Missionary Cards

Our church has a lot of missionaries serving all over the world. When making cards,  especially ones that are going internationally, that translates into - they must be flat. I love to decorate with embellishments and ribbons that have knots, buttons and burlap, etc., but these are all flat cards except that first one. That is actually going to a local friend who is having a hard time.  This is made with the Ariana paper pack, and Ruby and Crystal Blue Cardstock with just a few sparkles on the sides.

 These next three cards are all the same pattern, but using different  papers and cardstocks, that incidentally are all scraps or from samplers that I had. I inked everything in Outdoor Denim, thus saving more time from having to change inks and wash the stamps.

 The blue and gray ones I'm sending to boys and the purple and teal ones are going to girls. I made nine cards last Sunday night, three of each. Mass production makes the card-making go faster.

This is such an easy pattern  for a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 inch card

patterned paper on left side - 2 inches
small strip in the center -  3/4 inch
solid cardstock on right side - 2 inches

I put the larger pieces on first, then glue the smaller strip in the center to eliminate any white space underneath showing.

The solid square cardstock is 3 inches
The neutral square where I've stamped is 2-1/2 inches
I sponged around the edges of the neutral square and filled in the lights with a bright yellow marker - simple techniques.

Easy, fast, and effective, that's the way to make missionary cards!