Making Thank You Notes

As a teacher, I get some fun little Christmas gifts from my students, and I always send them a thank you note for their thoughtfulness. Of course, I make the notes, sometimes with my current Stampin’ Up! products, sometimes with retired products that I still have in my craft closet. I have the most fun creating cards that match the gift or repurposing wrapping paper from their gifts. I have a few to show you today!

This first one uses one of the papers from Joyous Noel Specialty DSP and the snowflake thinlits dies that were available only in November. I covered a Whisper White Notecard and stamped on the back flap of the envelope with Tranquil Tide ink.

This one is the opposite side of the paper in the first card. I had some Copper Foil circles left from another project, so I heat embossed the “Thanks” onto it, glued it to the DSP and added a white deer from Detailed  Deer Thinlits. The flying Santa on the envelope flap is from Hearts Come Home (Annual Catalog.)

Tip: When heat embossing on foil sheets, be sure to work as quickly as possible. I heat up the back of the circle first, then over the stamped area on the front, switching back and forth. The foil wants to curl up when the heat hits it, so you have to be fast. Even with that, the circle was curled, so I used Fast Fuse to hold it down and rubbed it for a few minutes to straighten it out.

One little girl made me gingerbread cookies. I knew I had a partial sheet of this old gingerbread paper in my stash, so I cut a strip, and added it over an embossed Real Red piece. To give it a more finished look, I glued thin strips of Sparkle Glimmer Paper over the seams. I added an oven mitt from the Apron Builder Framelits and stamped a little “Thanks” in it.

This is a case of “Shop Your Stash,” as my friend and upline, Susan Itell says. You can find all kinds of papers and embellishments in your cabinet that you have probably forgotten all about that will be perfect on a project!

This last Note Card & Envelope was a fun one. My gift came in this adorable gift bag. I carefully took the bag apart, cut a piece out to fit the note card, and it’s a perfect and personal DSP for the card! My young recipient will wonder how I found paper that exactly matches the bag he put my gift into!

For the envelope, I “shopped my stash” and pulled out all stamp sets that had snowflakes in them. I used 5 different stamps from 5 different sets and stamped the flap with colors to match the wrapping paper “DSP.” Fun and cute! And so easy!

I hope I’ve given you some ideas for making Thank You notes. I do love using the pre-cut and scored Stampin’ Up! Note Cards & Envelopes. They are the perfect size and economical at 20 cards/envelopes for $6.50.

Now go shop your stash and get ready to write thank you notes for the gifts that will be coming your way! Have a wonderful week! Try to stay calm, cool, and collected while the world around you is going Christmas crazy!! Enjoy the beauty of the season ~

The following is a list of current products that I used on the above cards. If something isn’t listed, then it is either retired or not Stampin’ Up!

Product List

Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes   [131527]   $6.50	Joyous Noel 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper   [147816]   $14.00	A Big Thank You Photopolymer Stamp Set   [147377]   $17.00	Tranquil Tide 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock   [144246]   $8.50
Gold Glimmer Paper   [146958]   $5.00	Snowflake Sentiments Clear-Mount Stamp Set   [144820]   $22.00	Copper Foil Sheets   [142020]   $4.00	Detailed Deer Thinlits Dies   [147915]   $34.00
Versamark Pad   [102283]   $9.00	White Stampin’ Emboss Powder   [109132]   $5.00	Heat Tool   [129053]   $30.00	Hearts Come Home Clear-Mount Stamp Set   [145416]   $21.00
Gray Granite Classic Stampin’ Pad   [147118]   $7.50	Real Red 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock   [102482]   $8.50	Sparkle Glimmer Paper   [146957]   $5.00	Apron Builder Framelits Dies   [145661]   $29.00
Thankful Thoughts Clear-Mount Stamp Set   [141522]   $19.00	Real Red & Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write Markers   [141973]   $7.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies   [145372]   $30.00	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock   [100730]   $9.75
Nothing Sweeter Photopolymer Stamp Set   [147773]   $21.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Pad   [147095]   $7.50	Call Me Clover Stampin’ Pad   [147139]   $7.50	Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad   [147084]   $7.50