Today is World Cardmaking Day! Almost everyday is Cardmaking Day for a lot of us avid stampers and papercrafters, but today we should make a card and MAIL ONE to someone…..or even better, make and mail several cards! It’s good for us to take some time for being creative and getting our mind off the news and it will also be good for the recipient to know that you were thinking of them!

Here are two cards I made with the Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper. As it happens, this paper is on sale 15% off during the month of October in the Designer Series Paper Sale! Be sure to check out the list of papers on sale so you can order your choices soon.

This card was made with a Whisper White card base (you could use the Thick Whisper White Cardstock also) and larger margins than usual. I cut Shaded Spruce Cardstock a little smaller than usual, 5″ x 3 3/4′”. Then I chose three of the designer paper patterns and cut them into smaller pieces to make the card panels. They measured 1 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. The greeting is from the Peaceful Moments Stamp Set. I cut it out with the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch and a wider strip of Shaded Spruce for a layer. I wanted a little embellishment on each end of the punched greeting so I chose the Elegant Faceted Gems. I didn’t feel like they stood out enough so I colored them with the Dark Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Blend Marker. It worked! I think they add just a little something in the right color. The Forever Greenery Paper uses several colors of greens so you can have your choice of greens that you have available.

This card is really easy to make! Again, it uses a Whisper White card base with wider margins than usual. The layer under the Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper is Shaded Spruce. The greeting is stamped with Shaded Spruce Ink from the Peaceful Moments Stamp Set also. I used the Stitched So Sweetly Dies to cut out the greeting and for size considerations, just cut a rectangle to layer underneath. For something a little extra, I used some Just Jade Ribbon back and forth under the greeting. You could make either of these cards with any designer paper that you have so you have no excuses! Try something!

Let’s all celebrate World Cardmaking Day by sending one of our handmade cards to at least one person or stick one in your neighbor’s mailbox!

Happy World Cardmaking Day 2020!

(one of the good things about 2020!)