{"id":106,"date":"2016-06-07T17:33:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T21:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/?p=106"},"modified":"2016-06-07T17:33:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T21:33:08","slug":"more-than-just-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/more-than-just-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than Just Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"

The (very) soon-to-be-released Spark Kits have a decidedly card-related lean, but what else can you do with them? I’m so glad you asked!<\/p>\n

\"Blueberry-Mint\"

Blueberry-Mint<\/p><\/div>\n

With our blue-green combo I used the patterned card base to make a rather nifty origami shirt (all I added was a few sticky-backed pearls to serve as buttons). A couple more card bases, cut on the fold, were transformed into foldover tags embellished with the included sentiment stamps and stencil, the cut off corners and punches holes, and a bit of baker’s twine.<\/p>\n

Finally, I glued 4 of the envelopes together into an accordion-fold book, slipped in some of the card\u00a0fronts\u00a0and made decorative tabs from pieces of one of the white cards included in the kit. I stamped a bunch of messages on the free envelope flap to act as a decorative flap. This sort of multi-pocket item works well for giving a variety of gift cards, sending a set of recipes to a friend, or even a spaced-out message–like a burma shave but without the moving vehicle!<\/p>\n

\"Strawberry-Chocolate\"

Strawberry-Chocolate<\/p><\/div>\n

Three card bases from our pink and brown combo got their ends folded and attached to make a colorful accordion-fold book, embellished with scraps from the other projects, some stamping, and some stenciling. Two of the card fronts glued back to back, cut, and folded into a pinwheel look very cute when attached to a pencil, but would also look just as cute attached to the front of a card, maybe with a brad to let it spin. And speaking of pencils, I used some of the sentiments stamps in the kit, a white card front, and the pink card front to make some flags that would also be perfectly at home on party straws.<\/p>\n

\"Cherry-Sugar\"

Cherry-Sugar<\/p><\/div>\n

The diamond-patterned paper of our red and grey kit inspired a very geometric mini-garland with the addition of some twine. A red card base was transformed into a sweet little pillow box complete with stamped tag, and the scraps from the garland were made into a very Mondrian-esque bookmark.<\/p>\n

As soon as I get them edited there will be videos of all of these projects available on our YouTube channel<\/a>, with more fun to come, to watch this space for updates! And, yes, the kits themselves will be available in 2 weeks! (Sooner if you’re a newsletter subscriber: go sign up for first dibs<\/a>!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The (very) soon-to-be-released Spark Kits have a decidedly card-related lean, but what else can you do with them? I’m so glad you asked! With our blue-green combo I used the patterned card base to make a rather nifty origami shirt (all I added was a few sticky-backed pearls to serve as buttons). 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