Hurrah Cards on Store Bought Cards

Most of the thank you cards I stenciled onto trimmed, 12x12 craft paper. However, when I was cleaning out my card file I realized what I really should be doing is stenciling onto pretty store bought cards I already owned. I have a bad (good?) habit of picking up sale items in craft and stationary stores. I have more than I need. This is a great way to use them! I must remember this for upcoming holiday cards.

Hurrah!

Thank you cards are in full production. (And no I did not spill a bottle of acrylic paint all over my parent's cherry kitchen island. What are you talking about?)

Thank You Cards

Martha Stewart Weddings says that if you want to follow proper etiquette, you should thank someone for a gift within two weeks. This seems like an odd standard. It means that couples are expected to spend their honeymoon writing thank yous. As a guest at a wedding, I don't want my friends spending a single second of their honeymoon thinking of me or some waffle iron I bought them. Silliness!

Thank You Card (ideas)

There isn't going to be stitching in the invites...so maybe in the thank you cards. I'm really inspired by this overprint of type (forth picture down by Sassen). Maybe I could carve a stamp with that same feel in mind and then stitch around the edges. Work with analogous colors. Maybe the "thank you" would be in a sparkly cream on a cream background. Time to get spray paint and stencils involved?

Clever Thank Yous (by Inchmark)

I kind of love anything that uses the insides of envelopes (second one from the top). I started saving envelopes a few years ago and occasionally still come upon a stack flayed open and shoved in a drawer somewhere.

These oh so cute thank you notes are from Inchmark.