Quick & Simple Sympathy Cards

Good morning! Today I'm sharing some super simple Sympathy cards. I whipped these up in about an hour, after I figured out what I was doing, and the colours I wanted to use. I hate making sympathy cards because death is extremely sad, no matter how well you did or did not know someone. I prefer to make cards for happy occasions like birthdays, babies, etc. 

I did a similar style of this a year and a half ago, when I first started this blog. Today I'm going to share the measurements so you can make them yourself! (I'd make a sketch, but I have no idea how to, without drawing it out by hand)

The card base is 4x4, and if you cut a piece of 12x12 paper just right, you can get four cards out of it! Bonus right? The grey paper on the left is 2"x3 3/4". The YEllow Flower paper is 1 5/16" x 1 7/16". The thin yellow strip with the white gems on it is 1 5/16 x 1/4. The little white tag is 1 1/2" x 2 3/4".

Happy crafting! Thanks for coming by to check out these cards. I'd love to see what you make with them! Have a great day!
-Alexandria

Washitape Wednesday

It's Washitape Wednesday again loves! Of course I saved the best for last! This is my absolute favourite of the cards I made for my giveaway winners. It's so bright and fun. I'm absolutely pleased with how it turned out, to the point that I almost didn't want to give it away. But I'm sure someone will love it as much as I do.

I pulled colours from the floral tape for this one, and I'm so pleased with how well they all go together.

I kind of went with a split chevron / herringbone look for this card. It was so much fun to do. I made sure the tapes lined up on both panels, but I couldn't get the patterns to match up perfectly.

I used the same Congratulations stamp as I did for the first card, and adhered it with foam squares. I adhered the tape panels to the card using my tape gun. 

I added gems in corresponding colours down the side to add a touch of sparkle to the card, and make it even prettier. I placed them in the same order as they were on the card.

Hope you all have a wonderful Washitape Wednesday! I'd love to see all of your projects! Leave links in the comments below and I'll be sure to check out your blogs!

-Alex

Washitape Wednesday

Happy Washitape Wednesday loves! I found something similar to this on Pinterest, so I made a few of these. I don't know many people who send a card "just saying hello", but people obviously do. I see this card as being something one would send in the mail.

I'm considering removing the gems. I feel it makes the card too sparkly. It wasn't intended to sparkle. I rounded opposite corners to keep the card from looking too square. 

I tried to line up my washitape as well as I could, but you can still tell that it's two pieces. You could always intentionally leave a small gap between the strips, or use a wider tape or even a patterned paper.

The side view of the card. I love how it looks from this angle. I also love that I finally made a card that didn't have a white card base. It's been so long since I made something that wasn't white. I'll be adding a white panel to the inside to make it easier to read/write inside.

Have a wonderful Wasshitape Wednesday. Don't forget to submit your washitape projects to Tiffany over at Crafting a Fairytale

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

-Alex