Hello crafty friends! It’s Laurie Willison here! Welcome to the clean and simple side of The Greetery! I have a card base idea to share today that will help make your cards easy to put together on a moment’s notice. Sometimes something pops up and we need a quick card. With not a lot of time, this little bit of preplanning can help you in a pinch!
The Greetery has a pack of card stock blanks called Print Shop: Daisy Days Fill in the Blank Paper. This paper pack coordinates with the Print Shop: Daisy Days Stamp and Stencil and the die set. BUT, the color combo of this paper pack and the main image in its blank state, has always been a favorite pattern of mine. I decided to take one of each color and cut them down to make a quick design for a card front.
To cut down to the size I have on each white card base, here is what I did. From the top and bottom, I cut 1⁄8″ off and from the long sides, I cut 1⁄4” off each side. From the panel left, I cut it into 3, 1 1⁄4” strips. I laid them down with adhesive and centered them to create a fun little blank pack of cards. Now, whenever I need a quick and easy card, all I have to do is add a sentiment!
I grabbed the pink card and the Bold Alphabet die to make this super easy card! After cutting “hello” in white cardstock, I made another set out of fun foam. I glued the fun foam hello to the back of the cardstock hello to make the perfect dimensional sentiment. It was so quick to add to the already decorated card base! I added a tiny little wooden heart that I found in my stash to finish off the card.
You can create a premade card stash with any patterned paper you might have, a background stamp, or even a stencil. Sometimes its fun just to create the base and not worry about the sentiment until you need it!
I am so glad you stopped by today and I hope you enjoyed today’s project! If you are inspired to create a clean and simple card, please tag me when you share over on Instagram! I love to see all your creations!
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6 comments
Neat idea, Laurie. Thanks!
I like this idea. Thanks for sharing. I have these and somehow had forgotten that they went with another item. I could not remember how I was “supposed to” use them. I’ll use them this way. Thanks, Laurie.
Brilliantly easy! Thanks for the measurements and the inspiration Laurie, as always! ♥️
Brilliant idea, Laurie!!! These are so perfectly pretty!!! Thank you for the measurements and creative inspiration!!! Hugs!
Well done! I have that set, wonder where it is. TFS
Such a cool design for this set of Note Cards, Laurie! Thanks for sharing how to create these,