Saturday, July 10, 2010

So this coming weekend, I am throwing my sister a bridal shower. I made the invitations a couple blogs ago, and they were a big hit. I figured that I would also make her some Thank You cards as well since we are having all of the guests write their addresses on envelopes as a way to pick out door prizes for those people who do not want to participate in games. So since we had two boxes of envelopes and no cards to fill them, I decided that I would make some for her. (I checked a couple stores and for the price I could make some, I couldn't find anything that were of my sister's taste)

So here is another card option.

Supplies:
8 1/2 x 11 or scrapbook card stock in desired colors at least 3 different ones.
Tulip glitter Glue
Any clear drying glue that has a fine tip
Nail gems (I used 6 for each card)
Glue stick
Scissors
Instructions:
Step 1: Cut out Backing for Thank You's using Cricut Storybook Cartridge. Use the 4" size and depth of 3. (You can also buy pre-cut Thank yous from Michaels which will allow you to skip this and the next step.
Step 2: Using Cricut, cut out Thank Yous using the same size and depth as backing
Step 3: Fold a piece of 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock to create two 5x8 pieces
Step 4: Cut cardstock to make two pieces
Step 5: Fold each piece in half so you can apply the backing and thank yous.
Step 6: Glue backing to folded card using glue stick.
Step 7: Glue thank you, using fine tip glue pen.
Step 8: Glue gems to thank you using glitter glue. It creates a sparkle effect around the edges and if some gems are chipped slightly, it smoothes their edges out.
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It's a really simple product, but will save you a ton of money. Mine were a total of $5.07 for 30 Thank You cards. I had a lot of supplies left over from the invites, but the total would be only about $15 for everything if you had none of the supplies. Hope that this gives you some ideas on card creations of your own.

1 comment:

Jessica said...

The random typing is an addition from Leoben, one of our two new kittens. (The other ones name is Zarek) Yes, we are nuts and now have more cats than humans in our home!