Sep 27 2008
Just one more week…
Just one more week until…..World Cardmaking Day! Did you know that Saturday October 4th is World Cardmaking Day? WCD is a fabulous day to set aside to create cards for the holiday. Created by Paper Crafts Magazine…you can visit the WCD site for lots of great inspiration and activities. Make sure you read to the bottom of this entry but first…Here’s what Kelly has to say…
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Get ready to celebrate World Card Making Day!
Join in the fun with card makers the world over on Saturday, Oct. 4, as we kick off the holiday card-making season. Now in its third year, World Card Making Day is a day to connect with fellow card makers around the globe and to celebrate the creativity and joy of this craft! Hobbyists, beginning card makers, manufacturers of card-making products, retailers, and educators, are all making plans to share the excitement of World Card Making Day with workshops, online galleries, parties, contests, sales, and other special events.
Visit www.worldcardmakingday.com for ideas and unique ways to celebrate this holiday, including:
o Creating your own handmade cards from the dozens of sponsored ideas in the Inspiration Avenue section
o Sharing your unique designs with the world in the Creation Corner Gallery
o Finding and visiting an Official World Card Making Day Retailer for classes and activities that will help you connect with other fellow card makers
o Planning your own fun activities with friends and family with ideas from the Celebrate section
Join Paper Crafts magazine on this amazing day that brings card makers from all over the globe together in celebrating the joy of giving the gift of a handmade card.
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I’m excited to be part of a WCD blog hop giveaway from Paper Crafts magazine. Papercrafts has given 50 designers a copy of their Cards, Gifts and More: Papercrafting 3 Ways special publication to share with you. I’m really excited to be one of them. For a chance to win my copy…simply respond to this post in the comments below. You can tell me what kind of card projects you plan to create for this upcoming holiday season or you can simply say hi! You have until midnight Saturday Oct 4th and then I’ll be drawing a winner here on this blog, Sunday October 5th. You can also check out the blogs of some great designers on their link list in their WCD blog post.
Good luck!
love your digi pages. gorgeous. thanks for the blog candy.
i’m having people over and we’re using SU’s card making kits to make Christmas cards. should be fun.
laura
Hi Julia,
I so enjoy visiting your blog. Thanks for all the inspiration you offer. I am hoping to make some cards to add to my stash to have for future use.
I love your blog–you always do something different from everyone else. Thanks for sharing your work. As for Oct 4th, I’m going to make something new and different. I’m going to try a technique I haven’t tried before.
Hi Julia, Thanks for all your inspiration - I always look forward to your blog. I hope to getting a start on my Christmas cards and although I thought I had an idea, I now have seen so many new ones that I may be making a variety of different ones this year instead of sticking to one design and stamp set. On Oct 4th though I may be working on the monogram gift sets I have planned for some friends. Have a great day.
Hello! I am an avid follower of your blog and you should know that you have enabled me to purchase many stamps! LOL!
I am looking forward to World Cardmaking Day! A great reason to spend the day playing with paper!
I am so looking forward to Oct. 4th! And Christmas cards! Last year I made a HUGE variety so this year I will probably do the same. I have this MFT set that I will use, as well as some Bellas, and I have some SU! Stamps coming soon too! Thanks so much for your giveaway; PaperCraft books rock!!!
Angie
WOW!! Sounds fun. I just ordered my supplies for Holiday cards, however next Saturday is our Homecoming and a big parade is planned. No WCMD activities here. ;(
My only plans for October 4th are spending time in my studio to work on new cards for different challenges.
I will be making lots of birthaday card and thank you cards this World card making day. Thanks for giving a chance to win an awesome magazine.
Hi Julia,
This is a great giveaway. I will be making some Thanksgiving cards to send out.
Robbie
I will be away from home at my nephew’s wedding, so no card making day activities for me. But I need to get busy and make some cards to give away that day, so maybe that could be my way of celebrating!
Thanks for a chance to win!
I can’t wait for WCD. I have an event to go to!
As for Christmas cards, I am loving Inkadinkado stamps! I’m thinking of getting some of them.
BTW, thanks for sharing all of your work with us.
I recently got a snowman punch that I plan to use in making Christmas cards. I’ve experimented with various techniques that I can use on cards, tags, gifts, etc.
I don’t know WHAT to do for my Christmas cards this year. It’s time to stop recycling the 5 sets of holiday stamps I have and add a new set to the mix but what to choose?
I think I’m going to look for something with text, lots of lovely fonts & sentiments.
And I’m a traditional colour kind of gal.
I haven’t set on a card for the holidays this year yet….I try to do alot of the same but do special ones for our parents. It will be fun to do some challenges!
Hello Julia,
Thanks for all the info. I am in a frenzy of fall birthday cards and I haven’t got a plan for my holiday cards yet so I will be looking for inspiration.
I will be making around 55 Christmas cards for family and our church community. Awesome, I would love to win a copy. Thanks for the chance.
Hi Julia…I plan on using a few SU! Christmas sets to make a variety of Chrissy cards…don’t want to get bored just churning out the same over and over so am working on a few styles. Cheers.
Hi Julia,
I’m a frequent visitor of your blog. I love your style, and look forward to seeing what cards you’ve made. I will probably get started on making candy boxes made of acetate, which I plan to give out for Christmas. Thanks for the chance to win the magazine.
Well… now that World Card Making Day is bearing down on me, I will put together a prototype for a Christmas card. The actual production of 50 or so cards will have to wait. We will be away from home (and all my stamping stuff) for the weekend. Our daughter Marcy and her husband are taking us to Ruth Chris Steak House to say “thanks” for our help during the birth of #3 baby! What great kids we have!
I got to mark my calendar and make sure I stamp that day. :o) I should make easy but elegant cards this year. I am a bit behind with Christmas cards so I want to be ready when the time comes to send the cards out. Thanks for the chance to win the magazine. I sure could use some inspirations. :o)
I’m having fun creating meaningful Thanksgiving cards for this season. Would love to win your book….
Thanks for the opportunity
DianeL
Don’t know how much I will get to participate in WCD as my DH has his 50th class reunion that day!! Hope to be able to at least get one card made.
HI Julia,
I’m hoping to add to my stash of everyday cards, but also to get a couple of card sets done as pressies for Christmas.
Sara
I am lucky enough to be visiting family for a few weeks, so I will be making cards with my Mom and 5 sisters. You can’t imagine how happy that makes me feel. We will work on cards, plus we want to try some really cute peppermint pattie Halloween goodies. When I made them last year for Christmas, my DGkids loved how cute they were, yet didn’t hesitate to devour them!
I am working on birthday cards as usual, but also thank you cards to some women who’ve helped me with a church project and Halloween cards for my Godchildren.
hello! I have all kinds of supplies coming in so that I can get started on my Christmas cards - vintage all the way is my style! but then I throw in some really wild off the wall things every once in a while, like the rocking skulls my teenage boys love!
gotta keep them happy, too! I have lots of cards planned for Saturday. lots of blog hopping as well and hoping to do some SCS challenges. should be a WONDERFUL day!!!
Jennifer
Hi Julia,
Thanks for sharing all that your creativity!
Just wanted to say hello. I have loved browsing your blog ever since I discovered CHF stamps. So many wonderful projects… so much inspiration!
~Maria
My son has a new girlfriend….she loves the cards I make, so we’re going to do some together for her to use this holiday season….WHAT FUN!!
Ooooh, how fun! Although I have plans for an outing this Saturday, I definitely want to spend time making a set of cards for the ladies in my life to remind then that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month; THINK PINK!
Thanks for the chance to play along, Kathy Camasso
I love to send out Christmas cards, so I know I’m going to have to go with simple!
Hiya! I’m thinking of making some cards with my new bird stamps.
Hi Julie, I will be at my sister’s house and we plan to do some cards. I’m going to share some of the ideas I got at my last stamp camp.
I plan to start on my Christmas cards on Saturday.
So many projects…so little time! I have so many things I want to do for this holiday season, including making my approximately 90 Christmas cards! We don’t live by family and have lived in many places, thus the need for so many cards. I’ll have to cut this short - I’ve got to get started!
I will be working Xmas cards with my neighbour/girlfriend. Of course I will be using some of your ideas to make some interesting and unique cards. I might even check out a scrapbooking garage sale at my favorite store.
I will be packaging treats and making sets of cards for folks. Thanks for the chance to play!
Hi Julia! I hope to be spending the day with my daughter making cards of course! What better thing to do??!
This holiday season I plan on making my Christmas cards. I’ve got 24 to make this year. I’ve got all of the pieces ready to go, I just need to come up with a saying for the inside & get them essembled.
I’m busy making birthday cards - so many in the fall. I’m a newbie to this, and love surfing the net looking for more ideas (and finding wonderful ones too!)
Hi. I’ve taken 4 of Jessica’s classes and really liked them. I especially like the fact that the material is available to you for ever - Yay! I’m taking the photography course just now and I’m beginning to feel less intimidated by my camera. The problem is there is never enough time to do all I want to do. HCMd. - Nimmy
I’m planning to work on some cards for upcoming calls tomorrow.
Your class sounds exciting. I am glad you are learning so much and sharing them also. Love your layouts. I will be making some Christmas cards. Thanks for a chance to win this great magazine, love it.
I’d love to win. Yeah, thanks for the opportunity.
Happy WCMD everyone! Have fun, create and enjoy!
Happy World Cardmaking Day to you!!!
I’m making card sets to give as gifts to the teachers and a couple of neighbors. I’m planning to get started today. Happy World Cardmaking Day!
Julia,
I am always in awe of how you can manage to write and create for your own blog and do all of the other creative things you do for other companies AND still manage to take care of your family and your home. How do you do it??
This is my first visit to your blog. Your work is beautiful. I really like your Glow layout and the Smile and Hello cards are super cute.
Thanks for sharing some goodies with us. My upcoming projects include Halloween treat bags for my co-workers, Fall atc’s, a my favorite things about Fall layout, and Christmas cards.
I was making some christmas cards today feels great to be ahead
I’m searching for a new snowman stamp to get the holiday cards started. I’d also like to get some ink on my never used stamps.
Hi! Hope you are enjoying the near-end of a very happy WCMD!
Thanks for chance to win !
Hope your WCMD went well! Great ideas and always like to come to your site for inspiration anytime I am drawing a blank.