Hope you all had a Joyous Christmas.  Now that Christmas is behind us, VALENTINE'S DAY follows shortly on it's heels.  I put together A Valentine's Album  - people love the thought of Love and Romance.  It's made of Red Paper Bags I found in a store here me.  It already has a new home, and getting ready to ship it to it's new owner.  Not sure if I will create another Album, I may do a few cards and another style album, I like to skip around and keep crafting interesting for me.

I made this Christmas Card and Envelope, it has a Navitity Scene and it is inside a gold metal round frame so a bit heavy.  Most of you know that follow me on ,y blog, ANY thing goes and that I do recycle.  I don't use a lot of Digitals or stamped images, the main focal point could be anything.  I try to make them visually Ah-some!!
This may be the last of my Christmas cards, I made a few this year, I sold almost all of them - a beautiful card will give a smile to the most difficult day!!!  Thank you all and have a blessed Holiday Season!  Jane

The meaning of Christmas.  I did a bit of Christmas shopping today and took care of my favorite girl.  Hope all is well.  

A larger Paper Bag Album, Faith, Family and Friends.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving to all my followers. 

My First Christmas Paper Bag Album of the season.

I almost forgot to show you this one too.  I love the flowers in the frame, it was one of my better ideas, LOL. 

My new Shabby Chic Style Album, on ebay now -

This was SO much fun to make... I'm making another album right now.

 

I love this Thanksgiving card, it is actually much crisper in person, my camera and I have a complicated relationship!!   One of the things I love about it is the poem, called I wish you enough.   I wish you enough hard times so that you can appreciate all of the good and my friends, I DO wish you Enough in life.  ~~~ Blessings, Jane

This is a Sweet Birthday card, this card was recycled- this pretty girl was first introduced about 25 years ago, I came upon a bag full of older vintage cards, surely she is one of the prettiest in the lot.  This Birthday Card has a tie closure.  I'll show you a few photos of her.  Thanks for stopping and leave your calling card (a comment, LOL) Jane.

 

Beautiful Shabby Chic Paper Bag Album, how fun this was to make!!!  To see all of the pages, view my ebay listing under 'thepaperaffair', Jane

A Sarah Kay Easel Card

Hope all is well in blog land, I'm starting to get back into crafting after a year of all bad.  This Sarah Kay card brightens my day, I hope she does yours as well.  The weather here beginning to cool off a bit but dear daughter has caught a cold and it is keeping her home now close to a week but we stuck out today anyways. 

My new album I created this week.  It was a crazy, busy, productive and best week, even outside of making  this album.  I love the rich jewel tone colors of the this Graphics45 paper pack.  The size is 4.5 by 6 inches and has 5 pull-outs and holds the total of 22 photos, WOW, more if you put more then one per page.pull-out.   Hope you are all well and life is treating you kind, Jane

A new Birthday card, Celebrating Birthdays here... Mine included!!

Starting my Thanksgiving cards early:

What do you think? 

My new outside creation, a Hammock Gazebo.   Much sweat went into this, truly it may have been put up on one of the hotest days of the summer.  I love it thou and so worth it, every time I see it I smile - now I need to hang that hammock and a few more trinkets one it and Oh my!!! 

Another Birthday card for a sister, how different this one looks from the one below?   Each is special in their own right as each sister is special - Hope you are not all melting out there, Whew.  I usually love summer but really, this is kinda crazy.   Jane

I had a request to make a Sister Birthday, I don't think that this will disappoint! 

I have no idea what is going on with my background on my blog!!  It's crazy.  How do you all like the heat of July, that's crazy too.  I have for you my latest creation, an album.  It just finished selling on ebay under 'thepaperaffair'.   I hope all is well with you.  I have had some ups but more downs this year but still forging ahead. 

Thinking of you!!

I know I have been gone for a while, thank you all for staying with me.  I have been going through many personal issues and changes and perhaps I will share them with you soon, they are still so raw for me that I just can't seem to get them all down but today I have a Thinking of you card, I had a hard time remembering HOW to create a card, so an absence in creating really does make a difference.  I think my Best Friend will be getting this, she has stood side by side with me the last several montths and for that I have be truly Grateful, thank you for a friendship that has endurred the test of time.  Wishing you all many blessings with your own life journeys, Jane