Thank you cards for sale

 coming soon!

Bee Mine Valentines day card

Awhile I made this bee Valentine's day card. It was extremely popular - I ended up making it in the form of a bee mine (valentine's day card) a mother's day card - have a beeeautiful day and then I made a 2nd Valentine's day card for someone else to give to their partner! It is uncommon for me to sell duplicates of cards as I love coming up with new designs each time but some cards have been extremely popular and people have asked me to make the same design again which I have done!

On the front of the card I used Joset designs (Elizabeth craft designs) bee and beehive and i used karen burniston's outdoor edges for the grass. I cut a label and stamped bee mine in red ink and the bee in black ink from karen burnistons bee sentiments stamp set (Elizabeth craft designs, retired). I used pattern paper for the cloud background and polka dots for the grass from my stash.

On the inside of the card I cut one piece of the same cloud paper for the wall and I used a blue patterned paper for the floor of the card I joined them together and stuck the paper to white thick card stock so that the pop up would work I find paper is not thick enough. So there is an inside piece which is white with the paper stuck to it and the lots of pops die is placed on the fold and cut. I didnt need the two side "pops" so I didnt push them out. This die is discontinued however there are a few companies who have come out with "general pop up" dies with all different sizes I know stampendous, lawn fawn and Elizabeth craft designs have these sets and they are extremely useful because you can pop up just about anythig with them! There is also a second card which is the outside card base, I have found it best to use a thicker card stock on the inside around 270gsm/100 pound and a thinner cardstock on the outside card base closer to 210gsm I often do the inside 6mm/1/4 inch smaller all the way around on the inside but sometimes i make them the same size. When you make the pop up card after you have cut the pop up in this case the lots of pops die on the fold of the card, then you get the outside card base and stick it to the inside card base. It is best to do one side first and then the other and to use a good strong double sided tape. I prefer to use either Elizabeth craft designs tape or sookwang (be creative) tape as it is very strong.

On the top pop up part I put a bee hive and on the lower part I put a rectangle which had sticker saying "happy valentines day". I coloured the sticker red using a sharpie marker. I add a bee on the bee hive and on the floor of the card I put a label for somewhere to write my message and then I added 3 bees around it I stamped 1 love you and xoxo (from general sentiments, Elizabeth craft designs) and cut it out in a rectangle. From the beehive set i cut 5 flowers and coloured them red then I used yellow nuvo drops to make a centre to the flower.

Products used in this card - outer card base is approx 6 x 5 inches (roughly, I cannot recall the exact sizing but that is the beauty of these dies you can choose the card base size to whatever you want it to be, was one of the things that made me like these pop up dies because some brands restrict the size to just one size! The only thing you are restricted by is how big the pop up and what you are popping up are as long as they fit you can do it whatever size you want.

Dies karen burniston (ECD, retired) outdoor edges, lots of pops, Joset designs (Elizabeth craft designs) Bee, Beehive (including the flower from the beehive)

stamps bee sentiments (karen burniston, ECD retired, General sentiments - ECD Elizabeth craft designs)

Paper white cardstock, pattern paper from stash

other - yellow nuvo drops, peel off sticker-happy valentines day

Gift tags

 coming soon!

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

Update on fundraising for Mito Wish Upon a Star and Bridges and Pathways Institute SA

 Hello crafters 

it has been a long time since i have put anything on my blog and this post is totally different to the other posts so far - my husband has scanned all of the cards that i have in my "completed" box and i am going to put them up here for sale to support the two charities that i support when selling my cards - mito wish upon a star in the US and Bridges and Pathways Institute SA.

This post is literally just an update on what has changed and what is happening with the two charities i support through selling my cards. Basically i ONLY take the amount it costs me to make the card the rest is all donated to the charity Bridges and Pathways is a direct donation towards the mitochondrial research they are doing in Adelaide.

Mito Wish Upon a Star used to be like a secret santa where you got given a child with Mitochondrial Disease and they had some wishes of presents for christmas and between the sponsor and the parents i would sort out something and send it to them for me i believe i am the only person in Australia who did this - i have every year since it started except for 2012 when i was in hospital myself! Well now they have changed and they are now doing birthday presents for the kids/hospital stay parent pamper packs. So we have decided that my contribution will be my cards! i am thrilled that Mito Wish Upon a Star is letting me send over 20 cards at a time in my own time for health reasons and half will be for the kids birthdays and half will be encouragement type cards for the parents. I will be starting on them after Christmas and i cannot wait it will likely take me 12 to 18 months to make this many cards depending how detailed they are - depending how many requests i get for custom made cards. 

So there wont be a direct money donation however its gonna cost a lot to send the cards overseas so i intend to use the money raised to cover the postage cost of me sending the cards to MWUS! That way i am just donating my time and i can use the money that i have raised to sell other cards to cover the cost of the cards

I am also planning to update my facebook page as well with all of these cards so for all of you who follow it they will be going up really soon!

So the next few posts are all just the cards i have grouped them into categories for example christmas, birthday and micellaneous and i have put each category into a different post so theres not a million cards all on one post.

Things to remember:

Cost is the cost of the card plus postage (if required) 

Cost is in Australian dollars

All the portrait christmas cards can have a "merry christmas" pop up added for extra cost of $2 per card

Please use my email address erinmckenziechristensen@gmail.com to contact me. If i dont reply within a few days please resend the email as i dont want to miss your order.

currently my facebook page is Not updated but it soon will be with all of these cards and that page is 

www.facebook.com/erinshomemadecardsandcrafts

Thank you for your patience and understanding. 

When new cards are made they will be added to this blog and my facebook page so please come back often because there will be cards going up fairly regularly.

Also I make custom cards - and I intend after i have uploaded all of these cards to upload pictures of all of the cards ive made that dont already have tutorials just to upload a picture of them there will be pictures and videos as these cards are pop up or interactive in some way. these are my favourite style of cards.

To order a custom card all you need to do is provide some details in an email of what you would like this could be for example - a 21st birthday card for a female with a birthday cake 3 tier pop up or teacher thank you cards no pop up, or cat birthday card with a pop up or a shaker anniversary card. these cards range anywhere from $5 to $15 (or more if its super duper complicated). One thing to note due to health reasons i need to know when you need it by so you need to give a date of when its required and if its being posted that also needs to be factored in! Im saying that I need minimum about 4-6 weeks notice for ANY custom card so that is 4-6 weeks till the date you need the card including time to post it if thats required! But if it is a card that is completed - in the next few posts these are finished cards - unless you want me to add a pop up to it that will take sometime. Also i only take on what i am able to manage so if i have heaps of order for custom cards then i may say look i cant get it done thats why the earlier you tell me you want the card the better it is! i do my best to do everything im asked to do but due to health reasons i dont want to get sick doing something i love!

These will be easier once you know what i have already made. Some cards cannot be repeated because i do not have the same products but i maybe able to make something similar.

Lastly the cards listed in the next few posts are ONE card only each (unless theres 2 pictures of the same thing there will be 2 different numbers for them) but othewise there is only ONE card each this means i have to come back and delete or mark sold once they have been sold. I will do my very best to keep up!

I have some very exciting things coming in the new year including a you tube channel with video tutorials of some cards i have made this takes a lot of work but im hoping you will like them! I will be sure to let you know when its up and running it wont be until the new year.

thanks for reading my update on whats been happening