January 17, 2025 - Thank You Cards

In today’s post I want to share a thank you card design that I used to create 18 thank you cards. This is a very simple layout and you can use any paper or stamps and/or dies to make this yourself. Keep in mind that this card can also be for any occasion…just change out the sentiment or remove the sentiment and bundle a few together and give as a gift of lovely notecards.

The card base itself is A2 which is half of an 8.5” x 11” letter paper folded in half. This particular card is folded so that the card is landscape but a few that I made were actually portrait style. The designer paper is 4” x 2-3/4” and the mat is 4-1/4” x 3”. I chose to use a white mat to make it a clean and bright card but you can also use a coordinating color of cardstock and that would be a great look too.

Once I got the designer paper matted I popped it up to add dimension. I also added dimension to the sentiment as well. It’s got some flair but still not too thick to cost extra postage.

The sentiment was cut out in plan white cardstock while the mat was just in some gold mirror paper that I’ve had around my craft room forever. I think it’s some old Recollections paper from Michaels that I bought in a 50 page pack that will last for quite a while. I’m sure a version of it is still being sold at Michaels in gold as well as other colors.

Below is a picture of another card with slightly different paper. It’s same designer paper, it just has a pink background. I believe it is some retired Stampin’ Up paper that had a coordinating acetate overlay with gold accents. But you can substitute whatever paper you like and have on hand. You can easily get over 10 designer paper card fronts out of a single 12”x12” piece of paper.

I hope you’ve enjoyed my simple card. Next week I should have some more A5 scrapbooking to share. Keep it crafty!

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25 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 25!

We’ve made it to Day 25 of the 25 Days of Christmas Cards. I’m ending this series with a card I’ve made for my son. He loves spending his free time outdoors and I knew he would enjoy these stamps! This card uses stamps and dies set from Diamond Press called Holiday Merry Camper. I used my alcohol markers to color everything as well as a gorgeous embossing folder of trees to give some dimension to the background (Stampin’ Up).

Supplies

Stamps: Holiday Merry Stamper (Diamond Press)

Ink:Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Paper: Basic White, Crumb Cake (Stampin’Up)

Markers: Stampin Blends (Stampin’Up)

Embossing Folder: Evergreen Forrest (Stampin’Up)

Keep it crafty my friends!

25 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 24

Welcome to Day 24 of the 25 Days of Christmas Cards! A simple card. No stamps and ink. Just some bright paper and some Pops of Color.

Supplies

Paper: Misc (CTMH)

Embellishments: Pearl Satin Pops of Color (Scrapbook.com)

Keep it crafty friends!

25 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 23

Welcome to the Day 23 of the 25 Days of Christmas Cards. Todays card uses random plaid paper, a simple stamped sentiment and some red pops of color!

Supplies

Stamps: Festive Phrases (Gina K. Designs)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Paper: Real Red and Black (Stampin’Up), Plaid (Misc)

Dies: Festive Phrases (Gina K. Designs)

Embellishment(s): Pearlized Metallic Effects Red (Stampin’Up)

Keep it crafty friends!

25 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 22

Welcome to Day 22 of the 25 Days of Christmas Cards. Today’s card is a fun candy cane fun fold card.

Supplies

Stamps: Chunky Christmas (CZ Designs)

Ink: Garden Green (Stampin’Up)

Paper: Basic White, Garden Green, Sweet Candy Cane Collection (Stampin’Up) RETIRED

Dies:Sweet Candy Cane Collection (Stampin’Up) RETIRED

Embellishments: Peppermint Bits & Pieces (Taylored Expressions)

Keep it crafty my friends!

25 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 21

Welcome Day 21 of the 25 Days of Christmas Cards. Today’s card features a fun and graphic background stamp set from Tailored Expressions that I have just discovered is retired (apologies). I’m using traditional colors of red and green with a hint of black and lots of layers. All in a fun holiday card.

Supplies

Stamps: Jolly Holly (Taylored Expressions)

Ink: Garden Green (Stampin’Up)

Paper: Basic White, Garden Green and Real Red (Stampin’Up)

Keep it crafty my friends!

25 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 20

Welcome to Day 20 of the 25 Days of Christmas Cards. Today's card is bright and cheery. I combine more paper from the Peppermint pad from Scrapbook.com, Stampin’ Up cardstock and a fun, blocky stamp from Tim Holtz (Mini Bold Tidings). I can’t forget to add some of my pearlized enamel effects in Real Red from Stampin’ Up.

Supplies

Stamps: Mini Bold Tiding (Tim Holtz)

Ink: Real Red (Stampin’ Up)

Paper: Real Red & Basic White (Stampin’ Up), Misc Pink (Bazzil), Peppermint (Scrapbook.com)

Dies: 2” Circle Punch (Stampin’ Up)

Embellishments: Pearlized Enamel Effects Real Red (Stampin’ Up)

Keep it crafty friends!

25 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 19

Welcome to Day 19 of the 25 Days of Christmas Cards. Today’s card uses some fun holiday paper from Scrapbook.com called Peppermint. I paired it with some Stampin’ Up Pretty Peacock cardstock and coordinating ink color. I added a little pop of pink from my paper stash and added some Metallic Enamel Effects in Silver.

Supplies

Stamps: Misc

Ink: Pretty Peacock (Stampin’ Up)

Paper: Peppermint (Scrapbook.com), Pretty Peacock and Basic White (Stampin’ Up), Misc Pink (Bazzil)

Dies: 2” Circle (Stampin’ Up Punch), 2” Starburst shape (Stampin’ Up Punch)

Embellishments: Metallic Enamel Effects Silver (Stampin’ Up)

Keep it crafty friends!

25 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 17

Welcome to Day 17 of the 25 Days of Christmas Cards. Today’s card is a bit of a style departure for me. I’m using stamps, ink, markers, an embossing folder and snowflake embellishments. Plus I decided to throw a Memories & More kit from Stampin’ Up in the mix. I typically keep things kind of simple but this has so many layers. Blue is my favorite color so I’m tickled I could use so many shades of it and I’m in love with the snowflake embellishments from Taylored Expressions.

So many fun layers.

Supplies

Stamps: Tim Holtz Stamptember 2023 (Simon Says Stamps)

Ink: Balmy Blue, Misty Moonlight & Basic White (Stampin’Up)

Markers: Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends (Stampin’Up)

Paper: Basic White, Misti Moonlight, Beary Christmas Memories & More (Stampin’Up)

Embossing: Sweater 2D folder (Diamond Press)

Embellishments: Snowflake Bits & Pieces (Taylored Expressions)

Keep it crafty friends!

25 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 16

Welcome to Day 16 of the 25 Days of Christmas Cards. Today’s card uses some 8x8 paper with toppers to create a cute card. This is an example where I used a card topper with coordinating paper and precut sentiment to create a card without stamps and ink. I did pull some Old Olive card stock and a snowflake embossing folder to create a visual break between the topper and the base card. It also serves as a foundation to boost the sentiment so that it doesn’t get lost in the background paper.

Supplies

Paper: Basic White & Old Olive (Stampin’ Up), Misc Patterned Paper

Embellishments: 2D Snowflake Embossing Folder (Misc)

Keep it crafty my friends!

25 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 15

Welcome to Day 15 of the 25 Days of Christmas Cards. Today’s card uses the old red pick up truck image with the pine tree in the in the back for the center image. The background paper is from my stash. I think it is from a pack from Hobby Lobby (I think its The Paper Studio brand). It’s a red car but was close enough to let me use my Trucking Along stamp set from Stampin’ Up. And I couldn’t let an opportunity to use my Black Gloss Pops of Color go by with the black polka dots in the background paper.

Red, black, white and green make for a great color combination.

Supplies

Stamps: Trucking Along (Stampin’ Up)

Ink: Real Red, Garden Green (Stampin’ Up) Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Misc - The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby), Basic White & Black (Stampin’Up)

Dies: Nested Circles (Waffle Flower)

Embellishments: Black Gloss Pops of Color (Scrapbook.com)

Keep it crafty friends!

25 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 14

Welcome to Day 14 of the 25 Days of Christmas Cards! Todays card uses more “retired” paper and embellishments from the Close to My Heart Christmas Story collection. Here I use some strips to add interest and a foundation for the die cut sentiment Happy Holidays. I decided to cap off each corner with some Black Gloss Pops of Color. I must admit to being a bit addicted to the liquid drops to add dimension. I use the Pops of Color from Scrapbook.com the most because of the color collection I have amassed. I also like the Nuco Drops and the Metallic Enamel Effects by Stampin’ Up. I whole-heartedly endorse them all!

Notice there’s just a little dimension. Enough to make things interesting but not enough to impact postage…remember all these cards are going to get mailed…no holding cards people!

Supplies

Paper: Christmas Story (CTMH), Basic White and Black (Stampin’ Up)

Embellishments: Black Gloss Pops of Color (Scrapbook.com)

Keep it crafty my friends!

25 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 12

Welcome to the Day 12 of the 25 Days of Christmas. Today’s card uses some miscellaneous plaid paper. I find a good plaid is always a good base paper for a holiday or seasonal card and when it comes from a 12x12 paper pad each sheet gives me a foundation for 6 cards! I created the pine tree using a Stampin’ Up stamp set with my Garden Green ink pad. I popped it onto a vellum background so it wouldn’t be as stark as if I would have placed it directly onto the black oval. I used my Waffle Flower Nesting Oval Dies for the foundation of the tree and the Satin Pearl Pops of Color to mimic snow. I added a fun Tim Holtz sentiment from the Scribbly Christmas set below the oval in a coordinating Garden Green ink. Simple but a little whimsical at the same time.

Supplies

Stamps: Scribbly Christmas (Tim Holtz), Winter Woods (Stampin’ Up)

Ink: Garden Green (Stampin’ Up)

Paper: Vanilla, Black, Vellum (Stampin’ Up), Plaid (Misc)

Dies: Ovals (Waffle Flower)

Embellishments: Pops of Color - Satin Pearl (Scrapbook.com)

Keep it crafty my friends!

25 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 11

Welcome to the 11th day of the 25 Days of Christmas Cards. Today’s card uses some old Stampin’ Up designer series paper with some tree stamps. The colors are Old Olive and Real Red (class Stampin’ Up colors) and has a lot of layers but not extra mats that would add bulk. I did use some random olive colored pearls along the side to mimic the shapes of the trees. I also used a technique called generational stamping. I stamped the original trees in the Old Olive in the center and then continued to stamp the trees without adding more ink on either side of my original stamp. It creates the illusion of depth to the trees. Notice there is no sentiment stamped on the card because the Designer Series Paper in background says it all.

Supplies

Stamps: Misc (Stampin’ Up)

Ink:Old Olive (Stampin’ Up)

Paper: Misc DSP, Very Vanilla, Real Red, Old Olive (Stampin’ Up)

Embellishments: Misc olive green pearls

Keep it crafty my friends!

25 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 10

Welcome to Day 10 of the 25 Days of Christmas Cards. Today’s card showcases some fun poinsettia dies with rabbits and sparkling silver dots. The supplies are listed below but I do want to showcase how you can mix things from so many different companies to get a cohesive looking card. Special Shout Out to my Love From Lizi peel-offs . I just love them. Here I’ve used them for the center of my poinsettia, as random spots around the card as well as a stripe down the middle. The peel-offs add a lot if sparkle and the look of dimension but no real thickness that would impact my ability to mail this card without extra postage. I call that a win!

Supplies

Stamps: Scribbly Christmas (Tim Holtz)

Ink: Real Red (Stampin’ Up)

Paper: Real Red, Garden Green, Basic White (Stampin’ Up), Peppermint (Scrapbook.com)

Dies: Nesting Circles (Waffle Flower), Mini Botanical Dies (Anna Griffin)

Embellishments: Peel-Off Silver Circles (Love from Lizi)

Keep it crafty my friends!

25 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 9

Welcome to Day 9 of the 25 Days of Christmas Cards! Today’s card uses some paper from the Peppermint Paper Pad from Scrapbook.com and some basic paper that coordinates from Stampin’ Up. I added some fun silver drops from Stampin’ Up and this cards was done. A very simple use of some layered rectangles with a sentiment and some drops of silver make this an easy card with dimension but will not add extra postage when it is mailed.

Supplies

Stamps: Misc (Crafter’s Companion)

Ink: Mint Macaron (Stampin’ Up)

Paper: Peppermint (Scrapbook.com), Basic White & Mint Macaron (Stampin’ Up)

Embellishments: Metallic Enamel Effects Basics Silver (Stampin’ Up)

Keep it crafty my friends!

25 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 8

Welcome to Day 8 of the 25 days of Christmas Cards. Today’s card is a celebration of snowflakes. This card uses supplies from Crafter’s Companion Sparkling Winter kit. I get to use some pearlescent cardstock and some precut edgeable snowflakes. I add a little “Pop of Color” with some white satin pearl from Scrapbook.com. Snowflakes are some of my favorite winter shapes to use on my cards. You will see more designs using this kit later this this month.

Supplies

Paper: Crafter’s Companion (Sparkling Winter Kit)

Embellishments: Scrapbook.com (Pops of Color - Pearl Satin)

Keep it crafty my friends!

25 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 7

Welcome to Day 7 of the 25 days of Christmas Cards. Today’s card takes advantage of a Memories & More kit from Stampin’ Up. I added some of my favorite embellishments from Tailored Expressions…snowflakes. I hope you enjoy!

Supplies

Paper: Stampin’ Up (Memories & More)(Basic White & Night of Navy)

Embellishments: Tailored Expressions (Snowflakes)

25 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 6

Welcome to Day 6 of the 25 days of Christmas Cards. Today’s card is from a paper pad from my stash. I paired it with some Mossy Meadow cardstock from Stampin’ Up that I embossed with the Pine Bough folder from the 3D Wintry set. To add a little sparkly I added a gold peek[off strip courtesy of Love from Lizzie. I hope you enjoy it!

Supplies

Paper: Misc, Stampin’ Up (Basic White, Mossy Meadow)

Dies: Waffle Flower (Nested Circles)

Embellishments: Love from Lizzie (Gold Peel-Off strip)

Embossing Folder: Stampin’ Up (Pine Bough from Wintry 3D)

Keep it crafty friends!

25 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 4

Welcome back to Day 4 of the 25 days of Christmas. In today’s card I use supplies from an older card kit from Close to My Heart called Christmas Story. I always enjoy using a kit to use as a foundation for a group of cards with the same theme. This kit allowed be to use a bunch of great stickers. It give the card some pizzazz without thick dimension making it easier to mail. I hope you enjoy it.

Supplies

Paper: Close to My Heart (Christmas Story)

Embellishments: Close to My Heart (Christmas Story)

Keep it crafty my friends!