Times are strange but it was important for me to help my niece have as normal a first birthday as possible. But it was coming down to the wire and I was scrambling to get decor done. Luckily, this little altered art project didn't take very long.

This blog post is a little different than my usual. It isn't about a scrapbook layout or mixed media project that I made. Instead it is about how I spent hours researching the name of someone on a piece of Tim Holtz ephemera.

If you've been following this blog for a while now you'll already know that I'm a bit obsessed with Halloween. My favorite part about the holiday is the creativity that is involved!

I had been wanting to create a smooth, blended background for a card recently and my cousin's birthday gave me the perfect excuse. It was his sweet 16 and with COVID-19, we couldn't celebrate his birthday in person with him. So I wanted to make a special handmade card that we could mail with a gift card inside. 

I love handmade cards. My family members all get handmade cards from me for holidays and birthdays and I love making them for my friends when I have the time. But sometimes you need to create a beautiful card that looks like you spend hours on it in no time flat.