This set of cards were a Christmas present for my Dad and Shelly - we finally exchanged gifts when they came earlier this month, so I can finally share them here!
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Some of you may remember the From Me To You card set that CTMH had as a special a few years ago - it came in this cute little box...
...and it came with a fun stamp set, supplies, and instructions to create a complete set of cards. Well, it may come to no surprise that I never did anything with it - until now - finally! However, I didn't stick with the original colors and changed things up a bit. I did use the box to hold the gift set, along with the original 8 patterns that came with the kit. Here is what I did.
Originals: Center Tie, using Bella paper pack
Originals: Floral Trio Tied, using Perfect Day paper - I had flowers stamped and punched out to use on this card but liked it just fine without them so I left them off!
Originals: Offset Focus, using Emporium paper
Originals: Center Stage, using Magic Moments paper
Originals: Accent Band using the Giggles & Grins paper. This one surprisingly became one of my favorite cards! This bulk paper was the only pattern I ever had of this paper pack, mostly because of its Disney theme and the fact that I've never been to Disney ;-) so I never really used it much before, but I really ended up liking it on this card. I used my water color pencils to color the flower and some waxy flax to accent.
Originals: Express Left using Simple Pleasures paper
Originals: View From the Top, using Magnifique paper. I forgot to center and mat the flower this time, I got a little carried away just doing my own thing ;-) I added Liquid Glass to the paper center of the flower which gave it a really cool look.
Originals: Equal Angles, using Olivia papers
So those were the card patterns that came in the From Me To You card kit and I also included the following cards in the gift.
Wishes: Lucky Layers, using Twitterpated papers and Treasures of the Heart stamp set.
Wishes: Inner Court, using Hooligans paper and October Word Puzzle
Wishes: Well Rounded using Stardust paper and Treasures of the Heart stamp set, with a bit of Glitz Glitter Gel on the star.
Wishes: Simplicity, using the ????? paper (it's totally slipped my mind - help me out if you can) and You're a Hoot stamp set.
Originals: Always Right, using Veranda paper and a Hero Arts stamp set called Dolls
To make an even number of cards I grabbed this one out of my stash and added it to the gift set as well. This was one I did for my You Rock Workshop last year.
Thanks for looking!
3 comments:
What a cute set of cards. so what did you do with the items that came with the box?
I use my box to hold more stamp sets.
That unknown paper is Boom-di-ada Creative Basics. I only know that, because I was using it myself the other day and I kept it in it's original packaging.
TFS
I do remember that box! Love the colors in that set. You've made a beautiful set of cards for it. The one with the liquid glass center is terrific. Well, all of them are, really, but I really like that one.
Great job, Jena! Thanks for sharing!
And thanks for your comment on my fence card. Should you want a machine to do that, look for something other than a Cricut as you can't set up the program to be used with it anymore. Darn.
What a great gift box of beautiful cards! I loved seeing all your papers using the recipes! From Me To You was a great product--maybe CTMH will come up with another similar one?!
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