About Erin's cards and crafts

 My name is Erin Mckenzie-christensen I set up Erin's cards and crafts as a way to sell my cards (and other crafty things) to raise money for two charities. One of them is called Mito wishes upon a star and is in the US. The other is Bridges and Pathways Institute SA.

Mito wishes upon a star started out doing christmas wishes for children diagnosed with mitochondrial disease as like a secret santa. But now they have joined with Mito action who are doing this instead. Now mito wish upon a star are making parent pamper packs for parents who spend a long time in hospital with their sick kids and theyre doing birthday presents for the children. I will specifically be making the cards that will be sent to the US and when birthday presents or pamper packs are given out they will also receive a handmade card too! 

To pay for the postage to get the cards to the US (i reckon i will send at least 20 cards at a time or more) I will sell my cards and all of the profit above the cost to make it will go either to the postage for mito wish upon a star or to bridges and pathways institute.

I am specifically donating money to bridges and pathways which is a not for profit charity in Adelaide, South Australia where i live. They do many things, one of them is research into chronic conditions such as ME/CFS, MCS and connected conditions. They have established a clinic where the research is happening and this research includes but is not limited to mitochdondrial function in CFS/ME patients. I live with ME/CFS, MCS and other disabilities so this research is incredibly important to me and that is why all of the profits above the cost of making my cards are directly donated to bridges and pathways and mito wish upon a star.

To find out more about bridges and pathways please visit their website https://bridgesandpathways.org.au/

If you would like to order a card you can contact me erinmckenziechristensen@gmail.com. Please browse the cards for sale page where you will find posts containing all of the cards that i currently have for sale - as these are sold more cards will be put up on the blog. Find more information about how to order a card on the cards for sale menu

I also do tutorials showing how i made my cards and will be putting up some pictures of recent cards as well. I am hoping to have my you tube channel up and running soon.

Birthday cards for sale

These are the birthday cards that i currently have finished for sale prices as marked and are in Australian dollars.

I have the ability to add a happy birthday pop up to cards that are vertical or to horizontal cards that are  a certain size or bigger. There are two options for horizontal cards depending on size of the card if you would like the pop up added this will cost an extra $2.50 so if the card is marked as $5 then with a pop up it will cost $7.50. this does not include postage. i can post it anywhere in the world. i can find out the postage if you would like me to. i only have ONE of each card. some cards are not repeatable meaning i am not able to make them again. Once they have been sold i will mark this next to the card. I am going to leave the pictures up so that people can see the cards i have made or to get ides about what i can make.

I have a category for micellaneous cards and some of these do not have any sentiment on them and you can add pretty much whatever you like i have many sentiments - sentiments are the words on the card for example happy birthday or merry christmas is a sentiment. can also computer generate a sentiment for the front of the card. You may find more cards that could be birthday cards in this category 

Inside of the card so far all of these cards is blank but (for no extra than what is marked) i will add any sentiment of your choosing. i have stickers, stamps or can computer generate a sentiment. 

Please note i make special cards which are pre order meaning you email and say i would like  a cat birthday card with a cake pop up or a happy birthday pop up i like bright colours. Thats an example. I can give you a price for what you are asking for and then we go from there. these cards are not in stock though and depending on my health and how many other orders have been placed it may take 4 to 6 weeks for me to make or it may take 2 it really depends how busy i am! So my preference is to be asked as far in advance as possible that way if something unforseen happens and life gets in the way i am not disappointing a customer! I much prefer to have more time on a card.

If a card says OUT OF STOCK but it also says that it is repeatable please send me an email or message me on facebook as I should be able to make another card HOWEVER it may take awhile to make another card depending on how many other orders are currently on the go. 

This card is $7.50 number B1 likely unrepeatable - would need to check. OUT OF STOCK

This card is $5 B2 I have other bear paper toles but not this exact picture.

This card is $5 repeatable B3 OUT OF STOCK

This card is $5 and i think its unrepeatable i do have lots of paper tole pictures though  B4

This card is $5 and is unrepeatable.B5

this card is $5 and is unrepeatable  B6 OUT OF STOCK

this card is $5 and is unrepeatable B7

this card is $5 and i need to check if i can make the same again B8

this card is $5 and is repeatable B9 similar to B3 OUT OF STOCK

this card is $5 and i need to check if it is repeatable B10

this card is $5 and is unrepeatable B11

Christmas cards for sale

These are the Christmas cards that i currently have finished for sale prices as marked and are in Australian dollars.

I have the ability to add a merry christmas pop up to cards that are vertical excluding gift cards as theyre too small. I cannot do a merry christmas pop up to horizontal cards that are already completed however i have many different christmas themed pop ups that can be made as a special order i have a snowman, christmas trees 4 different versions, I also have snow globes of various kinds including shaker and magic iris cards and others as well as box pop up cards or i can make cards without pop ups- just a cute scene or a simple paper tole. I even have a gingerbread card as well as santas workshop card too.

if you would like the pop up added to an already completed card this will cost an extra $2.50 so if the card is marked as $5 then with a pop up it will cost $7.50. this does not include postage. i can post it anywhere in the world. i can find out the postage if you would like me to. i only have ONE of each card. some cards are not repeatable meaning i am not able to make them again. Once they have been sold i will mark this next to the card. I am going to leave the pictures up so that people can see the cards i have made or to get ides about what i can make.

The christmas cards that are pop ups range in cost from about $10-$15 unless it is something extremely special (like a light up card then they are more). Please ask for quotes i am happy to tell you in advance what the cost is of a card

I have a category for micellaneous cards and some of these do not have any sentiment on them and you can add pretty much whatever you like i have many sentiments - sentiments are the words on the card for example happy birthday or merry christmas is a sentiment. can also computer generate a sentiment for the front of the card. You may find more cards that could be birthday cards in this category 

Inside of the card so far all of these cards is blank but (for no extra than what is marked) i will add any sentiment of your choosing. i have stickers, stamps or can computer generate a sentiment. 

Please note i make special cards which are pre order meaning you email and say i would like  a cat birthday card with a cake pop up or a happy birthday pop up i like bright colours. Thats an example. I can give you a price for what you are asking for and then we go from there. these cards are not in stock though and depending on my health and how many other orders have been placed it may take 4 to 6 weeks for me to make or it may take 2 it really depends how busy i am! So my preference is to be asked as far in advance as possible that way if something unforseen happens and life gets in the way i am not disappointing a customer! I much prefer to have more time on a card and the more time the more likely i am to do a special order I can always say it will take 6 and give it to you early if i complete it early.

These are the christmas cards that i currently have finished including the prices. Please take care when ordering to provide the exact code which is under the card for example 1A or 2A I have them up in a different order so that the cards are similar are under each other. Some cards are one of a kind and cannot be repeated because i dont have the same supplies or for other reasons so thats what "repeatable" or "Not repeatable" mean.

If a card says out of stock it means that i dont have it available straight away if it says - repeatable then it means it CAN be made again but there would be a wait for me to make it and it may or may not be made exactly as the picture depending on what products were used and what i have available

If it says unrepeatable and out of stock then it means i cannot make it again at this time. Im sure you will find something else you will like and somethings say i have things that are similar

Finally it is always possible to email and ask for a made to order card where you tell me what you would like and i do my best to make it with OR without a pop up!

card X1A $5 repeatable but too small for pop up.

$5 X2A not repeatable but can make similar cards

X9A $5 repeatable but too small for pop up

X10A $5 too small for pop up repeatable

X11A $5 I THINK this maybe repeatable i definitely have similar if not identical. can have pop up. OUT OF STOCK

X15A  $5  not repeatable but can make something similar. can have pop up.

X16 A not repeatable $5

X17A $5 I THINK i have something similar if not identical can have pop up

X19A $5 not repeatable can have pop up

X20 $5 cannot be repeated OUT OF STOCK

X21 $5 NOT repeatable 

X23 Not repeatable can have pop up $5

X24 $5 not repeatable 

X29 $5 not repeatable can have pop up

X30 $5 not repeatable can have pop up

X31 $5 not repeatable can have pop up

X32 $5 not repeatable

X33 $5 cannot be repeated can have pop up

X34 $5 not repeatable can have pop up