Tasteful Textures Cards with a Card Holder

 This week I sent a couple of days working on some cards for my card class.  I chose the Tasteful Textures stamp set along with it's coordinating framelits and designer papers.  I just love how they all turned out!

The cards are what I call "mix and match."  The sayings and images are interchangeable and you can make each card more masculine or feminine, as desired.  I had a fun time using this set and it's components.

I also made a card holder for the set of cards.  You can use them individually or give them as a set.  

It's hard to tell in the photos, but I've used embossing folders and Wink of Stella to embellish the cards.  The flowers and feathers have a bit of sparkle on them to make them stand out.

Although I could have used more colors, I decided to keep the color palate simple.  I used Navy, Misty Moonlight and Gray Granite.  I got the ideas for my cards from Jackie Bolhuis and Sarah Sayers.  The box holder idea is from Teri Pocock.  

What do you think?  

Note Card Set featuring Varied Vases

I saw the idea for this cute little note card holder online from Michaela Titheridge of The Crafty Oink Pen.  It features the new stamp set, Varied Vases that has a punch to cut out the vases. 

The blank notecards are a set in the catalog that sell for only $6.50 and give you card bases and envelopes to make 20 notecards.  Once you've made one, it's hard to stop!  They can be mailed using regular postage.  What a fun and easy project to make! 

To make the notecard holder, visit here for instructions.  It can hold up to 3 cards on each side along with the envelopes.  I chose to make a four-card set for mine and everything fits very well in the holder. 

Here is a pic of the whole set that I made- holder and 4 matching notecards.  You could easily use any stamp set and make a sweet little gift for someone.  :)

Avant Garden Card Set

Today I had the day off from work due to the Blizzard that we are having here in upstate New York!  I've wanted to work with this Avant Garden set for a while and I was so glad to have a couple of hours to play around with it!

I started out making the Card Holder using the Envelope Punch board and a 9" square sheet of designer paper.  I chose the Carried Away paper in the Sale-a-Bration catalog.  I added a thin band of designer paper in gray and then tied a ribbon around it.  Using the sayings in the stamp set, I made a circle flower and added a saying next to it.  This is so cute, it can be given as a gift! 

Then I added a couple of pretty cards that matched using Watermelon Wonder and Peekaboo Peach cardstocks.   I got the idea from stampinbj.com.

I also used the Delicate Details from Sale-a-Bration to add a line on the edge of the cards and give it some visual interest.  I love how these came out and the bright and happy colors that I used.  It brought some cheer to this bleak, snowy day.  :)