Manly Thank You Box

Not too long ago I shared with you some cards I created with the guys in mind. The cards were masculine and would be great for a husband, brother or father. Shortly after my man themed card workshop, I was preparing for my nephew's graduation. I'm not a fan of just giving cash, although it is always well received,  I like to give a little gift that was handmade by me.

I decided to make a box full of some Thank You cards for my nephew to give to those in attendance at his graduation party or gave him a graduation gift. He could also use them to write a note to a teacher or mentor that was a great influence to him through his schooling years. Either way, I felt the cards needed to be simple and masculine.

The cards and box were decorated with the Urban paper collection. I used a couple of distressing techniques and adorned the box with some triangle studs. What's more manly than diamond plate and messy ink blots?!

Since I decorated a box to hold the cards I am entering this project in Heart 2 Heart's 3D challenge this week. The studs and chipboard "J" are also 3D on the cover of the box. {The J is for my nephew's name. He can store other trinkets in the box when all the cards have been mailed out.}

The card itself is a simple design with the center focus on a Cricut cut "thanks". I used just a bit of decoration on the envelope as well.

The Urban papers are essential for those manly cards or projects. Be sure to get them before they retire at the end of July!

Graduation Thanks!

The celebration around here has been ongoing, hence the absence of artwork lately!

My first baby has graduated from High School! You've seen the announcements and now I am busy making thank you notes for the many friends and family that have shown their love and support to our graduate!

I found a clean and simple sketch this week on Freshly Made Sketches to use and also found some older bulk papers (Typeset) that were perfect for a school event!

{ I made a few variations using different embellishments I had.}

{A family picture after the ceremony!}

 

I made a great little album for guests to sign at his party using the 8x8 Kraft album. Come back soon as I will post some pictures for you!

Little Thank You's

I have always included a little thank you card in all my customer's orders. It was my way of showing gratitude for their loyalty and helping support my humble crafting business. I realized lately that I have a core of customers that have been loyal to me for a number of years now and I felt they deserved more than just a single note card of thanks. So I decided to include a set of thank you cards in their order. I create them with the latest products and lots of love!

I may not have a lot of customer's, but I have the BEST customer's!

 

Many Thanks

Recently I mailed off a big box of cards for donation to the troops serving our country. The organization was in need of Thank You cards and Thinking of You cards. Here are just a few I did for them.

T is For: Typeset, Teacher & Thank You

Today is the last day of school for my kids. They both had a great year and accomplished so much. My daughter and I sat down to design some Thank You cards for her teachers. She had some great teachers this year and a Thank You card is the least we can do for their hard work and dedication.

{All product used is Close To My Heart with the exception of the brass star brads}

Sooo Faux!

The challenge this week on RCC is to use stitching on your project. I chose to use some faux stitching on these little Thank You notes. I like to give these to my customers with their orders to show my appreciation.

You can see here that I've used some matching twine to tie them to the order bag.

Be sure to see the other creations on the Ribbon Carousel Challenge Blog.

KJ's Color Challenge #5

This weeks color challenge over on KJ's Blog is really unique. I try to stick with the exact CTMH colors in her challenge, but ended up changing just one color. For good reason though I assure you. I thought that I would kill 2 birds with one stone as they say. I volunteered to create 30 thank you cards for those parents that donated to the school for teacher appreciation day. I saw KJ's color choices and thought they would be fun. However, because I chose to use a bulk card base and envelope, I needed to substitute White Daisy for the Vanilla Cream. I think that the Vanilla Cream looks fantastic with these colors, but the White simply just brightened the colors and looks good too!

Supplies: All CTMH; Cardstock (white daisy, goldrush), Stamps (Friendship Blessings, Thank You), Inks (Creme Brulee, Goldrush, Juniper)

Many Thanks

So my husband and I have been busy for the past month and a half planning a chili cook-off for our church. We held it this past Saturday and needless to say all our hard work paid off. It was a great event and we received many positive comments from several people. There was plenty involved in planning the event, but it would not have been such a success without all the help from several volunteers. And so, that led me to creating many "Thank you" cards for all that helped. Here is what I created: The majority were made for my "chili cookers" and just a few for those that assisted with baked goods {hence the cupcake} and providing beverages. Not a whole lot of detail or embellishing, yet still homemade and filled with a huge amount of gratitude!