Babies, Brides and Birthdays: One Pattern, Three Cards

Even with all of today’s sophisticated technology, there are three occasions where more often than not one will actually want to gift an actual card:

• A baby shower or celebration,
• A bridal shower/bachelorette party and/or
• A birthday.

Gasp!

Keeping one’s card making limited to these three occasions allows any new card maker to buy, create and give with confidence—with swag!  Below is a recommended supplies list for creating a few fabulous cards:

• One or two sheets of  ultra trendy paper.
• Adhesive (I have a good friend who uses old fashioned Elmer’s Glue for her cards).  I personally use  this or this.
• A sketching pen similar to the kind offered by Copic, or if you really want to jump in, a pack of alphabet stamps. I am a big fan of Lawn Fawn’s alphabet stamps, although there are other manufacturers of alphabet stamps, including Swiss Girl Designs, Clear and Simple Stamps, Papertey Ink and Paper Smooches.
• Two or three sheets of color coordinated card stock.  Select matching or complementary colors from the sheets of ultra trendy paper you just purchased.
• A small black ink pad.  If you decide to purchase a set of alphabet stamps, Tsukineko and Colorbox offer smaller sized inks pads usually ranging in price from $2-4 USD.

Optional

• Pre-cut plain white cards and envelopes if you prefer to skip  the work involved in cutting and scoring a card.
• Additional embellishments of your choosing.

Both novice and experienced crafters will find that the  supplies list is sufficient for creating a beautiful set of cards for weddings, birthdays and baby celebrations.   Please refer to the photo gallery above as a example of applying this approach to a pink chevron pattern.  As always, keep it crafty!

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