Thanks a Bunch

Good morning!  I’ve got a two-fer today!  I was making this card for the colourQ challenge this week then viewed Dawn’s Make It Monday video and decided I could make an oversized envelope/bag for the card to fulfill her challenge as well!  The colour combo is a bit different for the layered flower, but I’m kind of loving the non traditional palette!  When I saw the colour Q colours, this flower came to mind right away so I was determined to use it despite there being no green for the leaves.  The Make it Monday portion of this post shows the coordinating bag that I can use to package this card that goes off the 4.25” sides. 

Here’s the card inside the bag.  Fits perfectly with room to spare!  I got the decorating idea from Michelle Wooderson’s blog HERE.  I just love what she does with packaging!

So what do I do for overly large and/or layered cards?  I usually use clear envelopes for cards that will fit.  They have the perfect “give” that paper envelopes don’t have.  I sometimes use bubble envelopes if needed but recently started using photo mailers (heavy cardboard ones) as they are sturdier and a bit thinner so postage can be less than a bubble envelope.  If I’m just giving someone a card, I might not use an envelope at all, but prop it up on their desk or just in the tissue in a gift bag.  Thanks for stopping by.  How do you get around odd shapes or super layered cards?




what’s in them?

{thanks a bunch card}

stamps: verve bloom and grow, pti lovely layers,

ink: versafine onyx, su real red, going gray, pti raspberry fizz, sei moss

paper: pti white, soft stone, pti bitty dots dp,

accessories; verve elegant leaves die, pti lovely layers dies, limeice button, edgers die, bakers twine

{envelope}

stamps: pti mat stack 4

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti bitty dots dp, raspberry fizz, studio calico abroad

accessories: pti edger, heart border, eyelet and simple circles dies, button, bakers twine, stitching, maya road journal tag, plastic mini clothes peg, paper doily