Card Making Made Easy: Wishing You Blue Skies and Sunny Days

May 6, 2013

Card Making Made Easy: Wishing You Blue Skies and Sunny Days

May 6, 2013

Designer Craft Connection Blog Hop

 

Card Making: Wishing You Blue Skies and Sunny Days

 

I like getting and sending mail but I think that people have this expectation that because I’m creative that I will send them this handmade WOW card.

Yeah, that’s not going to happen very often.

While I like to send handmade cards I only send the WOW cards to people that I think will appreciate them. You know, the folks who will look it over, appreciate your work and tack it to a bulletin board so they can look at it now and again.

As opposed to those folks who will look at it, keep it for a few days and then unceremoniously toss it into the trash.

And sometimes an occasion calls for a simple note card. Someone just needs to know you are thinking about them. Nothing fancy.

This card is for those occasions where you 1. Want to send a handmade card and don’t mind if it gets tossed 2. You just need space to send a heartfelt note and not much else 3. You need a card and you need it NOW.

Because I’d much rather take the card making made easy route and send more average looking cards than send only a few WOW cards.

Know what I mean?

 

Card Making: Wishing You Blue Skies and Sunny Days

 

Supplies:

  • Scalloped Marvy Uchida Extra Giga Punches – Circle or Oval
  • Inkadinkado birds on a branch stamp
  • Wishing you blue skies stamp
  • Staz On – Black
  • Card Blanks
  • Clouds scrapbook paper
  • paper adhesive of your choice

Using the Extra Giga Punch punch out a circle or oval and adhere it to the card blank with your favorite adhesive. Stamp the birds on the sky paper and the sentiment underneath.

 

Card Making Made Easy: Wishing You Blue Skies and Sunny Days

 

The first two images are from the same card I created back in 2010 here: Card Making: Blue Skies Card. I ran out of that batch of cards a while ago and decided over the weekend to create another batch.

I updated one of them with the resin feather and ribbon and I’ll be sharing the products and techniques I used for that embellishment later this week.

 

To see what the other designers created this month please follow the widget in the right hand column of this site.

 

Do you want to create a stack of cards? I’ve done the shopping for you!  Below you will find a list of the items I used except the adhesive all available from amazon.com.

The widget below contains affiliate links and purchasing an item after following the link may result in my being compensated.

Vicki O'Dell

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  • Carolyn Smith March 20, 2014 at 6:03 pm

    Love this card! Simple,but perfect! Do you do any card paper peiecing?

    • Vicki O'Dell March 25, 2014 at 4:05 pm

      Hi Carolyn,
      No, I’ve not done paper piecing. I have done the Iris Paper Folding though.

      • Carolyn Smith March 25, 2014 at 7:50 pm

        Hi Vicki. Thanks for your response. I have never tried iris folding but I’m gonna’ give it a try! I also wanted to comment on your card,”Wishing You Blue Skies and Sunny Days” This card,again,simple but perfect. It can be used just as a “hello” card or to someone who has been ill,and so many reasons to send this card out. I love it.Thanks!

        • Vicki O'Dell March 26, 2014 at 12:08 pm

          Thanks so much Carolyn!
          I agree that it would be a good get well or cheer up kind of card.
          Now I have to make more of them. 🙂

  • Cindi Bisson May 9, 2013 at 8:46 am

    Nothing wrong with simplicity and this card is great! LOVE the resin feather addition – that’s awesome!

  • Michelle Frae cummings May 7, 2013 at 11:32 pm

    Love this card, so pretty!

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