Halloween Cards 5
Here’s a fun card - and the tag on the envelope can be used as an ornament or an embellishment for scrapbooking. It is 2 sided - so you can print the recipient’s name, too. Giving hand made cards for family holidays is a great way to say you were thinking of someone. And creating the coordinating envelope is not only less expensive than buying one - it also makes a nicer presentation.
This is an example of a card that is to be hand delivered or put in with a gift - as it isn’t appropriate for the mail service - but that’s okay - the recipient will love it!
This was created with the card and envelope templates at Green Sneakers!
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Here’s a fun 6″ x 6″ square Halloween Card. These cards can be mailed through the postal system, but due to the irregular size they may charge a little more - please be sure to check with your postal office when mailing. Simply adhere a mailing label to the front of the card.
This card is handstamped, and uses the same coordinating paper for the card and the envelope. By using the same papers for both it creates a cohesive presentation.
This card and envelope were created from templates at Greensneakers.com!
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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 by Greensneakers.com!
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!
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 A2 (quarter fold) card and coordinating envelope - created with templates from Green Sneakers.
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 make the perfect set for giving to someone in person either as the gift (with a little something inside) or to be the card presented with a gift. What could be more “upper scale”? The card above, for example, is for a the birth of a baby boy, and the decorated tag on the coordinating envelope is all set for the recipient’s name in a flourishing scrawl. The inside is blank for you to add your sentiment - and the whole presentation so outshines a plain white envelope - well, there’s really no comparing, is there?
It isn’t that these cards must be given by hand, they could, of course, be included with a gift that is being mailed, or be put in a clasp envelope and sent through the post, as well. The hand made card in and of itself says “I really care about you”.
This card and envelope were created using the A7 Kreate-A-Lope set by Green Sneakers.
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 an application of wet ink over top, I used a dye ink (the darker pumpkin color) to stamp the “Bonjour”.
Using paper with the same hues as the stamping creates a color coordinated look for the envelope. It doesn’t have to be stamped, especially when it is being put into the mail system, although the “Bonjour” card stamp wouldn’t be too much or interfere in the address area.
This envelope would then get an address label for the addressee rather than using a thick marker. An address label would define the address area and allow the postal people to read the address better. Don’t forget your return address label in the top left corner - you’ll want to let them know who made them this handmade card and envelope!
This is an A6 size card and envelope - the card and envelope templates are available from Green Sneakers.
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Here’s a card with an envelope just perfect for mailing. Just put on an address label and ship.
Did you know that these cards featured here on the Blog are available to see at the Green Sneakers Card Gallery? There are hundreds of cards to peruse. Cards for all seasons, for all occasions, are there. May I tell you my favorite way of viewing the Gallery? I love to set up “Slide Show” from the left menu, and then set the parameters for the slide show to 5 seconds and 640 pixels. Then the pictures just float by and I can view them all.
I hope you’ll take a look - and all of the cards feature their correct sized envelope! The featured card is an A6 Card and Envelope, created from the templates at Green Sneakers.