I love to give out sets of cards as gifts and today's project is perfect for a quick and thoughful present. We created it at the Creative Convention I attended a few weeks ago.
This is the whole ensemble: four matching cards with different sentiments, and a pretty holder.
The front cover of the holder is decorated with a panel of bark-like Frostwood Lodge Designer Series Paper. You could use one sheet of paper and cut it into pieces to use for each of the matching cards.
The colorful leaves were die cut from the Leaves #2 Die. We used one piece of each color of card stock (Cajun Craze, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive) then divided up different combos of the leaves for each card.
We also stamped leaves from Autumn Splendor, added some Espresso Quilted Satin Ribbon and a cute Mini Clothespin.
When you open the holder, you find two sides holding two cards and Crumb Cake Envelopes. The folder is super easy to make! Start with a 10-1/2" x 6-1/2" sheet of Crumb Cake, then use your Simply Scored Tool to score along the 10-1/2" edge at the 5" and 5-1/2" marks.
We used trimmed down Medium Cello Bags as the pockets! What a cool and simple idea! They are adhered by SNAIL adhesive with the openings toward the center of the holder. I love that they show-off the card fronts!
Each card is stamped with a different sentiment from the Perfectly Penned set, making it a versatile, all-occasion set.
Looking back, I think it would have been fun to either stamp or texture emboss the leaves, but we didn't have the time at our make & takes that day. Still a really fun project to make and give!
Complete Supplies List:
- Stamps—Autumn Splendor, Perfectly Penned
- Ink—Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Early Espresso Classic Ink
- Paper—Frostwood Lodge DSP, Cajun Craze, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Whisper White card stock
- Accessories—Crumb Cake Envelopes, Linen Thread, Mini Clothespins, Espresso Quilted Satin Ribbon, Medium Cello Bags
- Tools—Simply Scored Tool, Leaves #2 Die, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, SNAIL
You can find all the supplies you need to make this project at my Online Store!
Angie