Tuesday, March 31, 2009

"Homemade" Easter Sentiments



A nice lady came to the coffee shop today and asked me if I was going to make some Easter cards. I was somewhat planning on doing that, but I realized that I should start right away then, since Easter is in less than 2 weeks! Wait a second, wasn't just Christmas a little while ago?! 

So I ran to Hobby Lobby to get some Easter stamps. I could have so well ordered some online, had I thought about it just a bit earlier! 

I eyed some cute/not-so-expensive Easter stamps a while ago in the Easter section, but I didn't buy them, as I wasn't so sure I was going to do enough Easter Cards. I got there and the stamps were nowhere to be found. A lady who worked there told me :"They are gone for a LONG time!" "Yeah", I thought, "REAL card makers buy their stamps ON TIME!"  There were other Easter Stamps, but I just couldn't bring myself to give 9 bucks for a rubber stamp that says "Happy Easter". My computer even can say "Happy Easter" in 3 programs!! Hey...wait a second...

I got home and sat at my computer right away. I played with fonts, sizes, text and I came up with some Easter sentiments that I, hey, kinda like! 

I would like to share them with you. In case you haven't found the "perfect" Easter wording or you still need to make some Easter cards, you can have these sentiments, if you like them! 

I'm posting a photo here, but if you contact me, I'll send you the PowerPoint file. You can move them from one document to another, change their size, print them. 

This is how I print  a sentiment on dp or cardstock:

~ I print on a regular printer paper first;

~ I adhere the paper {I need my sentiment on} with double-sided sticky tape right over the first one (I doesn't have to be as big, it can be only a little bit, right over the sentiment);

~ I run the papers together through the printer again;

~ I cut or punch around the sentiment.


Maybe there are more sophisticated "stamp making" programs out there and I am gonna find out. But for now, this works great for me. 

If you would like these a different color, let me know! You can help me do these things better, as I am still experimenting....

~ THANKS a LOT! ~ 

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Today I ruined a kid's card trick, by guessing it right away AND jumping for joy for being able to do that. I feel so bad...what kind of person does that??!! 

1 comment:

Courtney Baker said...

Hey girl, I do the same thing when I run out of the perfect thing. Or sometimes when I made cards for the scrapbook store they don't want me to use stamps they don't carry, I have to get creative.

There are also some great digital scrapbook sites that have great word art. I'm sure you've seen Ali Edwards stuff!