Mini Card Friday FYIF

Mini Card Friday FYIF

Well, Saturday really.  I made this mini card aka lunch box notecard yesterday but didn’t get to the blog.

 Let’s chat this project up!

A Crafters Collaboration October theme:  Lunch Box Note aka Mini Card.   I have not been a diligent crafter this month and even a more lax blogger.   You know how some weeks you just go through a crafty slump?  That’s been me.   I’m back today with some Friday Find Your Inspiration!

I created this mini card and matching envelope for yesterday’s ‘A Crafters Collaboration’ Facebook and Instagram posts and thought would share it here as well.

I like to call cards like these “Desk Drops”.  They are the perfect size for a co-workers desks for the be a pal pick-me-up gift!  I love this stamp set to pair with a house plant gift.   The nurseries and home improvement stores spring & fall typically get really nice shipments of lovely plants.

 Paired with a quick & simple mini card makes this just alot of of fun.

This mini card is paired with a coordinating DIY envelope.  I used two colors of ink to bring a touch of dimension to this stamp.  It really doesn’t need two inks as the stamps are designed as ‘distINKtive’ to create the appearance of tonal color values with one ink.

If you don’t have any of these styles of stamps – check them out either in the Stampin’Up!© catalog or website.

The Forever Fern stamp set by Stampin’Up!© has lovely foliage images with a very nice selection of sentiments.   I chose one of the foliage stamps and simply repeated the stamping to fill the white space with the remaining ink on the stamp.  This is a quick and very simple technique to make a focal image really nicely done.   Small cards are rather instantly gratifying as they don’t need alot of extras to make them special.

This template is the 2nd version with a slight measurement update from the envelopes shown on a previous blog post that was all about Do It Yourself Envelopes.   A special Shout-Out to my crafty pal Sheri W. for this wonderful template.  She loves to make these to have to tuck into wee ones lunch pails.

 Wouldn’t it be fun to have a box made up with these size cards & envelopes to have ready to drop on desks or into lunch boxes.

Click here to go out to that all envelope blog post!

A few more days (wow) before the end of the end of the month is upon us!  Hope your Halloween weekend is alot of fun and full of sweet treats!

The webby image above will take you right out to the Stampin’Up!© website to shop!

Clicking on the above Project Supplies Button will take you out to my website with Stampin’Up!© to view all the products used on this which is a very small list.  Cardstock, Ink, Paper, Stamps and the trimmer to cut your paper.  If you want to order any of the items but not the others- uncheck what you don’t want.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!  

Happy Halloween and Happy Crafting!  

Teresa