Clean Up My Desk Card - Mailable Cards Week

After working on a few projects, I end up with several usable pieces of stuff that did not make it into the original project.  I prefer to work at a clean desk and try to tidy up after each big project. Sometimes I am in a bit of a hurry and a little pile of sort-of-discards starts to accumulate. That is what has happened over the last few weeks.  It was time to take back my surface space and clean up!

Vellum Stamped and Embossed with White - Colored On Reverse

These little trees were too cute to throw away so I put them on a card along with some baker's twine and called it done.  Each was stamped on a different color paper. From the left hand-side: Black ink on white cardstock, white embossing on vellum, and white embossing on black cardstock.  After fussy cutting, they were popped up with foam tape on a Sorbet colored background.

This size card will fit into a business size (number 10) envelope, so it would not require any extra postage. It is 8 1/2" long and 3 1/4" tall.

Thank you for visiting today!
Beverly

CTMH A Tree Notecard Gift Set

Cardstock Gift Box Cut With Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge

This gift box holds 6 cards and envelopes.  The card pictured below is 5 1/2" x 4 1/4", which gives an idea as to the size of the closed box.

Standard Sized Card in Front of Gift Box

This card was stamped with A Tree in black ink on a white base. The Sky cardstock tree was popped up and offset a bit to create a shadow effect.  It was stamped with Versamark and embossed with a sparkly powder that has been in my stash for over 10 years.

CTMH Flower Brads Adorned with Bitty Sparkles

The petal box is cut using the first image and the Shift/Font Layer at the largest size possible on the 12 x 12 mat. This is the shape on page 21 in the guide book for the AP Cartridge.  It is such an easy box to assemble and looks so elegant.

Petal Box Cut at 11" - Assembled

To keep the sides from falling down/apart, I used red-liner tape on the four small inside tabs.  That stuff is very powerful!  The envelopes were all cut out of a lighter weight (retired) B & T patterned paper at 4 1/2". The envelope is on page 29.  It also is a Shift/Font Layer cut.

Six 4 1/2" Square Envelopes and Six 4 1/4" Square Cards Fit Securely Inside

Each of the notecards was stamped using the A Tree set.  Some of the cards were embossed.

CTMH Silver Embossing Powder on Sky Cardstock

White Embossing Powder on Black Cardstock Colored with Pencils

Black Embossing Powder on Sky Cardstock

Black on Sky

White Embossing and Black Archival on Sky

Black Archival on White and White Embossing on Black

A Tree Sewn With Smoothie Baker's Twine

Hello Blogger Friends!  Today, I wanted to share with you a clean and simple looking card that uses only three colors: Sky, Smoothie and Black.  I love the color combination and hope that the pictures show the striking contrast that is apparent in real life!

Baker's Twine Sewn on to Cardstock

Supplies:
Paper: CTMH Sky, Smoothie, Black
Ink: CTMH Archival Black, Black
Stamps: CTMH A Tree, Martha Stewart 3 in 1 Butterfly Punch/Stamp
Embellishments: CTMH Smoothie Baker's Twine from Paradise Assortment, MS Punch, CTMH Glitz Glitter Gel