CTMH Robot Power Gift Card Holder with Animal Cookies, Make A Wish, It's Your Day

Part of the reason why I love Close to my Heart so much is because I am a very practical person. While I am always up for fun and love a bit of sponteniety I am also the person who will have the hand sanitizer, baby wipes in the car and a stashed bottle of sunscreen. I think that is why I love learning how to make things so much - its just such a practical skill to be able to whip up a quick card, gift set, ornament or mini album as a gift.

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Here is a quick but cute robot gift card holder I made for our upcoming Creative Class Night on August 14th. Its a top fold card with the gift card tucked securely in the base. Once again I'm using Animal Cookies and stamping over it to give it a new look. I love the little robot holding balloons and presents - such a cute little guy! On the inside I've once again used our upcoming August Stamp of the Month "It's Your Day" - this baby has been getting some serious use out of me for the past couple of weeks!

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Materials Used:

Paper: Animal Cookies Level 2

Stamps: Robot Power, Make a Wish, It's Your Day (August SOTM)

Inks: Clover Green, Orange, Dutch Blue, Sunflower Yellow

Other: Watercolor Pencils, 3-d dots

CTMH Boy Space Birthday Card using CTMH Animal Cookies, Reach for the Stars, Express Postage, Robot Power

I've been wanting to make up a card using this new pattern from the Wishes card book called "Fancy File" and I finally got around to it last night. I love that I can print out the patterns from the CD that comes with the book (both Originals and Wishes come with a CD) and have all the fun and funky shapes AND envelope templates at my finger tips! No need for tons of specialized tools and equipment -with just a paper cutter and a pair of scissors you can create any of the cards in our How-To books!

If the yellow paper doesn't look familiar from Animal Cookies - I used the back side of the Dutch Blue stripe paper and stamped a whole bunch of stars on it to create a patterned paper that matched my theme. Animal Cookies is the perfect paper for birthday cards - there are so many bright and fun colors and patterns in this set and I adore the Animal Cookies Stickease for those adorable zoo critters! I need to buy a set just for making fun fast cards!

Materials Used:
Paper: Animal Cookies
Stamp Sets: Reach for the Stars, Robot Power, Express Postage
Inks: Clover Meadow, Dutch Blue
Other: Watercolor Pencils, Pop Dots, Wishes