Hand Made Thank You Cards show the recipient that you took the time to sit down and create a special card for them. However, in today's world who has TIME? Time is truly so precious so that's why I'm sharing with you today a card that can be assembled in just minutes. But first let me share 3 time savings tips that might help you get out your papercrafting materials and create Hand Made Thank You card today! 🙂
- Invite your friends over and Mass Produce
- Everyone knows making hand made thank you cards, birthday cards, sympathy cards, all occasion cards, is much more fun with friends!
- When two or more are gathered you can mass produce your hand made cards and have a stash to last you a while
- Everyone knows making hand made thank you cards, birthday cards, sympathy cards, all occasion cards, is much more fun with friends!
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- By doing this you have access to several different style projects that you can create complete with the full color photo of the card, instructions and supplies….it doesn't get much easier than that :) This way you have something to copy and don't have to spend time "thinking of what to do" unless you want to of course!
- Having a sample handy gives you the opportunity to also tweak a project and make it your own just using the bones of the project which saves you time.
- By doing this you have access to several different style projects that you can create complete with the full color photo of the card, instructions and supplies….it doesn't get much easier than that :) This way you have something to copy and don't have to spend time "thinking of what to do" unless you want to of course!
- Pre-cut Card Stock
- If you know you mainly make cards that are 5 1/2 by 4 1/4 or 3 x 3 or 4 x 4 it's a time saver to cut your card stock into the size you want and categorize them by color so when your ready to create you have the base piece ready to go!
- If you love this idea you could take it one step further to cut coordinating pieces in different sizes as well. (This would be great to do as a group over coffee or cocktails!)
- If you know you mainly make cards that are 5 1/2 by 4 1/4 or 3 x 3 or 4 x 4 it's a time saver to cut your card stock into the size you want and categorize them by color so when your ready to create you have the base piece ready to go!
Now onto the Hand Made Thank You Card I created.
This is actually a very simple card to create. Here are the supplies I used:
- Basic Gray Card Stock (Item# 121044)
- Whisper White Card Stock (Item# 100730)
- Daffodil Delight Card Stock (Item #119683)
- Sunshine & Sprinkles Designer Series Paper (Item#126922)
- 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon Daffodil Delight (Item #126872)
- Whisper White 3/16" Neutral Brad (Item #119736 brad assortment)
- Snail Adhesive (Item #104332)
- Stampin' Dimensionals® (Item #104430)
- Sizzix S Die (Item#129411)
- Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (Item#113439)
- Oh Hello Stamp Set (Item#130730 Wood Item#130733 Clear)
Another time saver tip for making this Hand Made Thank You Card would be to make lots of the little pinwheels with your friends and that way you have them on hand for your cards, scrapbooking projects or even a three dimensional item like a treat box that you have ready and waiting to go!
For a video on how to assemble the pinwheel CLICK HERE
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