Handmade Thinking of You Greeting Cards


Thinking of you greeting cards are the perfect way to tell a friend that you are, well, thinking of him/her. And if you can make it yourself, it would absolutely mean sooo much more! On this page, our DT Member Christy will give you a step-by-step tutorial on how to make one that will surely make your friend feel special. We're sure you'll have a blast! :)



Thinking of You

By Christy Schumacher


I just love creating Thinking of You greeting cards because they are cards that you can give any day, everyday! Hope you enjoy creating this one with me!

Thinking of You Greeting Cards

How to Make Thinking of You Greeting Cards

Materials Needed:

  • Card base 5 x 6 ½ (color of your choice) I used pink cardstock
  • Two pieces of black cardstock cut at 5 x 4 ½ and 1 ¼ x 4 ½
  • Neenah Classic Crest – Solar white paper or Cougar Opaque White or any other paper you choose that works well with Copic markers (I used Neenah Classic Crest) Cut this down to 5 ½ x 4 ¾
  • Fiskars Paper Trimmer
  • Scissors
  • Copic Markers YG 11, YG 13, YG 17, and R 35
  • Artist Loft colored pencils – colors Vermillion, Light Purple, Lemon Yellow
  • Different shades of blue chalks – I used “The Stencil Collection – Non Smearing Pastels”
  • Make up applicator that has both wide and thin end
  • Hot Off The Press “Four Seasons” stamp set
  • Memento Tuxedo Black ink
  • Color Box Boysenberry Pigment ink
  • Studio G pink pigment ink
  • Clear acrylic stamping block (I used my Fiskars Easy Stamp Press)
  • Twine
  • Tombow Mono Aqua Liquid Glue
  • Advanced Tape Glider (ATG) & Scotch Acid Free Adhesive (or any tape runner will do)
  • This to That Foam Dots
  • Dazzles Butterfly and Dazzles Greeting stickers
  • Piece of scrap paper to use as a mask when stamping


Instructions:

Thinking of You Greeting Cards

Most of my Thinking of You greeting cards always make use of stamps. For this one, use the tree stamp in the “Four Seasons” stamp set that is the fullest tree, this will be the one in the bottom left corner.

Thinking of You Greeting Cards

Take your Fiskars Easy Stamp Press and place tree stamp onto middle of press and ink it well with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

Thinking of You Greeting Cards

Proceed to ink firstly onto your piece of scrap paper so you will have this to use as a mask.

Cut out your tree out staying as close to the inked image as possible and then set aside.
Thinking of You Greeting Cards

Re-ink your tree stamp again and this time ink directly onto your Neenah Solar White paper or card base.

Re-ink stamp again then place your cut out tree and place it directly over the stamped image on your white paper and stamp a second tree to the right of the first one while masking the original image.

Thinking of You Greeting Cards
Thinking of You Greeting Cards

Repeat this process again only stamp to the left of the first stamp on your white paper; making sure to mask the original.

Thinking of You Greeting Cards
Thinking of You Greeting Cards

In the “Four Seasons” stamp set there are smaller butterflies, ladybugs, birds and insects; use your inks to stamp two butterflies and one insect. Then color each one in using the colored pencils.

Thinking of You Greeting Cards
Thinking of You Greeting Cards
Thinking of You Greeting Cards

Using Copic markers YG 11 & YG 13 create some hills in the background.

*DO NOT DRAW WITH PENCIL FIRST OR ELSE YOU WILL SEE IT THROUGH YOUR MARKERS*

Thinking of You Greeting Cards

Next take Copic Marker R 35 and color the seat of the swing red.

Thinking of You Greeting Cards
Thinking of You Greeting Cards

Take Copic Markers YG 11, YG 13 and YG 17 to color and shade your trees.

Thinking of You Greeting Cards
Thinking of You Greeting Cards
Thinking of You Greeting Cards

Take a make-up sponge and a variety of blue chalk.

Thinking of You Greeting Cards

Apply chalks to the smaller end of sponge and use this end to apply to the areas closest to your tree trunks and hills.

Now apply the same mixture of blue chalk to the thicker end of your sponge and apply it to the rest of your card above and around the tree tops.

Thinking of You Greeting Cards
Thinking of You Greeting Cards

Take your card base and your black cut out card stock.

Thinking of You Greeting Cards

Apply the Dazzles onto the smaller of the two black pieces of your card stock. Apply the words “Thinking of You” and the dotted gold line and flourish.

Thinking of You Greeting Cards
Thinking of You Greeting Cards
Thinking of You Greeting Cards

Take ATG and apply adhesive to back of white cardstock with trees and adhere to larger black cardstock.

Thinking of You Greeting Cards
Thinking of You Greeting Cards

Tie twine around tree portion of card and use small dab of glue to hold bow in place.

Thinking of You Greeting Cards
Thinking of You Greeting Cards
Thinking of You Greeting Cards

Apply foam dots to back of both pieces of black card stock.

Adhere the larger black piece to the top of your card base making sure the fold of your base is on the left hand side. Repeat this process with the smaller black card stock leaving a border around both pieces. And you're done! Here's your finished card!

Thinking of You Greeting Cards

For other Thinking of You greeting cards, please see here. You can also choose another theme from our navigation bar on the left. :) Thanks for crafting with me!



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