I’m making a quick post today to share a thank you card I made. I was tempted to incorporate a whole lot of razzle dazzle, but I kept it simple this time around! “Simple,” as in, just stamps, an embossing folder, and my envelope puncher (along with the usuals of paper trimmer, adhesive, stamp ink, scoring board etc).
I’ll walk you through a quick overview of how I made this card. All products are linked at the bottom of this post ⬇️ But if you’re a more visual person, I got you — there’s also a video showing my process at the bottom of this post as well!
Step 1: Stamp
I used the Tim Holtz stamp platform because I had 4 different elements to stamp. The stamp platform helps keep the design together straight so there’s no difference between what I laid out and the end result. When I stamp everything one by one, freehanding, I introduce slight space and angle variations that I didn’t want to have on this card. That would work well on a card where I wanted the elements to flow and feel really organic, but not this particular card. It is also helpful as a backup option should you need to re-stamp.
The stamp platform saved my butt! Unfortunately, the two word stamps weren’t playing that nice with each other and I couldn’t get a clear print:
so i had to stamp each stamp separately using the platform and the result was much cleaner (so sorry for the blurry photo, but you get it):
For the back of the card, I stamped “100% handmade” (just so it’s clear 😆) and punched a bow out of a yellow holographic sticker paper.
Step 2: Emboss
I brought out my Sizzix machine to emboss a frame with a bird on it.. er, rather, de-emboss. I planned the design of the card so the the bird was on the lower right, without taking into consideration which way was the actual embossing side. The design is flipped, so it’s lowered instead of raised, since I wanted to keep the bird on the lower left, which still turned out just fine! That’s just an example of something not going according to plan but it still being totally okay.
Step 3: Make the Envelope
This one’s super easy since I just followed the instructions on my 1-2-3 punch board 😅 Essentially, you cut a sheet of paper to size, punch and score the paper in the right measurements, and BAM, you have an envelope!
Done!
That was it! I finished this in one night after work and was able to write a note and send it out the very next day. And I will tell you… it was very well received!
Video
Products I used
Fiskars Paper trimmer:
Fiskars website
Amazon
Similar:
Fiskars website
Amazon
Martha Stewart scoring board:
Walmart – Out of stock everywhere.
Similar:
American Crafts
Amazon
Walmart
Tim Holtz Stamp Platform:
Paper Smooches clear stamps many thanks:
Martha Stewart doily lace butterfly stamps:
Discontinued, eek, sorry!
Ranger Archival ink pad, jet black:
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Pumice Stone Ranger:
100% Handmade stamp:
Sizzix Bigkick Machine Vintaj Special Edition:
out of stock since it was a special edition, but nbd, any die cutting machine should work
Darice bird in border embossing folder:
out of stock, sorry again!
