One of the best after Christmas activities for me is making thank you cards. This is especially fun when combining the new supplies I received this year with my timeless stash.
We had a wonderful holiday celebration, eating, having our annual ping pong tournament, eating some more (dessert this time) and exchanging gifts. This year we also enjoyed a new game called “Flickin Chicken”. It is a fun, active type of game that filled in the time while waiting for everyone to arrive.
I look forward to sharing ideas for projects using new supplies and updated techniques in upcoming posts.
I like to use layers of paper, though sometimes this adds extra weight and bulk to cards that will be mailed.
I received a bookstore gift card and found floral sticker books on sale. A very nice surprise. The stickers are fairly thin and the perfect size to add to the thank you cards I am making. The white background shows more than I prefer, it can be shaded with ink to tone down the whiteness.
For the blue themed card I first stamped the blue paper using a crackle pattern and blue ink. Then I stenciled sections of the card base.
The paper I selected for this thank you card was not quite large enough to cover the entire surface so I tore it in half and glued a section of a book page in the center of the card. A sticker from the floral book completes the design
For all the cards I used the same Thank you rubberstamp, though I could have also printed the verbiage instead.
I hope these give you ideas for using the supplies that you have on hand. If you do not have stickers, magazine images are a good substitute. They are light weight and can be glued down using a glue stick.
Wishing you all the best in the New Year and snippets of time to do what brings your heart joy.
Those cards are gorgeous! I really like the blue one. Thank you for the great ideas. You are very talented.
Thank you!!! The blue one is also one of my favorites, it was fun to try a different technique and have it work out.