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BEF2008
PeaFixture
PeaNut 183,504
January 2005
Posts: 3,920
Layouts: 0
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Do you make your cards to use them or just as mini art projects? | |
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Legoluce
PeaNut
PeaNut 513,712
July 2011
Posts: 208
Layouts: 25
Loc: London, UK
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I make mine to give away, I tend to use my scraps and stamps, and then older product/product I'm not too bothered about scrapping with so that I won't feel "attached" to it when it comes to giving it away. I try to scan or take a photo of cards I make so I at least have some memory of them  | |
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j-bear
PeaNut
PeaNut 479,140
August 2010
Posts: 33
Layouts: 4
Loc: Wisconsin
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I make mine to give away, I always keep a stash put away for last minute needs. Which reminds me, I have to get my nieces birthday card sent out  . |
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SDeven
Love Letters Pea
PeaNut 65,852
January 2003
Posts: 28,206
Layouts: 380
Loc: Nashville, TN!
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A while back I started putting a basket of cards (current holidays and various occasions) in the teacher's lounge at my son's school, for teachers and staff people to pick up. Not to toot my own horn, but they seem to really appreciate it. |
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CutieQCards
Make a Wish!
PeaNut 547,025
March 2012
Posts: 111
Layouts: 3
| Posted: 3/12/2013 1:57:20 PM
I make mine to give away as well.
One of these years, I want to build up my stash of cards so I don't always have to rush to create one when an occasion needs it.
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skrapchik
* PEAs & quiet *
PeaNut 600
June 1999
Posts: 11,989
Layouts: 321
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I give some away, the majority I send to Operation Write Home. |
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Kathy Montgomery
Addicted to the Exclamation Point!
PeaNut 42,004
July 2002
Posts: 11,159
Layouts: 454
Loc: N.CA
| Posted: 3/12/2013 2:05:25 PM
A little of both for me.  But none go unused...if I don't send them out, I give them to someone who will (other family members, friends, etc). |
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TracieClaiborne
Perfectionist Pea
PeaNut 23,809
October 2001
Posts: 15,685
Layouts: 364
Loc: Just a short drive from Nashville, TN! (Yee-Haw Ya'll!)
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I don't know why but I have a hard time giving mine away. Maybe it's because I know the love I put into them and I feel like people don't appreciate them. I am very choosy about who I do give them to, if I give them at all but I like having them as a little box of something I've accomplished. I can look at the designs and go, "You made this!" I need to sell a bunch of them. I think I have about 100 I'm hanging on to! | |
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cengland
AlienGreenPea
PeaNut 508,466
May 2011
Posts: 529
Layouts: 131
Loc: Sweden
| Posted: 3/12/2013 3:15:51 PM
Use most definitely! But I'm not the type to make up a card from a LO scrap (like the seeing double video series recommends) - that's just not how my inspiration works so cards are made for purpose when I need them. | |
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Just Lizzy
Original Pea #5005
PeaNut 19,817
August 2001
Posts: 20,133
Layouts: 54
Loc: On the rocky shores of life... AKA Mid-Missouri
| Posted: 3/12/2013 3:51:46 PM
I also make cards to give away. I try to keep about 20 cards, mostly birthday, made at all times so I'm prepared. If I make one I really like, I will make a duplicate to keep for my portfolio. |
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OntarioScrapper
AncestralPea
PeaNut 233,804
November 2005
Posts: 4,321
Layouts: 12
Loc: Campbellford, Ontario, Canada
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To give away. I make cards for all occasions. One time I was sick and couldn't make my younger sister her card. She was dissapointed but understood I wasn't up to it!
I also make cards for my husband to use. He works in stage theatre and needs thank you cards for cast and crew. He recently said he was looking for generic thank you cards for other people he needs to do them for. I said I could make him some. And then he said to make some male like ones with Tim Holtz stuff That's what I got for complaining that our son was using a bunch of my Tim Holtz paper for his scrapbooking project for school. Though he did say I should print out some coupons and replenish my stash this week.  Good answer or else I would still be grumpling! |
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Momma_Paparazzi
PeaNut
PeaNut 494,372
January 2011
Posts: 459
Layouts: 134
Loc: Wisconsin
| Posted: 3/12/2013 4:32:32 PM
I am with Tracie on this one. I have a hard time parting with them. The thought of them possibly ending up in the garbage... I don't know.  So, I am very choosy about who I send them too. I too have built up a collection of them. I don't have as many as Tracie, but I do have a bunch. I love looking at them.  | |
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JenHuedepohl
PeaFixture
PeaNut 38,135
May 2002
Posts: 3,955
Layouts: 38
Loc: Iowa
| Posted: 3/12/2013 5:24:00 PM
I package a variety up and give them to my grandparents for Christmas. All grandparents love handmade gifts from their grand kids - even 40 year old grand kids  |
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disneypal
PEAS Porridge Hot
PeaNut 93,127
June 2003
Posts: 19,039
Layouts: 169
Loc: Somewhere over the rainbow
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All the cards I make are given away - they are usually for birthday or Christmas |
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Justlulu
Garden Girl
PeaNut 232,474
November 2005
Posts: 5,947
Layouts: 684
Loc: Canada
| Posted: 3/12/2013 6:26:43 PM
I usually keep them and bundle them up as teacher gifts. Something different that I hope they can use! |
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*Delphinium Twinkle*
I'm just a pea:)
PeaNut 163,613
August 2004
Posts: 68,231
Layouts: 236
Loc: *Sunny Southern California*
| Posted: 3/13/2013 12:19:50 PM
I do. I give them with gifts or I bundle them as teacher gifts. I also sell them |
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86saycin
PeaNut
PeaNut 18,346
July 2001
Posts: 315
Layouts: 0
Loc: Mid-West
| Posted: 3/13/2013 3:40:22 PM
I usually make and give away. I do have a few I have saved though!
I love giving them as gift packs too. I have gotten great compliments when given that way. It feels good to use up my supplies and use the massive amount of stamps I've accumulated.
Love the idea of making them for a teachers lounge! | |
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Sophikins
PeaAddict
PeaNut 62,725
January 2003
Posts: 1,507
Layouts: 27
Loc: Pacific NW
| Posted: 3/13/2013 4:09:42 PM
I usually only make a card when I need one. I have been doing a lot of the 2P's Stamp board challenges, but I have two dd's at college so I often send them cards. I ALWAYS take a photo of my card (mostly to upload to a challenge), and I find I get just as much enjoyment looking at the photo as I do looking at the card- maybe even more because I shared that card with someone else. (my dd's put them up in their rooms and tell me that they get lots of comments from friends on the cards.) |
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caspad
peas&crackers
PeaNut 3,602
April 2000
Posts: 13,664
Layouts: 374
Loc: Massachusetts
| Posted: 3/13/2013 4:12:33 PM
Mine all get mailed or given away. That's why I make them. |
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LisaEDesign
PeaAddict
PeaNut 439,654
September 2009
Posts: 1,095
Layouts: 209
Loc: NC
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I give them away but make far more than I can give away on my own. So I always have a box for Operation Write Home cards. |
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toadelee
BucketHead
PeaNut 299,536
February 2007
Posts: 901
Layouts: 97
Loc: California Bay Area
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I give them away. But I confess that I scan or photograph them first. It makes me feel like I'm keeping my art, while allowing it to be functional in someone else's hands. |
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EllenPea
Pea with a Pen
PeaNut 70,644
February 2003
Posts: 19,335
Layouts: 783
Loc: Southern California
| Posted: 3/13/2013 5:05:54 PM
In theory to give away, but I have a growing stash of them. |
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@my
BucketHead
PeaNut 149,537
May 2004
Posts: 939
Layouts: 509
| Posted: 3/13/2013 11:37:54 PM
I sell some but I also mail quite a few too. |
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angsandy
PeaNut
PeaNut 479,236
August 2010
Posts: 227
Layouts: 93
Loc: Singapore
| Posted: 3/14/2013 7:08:34 AM
i mail them out to friends and family | |
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Octoberbeauty
PeaAddict
PeaNut 322,625
June 2007
Posts: 1,346
Layouts: 9
Loc: OK
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Once a year I do a Cards for Kids for the Arkansas Children's Hospital in memory of my daughter, Macy. She was killed in a house fire almost 6 years ago. It's that time of year again so if you'd like to learn more about it you can check out my FB event page. Cards for Kids |
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emilymae8
BucketHead
PeaNut 535,248
December 2011
Posts: 762
Layouts: 28
| Posted: 3/14/2013 10:57:43 AM
I made more cards before I started scrapbooking, but now I just make them when I need one to give to someone, or to sell. I always take photos first, for my blog. |
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Janna_Werner
Garden Girl
PeaNut 533,735
December 2011
Posts: 500
Layouts: 135
Loc: Germany
| Posted: 3/14/2013 11:08:26 AM
I give them away for birthdays or any other anniversaries. Though there are some cards I will not give to someone (not that I would be doing something with them.. I just want to keep them) |
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Gem Girl
PeaAddict
PeaNut 460,363
March 2010
Posts: 1,388
Layouts: 7
Loc: Lost in thought
| Posted: 3/14/2013 11:48:29 AM
A while back I started putting a basket of cards (current holidays and various occasions) in the teacher's lounge at my son's school, for teachers and staff people to pick up. Not to toot my own horn, but they seem to really appreciate it.
SDeven, that's really sweet of you, esp. since teachers are (IMO) vastly underpaid for the important work they do, & greeting cards are so pricey. |
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loveallcrafts
PeaFixture
PeaNut 383,577
July 2008
Posts: 3,696
Layouts: 108
Loc: Ontario, Canada
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I have to admit I am like Tracie.
I make cards with the purpose of giving them away, but I enjoy making them so much I have a lot on hand.
If I do make a card specifically for someone, then of course they get that card.
Sad thing is..I do take a photo of every card I make and put it on my blog or YouTube, and I still end up keeping them, lol.
My goal this year is to send out more cards...even if it is a Just Because card. Wish me luck 
Tracy |
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Scrapn Nana
PEAring through my camera lens
PeaNut 272,954
August 2006
Posts: 6,974
Layouts: 19
| Posted: 3/14/2013 1:18:49 PM
I don't often make cards, but when I do, it is for giving away. I scan it before giving it away, and then I can enjoy it without it taking up room in my house. |
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Photographers are violent people. First they frame you, then they shoot you, then they hang you on the wall; but if you're real good, they will scrapbook you! | |
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gmcwife1
SamFan
PeaNut 33,625
March 2002
Posts: 7,973
Layouts: 0
Loc: Washington State
| Posted: 3/14/2013 2:40:41 PM
My cards get given away, thats why I make them
I make them for myself to use (Christmas, birthdays, sympathy, etc.) but I also make cards for our 4-H club. I make probably 30-40 a year for our county leaders club, our teen club and our local dog 4-H club. Most of them are thank you cards for people that have volunteered their time or given us donations. But I've also made get well cards and Christmas cards for trainers and volunteers.
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NoreenElizabeth
PeaNut
PeaNut 431,787
July 2009
Posts: 63
Layouts: 0
Loc: craft room, Minnesota
| Posted: 3/14/2013 6:04:23 PM
I make lots of cards. I give them away individually as well as making up a box of cards to give as a gift. Like Tracie, I hate to let some of them go, mostly because I want to recreate it, but feel like I won't remember it. So, I keep those until I make it again or take a pic if it is simple to see what I did! | |
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Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 34,233
March 2002
Posts: 5,060
Layouts: 99
Loc: MN
| Posted: 3/14/2013 6:16:36 PM
I give them away to friends and family or Operation Write Home. When I was a SU! demonstrator, I used to keep them. I got so many that I just started giving them away. Now I don't keep any. |
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AnniesPaperGarden
PeaAddict
PeaNut 387,494
August 2008
Posts: 1,432
Layouts: 0
Loc: Central Minnesota
| Posted: 3/15/2013 10:31:03 AM
Octoberbeauty-
I am sending you 25 cards today.
Can you let me know when you receive them?
I had a lot of fun making them.
Annie | |
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andtyler
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 251,639
March 2006
Posts: 2,282
Layouts: 27
| Posted: 3/15/2013 11:09:44 AM
Yes... |
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Octoberbeauty
PeaAddict
PeaNut 322,625
June 2007
Posts: 1,346
Layouts: 9
Loc: OK
| Posted: 3/15/2013 11:48:18 AM
Octoberbeauty-
I am sending you 25 cards today.
Can you let me know when you receive them?
I had a lot of fun making them.
Annie
Absolutely! Thank you so much!!  |
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StampingSharon
PeaNut
PeaNut 37,755
May 2002
Posts: 436
Layouts: 10
Loc: Louisiana
| Posted: 3/15/2013 11:48:40 AM
I mail them out to family and friends as quickly as I make them.
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berta147
Now that I'm here, I have nothing clever to say!
PeaNut 144,090
April 2004
Posts: 7,567
Layouts: 134
Loc: In the land of the Giant Trees
| Posted: 3/15/2013 12:24:55 PM
I make cards for me to use to give away for events birthdays, etc., and I give to my sis and a friend from church to use for their card needs.
If I really love a card I create I will try duplicate it so I can use it and save for inspiration. Or if I am being lazy, I will just keep it.
I am going to an all day crop tomorrow and just making cards. My stash needs replenishing |
Alwaysacraftygirl-my blog
"This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in it's place is something that you have left behind . . . let it be something good." author unknown | |
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Bonscraps
PeaFixture
PeaNut 167,510
September 2004
Posts: 3,779
Layouts: 191
Loc: Quebec, Canada
| Posted: 3/15/2013 2:33:52 PM
I usually only make cards for someone specific or an occasion, or I love to make note cards to give as gifts. So I actually do not have many on hand. I think I need to do some challenges to buil up a bit of a stash for those times when I need a card in a hurry.
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AZLadycre8s
BucketHead
PeaNut 8,649
December 2000
Posts: 850
Layouts: 16
Loc: Southwest
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I keep a few on hand for events and celebrations, but most of them go to Operation Write Home. I enjoy making cards, but the amount that I was making far exceeded the amount that I was using. Now I feel like they are going to people who need something like this. I pray over every card, that the Lord will bless and protect both the Sender and the Receiver of every card that I make. Just a little extra blessing to go along with them! |
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Octoberbeauty
PeaAddict
PeaNut 322,625
June 2007
Posts: 1,346
Layouts: 9
Loc: OK
| Posted: 3/19/2013 11:00:36 AM
Bumping this to let AnniesPaperGarden know that I received her cards for the Children's Hospital. Thank you so much! |
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purpledaisy
Calm
PeaNut 116,261
November 2003
Posts: 25,157
Layouts: 102
| Posted: 3/19/2013 11:08:41 AM
I only make cards to give away. I've never thought about making them for art projects. But that would be a fun way to practice techniques. |
Becca
May we be consumed with the Creator of all things rather than with things created.
6 rings - no cheating! Go STEELERS!
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ltllea23
Montana Sweet Pea
PeaNut 142,421
April 2004
Posts: 8,493
Layouts: 974
Loc: Missoula, Montana
| Posted: 3/19/2013 11:12:49 AM
I am SO bad about this. I do send them or give them in person to really special people in my life...people that I know won't just toss them the minute that they get them.
But other than that...I am SUCH a hoarder. I think it is because I don't really scrapbook right now. They are my one proof that I actually do create A LOT with all my stuff that takes up an entire room. Ha!
I would love to find a local place to sell some of them...I don't really want to go the Etsy route. Way too much shipping- blech. |
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Kate-pea
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 146,398
May 2004
Posts: 2,938
Layouts: 1
| Posted: 3/19/2013 11:13:53 AM
I definitely give mine away. I like to have a good stash of Thank You cards on hand, and it's nice to have some birthday cards and generic (no sentiment) cards at the ready, as well.
What I need to build is a stash of birthday cards for my kids to give... and Bar Mitzvah cards... and...
I rarely make duplicates of a card, for fear I'll send the same one to someone twice! Sometimes I'll make the same design, but with different papers and sentiments. | |
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AnniesPaperGarden
PeaAddict
PeaNut 387,494
August 2008
Posts: 1,432
Layouts: 0
Loc: Central Minnesota
| Posted: 3/19/2013 11:50:52 AM
Thanks for letting me know!
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drakumel
PeaNut
PeaNut 520,709
September 2011
Posts: 148
Layouts: 21
| Posted: 3/19/2013 2:06:03 PM
I don't make many cards and they are usually for specific people and occasions, so I have no problem giving them away. And I have a couple for me that I made just for fun. | |
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