A Quick Thank You!

Once again, a wonderful woman at church gave me a bunch of craft supplies. In the selection, there was a 6 x 6 paper pack from My Mind’s Eye. I love their patterned papers. The way the colors coordinate makes making cards so easy. And that’s just what I used for the base of this card. There are three different patterns and I simply cut three different sheets of paper from that pack. She also gave me some recollections glittery letters. I wanted to send her a thank you card, but unfortunately it couldn’t spell out the word “thanks“ so I did the French version, merci.

The card size for this one is 6 x 6. And since I’m hand-delivering it this Sunday. I won’t have to worry about additional postage. I’m so grateful when people gift me things like this. It keeps cost down and keeps the creative juices flowing

A close sup view of the sparkly chipboard letters!

12 Easy Peasy Cards (from a Scrapbook Sheet)

These 12 cards were made using a single 12 x 12 scrapbook sheet of paper. It's called the Color of Memories by American Crafts and I picked it up at Joann's a while back. It's so easy to make 12 cards from a sheet like this, especially when you follow a standard formula for most of them.

To keep it quick and simple I framed them in the same color card stock as the card base, then used a coordinating patterned paper in the middle. I even used the same embossing folder on all of them too.

I also picked up much of that cardstock right at the store when I bought the single sheet of paper. That way matching the colors was easy. 

Even better, I hit a big sale that day and although I added some of my own papers when I got home, I only spend $5.00 on most of this.

These will be going to a nursing home so the residents can send them to family and friends. I think they'll like them as much as I do!

Thanks so much for stopping by my little blog and have a wonderful day!

12 Quick & Easy Easter Cards

I recently fell in love with a pre-printed sheet of Easter images from Colorplay. It's a fun sheet that has 12 images that are perfect for making a bunch of Easter cards fast. 

Here's are the designs.

In just around 3 hours I was able to create these 12 cards. It was quick but a lot of fun. Putting together the
colors and adding a few embellishments satisfied my creative juices, but there wasn't a whole lot of deep thinking to make these. I simply chose a few colors that matched well and stuck with those. For example, Stampin' Up!'s Rich Razzleberry was perfect for most of the cards that contained purple, but I used Gorgeous Grape too. And SU!'s Parakeet Party, Coastal Cabana and  Island Indigo were big ones that matched well also.

There were some images that I trimmed more than others, and in the case with the bottom left card, I totally trimmed off the "First Communion" saying that went with that cross.

It was really great to be able to make so many adorable cards in such a short period of time. It's my goal to make 60 Easter cards this year and time is running out, so this was a good jump start!

100% Washi Tape Card

Stamping is great, but sometimes, with the right supplies, you can skip the rubber and ink and still come up with a cool card. That's what happened here. This simple card is made just by using 3 different kinds of washi tape and card stock. I even extended the washi over to the back of the envelope.

I don't have a lot of washi in my stash. Lately I've found it kind of expensive. But after seeing this card again that I made a few years ago, I'm going to keep and eye for it on sale or at yard sales. It's amazing how much fun you can have with just a few supplies!