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More Adventures with Wedding Invitations
Posted by: | CommentsI am past the half way point with my Sister-In-Law’s Wedding invitations!
I just finished creating the Monogram for the front. In my last post I showed you how I used embossing to add a little WOW to the invite. Well, here is another one for you! I wanted to emboss a frame for the monogram with Certainly Celery (her wedding colors are celery, chocolate, and gold), but I do not have a Certainly Celery Craft Pad. How did I do it? By using my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig of course!
Using the clear plastic sheet to position the stamp correctly was going to take way to long, so I had to be a little creative for mass production. Here is what I did:
First I cut pieces of Very Vanilla card stock that were the same size as the wooden block of the stamp I was using. Then I stacked up all 140 squares and ran a highlighter down one corner. This was the corner to place in the Stamp-a-ma-Jig. You will see why I needed to do that in just a minute.
To stamp the frame in celery, I placed the pink corner of the card stock next to the Stamp-a-ma-jig and stamped the image with Certainly Celery Classic Ink. I made sure to have the Stampin’ UP! copyright on the wooden block facing the same way each time I stamped.
Classic Ink will not stay wet enough to emboss with, so I needed to stamp with VersaMark directly over the image again. First I ran the Embossing Buddy over the Card Stock, and then placed the pink corner next to the Stamp-a-ma-Jig. Using VersaMark Ink, I stamped the frame directly over the certainly celery image. Again, I made sure that the copyright was facing the same way each time.
Since I placed the paper and the wooden block next to the Stamp-a-ma-jig the same way both times there is no need for a clear plastic sheet because the stamp and the image will line up perfectly every time.
Clear Embossing Powder was poured over the image, and then heated with the Heat Gun.
I stamped the Monogram in Chocolate Chip Classic Ink, and cut out the frame with my Paper Snips. Here is the finished product!!
This picture doesn’t really show the embossed image very well, but wait until you see the completed invitation! Let’s hope they will be done tomorrow!
Happy Stampin!
Adventures with Wedding Invitations…
Posted by: | CommentsLately I have been very busy making Wedding Invitations for my Sister-In-Law. I offered to make her Invitations as a wedding present. I really had so much fun designing for her and I am really happy with the result. Today I am going to show you the start of my journey.
I am making Pocket Folder invitations. This is what the finished portfolio will look like:
I am using one full 8 1/2″X 11″ piece of Chocolate Chip to make each portfolio. The stamped image is from the “Together Forever” stamp set, and is heat embossed with VersaMark and Clear Embossing Powder. (I will be posting a separate tutorial on embossing)
And here is what 140 Invitation Portfolios look like before they are assembled:
I am using Sticky Strip to adhere the tab you see on the bottom of the picture, in order to make the pocket.
Well, that is the first step on my Invitation Journey. Check back soon for a tutorial on embossing as well as more pictures of my Sister-In-Law’s Invitations!
Happy Stamping!
Convention Make-n-Takes!!
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As I promised yesterday, here are some pictures of my Convention Make-N-Takes. This year there were two Make-n-Take sessions. Each session consisted of 4 projects. This bookmark was the first project I completed and it is my favorite. This will definitely be a project in a future stamp camp! Sorry no specifics tonight guys, I am very tired!The Scallop Square is from our On Board Essentials (Chipboard). You may not have seen the new Designer Brads, make sure you take a peek. They are so beautiful. The silver pieces in the center of the flower and at the end of the ribbon are Designer Brads from the Filigree Assortment. In case you didn’t notice, the ribbon is our NEW Pacific Point In Color Striped Ribbon! I love this color combination!
This “Note of Thanks Box” was fun to make. It is a basic box with scallop punched DSP added to the top. Very basic, no big deal. The fun part was making the rosette. It is made with our new Pink Pirouette 1 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon. Using linen thread I stitched along the edge of the Ribbon with stitches about 1/4″ apart. Then I pulled the thread and gathered the ribbon into a circle to make the rosette. I tied a knot at the end to hold it together. The glitter is added to the end of the ribbon with crystal effects!
This is project #3 which I didn’t get to finish putting together at the MNT session. I just barely stamped everything, LOL! This is the “For You Mini Album” made with Love Notes Cards and Envelopes! LOVE IT! This is going to be one of the projects at my open house this weekend. This picture does not show it clearly, but there are little orange beads attached to the front with crystal effects. I swear I don’t use that stuff enough! Lots of great ideas at Convention this year!
OK, so this project was not even made by me! My friend Kathy White completed the dry embossing for me because we really had to go. The image is created by lightly using the brayer on the debossed side and accenting with the white signo gel pen. Thank you Kathy for stamping this so I could put it together later!!
You may be asking yourself…why didn’t you get to finish your projects? Well, I played mother hen for a little while. I went to convention with a wonderful group of women that love to spend time with! Most of them live an hour away from me and we don’t get to stamp together very often. I was trying to get everyone together at the same table to stamp together. (Staying together is virtually impossible at Convention without a cell phone. Then if you have a cell phone it is almost that impossible to hear it ring over the 5-6,000 people that are there!) Anyway, I started stamping a little later than everyone else because I was trying to find everyone that was separated from the group. I really had a great time at Convention this year and hope we can do it all together again next year! You guys ROCK!!
Happy Stamping!
