Geesh, I can't believe how fast summer is passing. It's already mid August and I'm finding myself behind on some of my summer projects. I started on this gift card set last month and just finished it up over the weekend. I wanted to send a little tropical set of cards to my in-laws who just moved to Florida last year. Now, here in IL this would be a little late in the season to be giving a summery set like this to someone. But they have that awesome flip flop season almost year around down there so I thought they'd really get some use out of these. Nothing like rubbing some sunshine into the noses of your northern friends in the middle of January, right? LOL!
For this card set the main dies and stamps I used are from Lil' Inker Designs. I just couldn't resist those darling flip flops and cute little sayings. The palm tree is from My Favorite Things.
First off, I made this coordinating envelope box for them to store their cards and envelopes in until they get around to using them all.
I started with these two cards a few weeks ago and set the tone for what I wanted the whole set to look like. For card sets like these, I like to keep them kind of unified in color and theme but I like each card to have a different design. I wanted these to be kind of a neutral note card collection so that they could have a little flexibility on when to use them and for what occasions to send them on. I also wanted to keep them kind of laid back. They left a lot of friends behind in their travels and sometimes just a little note card is all that's needed to let them know they are thinking of them and that they miss them.
I finished the collection up with these four cards. One of the things I tried to do was to keep the cards as flat as I could so that mailing wouldn't be an issue. A little dimension is great but I didn't want to make it difficult or expensive for them to send these handmade cards. Plus, if the cards have too much bulk they will not slide in and out of the gift box easily and the cards could end up damaged.
I did throw one "thank you" card into the mix but you can see that any of these cards could probably be used as a thank you card.
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