Quick and Simple Thank You Card

In need of a quick and simple Thank You card for your child's teacher, a co-worker or a neighbor?  Give this card a try and save your time for spending with others in your life.

This card was originally CASED from the annual catalog last year. Since I knew it was a simple card, I decided to make up a few for my children's teachers this year. It took no time at all to stamp the butterflies in different colors and add a Thank You greeting to the top. The original card had 5 butterflies. I adapted my card to fit a large greeting. I stamped the yellow butterfly on a scrap piece of card stock and then punched it out using the Elegant Butterfly punch. I placed it between the other two butterflies with a dimensional to give it some "pop".

Ingredients

·         Stamps:

o   Papillon Potpourri

o   Lots of Thanks

·         Paper:

o   Bermuda Bay 5 1/4" x 2" strips for the scalloped layered background layer

o   Daffodil Delight card stock 4 ½” x 11” (scored at 5 ½”) for card base

o  Whisper White card stock 5 1/4" x 3 ½"

·         Ink:

o   Daffodil Delight

o   Island Indigo

o   Melon Mambo

o   Wild Wasabi

·         Tools and Accessories:

o   (retired) Scalloped Edge Border punch - still one of my favorites!

o   Elegant Butterfly punch

o   Stampin’ Dimensionals

Simply Adorned Jewerly

After creating inserts for Stampin' Up!'s Simply Adorned lockets and necklaces as teacher gifts last year, my daughter's teachers instantly asked for their own early on this year. So for the end of the year teacher gifts, I used the retired Simply Adorned Jewerly to create necklaces for them. Here are the inserts (front and back) I created for the teachers:

The teachers loved them and couldn't wait to wear them!  I'm so glad they loved these little gems but I'm also glad Stampin' Up! no longer carries this jewerly line and no longer has them in the clearance rack. I am exhausted from creating them for teachers every year. I always try to match the teacher's personalities when creating the inserts for their lockets. 

Here is a look at the completed necklaces and my daughter modeling one as well:

Here is how I packaged them with retired and current Stampin' Up! ribbon and the Chalk Talk stamp set and Framelits:

If you like the look of creating your own locket inserts using stamps and other paper crafting supplies, I'm sure you can find some lockets and necklaces at a local craft store. 

Ingredients:

Stamp Set - Chalk Talk

Accessories - Chalk Talk Framelits, 1 1/4" striped ribbon in Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi, 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon in Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo

Retired Accessories - Sumply Adirned Jewerly line (1 1/2" x 2" lockets and necklaces)

By the Tide Masculine Card

I CASeD this card from Ellen Fewkes.  She made a wonderful masculine card.  Please check it out here.  The only thing I decided to change was the Netting background to a striped background stamp from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set instead.  I did make two cards with this layout but changed the direction on one of the cards.  This masculine card allowed me to use up some of the Midnight Muse card stock and ribbon I have that is retiring at the end of this month. I love how the lobster is the focal point for this masculine card. 

If you don't need a Father's Day card, copy this layout and card design as a masculine birthday card or thank you card instead.  This card's layout can easily go with any stamp set or greeting.  So get out your retiring card stock and start stamping out a few masculine cards today!

Ingredients

·         Stamps:

o   By The Tide

o   Delightful Dozen

o  Gorgeous Grunge

·         Paper:

o   Very Vanilla 4” x 5 ¼” for background layer and 2 ¼” x 3 ¼” for lobster layer

o   Midnight Muse card stock 4 ½” x 11” (scored at 5 ½”) for card base and 2 ½” x 3 ½” for lobster layer

·         Ink:

o   Crumb Cake (for the vertical card)

o   Soft Suede (for the horizontal card)

o   Midnight Muse

·         Tools and Accessories:

o   3 3/8" Midnight Muse Stitched Satin Ribbon

o   Linen Thread

o  Stampin' Dimensionals

Petite Petals and Hardwood Card

I loved the layout for this card that Even Voorstellen created so I decided to CASe the card.  Please click here to see her version of this card.  FYI: Their blog is not in English so I wasn't able to read it but loved the card idea.  I changed up the background to the Hardwood Background stamp set in Smoky Slate. I think it really adds to this card. I also changed the ribbon since I didn't have any wide Daffodil Delight. I layered some Satin Daffodil Delight ribbon on top of some 1 3/4” Chevron Ribbon in Smoky Slate. For the second card, I used some 1 3/4” Chevron Ribbon in Calypso Coral instead of the Daffodil Delight and changed the wording as well.

My Club members loved both of these cards and were able to choose which color combination and wording best suited their personalities. Now I hope you'll give them a try.

Ingredients

·         Stamps:

o   Hardwood

o   Perfect Pennants

o   Petite Petals

·         Paper:

o   Whisper White card stock 4 ½” x 11” (scored at 5 ½”), 2" x 4" for tag punch layer and scraps for punches

·         Ink:

o   Calypso Coral

o   Daffodil Delight

o   Smoky Slate

o   Staz On Black

·         Tools and Accessories:

o   1 3/4” Chevron Ribbon in Calypso Coral or Smoky Slate

o   ½” Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon

o   Whisper White Baker's Twine

o   Scalloped Tag Topper Punch

o   Petite Petals Punch

o   Rhinestone Jewels

o   Stampin’ Dimensionals