It Was Only A Kiss - Wendy's Mini Cards

Hello Crafty Friends!
Everyone loves Happy Mail! And todat Wendy has a great tutorial for special mini cards to send out with your Happy mailings. SO adorable!!

Hello Everyone,

Today's project is a very easy fun technique making some mini 'snail mail' cards to add to any parcel you want to send such as happy mail or even a 'thinking of You' card. The technique is actual a mouthful to say, and is called 'monochromatic retiform'. But don't let the name put you off trying it, it's actually quite easy and heaps of fun!

What you will need:
*mini cards with envelopes to fit: really any size you wish to use, I chose 8cmx8cm
*scrap cardboard with a straight edge
*Stazon Ink pad: any colour, mine is Blazing Red
*Stazon Ink Pad- Jet Black
*Bouquet of Hearts Stamp Set
*a make-up sponge or ink dabber
*scissors
*a permanent marker
*dimensional tape or double-sided tape

Let's Get Started:

Decide on the shape you want to use. I use a triangle as it seems to be the easiest for me. Using the scrap cardboard's straight edge, line up your first triangle shape. Gently rub the blazing red ink along the edges of the triangle making it darker on the outer sides and lighter towards the center of your shape. Then move your scrap cardboard so you have your next triangle shape on your mini card and repeat the process until you have a whole lot of triangle shapes with dark edges to lighter in center on your card.

Once the front of your card is full of triangle shapes. Choose the stamp to make a repeat pattern using the same coloured ink. I used the small flower with stem from the Bouquet of Hearts Stamp Set. I used the scrap cardboard as a guide so I didn't stamp the image over the lines of the adjoinging triangle. The focal stamp images is to be stamped only in the center of your shape and not over the edges.

That is the base of the front of your card done and now it's a matter of stamping a sentiment on some scrap cardboard. I used the jet black stazon ink pad with the sentiment 'Thinking of You' stamp from the Bouquet of Hearts stamp set. I used a black permanent marker to go around the edges of my sentiment and stuck it onto the front of the card with dimensional tape.

To make the envelope match to the cards, I used the same flower stamp and stamped it a few times on the envelope. I also stamped the 'Snail Mail' sign onto a scrap piece of cardboard, black markered around the edges and glued it onto the envelope using double-sided tape. The "snail mail" stamp from the Bouquet of Hearts stamp set is so gorgeous and I think it will be one of my favourite stamps to use when sending out Happy Mail to friends.

The finished cards look so cute and would be a great addition to any mail sent by you.

You can watch the tutorial on video below:

You all have a great day!