Thank you card

I guess this could be called an envelope card. I made this card thanking my aunt and uncle for inviting us to their family Easter breakfast and egg hunt. We had such a wonderful time. Was nice to see family that we hadn't seen in a while.



For this project I made the envelope card with Premium white cs and I made the folds with my scor-pal. I stamped on scrap pieces of Premium white cs, purple, and yellow cs from DCWV cardstock Stack Brights and Neutrals. The stamp set I used is a hostess set Cute as a Bug and a gift with purchase stamp the Thank You stamp. To cover the envelope card I used a pattern paper from a local craft store, the purple cs from the DCWV Neutrals and Premium white cs. For the stamped images that I stamped on the white cs I used my Impress markers to outline and color with. Then I used my blending pen from my package of Tombow markers Earth to blend the color around the image.

Easter Tags for baskets

I made the Easter tags for my aunt to put on the Easter baskets that she made up. The cards were made with white CS that I stamped on. The little bunnies and the Easter eggs are from the For All Seasons set. The carrot is from STOM set April 2008 (hippity hoppity I think). I could have used the carrot from the hoppity skippity set but I don't have that as of yet. I placed the three stamps (bunny, carrot and egg) onto the 1 1/2"x 4 3/4" from the Acrylic Mounting Starter set. I used the Impress Markers Bright and inked up (using the brush tip end) each of the stamps and stamped on the card. I re-inked and continued stamping until I had the card all covered. This is a great way to make your own pattern paper with mulitiple stamps. For the second layer I tore up all four sides of the paper stamped the bunny from the Vintage stamp set SWAK from February 2009. I used the Impress Markers Bright again to ink up the bunny stamp and I used the same color marker (brush end) and inked the torn edges of the paper. Have fun with your stamps make your own paper. Use it for cards, scrapbook pages and projects.

New downloads from TAC

TAC offers free downloads that you are able to print out and create with. I decided to print out the same pattern on two different colors. The first sheet I printed out on scarlet cardstock and used in the card up above. The card was made using the premium white cardstock, the stamp set is squiggle ladybugs, and the ink is Palette -noir black.

The second print out was done on pastel purple copy paper that I used to alter this cream cheese box. I used a purple shade of paper from Neutrals cardstock stacks on top of the box and for the hinge/latch it is a level A hostess choice stamp set called Hinges. Palette French lilac was used to ink all the edges and corners of the box. The fern flower on top was cut out of a scrap piece of the paper I used to cover the box with. I had a lot of fun with the print outs. Now I will give these print outs a trying in black and white.