Gotta Make It...with the kids: Thank You Card

"There is always, always, something to be thankful for."

We've finally recovered from Christmas and our house is looking pretty plain without all the decorations.  However, all the new toys for our son certainly add more decoration in his mind.  We're going to have to work on some storage solutions for the overflowing baskets of play phones, balls, blocks, books, tools...you name it he seems to have it.  As my aunt puts it - "He's not 'spoiled'...he's 'indulged'".  'Indulged' does not imply that he is brat or rotten.  I like how she thinks...indulge it is. 

My son was indulged this Christmas from every relative we can think of!  For all the indulging done we figured it was best to get our thank you notes out as quickly as possible.  These thank you notes were quick and easy.  I bought a pack of pre-cut cards.  These were purchased at Michaels and came in one pack.  On the front, I used a hand stamp to represent my son's signature.  I embossed it with gold powder.  Then on the back I embossed a "Thanks!" at the bottom.  I then let the lil bugger color and decorate the blue front with stickers.  On the brown back, I wrote the thank you.  I like this idea because it included all of us (and gave the lil bugger a project to do one cold afternoon when we were stuck inside) and it was easy.  There are tons of adorable handmade cards out there, but sometimes they just take too dang long to make...especially when you have a LOT to do! I didn't pretend like Caleb had written the thank you, but he still got to add his special touch...isn't that what its all about? 

Not familiar with embossing?  It is super easy!  All you need is a stamp, embossing ink (near the stamp ink), embossing powder, and a heat source. They are all found in the same section at your craft store (usually).  You pat the stamp onto the embossing ink pad, then stamp your paper.  Cover the stamped area with the emobossing powder.  Shake off the powder.  Then take your heat source (they sell them for about $20) and hover it over the embossing powder.  Before your eyes, in a matter of seconds, it will turn to that finished embossed look.  It really is fun!  Have questions?  Just let me know!

Valentine ideas will be coming soon so stay tuned!  I hope now that the holidays are over you have time to...

Be inspired, get creative, and have fun!

Please share any ideas and projects that you did with me at inspiremecrafts@yahoo.com.

Comments

[Summer]

That's a really cute idea! I've never tried embossing before, I didn't know it was so easy. I might have to find a reason to try it soon. :)