How to Make a Thank You Card with Stamps
Stamping your cards is a very effective and cheap method of producing a lot of quality thank you note cards quickly. You will readily find a rubber stamp with the text 'Thank You' from almost any crafting store or Craft section in your local department store.
If you have good hand writing and don't mind the extra labour you could save money buying the stamp and write the message yourself.
Supplies:
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Rubber Stamps
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Paper flowers and gems or Buttons for centers
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Ink and paper or Card Stock
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Basic supplies - Adhesives, scissors or paper trimmer
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Sand paper to distress the edges of paper
How to Make It:
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Cut a piece of cardstock or paper to 5 1/2" wide 8" long
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Score your card at 4" lengthwise and fold it in half.
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Optional - Stamp the front of your card with a design block stamp in tone on tone ink (makes the stamp impression a shade slightly darker than the base card)
Alternatively you can purchase patterned paper and adhere it to the front or you can simply leave it unadorned. -
Cut a red strip of paper to 1" by 3" and distress the edges with sandpaper
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Stamp the red strip with a thank you message and glue to front of
card slightly below half way and flush with the right hand side of the card. -
Place flowers randomly on to the card. Use glue dots to attach the gems and buttons to the centre of the flowers.
Samantha Johnson Hammond
IN USA
