December 4, 2012

Personalized Note Cards Make Great Christmas Gifts

Good morning. I am so excited to share with you today and I have a great little project that I am making for little Christmas gifts... personalized note cards! This was so much fun that when I finished I actually made a couple of cards for myself too! It was great to spend time in my craft room!


Now wasn't that easy and I got to try heat embossing for the first time! I loved it and I know I will be using that technique alot in the future as I love how finished it looked. Oh I have to tell you as I noticed I never said in the video... Mother is fine, terrible cold and sore throat the Dr. prescribed antibiotics and told her to follow up at her own doctor in a couple of days as precautionary to make sure it didn't go to pneumonia. Boy the calls kept going long into the evening too.

This is how the card looked straight on. Unfortunately the pictures don't show how shimmery it actually is. The cards turned out awesome and I used the same papers for my own... I just couldn't help it! LOL The litttle monogram is from Close To My Heart and is only $2.95.

Another close up. See how the base of the card had little holes cut in it. The papers were from My Mind's Eye Christmas stack and they were so shimmery.
And this is how it looked all wrapped up. I used satin ribbon to wrap it up knowing she could use the ribbon with her own crafting.
Thanks for joining me today. I hope you like today's project. Thanks for your sweet sweet words of encouragement. Your comments inspire me to continue sharing with you.

7 comments:

  1. Fabulous Sheila - these are beautiful and love that its your first heat embossing - you did good:-) TFS

    ReplyDelete
  2. Beautiful note cards Sheila. Love that monogram. And you know I love your videos. I made myself a cuppa coffee to join you virtually to watch :). TFS

    ReplyDelete
  3. Your note cards are beautiful. Welcome to heat embossing! I love it. To keep the embossing powder from attaching itself to areas I don't want to emboss, I use an embossing buddy from Stampin Up. Also, EK Success has what's called a Powder Tool Applicator. Run one of those over the entire card stock before inking. Some people use a dryer sheet. Anything that takes away static is great.
    Did I miss how you created the scallop background to the initial?
    I saw you cut some glue. Is that dribbled hot glue?

    ReplyDelete
  4. Sheila, love that card! You did such a wonderful job ;) Thanks for taking time to chat with us I have missed that !! Kathi

    ReplyDelete
  5. I'm so glad your mom is doing better.
    You are so lucky to have her in your life.

    ReplyDelete
  6. These are beautiful! She will love them. Thank you for keeping in touch. I love your vidoes. Wht was the glitter you used? So sparkly!
    Thanks
    Kathy:)

    kathy.unger113@gmail.com

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for your sweet sweet words of encouragement.