Hi all! This month's Virtual Card Club is going up a bit early because I'll be out of town during the last week of the month (Disneyland, baby!). Anyway, for my in-real-life card club, we're making a standard-sized card with coordinating envelope, and a 3x3 card. So, those are the projects in February's Virtual Card Club PDF.

I sort of explain this in the PDF, but I used all Stampin' Up! product for this month's projects. This came about for two reasons. First, SU! has a promo going on right now involving some yummy-Valentines-licious paper that my good friend and co-worker Lauren designed. It's so cute that I had to use it!

(The SU! promo consists of Candy Lane patterned paper, Love You Much stamp set, and a three heart punch. But I didn't use the punch on these projects. I think the promo is that you get 20% off the bundle until the end of January. Check it out at stampinup.com)

And the second reason is because my favorite envelopes are from SU! and I wanted to show how to make a coordinating envelope with patterned paper lining.

The 8 page PDF includes:

• Large photos of completed projects
• Step-by-step instructions
• For tricky steps, there are photos and tips
• Measurements for all card stocks
• Template for envelope lining

To my readers outside the US and Canada: I'm so sorry to all of you who use A4 paper. I do not have any C6 medium envelopes, so I couldn't make an envelope liner template. Please forgive me for not having that ready for you guys. :)

Thank you all for your continued support. It really does mean the world to me and it is greatly appreciated. :) Please click on the Buy Now button below and it will take you to PayPal. NOTE: You will need Adobe Reader to view the file. Download it for free here.

Virtual Card Club, February 2009 - $5

Hi everyone! It's time again for another Virtual Card Club and this time we're focusing on Valentine's Day cards. Yes, Valentine's Day--can you believe it?! It's not quite Christmas, but I'm planning ahead. :)

The PDF is only $5 and is 7 pages long. Included in the PDF are instructions for three cards and large photos of the finished cards. Also, I wanted the cards to say specific things, so I created the text and included it on printable pages at the end of the PDF. That means you can print them out and then use whatever supplies you have on hand to finish the cards! :)

Here's a little photo so you know what I'm talking about (this is before I decorated the cards)...



I've also created them in both letter size (8-1/2" x 11") and A4 for all of you overseas that use a different size paper. Please make sure you click on the correct size when you buy the PDF.

I hope you all enjoy it! Please click on the Buy Now button below and it will take you to PayPal. NOTE: You will need Adobe Reader to view the file. Download it for free here.

And thank you all so much for support. Ya'll are the best! :)

8-1/2 x 11 - Those of you in the US will want this one



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A4 SIZE - Those in Australia, UK, Europe, just about everywhere else will want this one. :)


NOTE: The first 4 pages of instructions are still letter size. But the last three of the printable cards are A4 formatted.

Good morning, all!

Over the past few months I've had to upgrade my webhosting account twice because apparently all of my visitors to this blog are using up a TON of bandwidth. I'm both happy and worried about this. Happy because that means there are more of you visiting and I get to share with even more of you, and worried because I'm now paying a LOT more per month that I anticipated when I created this blog. Like a lot. More than I pay for my family plan on AT&T a lot.

Anyway, I've upgraded my hosting account to a high volume level, but that also means that it costs an arm and a leg to keep my blog up and running. In order to combat the costs (which are above how much I make with the ads), I decided I would start a Virtual Card Club! Hopefully this will be something that is valuable to you and it can help me out, too. :)

Here's the rundown on Virtual Card Club:

• Whatever I design and plan for my in-real-life card club, I'll create a PDF with plenty of photos of the project, a full supply list, and brief instructions.
• Every month, it will only cost $5 USD (Yes, those of you from other countries can buy it, too! :)

For this month's card club, we made a 25 days of Christmas advent calendar! The $5 PDF is 7 pages and includes large photos of the finished project, individual shots of each number, tips and tricks for assembly, a full supply list, and ideas for what to put inside the advent calendar days.

I hope you all enjoy it! Please click on the Buy Now button below and it will take you to PayPal. NOTE: You will need Adobe Reader to view the file. Download it for free here.



NOTE: There was a minor error in the PDF for the first few minutes it was up. If you bought the PDF and are missing numbers 22-24 on the individual shots in the PDF, please reference the email that was sent to you after your purchase and click on the download link again. If you have questions, email me.

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Just to clarify a few things about Virtual Card Club... Yes, there will be a new PDF each month with a new project. It will always be just $5. You can buy it one month and not the next, or however you'd like.

Also, I'll be keeping all the Virtual Card Club PDFs online and available to purchase whenever you'd like. So if next holiday season comes around and you'd like to see the advent calendar, it will still be here. I eventually want to create a page that just has Virtual Card Club stuff (a small store if you will).

Anyway, thank you to everyone who's bought the first Virtual Card Club PDF. Sometimes I'm just so overwhelmed that so many of you would actually be interested in it. I'm just sittin' here at my computer, baffled that anyone would want to buy it. It truly is humbling and I'm so thankful for all your support. :)

You've all given me one more thing to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Again, thanks so much! :)