Thank You Cards

It's that time of year when thank you cards come in very handy. I was playing around with my Stampin' Up Flower Shop stamps and came up with three thank you card ideas.

 

 This first one is made simply by stamping the outline flower three times using melon mambo, wisteria wonder and so saffron ink pads and cut out using the co-ordinating punch.

I then cut a strip of yellow from the Polka dot parade paper pack and secured melon mambo taffeta ribbon behind both the ends.

I stamped a thank you sentiment in wisteria wonder ink and cut round it. I mounted it on to the wisteria wonder card and cut round again.

The flowers were stuck to the right hand side using foam pads and finished with a small silver gem in the middle of each. A strip of 5 gem stones were stuck to the ribbon.

This card was made by embossing a piece of wisteria wonder card with the honeycomb embossing folder. I then cut it down to 10x10.5cm and stuck it to the top section of the card. I then cut a piece of pink pirouette card to 4.7x10.5cm and stuck it to the bottom. I covered the join with silver ribbon.

The shabby flower from the set was stamped three times in coastal cabana, so saffron and crisp cantaloupe ink and cut out with co-ordinating punch. They were mounted to the top section of the card using foam pads.

I them stamped the thank you sentiment in coastal cabana ink and cut out as a flag. I then cut out two longer flags from the subtles DSP in so saffron and wisteria wonder. I then finished the card with three co-ordinating candy dots on the bottom right hand side.

 

I really love the gingham garden designer series papers and this card was made using some left over scraps. I cut the red gingham piece to 9.6x14cm and stuck it to the card blank. I then cut a strip of the yellow flower paper, making sure that the flowers were in the middle - this measured 14x1.5 cm.

On the yellow stripy paper I stamped two outline flowers in black ink and one scribble flower in black ink and cut round with the co-ordinating punch. I mounted them on foam pads and them stuck two small blue pearls to the centre of the outline flowers and bright pink pearls to the centre of the scribble flower.

I stamped the sentiment in marina mist ink and cut flags at both ends. This was then stuck to the card with foam pads.

I hope you like the cards and that they give you some ideas for thank you cards of your own. I really like the flower shop stamp set as it's so versatile and with 6 different flowers in it you can never get bored!

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Claire

Happy New Year and 2014 Calendar Tutorial

Happy New Year everybody. I hope you aren't feeling too bad today and that you all have a very successful 2014.

I thought it was a good time to share with you this calendar I made, actually a few months ago, intended for a workshop but ran out of time. It's really easy to make and can be decorated how you wish.

1) Take an A4 piece of chipboard card and score at 9.8, 19.6 and 29.4 cm

2) Trim the length to 16cm. Using the strip that you have cut off, mark 1.5 cm either side of the score lines and cut, to make two tabs which hold the calendar together.

3) Lay the main piece in front of you with the long part at the top and mark the left section as 1 - the back, 2 - the front and 3 the bottom. This will help you when decorating.

4) Pain the edges of the calendar in white acrylic paint and leave to dry.

5) Stamp 3 sets of 3 flowers using the Flower Shop Stampin Up set in melon mambo, marina mist and so saffron. Cut out and using something soft underneath, such as a mouse mat, rub the surface with an embossing tool to create the 3D effect.

6) Stamp 4 sets of leaves from the Stipple Blossoms Stampin Up set in Pear pizzaz and Wild Wasabi and cut out.

7) Cut paper from the gingham garden paper pack to 15.3 x 9.1 cm. Ink the edges with the melon mambo ink pad and stick to the front and back of the calendar. Cut a strip of pink gingham paper to 15.3 x 2cm and stick to the back section.

8) Layer up the flowers using glue dots and stick the yellow set to the back section. Stick the sets of leaves down to the front and stick the pink and blue flowers over the top.

9) Mount the calendar tab onto marina mist card and stick to the front of the calendar. Finish with small co-ordinating pearls.

10) To assemble the calendar, put double sided tape onto both top and bottom of the tabs and peel off the bottom section. Stick to on side of the calendar, fold the sides in as a triangle, peel off the other double sided tape and stick the calendar together, making sure the two edges join neatly.

Now you have a lovely desk calendar for your crafty space.

Claire x