We all need some cheer in our lives at the moment, so why not spread some and create a card!? Even if you don’t consider yourself a cardmaker, design team member Kristina Proffitt is with us today to share just how easy they can be to create using our March 2020 kit and add-ons! Let’s see what she made!
Happy Spring, friends! I hope you all are doing well despite this uncertain and crazy time we’re living in right now. I know one thing that has helped me so much is memory keeping and creating handmade cards for people. Who wouldn’t love a little happy mail nowadays, right? So this month I used some of the beautiful products from the March kit and some extras, to create two very simple cards. One is a St. Patrick’s Day card (but you could give this to someone on any day) and then another card for Easter.
Supplies | March 2020 Kit, Go See Do Acetate Die Cuts, Tiny Shapes and Dots Puffy Stickers, Easter Wood Veneers, Acrylic Clovers, Flourish 6 x 8.5 Paper Stack, Title Builder Vol. 4 Stamp
The journaling tags from the monthly kits are great for adding to card fronts, and that’s exactly what I did here on this “Lucky Charm” card. For the background I used patterned paper from the Flourish 6 x 8.5 Paper Stack and then placed a tag from the March Kit directly in the center on top of that paper. I cut a piece off of one of the Go See Do Acetate Die Cuts and stapled it to the bottom of the journaling tag. I loved the layered look and the grid marks on top, too. Then I placed one of the really cool gold Acrylic Clovers on top.
Behind the journaling tag, I tucked in a little tag from the March Kit, stapled it with my tiny attacher and stamped the “to my” using the Title Builder Vol. 4 Stamp on the tag, placing a little red puffy heart from the Tiny Shapes and Dots Puffy Stickers on the end. I love how it’s like a sweet little love note to someone.
For my second card, an Easter card, I used another piece of patterned paper from the Flourish 6 x 8.5 Paper Stack, cutting it to A2 size and adhering it to the front. I really love how sweet and soft this floral paper is. It’s perfect for spring and Easter! Then I took another sheet of patterned paper from that stack and punched circles from it.
I cut the circles in half, adhering them across the top slightly layered, and alternating the patterns. Then I took a strip from another pattern and adhered it along the bottom. Lastly, I added the “HE IS RISEN” wooden embellishment from the Easter Wood Veneers.
The last thing that I did was adhere the “happy Easter” Easter Wood Veneer to the inside of the card, adding a little pink puffy sticker above it. I love having a sweet, simple message on the inside. Who says you can’t keep on embellishing the inside of a card, right?
These cards and their sentiments might be super simple, but the impact and power they could have in someone’s life could be big. I think that’s what this time is all about right now—doing as many acts of love and kindness that we can! So pull out those March 2020 kit and add-on goodies that you have on hand and don’t only document your memories, but take some time to create some simple cards that you can send to those that you love to brighten their day. We need more of that right now!
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