Card Making - Cards to Go Through the Mail 4
This A2 (4.25″ x 5.5″) card and envelope would make a nice birthday card for a man or a woman. Inside the card sentiment reads: Aged to Perfection - Happy Birthday! By using a mottled green paper for the envelope - it’s decorative, but not too busy to accept an address label or just the hand written address. The post office will be able to read it just fine!
The card and envelope were both created by using the templates at Green Sneakers.
Card Making - Cards to Go Through the Mail 3
This is a 4″ x 6″ card and an A6 envelope. One of the best things about a card like this is that being a 4″ x 6″ card, and folded this way - you can make 3 of these from one sheet of 12″ x 12″ scrapbook paper. And, again, for a card like this one - using 2 sided patterned cardstock makes it so easy to create a ‘finished’ card in no time. The inside is already decorated! Just add your sentiment and it’s done. For the front, I just added some ribbon and some acrylic embellishments, and a metal word tag.
For the envelope (A6) I used paper that coordinated with the brown in the stripes. See what a difference the coordinating envelope makes? For me, the hard part would have been trying to find an A6 envelope to use - but when you make them yourself - you always have what you need on hand!
Card Making - Cards to Go Through the Mail 2
Here’s a fun card with lots going on. The front tab opens the card to reveal the sentiment block on the inside. The envelope was created by using a paper with coordinating colors. The envelope paper does not have to be the same paper - I just like to keep the color families similar. Again, keeping with the current series - this is a card that can be sent through the mail. I know it has the big flower, but as long as the address is on a label, and well adhered - it will arrive safely at its destination. The envelope paper is sturdy enough to keep the card safe, and I always use a very strong adhesive when creating the envelope.
This is an A2 (4.25″ x 5.5″) card and envelope, created using the templates from Green Sneakers.
Card Making - Cards to Go Through the Mail
I finished my series of a Dozen Tips and Techniques, and I thought I’d start a new series on “Cards that can go through the mail, followed by another series of “Cards that are designed to be handed to their recipient”.
For an envelope, here I knew I needed paper with a barely noticible pattern. I’ll address the envelope using a white gel pen. I could handwrite in the return address - but I have return address labels that will work well for this one. I chose a color from the card - it’s the color of the corner stamps, and the flower brads. By choosing this red - it adds to the fall color palette of the entire ensemble. I think an envelope made from the green would have worked, too, but it might have been too much green.
This is an A7 (5″ x 7″) card and envelope made from the templates at Green Sneakers.
Card Making Tips and Techniques 12
I had no idea what Watercolor Pencils were. It seemed a contradiction in terms. But I tried them, and they looked like colored pencils - and then I added a slightly wet brush to the color - and the whole thing changed! All of a sudden I was looking at a watercolor painting, and I realized I could manipulate the colors, the blending of the colors and whether or not there were pencil strokes (outlines or detail work). A whole new world of options opened up for me, and now I don’t work without at least one set of these near me. Then I found they made metallic watercolor pencils, and different grades of these pencils will give a different effect. So with so many companies to choose from, and so many types - I’ve just accumulated quite a collection. Tip 12 is try painting on your cards. Either add some paint to your stamping work, or try it free hand. Watercolor your backdrop, and then stamp on top! So many options - you won’t regret giving it a try!
This is an A6 card and envelope made from the templates at Green Sneakers.
Card Making Tips and Techniques 11
This has to be my very favorite tip - if you know the card you are making isn’t going directly throught the mail (either you are going to hand deliver the card, with a gift or mailed in a box) - then I love to “go the whole hog” and make the envelope just as special as I can. It’s all in the presentation! Here’s an example of a “Welcome Baby Boy” card - with a fully coordinating and embellished envelope!
It’s an A7 (5″ x 7″) and matching envelope made from the templates at Green Sneakers.
Card Making Tips and Techniques 10
For this tip, I think it’s fun to talk about “Cut Out Cards” - adding a window or shaping the outside egde of a card can add a truly unique and different element. Here the window acts as a frame for artwork. And decorating the front of the ‘frame’ - just adds more visual interest as well. Now recreating this look in a hundred different ways - will create a hundred completely different looks. That’s why tip number 10 is about cutting and shaping!
This is an A7 card (5″ x 7″) that will fit an A7 envelope.
Card Making Tips and Techniques 9
This isn’t a hard and fast rule - but I find it a useful tip: I like to try to coordinate my ink colors with the papers and the theme of the card. In this card the “Wish You Were Here” sentiment was stamped on in the same color as the darker ink in the paper print. This almost lets one think the paper had it printed on there! And the celedon green mat for the stamp art is the same shade as some of the green in the print. Again, no one would think this a necessity, and a lot of card makers like to mix and match their colors - but if you’re looking for an even cohesion of color, theme, and composition, it’s sometimes achieved most easily when the elements coordinate to begin with.
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