More is More

Happy Tuesday!  This past Saturday our church had a Mother/Daughter Tea and I was asked to head up the craft – a card.  I enlisted the help of my friend Lisa who has been bitten hard by the stamping bug in last year and we prepped projects for up to 60 girls and women of all ages.  For the girls under 12 we simply stamped an Elzybells image on a white card base and let them color.  Here are the two versions of the card for everyone else.

I had never done anything quite like this and it was definitely a challenge.  We purchased the value pack of ivory cards and envelopes on sale at Joann’s (not what I would usually prefer to use, but they worked out ok.) The designer paper is by BoBunny and it is GORGEOUS and glittery.  We got that and the American Crafts purple solid textured cardstock at the Cerritos Tall Mouse in the going out of business sale.  We purchased it before we knew how many people we would need to prep for so I had to make it work.  I used my standard *go to* layout and we cut the oval scallop or blossom purple layer from the main purple matting layer using Nesties…that was the only way we would have enough cardstock.  As it was we had to do a set of 12 with an Old Olive mat instead.

We ended up with something like 42 adults and they were split into 2 groups to come into the craft room.  Lisa and I each had a table set for up to 12 at a time.  Because we couldn’t have 24 people sharing the same ink and images we made 2 versions of the same card as you see.  The teapot and sentiment are from Taylored Expressions CreativiTEA and the Praying for You and flourish are Stampin’ Up! The ribbon is from Michael’s.  One card uses Artichoke ink and cardstock accent while the other uses Olive and Razzleberry.  We also had them stamp the flap of their envelope.

The ladies really seemed to enjoy making these cards.  It’s always fun to see someone who’s never stamped before marveling at what they’ve just created!

Thanks for stopping by.  I’m off to work at the billing office.  Have a great day!