Laura Vegas

Hey everyone! I have a few new cards up at Kerri Bradford Studio today. I realized a while ago, that with all of the handmade cards that I have made over the last year or so, I don't seem to have any "thank you" cards. I thought it might be a good idea to create a few, so that when I have someone that deserves a special "thank you", I'll have cards ready to go. 

I picked two different designs to use for the backgrounds on my cards – a circle design from the Background Basics #2 kit, and a leaf design from the new Leaves kit.

I die cut each one several times from white cardstock, as I planned to layer them over patterned paper.

For the leaves design, I also took the time to remove all of the inside cut lines from each leaf, so that I could have a solid piece to layer behind the intricate design. 

 After assembling the base of my cards, using patterned paper, and the die cut backgrounds, I adhered a die cut "thanks" to each card.

I used two different "thanks" designs, both cut from black cardstock – one from the Hey Mama kit, and one from the Design Team Picks kit. 

For my patterned papers, I turned to my 6×6" paper pads. I love using these smaller papers for cards, as the designs are usually scaled down for smaller projects.  

I used a mix of Studio Calico and Amy Tangerine patterned papers for these cards. 

As always, I like to keep my cards fairly flat in design, to make them easier to mail. I don't tend to add many embellishments to simple cards like these, as I think they're just fine on their own. 

These cards were quick and easy to create (other than waiting for my Silhouette Cameo to finish cutting these intricate designs), but full of texture and interest at the same time.