Easter TryFold Cards w/ Envelopes by Lynn Dionne

Hello Ai Fans!!!

Watch video tutorial here!!!

Let's create some pretty pastel Easter TryFold Notecards and some elegant coordinating vellum envelopes! We will be using the Ai Sweet Easter Set (5004) for our floral images and sweet sentiments. We will also be using the beautiful Ai Lily Border Set (5374) to create our background. These two sets really work well together!

These fun three fold notecards are from the Art Impressions Collection and each package contains 8 cards and matching envelopes, however, we will be creating our own vellum envelopes to fit this smaller size card. I'll show you how to simply do this using an envelope punch board!

To get started, we will be using our MISTI Stamp Positioner so that we can mass produce these cards in a very quick and easy way! I'll give you a few tricks for lining up these images and for doing some repeat stamping.

We will create three pastel colored cards using the mini dye ink pads from the Tim Holtz Collection in Shaded Lilac, Kitsch Flamingo and Squeezed Lemonade! I kept the colors on each card in a monochromatic color palette. In this way, we can add lots of dimension and texture by stamping, blending, and spattering in the one color....and this gives us a beautiful effect!

Again, these cards are a fun trifold design, which will allow for plenty of room inside for a handwritten note or you could even tuck a gift card inside!

Let's do some coloring using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens in Pink Haze, Lt Pink, Lemon Yellow, Yellow, Pale Green, Lt Green, Lilac, Violet, and Lt Gray and we will use the Blender Pen to do all of the blending.

Finally, we will add some pretty sparkling gems and also use some pretty pastel twine to add a bow, which will make these cards just a bit more special!

Thank you so much for joining me today!  Have a fun and crafty day!!!