Three cards and then some more

I always think about myself as a scrapbooker and an occasional card maker but lately I find myself doing more and more cards. I made this simple butterfly card using the sketch on Love My Tapes blog. To make the butterfly I adhered two rows of pink polka dot tape to a piece of white cardstock, overlapping just a bit and matching the design in the overlapped part. Than I punched out the butterflies, making sure the overlapping part is in the center.

Supplies: patterned paper (My Mind's Eye), tape (Love My Tapes), stamp (Teresa Collins), punch (Martha Stewart)

Here is another butterfly card. I made this one for an inspiration challenge at Scrapbook Express blog.

Supplies: patterned paper (Lifestyle Crafts), border punch (Fiskars), butterfly punch (Martha Stewart), label dies (Lifestyle Crafts), stamp (Teresa Collins), button

The last one is actually a set. My MOMS club needed few thank-you cards for our event sponsors so I made those simple cards. One design, different papers from Colorbok paper pad.

Supplies: patterned paper (Colorbok), die (Lifestyle Crafts), corner punch (Fiskars), stamp (Fiskars), stickles (Ranger)

If they look familiar, that's because I scraplifted myself. I used the same design as I did few weeks ago making these cards. When I am looking for ideas I often go back to my older projects and look for inspiration there. Who said the inspiration should come from outside?

It turned out I wasn't the only one that liked my branch cards. Few days ago I spotted them on the Lifestyle crafts blog! That was a nice surprise :)

So what about you? Do you like making cards? Do you have several favorite designs that you repeat or do you start from scratch for each card?