Power Card Making

Hello all,

On Monday afternoon, I saw a Facebook post from a fellow demonstrator on the island. She desperately needed four wedding cards. (Since she is in the middle of renovations all her Stampin' Up! supplies are packed.) I sent her a few photos of about a dozen or so cards I had on hand, but none of them were quite right. After sending messages back and forth, we figured out 3 custom designs (one was being used twice) and colours. Luckily for me, I had previously designed and made 3 of the 4 cards recently. This meant they were still fresh in my head - thank goodness. (Although, they're also on this blog so I could have looked back...lol.) Here are the finished cards.

The big challenge here was time. I would need to get the cards into the mail the NEXT DAY! Yikes. So this lead me to an evening of power card making. I grabbed everything I needed and made all the bases. Next I cut up all the layers and embossed the ones that needed embossing.

Another quick message to her to check on what greetings she wanted. For this, I sent her photos of all the stamp sets I owned with "appropriate" greetings. Happily, and making my job much easier, she picked the same one for all four cards. Since I was clear embossing two of them, I set the greeting up on my Stamparatus. I was almost done and it wasn't even 9pm yet. The greeting on the outside of the card, "Marriage is a Journey" comes from the Flourishing Phrases. On the inside, "Wishes for a Lifetime of Happiness" comes from Dandelion Wishes. I fussy cut the birds & flowers and then punched out all the leaves and sprigs. I was doing great and packed everything away. Then I realized I had forgot to do the greeting for the inside of the love birds card - doh!

Normally, when I'm making several different cards, I make one. I then finish it off and start the next one. This was a change in my process and I have to admit, it worked. (Other than forgetting to stamp that one greeting.) I also think it saved time so I'm going to put it to the test again soon.

Tips: When doing greetings on the inside, I recommend stamping them on a separate piece of Whisper White (or Very Vanilla.) In addition to adding a more finished look to the inside of the card, if anything goes wrong, you're not remaking an entire card - just the one piece. If you're a frequent card maker, save some time by cutting out a bunch of bases and layers. Then when you need to make a card, they're ready and waiting. (I usually only do this with Whisper White and Very Vanilla but have friends who do it with every colour.)

Directions for the cards with the Tufted Embossing Folder are on my July 18th post . The adorable love birds, which uses the fabulous Bird Ballad Suite, can be found on my July 26th blog hop. In this post, I'll give you the directions for the beautiful white on white card, which I LOVE. Many thanks to my friend, MiRan, for the inspiration on this card. (You can see her version on this month's blog hop.) All supplies and their order number, excluding adhesives and tools, will be listed at the end of my post. If you need anything, my shop is here.

The base is Whisper White, cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored half way at the 4 1/4" mark. The next layers are Vellum Cardstock, measuring 4" x 5 1/4" and Whisper White at 3 3/4" x 5". This last layer is embossed the the lovely Country Floral 3D Embossing Folder.

Trim a vellum strip to 3 3/4" x 1 1/2". Use the Banner Triple Punch on one end. On about a 3" x 3" piece of vellum, use your Embossing Buddy and then stamp your greeting with Versa Mark. Cover it with the Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder, pouring the excess back into the jar. Heat emboss it carefully - vellum is delicate and can burn. Cut out your finished greeting, from the vellum, using the 2 1/8" die from the Layering Circles Dies. Underneath this piece, you'll need a 2 largest circle from the Stitched Framelit Dies in Whisper White. For assembly I used the Multipurpose Liquid Glue to attach the vellum to the embossed Whisper White. I used Tear & Tape to attach this piece to the card base. Mini Glue Dots were used to attach the banner to the front of the card and the greeting to the Whisper White circle. Tip: When attaching Vellum to cardstock, try to place your adhesive where it won't be seen. In this case, I covered those spots with Pearl Basic Jewels.

And I'm excited to say, the cards were in the mail the next day, as promised. *happy, happy*

My shop is here. Remember to use this months host code on orders under 200. It can be found under the picture of the catalogue, to the right of this post. If your order is around 100, this is an amazing time to join the fun! Right now, for only 135, you can choose 205 worth of product. And then next month, you'll get a coupon code for 14. Heck of a deal! Feel free to contact me with any questions. (This offer expires on August 31, 2019 and is available only in Canada.)

See you next Wednesday at 9:00 am.

Happy Creating & Cheers,
Adrienne

Supplies:  Flourishing Phrases #151407; Dandelion Wishes (not shown) #151345; Whisper White Cardstock #100730; Vellum Cardstock #101856; Country Floral 3D Embossing Folder #151823; VersaMark #102283; Gold Stampin' Emboss Power #109129; Banner Triple Punch #138292; Layering Circle Dies #141705; Stitched Shapes Dies #145372; and Pearl Basic Jewels #144219.