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Card Making - A Fun Technique
I love this technique - it’s about using one sided scrapbooking paper to make my envelopes. However, to make the front easier for the mailman to read - I make the envelope inside out - meaning my coordinating pattern is on the inside! A nice little burst of color for my card’s recipient! […]
Card Gallery - A Place to Visit
Have you ever visited the GreenSneakers Card Gallery? There are so many cards to look at!! There are Fall Holiday Cards, Christmas Cards, Winter Cards, Spring and Special Occasion Cards - just cards galore - and with all with beautiful coordinating envelopes! It’s worth a peek!
Here are just two cards from […]
Card Making Technique
Sometimes easier is better. Cards do not have to be elaborate, painstaking endeavors to be beautiful and worthwhile. Here a simple stamped image is colored, and then layered onto solid cardstock.
This then becomes a simple and enjoyable way to wish someone a Happy Fall or Thanksgiving. I have the coordinating […]
Halloween Cards 3
This Halloween Card is also designed to be sent through the mail - notice that it might work best with an address label, due to the colorful paper on the envelope - but the post office will happily mail it. This is a standard A7(5″ x 7″) card and envelope - created from templates […]
Halloween Cards 2
Here’s a Halloween Card created with hand stamping, coordinating layered papers, and ribbon. This card is also designed to go through the mail - the envelope is just awaiting the address. This is an A6 (4″ x 6″) card and envelope created from templates from Greensneakers.com!
All it needs now is a recipient!
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Halloween Cards
I’m ready for Halloween! The upcoming entries are all going to be Halloween Themed Cards. This one is designed to send through the mail - the envelope is just awaiting the address to be written on! This card is hand stamped, and layered with pattened and solid colors. It is an […]
Card Making - Cards to Give
Welcome to the new series - Cards to Give. We’ve just complete our 10 card series on cards and envelopes designed to send through the mail. This series will be on decorating the enveloping to coordinate with the card. The presentation of the two together is a show stopper. It will […]
Card Making - Cards to Go Through the Mail 10
The different properties of ink will allow for layering. For example, a dye based ink works well as a “top layer” ink, as in the card above. The lighter mustard color is a pigment ink, that has been allowed to dry, and then because I didn’t want the base color to shift with […]