Back in Feb. 2011 I joined Joan Robertson's card club.  Each month she sends us a kit with supplies needed to make 2 cards and she shares a video of how to assemble the cards.  I've learned so much during her first club that I signed up for her second one.  : )  One of the things I love about it is that I can try new techniques, but I can aslo make each card my own.  Here are some of the cards I made in the first club.

Cool Ribbin Technique

Love the Sparkles

Springtime Squares

(I'm still kicking myself for not picking up this stamp set.)

Artistic Etchings

(One of my favorites.  I've used her 2 designs as a launching pad to create many cards

The card on the left shows how I stepped it up a notch, adding brads to the 4 corners of the newsprint paper and matting it with some early espresso card stock.

Loved learning how to make this flower.  I don't have that punch, so I use my scallop circle punch to make a similar flower.

Avery turned 3

My sweet neighbor friend turned 3 in August.  She is into dress up so I got her a frilly princess outfit and stuffed it into this adorable bag I made for her.  I got the idea from Angie Kennedy Juda, but altered the dimensions to fit my needs.  I put Avery's dress in the bag upside down, so the tulle of the skirt would add decoration.  The glittery princess hat and heart stickers were from JoAnns.

The best part of this project was I used paper from my stash that I had bought about 4 or 5 years ago for another dear friend's baby, Julisa.  I thought of her and the album I made for her mom while I was putting this together and thinking about Avery and her mom.  I love that my friends share their little girls with me.