I know – Christmas isn’t even here yet. And I’m talking about Thank You notes already? But of course! Now’s the time to get started on them before the holiday season gets too busy and there we are at Christmas clean up time with no Thank You notes and no time to make them.
I know that some of you may have more time than others to make your Thank You notes. So for today’s project, I have a simple design that will take almost no time to make. But then I’ll show you a not-to-difficult way to add some color and then a design that’s a bit more time-consuming – but not by much!
First I’ll show you generally what I did to make each of the cards. At the end of this post, I have step-by-step instructions for each.
For this card, as well as the other two, I’m using one of the stamps from the Go To Greeting Stamp Set. For this card, I used the largest of the three “Thank You” stamps in the set. What I think makes this card a bit on the elegant side is the embossed border on the top layer of the card. The key step here is to turn the cardstock over so that you’re scoring the lines from the back. That way they’re raised on the front.
We are talking Thank You notes for Christmas gifts here. So why not add some Christmas color if you have the time to get out another Stamp Set and some more ink. For my card, I stamped the holly and berries from the Sending Cheer Stamp Set. To keep the holly groups in line, I lay a piece of plain paper under the area where I want to stamp the holly leaves, and add some marks where I plan to stamp each of them. I just flipped that around to get the holly leaves set up on the bottom. Once you have the holly leaves done, you’re not going to have any problem stamping the berries.
This card is one for that special gift giver! I added a bit more work to this card but it’s my favorite. I continued to use the Go To Greeting and Sending Cheer Stamp Sets, and started out with the scoring as in the first card. Then I spent some time die-cutting holly leaves and berries using the Sending Cheer Die set that’s bundled with the stamp set. I stamped and cut six holly leaves (3 for each corner) and 4 berries (2 for each corner).
No matter how much time you have for Thank You cards, I’m sure you could fit one of these designs into your schedule – and make a gift-giver very happy!
Instructions:
Card 1: Stamp and Score
Supplies: Go To Greetings Stamp Set; Cherry Cobbler Stamp Pad; Basic White Thick Cardstock; 8-1/2” x 5-1/2”, folded at the top (card base); Basic White Cardstock, 4-1/8” x 5-3/8”; Paper Trimmer with Scoring Blade; adhesive of your choice.
Steps:
- Stamp Thank You in the center of the Basic White Cardstock.
- Turn the cardstock over, with the stamped side face down.
- Using the Paper Trimmer, score each long side at 1/2" and 5/8”; then score each short side at 1/2" and 5/8”.
- Adhere the stamped and scored Basic White Cardstock layer to the front of the card base.
Card 2: Stamping with Two Colors
Supplies: Go To Greetings Stamp Set; Sending Cheer Stamp Set; Cherry Cobbler Ink Pad; Garden Greet Stamp Pad; Basic White Thick Cardstock; 8-1/2” x 5-1/2”, folded at the top (card base); Garden Green Cardstock, 4-1/8” x 5-3/8”; Cherry Cobbler Cardstock, 3-7/8” x 5-1/8”; Basic White Cardstock, 3-3/4” x 5”; adhesive of your choice; plain paper 5” x 2”
Steps:
- Stamp Thank You in the center of the Basic White Cardstock.
- Mark one long edge of the plain paper at 3/8”, 2” and 3-5/8”. Lay this across the Basic White Cardstock with the marked edge about 1-1/4” from the top of the cardstock.
- Using Garden Green Ink, stamp Holly leaves onto the cardstock just above the edge of the paper with the left point of the bottom leaf at each of the marks on the paper.
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 with the bottom edge of the cardstock.
- Using Cherry Cobbler Ink, stamp the Holly Berries next to each of the six sets of holly leaves.
- Adhere the layers together as shown in the picture of the card.
Card 3: Stamping and Die-Cutting
Supplies: Go To Greetings Stamp Set; Sending Cheer Stamp Set; Sending Cheer Dies; Cherry Cobbler Stamp Pad; Garden Green Stamp Pad; Cherry Cobbler Cardstock, 8-1/2” x 5-1/2”, folded at the top (card base); Garden Green Cardstock, 4-1/8” x 5-3/8”; Basic White Cardstock, 3-7/8” x 5-1/8” plus a large scrap for stamping and die-cutting; Gold Simply Elegant Trim, 2 12” pieces; adhesive of your choice, including Glue Dots Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals; Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine or Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine.
Steps:
- Stamp Thank You in the center of the Basic White Cardstock.
- Turn the cardstock over, with the stamped side face down.
- Using the Paper Trimmer, score each long side at 1/2" and 5/8”; then score each short side at 1/2" and 5/8”.
- Stamp 6 sets of Holly Leaves (Garden Green Ink) and 6 sets of Holly Berries (Cherry Cobbler Ink) onto the large scrap of Basic White Cardstock.
- Using the dies from the Sending Cheer set, die cut each of the stamped images.
- Tie each of the pieces of Trim into a bow and adhere to the upper left and lower right scored corners of the Basic White Cardstock.
- Using Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, adhere three die-cut Holly Leaves over each of the bows. Then adhere two of the die-cut Holly Berries as shown in the picture.
- Adhere the layers of cardstock as shown in the picture.
