Thank You Card

Supply

• Cardstock – Wausau Paper
• Patterned Paper – Basic Grey “Green At Heart“
• Other – Clear Dew Drops, JudiKins Diamond Glaze, Tattered Angles Glimmer Mist in “Lemon Meringue“
• Tools – Martha Stewart Scoring Board, EK Success 2″ Scallop Circle punch
• Software – Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0
• Font – Erica Ormig

How-To Pointers

• For the greeting, all I did was to open a new 8½” by 11″ document at 300dpi and write “Thank You” in black with the text tool. Than I duplicated the layer a few times and changed the size by dragging the edge of the bounding box. I Positioned each layer randomly and changed the opacity of each layer. Then I printed it on white cardstock, punched it and sprayed it with Glimmer Mist (immediately absorbing the excess liquid, so the ink won’t spread).
• For the flower accent, I just adhered the dew drop on a Basic Grey paper with some Diamond Glaze. I’ve found it easier to put the glue on the dew drop and then press on the paper than to do that the other way around. Ranger Glossy Accents will also work great. I love it too. After the glue dries up, I cut around the dew drop, which also acts as a weight to help the gate-fold card stay shut.

I Love You Card

Supply

• Cardstock – Wausau Paper
• Patterned Paper – Basic Grey “Green At Heart“
• Other – Glittery fun foam from Michael’s, Anna Griffin Vellum Quote from the “Valentine” collection.
• Tools – We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper, Martha Stewart Heart Punch, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

How-To Pointers

• The self adhesive fun foam wouldn’t go through the punch, so I punched a scrap piece of paper, adhered it to the backer of the fun foam (as the shape is symmetric), and cut around with precision scissors.
• To attach the vellum greeting I used the Tiny Attacher and tried to aim the staples to the lines of the letters… almost successfully… I concealed the back of the staples with a strip of patterned paper I adhered to the back.
• For the faux stitching box, I first marked it with a pencil, using a T-Square ruler and then went over it with American Crafts brown precision pen and erased the pencil marks.
• This card isn’t standard. It’s a square card, measured 4¼” by 4¼”. It started as a standard card, but after finishing it I felt a smaller size would look better. Trial and error, that’s the way to go.

Thanks Card

Supply

• Cardstock – Wausau Paper
• Patterned Paper – Basic Grey “Green At Heart“
• Tools – Martha Stewart Scoring Board, American Crafts precision pen, Fiskars precision scissors, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher.
• Other – Felt ribbon from Michael’s.

How-To Pointers

• I made the flower from used dryer sheets and Glimmer mists. You may find the video tutorial here.
• I used the scoring board to make the pleated cardstock “ribbon”. I just scored repeatedly in intervals of ½” and 1/8″ and folded the scoring lines later to create the pleats. A mountain fold after each ½” mark and a valley fold after each 1/8″ mark. Down and up and down and up… I attached it to the patterned paper with a line of glue runner, then supported it with 2 tiny staples that also attached the felt ribbon to it.
• For the funky greeting, I first penciled it on the paper lightly (using 2 pencils held together to create the broad line), then I went over the lines with a black pen, erased the pencil marks and cut around it with precision scissors. I adhered each letter with a tiny foam dot to add dimension.

My favorite card is the first one, with the “photoshopped” greeting. Which one is yours?

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