tiny butterfly window note cards by lauren bergold

one thing i can never seem to keep enough of in my card stash is little note cards. you know, the kind you tuck in with a gift or a package? recently i found some very cool 2 x 3" envelopes at a garage sale, and even though i think they're too small to mail on their own, they're PERFECT for this purpose.

when i saw pink paislee's "trellis" paper in the PICNIC BASKET kit, i fell in love with it's beautiful double-sided goodness! it's two-toned grey on one side with silhoutted white abstract flowers; while the reverse is a stunning goldenrod with a thin tracery of vines and blossoms. i wanted to use BOTH SIDES at once, so i thought an aperture design would be ideal. i used my martha stewart "anywhere" butterfly punch to make the window in the note cards, then punched the same style of butterfly in three smaller sizes from scraps.

a few tiny offcut strips to dress-up the outside of the cards, dymo label greetings, a bit of ink around all the edges and some miniscule (non-kit!) black pearls were all i needed to finish up. i used the butterflies created by making the windows to adorn the envelopes.

and now i am ready at any time to send surprises to four of my friends! ♥

Kirsty's Note -

Love this!! Thanks Pixie Lauren!!

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Designer Day 2 ~ Mini Cards by Kandis Smith

 

These little silhouettes and rosettes made for the perfect opportunity to create some mini cards! They were so easy too!  And I always love having a stash of these mini's to attach to the treats I bring to friends. I hand cut out the silhouette and the label from the patterned paper. The black lace is really nice behind the pink bow I made from my seam binding. I topped it off with a black gemstone. The rossettes were cut off the trim and I added gemstones to the centers and cut out some leaves from patterned paper and added those too!

Have a wonderful Day!

hugs,

kandis

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These mini cards are so adorable, thanks Kandis!!!!

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thank you mini-cards by Lauren Bergold

for someone who does not scrapbook, as such, i have bought A LOT of journaling tags; i use them quite often in card-making! these maya road kraft ones were instant favorites for their variety of designs and utterly practical size. at 3x3" they would hold just enough journaling on a layout, or they could be the base of some super-fun mini thank you cards! like this:
crowns are absolutely always fun, imo; here i've colored the miniature maya road chipboard ones with a silver inkpad, embossed them with my cuttlebug, and used them as a whimsical embellishment to diecut 3-part hearts in which i have mixed and matched scraps of patterned papers from the october pixie dust paperie kit. offcuts of the kit's cardstock from other projects formed my 3.25" cardbases, and all i needed to complete the set were a few staples, some dymo-label sentiments, and lots of wonky machine stitching for texture...and to hold everything securely on my cards!

i think i will be making more sets like this in future, as they are a brilliant way to "clean up" my scraps...and it's always useful to have some little thank you notes on hand, isn't it?! :)


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