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Good morning sweet friends! As always thanks for stopping by. Today I’ll be brief because I want to get the giveaway card up. Lol, this is just a small dent in the stash, but I’m so glad these cards are going on to good homes, good causes :-)
For today’s comment – was wondering, how many cards do you make a week? No shame, not everyone cranks out cards – sometimes I’m a bystander myself.
The card that’s being given away today is shown above. Just a note – this is a card that has been shown before and there is a possibility that some of the supplies that were used are currently discontinued, no doubt there will be something you can substitute – have a look through my galleries for alternative ideas. Many things can still be found on the open market, just google and you’ll find that many retailers are still selling.
Stamps: JustRite Papercrafts – Special Gifts Labels Twenty Nine
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest – Natural White, The Paper Company
Ink: Amuse – French Roast
Accessories: Spellbinders A2 Scalloped Borders One, Spellbinders™Adorning Squares, Spellbinders Floral Ovals, Spellbinders™ Classic Ovals Large, May Arts Silk Ribbon, Recollections 0Half Pearl Stickers, filigree, pearl brad
Hope to catch up on reading comments later on in the day! Thanks for stopping by!
I tend to spend a lot of time on a card. I might be able to get 3 or 4 done a month but it certainly depends on the time of year.
Hi Becca. I love this card, simply stunning :-) I must admit I don’t make cards every week. I don’t have a craft room so have to get all my stash out on the dining table! Sometimes I can make upto about six cards in a week, but then I can also go a couple of weeks without making any. Hugs xxx
Depends on what’s going on in my life. :) Some weeks it’s zero and other weeks three or four. December is usually when I make the most cards in a week.
I make between 3-4 cards a week, more if I have time off.
Donna
Beautiful Becca. It is always a treat to visit your blog and see your creations.
Hugs and Blessings
Jim
Sad to say I only manage about 1 card a month – just depends on the season – at Christmas – I have to “crank” them out! Another beautiful card.
Love making handmade cards to share with family and friends. I have my card making out every day and work on them weekly. I may make none to 4 per week. Whatever my mood is. ;)
Love this gorgeous card and that special sentiment about friends.
I make 4 or 5 cards each week and have to keep some on hand to give to church family and friends for birthdays and anniversaries. Love making them.
I try to make atleast 2 cards a week, just depends on how crazy my days are and how many people drop by! Lol. Love today’s cards, the bows are so amazing! Have a great day dear Becca! I’m loving this 30 days posting! ????
I make them as I need them but now I have to start making some Christmas cards tyo figure out which one will be my cards for this year.
Normally 4. If I really get some free time I love to get in their and play more.
It varies, anywhere from 1-5 unless I’m making holiday cards.
If I didn’t have to work to support my card-making, I’d be making a card or two a day! The reality is that the number of cards I create varies from one or two per week to one every day for major holidays like Easter and Christmas.
My card making happens in jags. I can go weeks without making any and then I can get in to a groove and crank out 10 to 20 in a single week and then not do any for another few weeks. However, my cards are nothing like yours – your elegant style is so beautiful and the bows are just gorgeous.
Another beautiful card, Becca. I would say I make about 5 or 6 cards a month depending on number of birthdays, anniversaries, etc.
Usually 2 to 3 cards a week.
I try and make a few cards each week, like to keep cards on hand for any and all occasions. Just finished making and sending out two birthdays, one wedding and two graduation cards in just the last month.
Thank you again for all your beautiful cards that you share with us each day.
I don’t make cards on a regular basis. I can go weeks without making one and then make five or six in a few days. I tend to do more 3D items with my manual die cutters and electronic cutters. I love your cards, stamps and dies. I would love to own one of your creations.
My average is 1 card per week. However, I do go in spurts because I need to make so many cards for all of my family and friends; probably a minimum of 12 to a maximum of 28 of each card. Since I make many cards at once, I will first complete the preparation work so all of my pieces are available (die cuts, card frames, ribbons, pearls, flowers, etc.). The assembly begins after the prep work is done. Finally, I package the sets and send out to friends and relatives. Sometimes the set is for a holiday or birthday, many times it is just for fun. Everyone loves to send the beautiful cards to their friends and relatives. It is a ripple of caring messages that started with you Becca!!!!
Some weeks none, this week I am working on 80. It is summer break and I don’t have time during the school year, so Christmas cards are one of my summer projects!
What a wonderful card. Love the layers and the yummy bow. Sadly I have gone for several weeks now without making a card. Then this week I needed a card for a special birthday, so I did actually get it made in time to mail so she should receive it in time for her birthday. Some weeks when I have time I actually get 3-4 cards made.
Ooo…pretty in pink! Love it.
It all depends on the week. Some weeks I make nothing at all and some when weeks when I’m in the “zone” I will make a bunch of them. This week I’m working on about 8. I am hoping to start my Christmas cards soon, so that will be about 30-35 probably in the same week.
I DEFINATELY don’t crank out cards Becca! I make them as needed & that isn’t that often, really. The summer months are my down time. In the Fall & Winter months, I “crank out” a card every week, for our daughter who is at college. ;) Can’t let her forget us! LOL
GORGEOUS CARD BECCA!!! LOOOOVE that sentiment !!!! ;) You just have a way with paper!!! ;)
That’s a tough question! I would say on average at least one a week but in the last week or so, I’ve done 3, another one is waiting its insert, another is in progress early stages though. I try not to have more than 1 or 2 on the go at any one time or they don’t get finished! Another lovely card from you again today.
Hello Becca: Well, right now my grandchildren are on summer brake so I’m kind of busy every day but that doesn’t stop me from coming to my “Fortress of Solitude” to recharge my batteries and make cards.
On average I make 2 or 3 a week, I participate in several challenge blogs and I just love it, it’s amazing fun.
I’ve been asked to be a guest stamper a few times and that is just incredible since my blog is about 7 months old, LOL!!
Thank you for the chance to win your gorgeous cards.
Hugs.
Maria.
My cardmaking goes in spurts… making both greeting cards and ATC’s, I average 4-5 each week.
Hey y’all, easier to say how many a month… sometime I have a lot of birthdays/anniversaries. Some not so much. I have never thought about it before. Most months are about 4/5. But then I have a couple of months that have 10 or more! This card is lovely. Thanks Becca
Hugs, Jess
Lately I haven’t made many cards, but this friends card is inspiring! Just a beautiful saying…Friends are true gifts! and a great card…Robin
I don’t make a specific number a week. sometimes I make a special one. then I wait until a bunch of us get together and then make 30 or 40. we try to get together about once a quarter and spend a whole weekend crafting. love the soft colors of this card. the finding on the bow is gorgeous.
Wow…beautiful card! There have been weeks when I’ve made 15 cards and other weeks that I’ve only made one. It all depends on what’s going on at the moment.
Yet another amazing card Becca, laden with pearls, a gorgeous bow and a great sentiment.
Red faced, I admit to making very few cards in a year! Just family occasions really. I don’t have a craft room, just the dining room table on which my bits and pieces (when I have collected them) can lie for weeks. Problem is hubby does not like clutter…….*#@0+^<. Most of my time is spent online admiring other people's work and leaving comments as often as time allows.
beautiful card as always! it depends on how many birthdays and anniversaries I have. sometimes I make 4-5 and sometimes none. I wish I could get ahead but I can’t seem to make myself sit down and just make cards just because
Lovely card and sentiment, Becca. Lately I have only be making the cards I need. I want to make more so I would have them on hand, but haven’t had the time to spare.
I go through phases. While my goal is to spend a couple hours a day in my craft room (since retiring), that is definitely not the case as life and family are my priorities. But I do make at least 2 cards a month for a swap with my sister and her sister-in-law, and then I’ll do birthday, or occasion cards as needed, and sometimes I even have the time and motivation to do a just because card! Those are the most fun!
Love the card and all the inspiration you provide.
Most weeks I get one to two cards made. I love when I have a really productive week and can get three to four made.
Another beautiful card Becca, loving the colors used.
I mainly make cards for family and friends now , so really difficult to judge throughout the year ,but come Christmas i make daily once i have started to get them all done around about 60 cards .
Take Care
Elaine H X
Your card is gorgeous as always Becca, these are the cards that I lil to make!
I collect more supplies than i make cards, lol, I have all the great intentions of making cards to lee on hand, but I end up making them as I need them for a certain person. Unfortunately I have too many men in my family and not enough girls to do the pretty cards that i like to do. Tis life they say.
Hugs and God Bless,
Gretchen
The words on this card are so true.
I make a minimum of 2 cards a week and more when time permits, it also depends if I have any orders. x
Lovely card again, Becca. I take my time on a card, so I may only make one card in a week, depending on the attributes of the card I want to make, it might take me 2 weeks!
Hi Becca,
Another beautiful card.
Some weeks I will make 6 or more, depends how detailed they are. I meet every week with three other card makes so that get me making a lot , some times we help each other with designs.
Have a great day.
PS. I still my not getting your news letter, would it help if I unsubscribe, then subscribe again, let me know.
I can get as many as 20 in a day if they are all alike, but usually 2 is as many as I can get done a day if I am making them for special occasions.
This week I am making twenty cards for stamp club card swap.
There are many weeks when I don’t get any cards made, sadly.
Working full time does not afford much time for “playing.”
Thank you for the chance to win one of your stunning cards!
How many cards in a week? A few weeks ago I made a dozen sympathy cards because those are always needed in an adult community. Then it took me a week to make a spinner card & decorate a picture frame for my great-nephew who turned one, and an engagement congratulations. In one of our classes last week, we made a water card, which I finished. That’s pretty much the last month! Hah! Not much activity for me. Maybe I will be motivated soon!
Hi Becca first thank you for all you share and for this amazing 30 day where we can comment on our personal thoughts. I have to say that I have not made too many cards lately I have made about 5 in the past weeks. Either thank you-birthday or for a special gift for my first rag quilt for my son and daughter in law. I am working on making a few 3X3 cards to put in a purse bag I made. Its going to be given to my quilt teacher for her hard work in teaching quilting to a beginner. Just something handmade is so much fun and great therapy. Have a good day.
At least 3, more depending on need. I find making cards to be ery relaxing.
I love the use of the pearls on this card and the beautiful ribbon. How many cards do I make…..it all depends. Some times I do a mass production and other times just one card. When I get lazy I get a card from the $ store and add glitter and ribbon.
I make at least 2 a week, but right now recovering from shoulder surgery and have all my birthday cards made for rest of the year…Can you tell its a passion for me…lol
It averages to be about 6 a week. Sometimes it is a lot more when I am doing thank you notes for church. But for my own purposes probably 6 is a fair amount.
This is hard to pin down, as I make as I need. I currently have a good stash of certain cards, but if a Sympathy card is needed, I would need to make one. I maybe make 3 cards a month. on the average.
Lovely card today!
Becca, I’m fairly new to card making though I have a craft room fit for a crafty Queen like yourself. I have only been making cards as the occasion comes along. I’m dying to start a blog, though I have no idea where to start. I feel like if I had a blog it would push me to be making cards at least on a weekly basis, if not more.
Hi Becca, I generally make a minimum of two cards a week.
Another GORGEOUS card, Becca. I just love the elegant beauty of your cards.
Some weeks I don’t make any cards. Some weeks about 3 or 4……during making cards for Christmas, I might make 10-15. All just depends on my creative spirit ! Thx for the chance to win this card! I would be soooooooo honored to receive one.
Hi Becca, Another stunning card here, they´re all really gorgeous and sooo perfect made always. I love your style and your choise of stamps and dies too.
It´s very different how many cards I make a week. Sometimes I make quite a few and other times, I don´t make any and iother timmes again, I´m making all other kinds of thin gs, so it varies a lot.
At least one a month just to cover cards for family & friends. But it can be 3 in a week or 1 a day if inspiration strikes.
Hi Becca,
I’m afraid I’m in the occasional cardmaker category, but not wanting to be there. I absolutely LOVE losing myself in the process of making a card, and then seeing how it all turns out in the end too. I’d like to make a minimum of a card a week, that’s my goal–I live with severe health issues, so that isn’t always possible, but it’s a goal. My other crafting-type goals–to start a blog, and I’d love to start a service where card-makers would send a package of cards tailored to missionary families, especially those living in remote areas and/or where buying cards in English would be difficult. That way for birthdays and other occasions, there would be special, handmade cards for each family member to receive from their family, etc. I think that making cards for troops is EXCEPTIONAl, love it! I was just thinking it would also be amazing if we made handmade cards for God’s soldiers who go out and minister in faraway places in His name. Someday…
Blessings, I love this friendship card! You can never have too many of those to send out… :)
Joanne
some times if I have my mojo on I will just get in the mode and make 4 or more cards a week or I scrapbook; special occasions or my grand daughter’s life. It also depends on whats going on in life as to how much I get done. It’s my relax time and clear my head time.
Hi Becca, another beautiful card for us today. My card making depends on the month and also my health and schedule. I am trying to get a head start on busy months so am working on November/December birthdays at the moment so I can start on Christmas cards early this year. I have found that sometimes when I have a design that I love, I make 2 or 3 of that design if there won’t be any crossovers with the recipients. This has helped a great deal as I like to take my time in designing and try to make it specific to the person receiving it.
Good morning Becca, what a pretty card so soft looking.
I make on the average 2-3 cards per month depending the the number of birthdays or other events.But come Christmas time I don’t come out of the craft room much.
Have a great day and God Bless.
Katherine
Hi Becca
Lovely card??
I Make about 2-3 cards a week.
Sometimes 2 to 3 and then sometimes none.
Such a pretty card Becca! I make probably 4-5 cards/week on average…try to keep lots of ‘thinking of you’ kind of cards, plus birthday cards on hand, and I like to keep some sympathy cards on hand…but mostly I like to make cards specifically for the occasion and the intended recipient!
Wonderful sentiment on today’s card Becca. I spent some time in my craft room every day since I retired. However, not always making a card. Sometimes it’s practicing techniques etc. I do try to make two or three a week. Sometimes if there are lots of birthdays, anniversaries etc it is more. Unfortunately life does tend to get in the way at times, such as right at this moment, and it is fewer. I tend to make my Christmas cards throughout the year so I don’t have a mad flurry and panic when I realise how close it is! Hugs Christine xx
Hi Becca,
It depends on the week as to how many cards I make. I am still working full time so that can limit my crafting time.Most weeks I make one or two cards but once a month I make 6 cards for a local card swap group. No matter how many I make, it is always fun and relaxing
It is different every week, I may make none, 1 or a lot it depends on what dates are coming up or the holiday. I also make cards for my family or friends and they buy them from me because they would rather have a handmade card than a bought one. So when they call and say I need this I make them then and pass along. Your winner page is not showing past the 6th I am wondering if I am having a problem with the site?
Probably 1 -2 a week.
Not every day is a card making day. Between the cards for my pen pals, cards for my monthly friends and family, then throw in the twice a month card class I would say maybe 50 a month. It is a passion and I love it.
A least once a month I make 15 of the same for a card class I go to once a month…every once in a while I need one and will whip one up….if my craft room didn’t look like 3 tornados hit it, I would make more..
At the moment, I create cards on an as needed basis, at the moment less than 1 per week.
Hi Becca, wow a lovely card today and although I am not a fan of bows, yours are gorgeous.If I have the time I make quite a lot of cards as I am selling them to friends ,neighbours ect.I donate the money to a daycare centre for disabled people,in my home town,where I also help out and buy them the presents for the 3 Kings on Jan, 6 th .Here in Spain Father Christmas is not celebrated the way we do with presents .Take care Jane B.
Hope you received my address,Becca? As the Internet not always works well up in the mountains were we live.Cheerio.
Well, you never can tell. It’s all up to the time, paper, and inspirations! Some days I have a bucket load of it all, and some days are drier than a desert river bed. Just depends!
Thanks for asking!
Hello Becca
Your card is lovely as always. I so look forward to seeing your creations!! I make 3-4 cards a month. It depends on how many birthdays, thank you or other cards I need. I keep meaning to make extras so I have cards ahead, but never do. I do keep a stash of copies of ideas I like for cards to be made. One day I still hope to create my spare stash!
Hugs, Karen
Cards – about one a month. Most of my paper crafting time goes into making gifts – calendars.
I usually do 6 every other week or 12 a month. Sometimes it is more if there’s a birthday in that month!
Love the sentiment, love the card. As I am in the process of relocating, all my “stuff” is packed in storage. Haven’t made a card in sometime and am suffering withdrawal!
I tend to have “sessions” when I make lots of cards sometimes up to three months ahead. I go away a lot and I make sure that I have all my greetings cards done well before I leave and make the cards needed for a few weeks after I get back. My dedicated craft room is so crammed with materials and tools that there’s no room for me to sit in there to work, so I take over the dining room for about two weeks at a time and we eat in our kitchen/diner. I have a very accommodating and patient husband!!
Doreen R from Bournemouth UK
i have only one word for this Card…….Beautiful…..
I make a minimum of 20 cards a MONTH and spread that out over the weeks (because of the 4 card clubs I belong to and the swaps we do…plus any special occasion during the month that requires a card! Certainly keeps me busy!!!
Paper Hugs,
Jan
Hi Becca!
I am always amazed how how gorgeous you laying is! I can not seem to get the knack for it.
I would LOVE if you did a “how to” VIDEO series on your thought process and how you come up with not only your layer choices but also your color choices. I notice that you do a lot of monochromatic choices. Yours are jaw dropping gorgeous and mine…well…not so much!
I was forced to return to the work force after 19.5 years of being a homemaker. (health insurance premiums when through the roof and consume 90% of our entire household expenses.) It has been EXTREMELY hard on me especially emotionally b/c I have been thrown into a technology world where I don’t belong. ANYHOW, I unfortunately average approx. .0001 cards a week. Lack of time is a factor and I do not have a craft room so I have to work on my dining table, coffee table or in most cases on the floor in my living room.
Blessings,
Valerie
Another gorgeous card. Wow. This one has all of that lacy girli-ness that I love. Thanks for posting it again, Becca. It is inspiring to see one of your cards every day.
I make an average of 3 cards per week. Obviously, sometimes more, sometimes less, but I gestimate an average of three. (I’m still working, or it would be more! I fantasize about being retired so I can pay with paper all day!)
Sometimes I go weeks without making a card but others, like yesterday, I made 16, but all the same. I sell my cards at shows and to friends so like to keep a stash on hand. Would love to add this card to my stash but would never sell one of yours. I would frame yours.
Hi Becca
I make on average 2-3 depending on how many Birthdays or Anniversary’s I have coming up. I don’t like making men’s cards very much because I love to make pretty cards.
Love Marion
I’m never consistent, some weeks I don’t do a single card other weeks I may do a lot, I estimate that since the New Year I have probably done over two hundred cards. One of the reasons why so many? I have made invitations and thankyou cards for golden wedding anniversary party. It’s been a busy year for me so far.
I am very slow @ making cards.
I am a whiz at organizing.
Thanks again for giving us a chance to win!
I don’t have to much time to make cards. i make them as i need them. Thank You for your sharing.
Still having so much fun answering these questions. During my busy seasons – summer, fall, early winter, I try to make one new design a week (16-24 of each), fill in what is low, so that I have 16 of each, and try – doesn’t always happen – to make a holiday design a week – 16 – 24 of each. Since I carry a pretty full line of cards, this is a hectic time! I also fill any special orders, make any family cards I need, etc. At the end of my season, I donate cards and supplies to organizations that can use them, put the rest of my inventory away to add to over the winter and get ready for Easter and Mother’s Day and the start of a new season!
Of course, when you break an ankle on the 3rd of July and need surgery, it sort of messes with the “plans”, so here we are. Having days of gratitude and thanksgiving. Thanks, Becca :)
I tend to make cards as I need them, but sometimes I’m just in the mood for a card making marathon! It would be hard for me to say I make X amount of cards in a week. I’d say on average I make a couple a week. Thanks so much for this fun 30 Days of Giving. I am really enjoying it. The winners for the last couple of days are not showing up for me. Is it just a problem with me?
I don’t make cards very often; only when I need one. I do make, on occasion, Christmas cards throughout the year to use at Christmas time, but that’s it. Such a pretty card today.
I usually only make cards as I need them. Usually for my hubby’s family and a handful of my neighbors. Although, a woman at our church loaned me a whole tote box of her stamps all wood mounted to create cards for our church. I have been too ill to get started on them. So please pray that God will heal me. My heart is failing.
Gorgeous!
I usually do anywhere from 1-6 cards a week.
Eeeks a week?! I don’t know how you cardmakers do it…I’m lucky to get Mother’s Day, Christmas and a couple of Birthday cards out…but I am trying to get better!
Sometimes life gets in the way. I would like to sit in my craft room everyday, but that isn’t my reality. I probably make 3 or 4 cards a month, but not necessarily 1 a week. I’ll have a good weekend and I’ll make several at that time.
Sometimes none at all, sometimes up to half a dozen.
Blessing
Maxine
On average, a card a week. Life mostly dictates how much crafting time I get. However, birthdays, special occasions and holidays always trump chores if dedicated card making time is needed to get that “just right” card done, lol. Have a great day Becca!
I don’t work on my cards by the week..I just know I need 12 cards every month that I send out to special people in my life. I call it my Card Of The Month club.
I could use a “friend” card like this. Always beautiful! I probably average 2 or 3 cards a month. Each one takes me quite a bit of time. I mainly acknowledge family birthdays with a card creation and occasionally special wedding anniversaries. The recipients love to receive my handmade cards since I try to personalize each one that could only be specifically for that individual!
There is no pattern to my card crafting production. While there have been a limited number weeks of “embossing\die-cutting silence”, there have been a few weeks when I have cranked out over 200 cards. Perhaps the medium number would be four per week.
It all depends on the week and how many birthdays I have. Sometimes I just sit down and play and cards appear! Making cards and scrapbooking are such a stress reliever!
I feel as if I am out of adjectives Becca. All of your creations are gorgeous. I’m not personally aware of anyone else with a similar style and talent. As for card making, I am a very inconsistent card maker. I may go for weeks, even months without making a card. Other times I get on a roll and make a bunch. I also scrapbook so it just depends. Thanks so much for this 30 days of giving.
On average probally 3-4 cards a week! Another marvelous creation today!
Sadly I rarely make cards. I get so frustrated being a perfectionist, if they don’t come out looking like DT member cards I give up…sad.
Another beautiful card, love the sentiment!
I don’t make cards every week. Sometimes it takes weeks between each card, and sometimes I spend time in my craftroom several days in row.
During autumn I am very productive making Christmas cards ;))
Normally I could manage about 3-4 cards in one week, because I use quite a long time on each card.
I’m sad to say I usually only manage to create 2 or 3 cards a month, only very occasionally more if needed for birthdays or at Christmas etc. I try to make 3D projects when I can fit it in too but I’m embarrassed to admit I often buy tools like stamps and dies etc. and sometimes don’t get the chance to play with them for months or longer. I love how creative you are and appreciate the inspiration you give everyone who visits your blog.
I make around 4 cards in a week. Sometimes more if there is a special ocassion .
I work as a volunteer in a senior centre and we make cards that are sold for a nominal price to the seniors. I am a senior myself.
I average 2 or 3 a week.
My weekly total can be in a range from zero to 5. I tend to make my cards as I need them so some months are busier than others. Closer to Christmas the weekly count total goes up a bit. I have tried in the past to sit down to make cards just to have on hand, and am not very successful. I seem to need to know who the card is going to in order to get a design that is pleasing to me when I am done. My cards are truly made for that individual.
I usually make 3-5 cards a week. And sometimes more or less. Right now I am getting ready to start my Christmas cards. I will be in full mode on them by the last weekend of July! Thank you for all your wonderful ideas. I plan to make some of your ideas as Christmas gifts for some special people in my life!
Another stunning card today. I love the sentiment on this one. I really don’t make cards on a weekly basis. I like to go to my LSS and they have make n takes every day, also go to classes there. Most of the time I get together with friends and make cards. I do make some at home then I can really think about it and try new techniques (my favorite thing to do).
Honestly, if I complete two cards a week then that’s a major accomplishment for me. Of course there are always exceptions like a funeral or ‘missing you’ card. The main idea is to enjoy the process of creating and relax. I sometimes wonder if I get a bigger joy sending these cards out than the receiver. Am enjoying sharing my thoughts with you.
I tend to go in fits and starts. Sometimes I print a a bunch of digis, and color color color. Then I get the urge to make cards, and I take my digis and create cards.
Your cards & sentiments are beautiful! I began card making in 1996, it was for fun than in 2007 it became my lifeline. My mom had suffered a stroke that changed our lives forever…card making became a therapy. Since her going home to Jesus in 2010 I have not been able to get back to card making, perhaps 1 card every three months. Thank you for your inspirations on the written word. You are a blessing.
Hi Becca, Another stunning card, loving the colours and the embellishment and that gorgeous bow.
To be honest I only make cards for my own family for Birthdays, Anniversaries, Births etc, so it depends on when these fall, this month I have three to make and I am half way through, it takes me a long time to ‘decide’ what to create, and even then, sometimes it doesn’t turn out how I would like, so then I have to start again. My second one this month was like that, it it for my Granddaughter’s 30th Birthday, I got three quarters the way through it and decided that I didn’t like it, so I have started again, then when I have finished that one, I have an 18th card to make for my youngest Granddaughter. I do tend to make more cards in the Winter, in the Summer I tend to do lots of gardening.
Lots of love from Patricia xx
I do about 4 or 5 a week. I’m getting ready to teach some classes, so I’ve been trying out a lot of different cards. Plus I have an order for 50 Christmas cards I need to get done! :)
Another beautiful bow… on another beautiful card Becca! Love it!!
It varies. If I have a card order I will make several. If I am just making them to give for birthday cards, I will make as many as I need for birthdays for the month. Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards.
Love this Becca! So nice to see your daily creations and the interactive quality!!! Hugs, Rebecca
Hi Becca stunning card l love your bows mine never look that good.l think l make about four cards a week , but if i,m making for school or something it can be a lot more hugs linda
Well, I would say that card is a special gift too! I would have to say that I probably only make only one card a week. I do more if an occasion comes up. I try to always do two at one time so I have some done up and ready to go if possible. Thanks again Becca. Blessings, Lisa
I don’t have any set number of cards to make each month. The number I make depends on how many birthdays, wedding anniversaries, new baby, thinking of you, thank you, get well and sympathy occassions that come up that I want to acknowledge. This summer has been a busy one for me. In June, I made twenty-one cards and sent out. In July, so far, I have made and sent out seven birthday cards, two wedding anniversary cards, one thank you card, three new baby and two get well cards. Your cards inspire me so please keep them coming! I need all the help I can get. I especially liked yesterday’s “day 8” card. It’s looks so “Becca”.
Becca your card is just beautiful again this morning and like the dies you have used. I would make at the least 3 cards a week but could be up to 6 depending on what is happening and who I am with. Sometimes my craft girls just want to chat.
Hugs Trish.
I must confess that I make cards sporadically. I may make a lot of them in one week and then none for a few weeks. So, it’s hard to tell how many I make a week. Right now, maybe 1 a week.
I make about 3-4 cards a week depends on my work schedule. Christine S.
I love making cards. I usually make 4 or 5 a week. When I come up with a good idea, I usually make 2 or 3 similar, but not the same papers. My cards aren’t as fancy as yours, but I have fun making them.
Beautiful card you have up today! Love that big pink bow! I really don’t make a set number of cards per week. I’m mainly driven by need when a birthday, holiday, etc comes up. I’m also trying to finish a scrapbook for daughter #1 so I can start one for daughter #2! I’d much rather be making cards though!
Hi, Becca,
I love the stamp used on this card!
Like many of those who commented, my card making runs hot and cold. Sometimes I make cards for particular people but I have had several people ask me if I have cards to sell so I have been working on an inventory. On average, I make about 5 cards per week. Not prolific – but consistent.
When I look for the giveaway winners, my system only shows to Day 6.
Love & blessings,
Sandy
Some weeks I make 5 or 6 cards. Then I will go for a couple of weeks without making any…frustrating because I like to craft, but someone has to mow the lawn!
All your cards are so gorgeous.
I used to make at least 1 card a day but now I work in fits and starts. As I lead a class, I always have to make at least 2 samples a week on top of the cards I make for family and friends. The prospect of a charity fundraiser 3 weeks ago resulted in a frenzy of cardmaking and I produced 24 in 2 days. Christmas means I need to make several hundred at a time so that I have packs of 5, 6, 10 and 12 to sell for fundraising.
Hugs
Anne(UK) x
I work, so I would love to make more cards, but I only do it on special occasions at this point (anniversary, b’day, thanks)
My card making depends on special occassions & how much spare time I have after family & work. Sometimes I may make 1-2 a week sometimes I make none. Mostly make them as I need them basis.
Another beautiful card Becca, thank you for sharing such a wonderful gift.
Hi Becca It really depends on how many birthdays are around, or if a friend needs a card.But I do like to have some on standby in the “just in case” box
Another lovely card today as always
Alison
Hi Becca,once again, a beautiful stylish card that is so well executed. What I would give for theability to create such wonders. I make cards, books and boxes as and when I can. Often my rheumatoid makes it ompossible to do much, but I am lucky to have my own craft room and love to sit and just be in it surrounded by my stash. Kindest wishes to you
Hi Becca, absolutely love this card – as I do for all your cards. I would have to say I make between 3-5 cards a week, all depends on the requests I get from my co – workers. Sometimes I can do as many as 4-5 just on a weekend. Christmas time I make a lot so maybe I would say between 8-10 a week at that time of year.
Another of Becca’s beautiful cards, hope to give that
a try but the sentiment is one I do not have – yet!
Most days I do get at least one card completed but with classes I often do maybe two or three so I am prepared.
Beth
It actually depends on the month, this month so far I’ve done average 3 a week but overall probably 1 a week, unless it gets to be Christmas time. I really need to stop procrastinating and get my Christmas ones done early. LOL
Hmm I make a few cards in a week. I go to a group of ladies and we share card making. There are 4 of us. We each make a card and take turns to show and make each others cards up. So that is 4. But I have just started teaching a ladies in the village where I live how to make cards, and she has 3 kits to make with my help and 1 kit to take home. So that makes another 4, as you need a tactile sample to them to see.
I then make other special cards depending on the time of year.
So at a minimum it would have to be 8 cards.
I just love your cards Becca. And have followed your blog for years and it always causes me to sigh and tugs at my heart when I see your cards and other items you make.
Annamieke from the land down under.
My card making time is mostly determined by the weather. During the Fall, I get a total itch to spend time in my craft room. During the summer… not so much. When it’s rainy and cold, I can really crank out the cards. So for an answer, summertime is zilch and cooler time is 1 or 2 a day.
On a good weekend, I can make 3 or 4. My goal is to get ahead on birthday cards and start on Halloween and Thanksgiving. Ha!
Hi Becca the words on this card are lovely and the bow !
Like a lot of the ladies it just depends I think most of us would like
the time to do more!!!
Dare I say I also like scrapbooking ! I sometimes go to classes and
crop days which I enjoy and share ideas.
I have never sold my cards just send or give them away to people who
appreciate what goes into them.
Some weeks 2 or 3 others none have a lovely weekend everyone
Take care stay safe XXX
There was originally a group of five of us who made cards together. We would go craft shopping monthly and meet to make cards. We were all in different places in our lives and now I’m the only one who still wants to make cards. Due to other interests I hardly ever make cards in summer, but like to make them in winter, especially Halloween and Valentine cards. Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards, Becca. I’m not a winner yet . . .
I make at least two a week.
Hi Becca, I can go for ages without making a single card but come summertime I like to get a headstart on my Christmas cards, I have about 80 to make! Thanks for the opportunity to win your stunning card.
Another beautiful card.
I have been a bystander lately. Working late or playing with grandkids.
Thank you for sharing your talent.
I love today’s card Becca, especially the sentiment, it speaks from the heart. I make cards as needed, so I look at my calendar and it will tell me whose birthday or anniversary is coming up and I stamp accordingly. If I really like a card that I’ve just made, I get all excited and can’t wait to replicate it, so I usually start another card as soon as that one is completed. I try to have a few Thank You and Sympathy cards made in advance, so sometimes I’m just spending the day cranking out some of those.
Most weeks my average is 1-2 cards a week. I’m generally a show card-maker, I work a full-time job and my hubby is a pastor. Work and doing what I can to help him takes away from crafty time. :(
Hi Becca,
Beautiful card. At the moment I am making a couple of cards a day for my design team but normally its three a week lol!
Love & hugs
Jacquie J xxx
I don’t always get to make cards because I work full time and attend school at night. I am so addicted to coloring and card-making that I have often taken things to my job to work on at my lunch time! When I do get a break from school, I try to make a least 3 a week, but in general, with work, school and family, I am lucky to get ONE completed!
Another pretty one Becca. I make 1-2 cards most weeks. Some weeks it’s 10+. If a week goes by without paper play I experience withdrawals!
Beautiful card Becca! I make about 3 cards each week, sometimes more as I sell my cards at crafts shows in the fall. Your cards are my inspiration!
Lately I have not made a card in about 2 months but this week my niece got engaged and I have been making thank you cards every day for an engagement survival basket for her. I imagine with a wedding coming my card making time is winding up, so the dust will be off the tools now.
I just made my first Christmas card this week. During the summer months I go to our summer home and haven’t stocked a second craft room so don’t get to many done. As I build up my supplies I will increase the number made.
I make 2 to 3 cards a week . You come up with so many ideas I don’t know how you do.it
It varies on how much time I have & how inspired I am. Sometimes I spend a whole weekend and make 20. Sometimes none. I’d say about 5 a week on average.
Good morning Becca, what a fabulous card!!! I remember this the first time!!!
Loved it then love it now!!!
Depends on what birthdays and other occasions I have!!!
Have a good one!!!
Loopy Lynda xxx
On average, I make 1-2 cards a week. Really depends on the season. I tend to make more Birthday cards in January, June and July as most of the family birthdays fall in those months. I make lots of Valentine’s in Feb, Easter cards in Mar/Apr. and of course I start my Christmas cards in Oct/Nov. The others are more random. I always enjoy starting my day when possible with your posts Becca, your cards are always an inspiration. Thanks.
Marcie
This one is really simple and pretty. I would make 2 to 4 cards most weeks. On a bad week only 1 or none!
I have a great desire to make cards that has not come to fruition yet. I’ve gathered materials and will start shortly. I admire your designs very much. I love your creative eye. Hope I can create something that can make me feel as good as your cards do.
Very pretty card. I hate that Justrite no longer has a web site to purchase their stamps and dies. They have such gorgeous stamps and dies. It depends on birthday, anniversaries, illness, etc. This past week I have made 3 cards, 2 anniversaries and one birthday. Next week, I only have my grandson’s birthday card to make. He’s into robots to I’ll have to come up with something along that line. Any ideas?
I always have the greatest of intentions to send people birthday cards, anniversary cards, etc. but somehow I never get my act together early enough to get cards made (because I’d also have to clear off my desk, and that would take a fair bit of time!) ‘sigh’
However, I did make one of your cards for one friend of mine who faithfully makes cards for my husband and I, and I decided I HAD to make the card no matter what! It took me a very long time to make, because I had to keep watching/re-watching your video to know what to do next, but I did get it finished and she got it on her actual birthday.
I then made another card for a relative and she got it on time too – only problem was I started making it for their anniversary, but didn’t get it finished, so her birthday was only a little while later, so she got it then, and she didn’t know any difference, and they were thrilled with the card. LOL
Having just retired and moving, I haven’t made but about four cards all summer. But when I am set up, I usually crank out 1-5 a week. With having more time now, I really hope to do at least 3 a day and donate to a local military group. Beautiful card!
It depends on how many occasions occur in the month. Summer months are always the busiest. I usually make 5-7 cards a week and on special occasions, like 4th of July, I make 15. All the same so it goes quickly. Work schedule and home chores cuts into the available time to make them.
Love this card. Beautiful. I make 5 a month i take car of our 2 yr old Granddaughter its a full time job so its hard to make them,
It is debatable. I do a lot of designing to sell. I tend to work when it hits me….I have tons of ideas but sometimes no energy. When I do make a card though….everything I have goes into it.
Hi Becca! I think I average about one card a week. Thanks very much for the chance to win!
Hello Becca. I make two or three cards a week usually unless I take a class, then I make more. I love the sentiment of friendship on today’s card. Thanks for sharing.
Depends on the week! Lol Normally, not many and not consistently. Sometimes I see something I want to try out. Last week, however, I made 40 birthday party invitations. Although a bit stressed, I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Becca – Your cards are gorgeous. God Bless
Kathleen
The number of cards I make in a week varies. It depends on what I need. I make all of the cards I send and occasionally sell a few. Some weeks I may be too busy to make any. Other times I may make half a dozen in one day. One year I tried to make a card every day for a year. I only got 302 done but I felt pretty good about that since I never make anything simple or quick.
Beautiful card Becca. On average maybe two cards a week. Would make more if I had more free time. x
I love this card and its beautiful pink bow! I’m sorry to have to admit that I haven’t been able to create cards in six months. On Jan. 6, 2015, I fell in the shower while hospitalized for pneumonia. I fractured my pelvis in three places plus I broke my shoulder. After the broken bones healed, we discovered I had more damage than the fractures. On June 4, 2015, I had surgery to repair my shoulder so now i have another two months of recovery before I will be using my arm normally. It will be about 9 months with physical therapy and no crafting. I really miss being creative. We also recently discovered that I damaged nerves in my back. As a result, I’m using a wheelchair. Short of God’s intervention, and I believe that can and does happen, I will be using the wheelchair to craft as we wait to see if the nerves recover. I should know in another year whether the damage is permanent. While this has been extremely painful and emotionally difficult, it is blogs like yours that keep me inspired and helps me hang onto the hope that i will craft cards again.
Per week? Right now I’m more like per month :) I try to make 2 cards each time I get a chance but often I’m just creating one needed for a friend at the last minute or spending an afternoon making several. One trick I have been using lately is to cut two of everything so have two similar cards when done. Thanks for sharing. I’m enjoying these daily reflections.
Hi Becca,
This is a beautiful card. There are some weeks when I am very motivated and have extra time and I may make 10 cards then other weeks no time and no cards. I do love to create and no one is better at it than you.
God bless,
Peggy
I actually had to think about this for awhile……I guess I do hand cut my images sometimes with a scissors.
I make bits and pieces of cards during the week, but I probably only make a couple cards a month. I mainly like to putter in my studio and try things from time to time. I don’t always have the time with my family and everything else on my schedule right now to just sit and make a card. :-)
I do not do many cards during the year… maybe 0 to 1 a week.. until it’s time to start making Christmas cards.. then i make approximately 50. Or if i am making some wedding invitations or party invitations of some type.
Pretty card, gorgeous bow. I like to donate one evening per week to card making….so I make about 12 cards in a week. Gove or take one or two.
I probably average at least one per week – birthdays, weddings, thanks, graduations, sympathy. Major holidays other than Christmas about 15 each – Valentines, St. Pat.’s, Easter, Halloween & Thanksgiving. For Christmas I send out 30-40 cards with a form letter and at least a personal note added to about 1/3 of those, plus I make next year calendars for about 25 lady friends for Christmas gifts.
Call me old fashion, but I still do a lot the old fashion way. I cook regular meals not take out, I still bake homemade instead of buying from bakery, I sew and love to design window dressing, bedding etc., and even though we have all have cell phones, I have a land line with several hand sets throughout the house so I don’t have to carry my cell with me from room to room (Have a fairly large home and could not hear the phone if I did not have several hand sets. I still prefer to take my pictures with an SLR which gives me better quality pics then any cell phone or i-pad and although I store and work with them on my computer and back them up, I also always send them out to get a hard copy made as well. Like to make homemade cards instead of store bought. And although I have and use my dishwasher, I still believe in washing my dishes before putting them into the dishwasher. Like I have always said to my kids, their isn’t a little guy that comes out in the washing cycle to scrub the pots and pans and remove the food residue from the dishes. Besides those food particles have to go somewhere, and just get trapped and eventually clog your the dishwasher drain. Yuck. But I think it is a great way to sterilize and dry your dishes.
I seem to always be making cards.
I send 10 to 30 cards to missionaries in a month
plus family & friends.
I would be on top of the world if I could just craft all day. But that’s just not possible. The no of cards I make depend on the need for it- if I want to give a set of cards as a gift I make at least 5 in a day. If I’m crafting for fun its one or none. Problem is I craft the old fashioned way using a cutting knife, scissors, stack of newspapers(cutting mat)& knitting needle(bone folder)
I tend to make 6 cards of the same thing, when I do make them. I belong to a few groups and the ladies just love recieving them. Thanks so much for sharing your ideas, simply beautiful.
Love this! I really need to get this sentiment – it’s perfect! I don’t make cards every week, even though I should. I tend to make them when I’m under pressure and have an occasion that I need one.
Greetings Becca! Crafting is not a lost art in my opinion, however, with many working two jobs to survive in this present economy there is little time and money for the luxury of crafting. The card is awesome as usual and I have a request. Your bows are beautiful and I would like to learn to make bows but just feel like I am all thumbs in making mine. Thank you for blessing us with inspiration for making our cards.
I try to find time to visit blogs and also make at least one or two cards a week. I make it usually, but not always. I love doing it, and usually find some way to send the cards along to someone else to enjoy!