Bon Voyage Cards

Bon Voyage Cards can be made to fit the occasion. Here are some to inspire you.

"bon voy·age (bôɴˌ vwä-yäzhˈ)interjectionUsed to express farewell and good wishes to a departing traveler.
~yourdictionary.com"

Bon Voyage Cards make people feel special, help them to see they will be missed even though they may be going away to relax and have a lovely time. Of course there are others reasons for going away - for a season, to move to another home, to work. Having a few ideas for how to approach this type of hand made greeting seems like a good idea to me.

Consider the card shown in the above photo as an example. I stamped it up for a friend who was going on a cruise to the Mediterranean. This made me think of hot, sunny days so of course I dug out a sun stamp and chose a hot colour to use as a card base.

To farewell someone who has just joined the Army, I made the following card:

Here are the Stampin' Up! and other materials I used to make it:

Inks:

• Old Olive
• Not Quite Navy
• So Saffron

Cardstock:

• Soft Suede
• Whisper White
• Designer paper

Rubber Stamps:

• Schoolbook Serif Alphabet

Tools & extra elements:

• Colour Spritzer
• Stampin' Write Markers
• Black journaling pen
• Crystal Effects
• Stampin' Dimensionals
• Resin Thumbtacks, shanks removed with wire cutters
• Stitched ribbon
• Scallop edged envelope die

I wanted to include a little cash gift for the recipient so I made a pocket from the scallop edged envelope die. I thought it looked a little too feminine with the scalloped edge so I altered the envelope shape by trimming away the scallops and adding a soft suede coloured, hand cut arrow to the edge of the flap, like so:

I attached the little die cut envelope inside the front of the card so that it would be safe. I also wrote some directions on the body of the envelope so there would be no mistaking it for a pocket :)

Now maybe you will think of ways to custom make Bon Voyage Cards to suit your own life occasions, the very next time you want to help someone celebrate their impending journey. You have the power! Lol!

And remember to check out the Cardmaking and Special Occasion pages if you need inspiration to make a handmade greeting for any other reason.

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