cute! :)
Posted by: gudrun | June 09, 2009 at 02:16 PM
oh, i want all of them...love them!
Posted by: Trina | June 09, 2009 at 12:50 PM
Those wild cards are awesome! I'd love to win some!!!
Posted by: michelle | June 09, 2009 at 12:31 PM
Those are just the cutest! That owl card is adorable!
Posted by: Erin Gudge | June 09, 2009 at 11:54 AM
oh my!!! those are super gorgeous cards!!! i got to have wild cards!!! and all other OA stuff!!! yummy!
Posted by: Cookie A. | June 09, 2009 at 11:22 AM
great cards!
thanks for the giveaway :)
Posted by: Jess {Lilljy} | June 09, 2009 at 09:40 AM
The wild cards are great! Thanks for the ideas!
Posted by: playfulmeowz | June 09, 2009 at 09:19 AM