Back to school is around the corner! My daughter’s closet is slowly getting filled with new clothing, backpacks, and school supplies. My kiddo is a go-getter. She’s confident to a fault, and she doesn’t need her momma to help her through the world. Or so she thinks right now.
Even if she doesn’t need it, I like to always tell her how amazing she is, or I occasionally sneak something small and special into her day. Who doesn’t melt a little at an unexpected expression of Love?The first week back of school, I’m planning on sneaking a card into her backpack. Just a little note from her mommy, found randomly in the day, to remind my 2nd grader that she’s adored at home.By keeping my design simple, with just a POP of color, I ensured that during this busy time of the year I could produce quite a few of these in almost no time. Touches of glitter and gemstones make my daughter feel special and she KNOWS that mommy loves her when I use my favorite gemstones.
I used one of my favorite stamp sets, called Lunch Box Notes. It is a retired stamp, but there is a second version: Lunch Box Notes 2.
To ensure that my stamp was lined up, and not going to stamp crooked in my stamping platform, I like to test stamp on a sheet of acetate. I printed a grid on mine to make it easier to line up.
Perfect placement.
Run some stripes of Scor-Tape down your trimmed and stamped focal strips.
Glitter away.
Finish off by mounting with 3D foam adhesive onto a nice white card base. I LOVED using the Basis White #110! It is sturdy, perfectly white, and has a nice tooth to it. Accent with your favorite gemstones, or not! I won’t judge if you keep hoarding them! 😀
I hope she loves this! Thank you so much for joining me! I hope I’ve inspired you to make a few paper hugs for your Littles!I used the following products in my cards:
Hello everyone! Summer is almost here and you know what that means… Yep! You guessed it, Father’s Day and graduations! Whether it is a grandpa, uncle, husband, or brother, show them how much they mean to you by giving them a card that they would want to cherish made by you! I am using the…
Hey there! It’s Judy V here today with a scrapbook layout project for CutCardstock. I had a photo my daughter and her husband had professionally taken when they were engaged. This is another one of those photos I’ve been meaning to scrapbook for quite a while. And since they were dressed in “steampunk” attire, I…
Hello Everyone!Father’s Day is in a few days and I decided Dad, or should I say Pop, needed a card a little outside the box. I used a Whimsie Doodle digi card template and some great CutCardStock to make my bucket of Popcorn.Start with a 4.25 x 5.5″ Classic Neenah Solar White card base made…
Hi there! It’s Annie, and today I wanted to share a easy way to create a large set of thank you cards quickly or even use up some of the scraps of cardstock you may have laying around your craft space.I thought it would be fun to try to build up from many layers of…
Hey everybody, happy Wednesday and welcome to June! We’re nearly to the middle of the year already! Need a little masculine card inspiration? Leslie here with a tutorial for making a really nice masculine card in navy blue and brown. A ‘just because’ card, because who needs a formal excuse to tell a guy he…
Hi Everyone! Today I am playing with Classic Crest Natural White 110 pound cardstock. I cut one sheet in half to 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches and then scored and folded at 4-1/4 inches to create the card base. I created an inky background using Catherine Pooler inks in Pucker Up, Be Mine, Tiara, and Tiki…