February 12, 2010

Thank You Card Using Acetate, Brads And Wooden Stamps

Here I am going to show you how to make a simple thank you card using acetate, brads and wooden stamps.

using a bone tool

Start off by scoring a DL size card using a bone tool and card folding board.

folding some card

Press down firmly with the bone tool to create the fold in the card.
paper trimmer

Then use a paper trimmer or scalpel and metal edge ruler to remove the excess card.

inking a stamp

Select the rubber stamp you wish to use ensuring that it is not too big for the card. Here I have used flowers because flowers are normally a symbol of thanks and so are fitting for your thank you cards. I inked the rubber stamp with purple ink.

wood mounted stamp

Press the stamp firmly onto a piece of white card. Use the palms of your hands to press down firmly.

embossing powder

Sprinkle clear embossing powder over your stamped image. I always recommend placing a piece of paper underneath so that any excess embossing powder can be saved and tipped back into the pot.

using a heat gun

Use a heat gun to heat the embossing powder and create a raised image.

cutting out an embossed image using a scalpel

Using a metal edge ruler and scalpel cut the embossed image into a smaller piece.

ink on a stamp

Select your thank you card wording. In this case I have used a rubber stamp with the word ‘thank you’ on it. You may have a rubber stamp that has thank you card verses, thank you card poems or thank you card quotes on it that would work just as well.

I used the same ink pad to ink the ‘thank you’ stamp.

thank you stamp

And once again pressed firmly onto some white card and used the same embossing powder and heat gun to emboss the words.

embossing

Both the flower and wording have then been cut out. Make sure that you do not make them too big as a DL size card does not have massive amounts of room

embossed images

I then mounted both images onto purple card using double sided tape.

mat and layering

And repeated the process of mat and layering onto white card.

stamped and embossed images

Then again onto purple card using 3D foam.

purple bow

I then had a rummage in my card making supplies and found some purple ribbon which I made into a bow.

thank you card

Now you can start putting the card together by attaching the flower image in the right hand corner using double sided tape.

front of a thank you card

Place the thank you card wording underneath, and then use a sticky dot to secure the purple bow in place.

floral acetate

Then cut a piece of flower printed acetate into a strip to go down the left hand side of the card.

brads

I used a pokey tool to make a hole in the acetate and the actual card.

purple brad on a thank you card

Place a purple brad through the hole to secure the acetate in place. Acetate is transparent so glue and tape would be seen so it is best to use brads or eyelets to hold the acetate in place.

handmade card idea thank you card

The design of this card is really simple and can be changed to suit just about any occasion whether you are making thank you cards or making birthday cards, by changing the wording you can easily make this card suit the occasion.