This Easy Pressed Petals Thank You Card is simple to make and can be for almost any occasion, just change the greeting. Sometimes it is fun to try a more complicated technique or design in our cardmaking or make a card with lots of embellishments, but sometimes just a rather basic design is more than fine!
The Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper is an easy one to use on cards. This paper was designed by actually photographing real pressed petals for one side of the paper and vintage designs on the other side. One design is a sheet of individual blocks of flowers that can be cut apart to add to cards in different ways. We had something like that last catalog.
This card starts with a base of Pear Pizzazz Cardstock and then a piece of Pressed Petals Designer Paper with these leaves and ferns. So pretty on it’s own so you don’t need to add much to the card. I stamped a greeting and die cut it and some layers with the Layering Ovals Dies, one a Mossy Meadow Cardstock layer and one a Gold Glimmer Paper layer to match the ribbon.
The ribbon is the Gold 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon. I think this is one ribbon you should have in your stash because it goes well with so many cards and projects. I just tied a knot to keep it easy!
Inside the card, you can stamp something or write a personal note. If you find it difficult to write on the colored cardstock, just cut a layer of Whisper White or Very Vanilla Cardstock and adhere inside. You can first stamp something in the corner or add a strip of the same or coordinating designer paper. It makes for a nice surprise when the recipient opens the card!
The greeting is one in the Path of Petals Photopolymer Stamp Set which is part of the Pressed Petals Suite. I love how Stampin’ Up! has so many coordinating items to use in our projects and has put them together into these Suites. Of course you can always use any stamp set for a greeting or mix and match stamps and paper or whatever, but if you don’t want to think very hard about it, or you just like EVERYTHING that goes together, then it is easy to choose from a Suite….or order the whole Suite.
Enjoy the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog while you wait for the Holiday Catalog because once the Holiday Catalog goes live, we will all probably mostly be in holiday mode! I hear Holiday Catalogs are hitting some mailboxes already so be on the lookout!
Use this design that I used for this Easy Pressed Petals Thank You Card to make a batch of cards with different greetings and you will likely have a card ready to go for almost any occasion, especially when you are short on time.
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