Congratulations Greeting Cards

Congratulations greeting cards are always welcome on those special occasions.

"Send someone a note that reads "Congratulations." Regardless of who he is, he'll think he's done something the past week to deserve it.
~Anonymous"

Congratulations greeting cards are handy to keep on hand for those special occasions that crop up without warning (or happily as expected) when someone achieves a goal, is given recognition or just when you want to boost someone's confidence a little.

I try to keep one or two cards on hand so I can be prepared in case I need them in a hurry. I made this card for the Brisbane Papercraft Expo display and now I have it to keep in my stash.

I made it by first choosing a stamp from the (now retired) Fun and Fast Notes set by Stampin' Up! I thought the star image suited my purposes perfectly and realised the middle could be cut out and popped up to add dimension.

I stamped and heat embossed two images on Whisper White cardstock (including the sentiment which handily came with the stamp) that I spritzed with Shimmer Paint that I had in a spritzer bottle mixed with some rubbing alcohol, with black embossing powder. Then I used a More Mustard Stampin' Write marker to colour in the star on one image and cut it out with some scissors. I placed the cutout over the other image with a Stampin' Dimensional.

Then I mounted the popped up image on More Mustard and Basic Black cardstock layers and placed it on a white card base. I doodled around the edges with a black journaling pen. See the double lines? I drew a straight-ish one first then looped the second one in and out over the first one.

Then I cut out some stamped stars and dangled them from some Linen Thread from the strip of More Mustard and Black cardstock. I adhered it to the card too.

I thought adding a few rhinestones to the little stars would set the card off. And I think they did.

May I encourage you to make some congratulations greeting cards to keep in your stash, too?

You might also like to make a small gift to go with your card. If so, try these ideas:

• Chocolate Sliders
• Explosion Box album (fill it with pictures of the congratulatory event)
• Footlocker Box to hold a hand made greeting

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