3 x 3 You're a Gem Appreciation Notes

I created little 3 x 3 appreciation notes and hand them out to my grocery store workers, post office people, bankers, everywhere I go.

It is such a tiny thank you, just a fruit gem (popular here in Florida as they don't melt!).  

My little note simply says thank you... all these front line essential workers are keeping us all going. My colors were Blueberry Bushel (on the right, and retiring, get yours before May 31) and Coastal Cabana on the left.

It really has amazed me how much people are enjoying this tiny ray of sunshine.  I think the long self-isolation is really getting to many of us. I keep hearing "testy" conversations so I thought I'd take the opposite tack and say "you are appreciated".

Super quick to make. Find an image online (not copyright), and make a sheet of these images.  Put our whisper white cardstock into your printer and print off lots. I used the Label me Lovely punch and punched out the "gem" image and also the thank you note.

Take a 12x12 whisper white sheet, score at 3 and 9, cut into 6 x 3 pieces.  I made 24 of these in no time and gave them away yesterday. Today I'll make more.

Thank you frontline! 
MaryKate

Peaceful Poppies Embossing - so easy but so wow

My Poppy suite is getting a good workout (search poppy or poppies and you'll see many projects from this set.

This is a simple card, just #simplestamping of the poppies in Versamark along with "friend" from Forever Blossoms (both sets are in the new catalog).  

I love having the matching envelope and embossing makes it fast to do so.

Can you see the difference with the card on the left and on the right?  The one on the right has a 1/2" strip of the Frosted Folliage paper adhered to the inside of the card.

These notecards are retiring... so sad!  They are cute just 3 1/2 x 5 finished and come in 4 colors, these 2 and Calypso Coral and Old Olive. 

Another #simplestamping embossed card, the flowers and agian "friend" along with the matching envelope.

I hope you try emobssing. All you need is the stamp, versamark (sticky ink), embossing powder (just $5 and it lasts for years!) and a heat tool (which is hotter than a hair dryer) to melt the powder.  All these are in my online store, just click on the cart!

Happy stamping MaryKate

Daisy Lane "hole" card

Today's project is a quick and simple card.

I punched a hole 2 1/4" round just a little to one side of the card front. I added a strip of 5 1/2 x 1/2" paper that I stamped (like making my own designer paper).  

I punched 2 large daisies and 1 medium daisy and layered them. I added a little flower center and some green leaves. The base is 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 folded. 

A quick hello card. I think it's got a great spring feel.

Do you love the colors? Lovely Lipstick and Call me Clover - both are retiring in colors so if you want these ink pads or the re-inkers or anything in these colors (paper, ribbon etc) then head to the store before they are discontinued at the end of the month!

Want to see another card with a hole?  Click here for a poppy "hole" card

This is part of the team challenge series. My team has all been sent a card with a hole and they are now figuring out what to put in the hole!  I hope this is a fun challenge! 

Happy stamping MaryKate

Team entries for the 3 x 3 challenge

If you've been following along, my amazing team has been creating with 3 x 3 designer paper squares.  They could make anything (card, box, tag, package, decor etc). So many creative ideas..here they are in no particular order

Cathy Jones

Gail Boivin

Billie Jo Moore

 Dianne Morrison

Nancy Blake

Elaine Motley

Heather Shaw

 Lori Stevens

Barbie Poirier

 Diane Dutremble

 Another from Diane Dutremble

Dianne Morrison

Petra Turner

Diana Michaud 

 More from Diana Michaud

I hope you enjoyed the inspiration!

Happy Stamping MaryKate

IDEAS Blog Hop - Bonanza Buddies

Welcome to our IDEAS blog hop for May 2020. We are 10 international Demonstrators with a tutorial bundle for you.  This month the theme is "children and babies".

I used the Bonanza Buddies suite.  

All the details, how-to, dimensions and tips are in my tutorial for 2 cards and 2 treat packages. 

I hope you like these projects and the projects from my fellow IDEAS demonstrators.  It's really a great bundle of inspiration for crafters or demonstrators looking for new ideas or workshop ideas.  Keep hopping so you can see all the creativity.   The bundle is about 50 pages of detailed full color instructions with 20+ projects

Would you like a copy of the instructions for these projects to use for your personal use, or even to use in your classes? Contact me at MaryKate@MaryKateScott.com Free to customers who purchase $35, or Free to my team members, or $15 by PayPal.  

Once you have received the tutorials, please remember not to share or distribute the printed or electronic copies of these bundles. We have worked hard to provide these exclusive projects for your use. If you know someone that would like to purchase the bundle, please direct them to me to obtain their copy. Thanks for your support.

Thanks for stopping by. Please click on NEXT and visit Yolanda in the Netherlands the next talented IDEAS demonstrator!

Fun with 3 x 3 paper

Our challenge continues... and this is a cute card with 4 strips of 3 x 1 paper. (See posts over the past few days for our team challenge with 3 x 3 designer paper).

And while this one doesn't fit into the challenge, I just love this Bonanza Buddy paper. Also it's nice to see the size difference with the left notecard vs the right full sized card (5 1/2 x 8 1/2).

All the designer paper is retiring, so if there's anything on your wish list from the retiring catalog I'd get it soon.  

Once items are gone... they are poof! gone!

happy stamping MaryKate

Gift Card Holder It Starts with Art with Strip Notecard It Starts with Art

A few more 3 x 3 projects for you -- the 3 x 3 refers to the piece of designer paper

This is a quick and easy gift card holder that stands up due to the "m" fold at the bottom

For details and measurements, click here when I created this for Valentine's Day this year.

Here it is open so you can see the scoring. 

And with the gift card

Here's a simple notecard that I love.  I took my 3 x 3 squares and made them 3 x 3/4 and added them to a layer measuring 4  3/4 x 3 1/4. I love seeing all the paper together.  I think it's perfect to send to a crafter.

And finally today, I used the 6 x 3 cello bags and filled with SunKist treats and used a piece 3x3 folded in half, topped with a flower.

So much you can do with a 3 x 3 piece of paper!

happy crafting MaryKate