Thursday, February 14, 2013

Waste Not

You've seen my handmade cards here and there , but I struggle with
 
 
PJ has the coolest project EVER for Envelopes at Planned in Pencil !  It's one of those "I should have thought of that" ideas!  The Envelope project is part of a series titled Waste Note Want Not Wednesdays !  A very clever girl, that PJ! 

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Following her advice, I gathered some leftovers and whipped up a lil Thank You card. 

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OK!

Get ready for the cool part!  I've never made a nice envelope before! 

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Ta Da!!   PJ's plan worked perfectly!  Even for me!  So, yeah, I did it again! 
 
Card...

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Envelope!! 

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Squeal!  Laughter!  Hugs for PJ!
 
'Wanna make the coolest Envelopes EVER?  Hop over to Planned in Pencil !

(She's having a giveaway right now!)

;-)  -Marci

18 comments:

  1. Your envelopes are BEAUTIFUL! Im glad you enjoyed the project.

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  2. PJ is a genius! And a genius with a great blog! Love your envelopes too!

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  3. These look so good! I love the idea of making an envelope that matches the card! Love PJ's blog as well!

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  4. those are awesome!!! i could even make one of those i think. :) Happy Valentines my sweetest friend

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  5. I love pretty stationary!! Very nice!!

    Nonny

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  6. Lot's of people make cards, but I never see homemade envelopes. Very nice!
    I hope you're having a great Valentines Day :-)

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  7. Matching envelops add some more creativity to the card. This is a great idea. Those envelops are so attractive. Receivers love to have such nice envelops.

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  8. So cute! I love cute stationary and especially festive envelopes too!

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  9. They look wonderful! What a clever idea!!

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  10. These are so cute! I am pinning this. Coming from the Twigg Studios Sunday Show off party.

    Feel free to stop by at jmacreativemess.blogspot.com

    Thanks
    Joanne @ creativemess

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  11. Thanks for this post! I love your cards and envelopes and would love to be able to make my own envelopes! I'll be checking out PJ's tutorial!!
    Cathy @ Lemon Tree Dwelling

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  12. Wow! What a great idea! I love reusing things like this. Thanks for linking up!

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  13. I literally just bought a pack of 100 of 5"x8" card stock to start making my own cards. I paid $2.99 for it and the envelopes were over $5 and I refused to pay it. Now I know how to make the envelopes!
    Thank you!

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  14. Super cute cards! (And I love your doggies!) I also papercraft - so much fun.
    I found you today from Sugar Bee's Linky. I hope you can stop by my blog and leave a comment, too!
    ~ Megin of VMG206
    www.vmg206.blogspot.com

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  15. Those are cute! I may have to give them a try!

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  16. What a great idea. I love the way that you matched the card and envelope. Thank you for linking up at Fluster's Creative Muster. Hope to see you next week!

    Robin @ Fluster Buster

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  17. Beautiful envelopes, Marci! How did I miss these? 'Planned in Pencil' doesn't appear to be running anymore. Looks like I'll have to find another tutorial.

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