Celebrate
National Stamping Month this month with hand-stamped
cards designed to help create a little more kindness in the world. The
"Create Kindness" Card Kit contains all of the supplies needed to create
24 beautiful 3" x 3" handmade cards (including the mini stamp organizer!) that you can use to brighten someone’s day.
This
entire kit can be yours for only $46.95—a 15% savings off the retail value!
Thanks to the
pre-printed card bases, these cards come together in
no time, leaving you more time to do something thoughtful for someone.
Watch Close To My Heart’s
blog,
Instagram account, and
Facebook page
throughout the month of September to see what they’ve created with this
card kit as well as the acts of kindness it has inspired! This exclusive
kit will only be available in the month of September
while supplies
last, so make sure to get your order in early.
As a special bonus, the exclusive stamp sets and pre-printed card
bases with envelopes are also available for separate purchase, but only
in the month of September while supplies last!
I loved these stamps and cards so much, that I decided to make more of my own. The new Cricut "Flower Market" Collection just happens to come with eight fun background stamps that would be perfect for the patterns on the cards:
AND, it comes with the Adventure cardstock pack, which includes all seven NEW colors (which I used for my cards). Now I'll show you my versions of the "Create Kindness" cards. First, I gathered my materials:
Of the eight stamp sets that come in the kit, four of them are meant for the 2" white circles on the front of the cards, and four of them are sentiments for the
insides of the cards. What I did differently from the kit is that I cut 2 1/4" circles from coordinating cardstock colors to back the 2" white circles with. I liked this much better, because the white circles were further offset from the backgrounds by doing this (you'll see). Next, I stamped all of the backgrounds onto the front of the cards (you can do the backs, too, if you like) using all of the seven new colors (Raspberry, Blossom, Tangerine, Lemon, Willow, Emerald, and Pansy) plus Pacifica, and stamped the four smaller images in black onto the 2" white circles (two times each for a total of eight):
Stamping the images in archival ink is better because it won't bleed or smudge when you color them with your alcohol-based ShinHan markers. However, if you color with colored pencils or are very careful with your ShinHan markers, you can stamp with your regular black dye-based ink. So, after coloring your images any way you'd like, simply adhere the white circles to the colored circles and then adhere to the front of the coordinating card. I kept like colors together, but don't be afraid to mix & match!
Adorable! And SO easy! The last step is to stamp the insides with your sentiments:
These cards are perfect for stashing in a child's lunch box/bag, in a co-worker's desk, on your spouse's computer...the list goes on and on. What a perfectly simple way to brighten someone's day! Create a little kindness and make the world a better place.
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