Monday, April 26, 2010

Wedding Invitation Progress

I have two boxes of invitations...


150 Accommodations Insert Cards done...



150 Reply Insert Cards done...



150 Directions Insert Cards done...


150 Reply Envelopes Printed...



Bag of 150 Belly Bands...


I have been working on my brother's wedding invitations like crazy! I am trying to get the completed invites mailed out to them by the middle of May so they have time to address the envelopes and mail them out. In case you missed it, here is the completed version of the invite. I am making 150 invitations for them. This has been a lot more work than I anticipated. I wish I had counted the hours I put into making them. The hardest part was making the pockets on the inside of the invitation. All that scoring and fighting with the card stock to get it to stay in place was very tedious. I worked this past week on tying the brown ribbons onto the actual invitation, and that alone took me 4 hours, and I ended up with very sore fingers from trying to work with that tiny ribbon! I've gone through 5 ATG gun adhesive refills and 2 toner refills in my printer. But it's all worth it in the end, I think they are going to turn out great and I know that my brother & his fiance appreciate it. All I have left to do is stuff the inserts into the invites and finish cutting the daisies. One daisy goes on the inside and one on the belly band on the outside of the invitation. I need 300 daisies to complete the invitations and as of today, I have 60. I already have them embossed, just need to cut them out. I am feeling pretty good about that, I can cut out about 25-30 in an evening just sitting and cutting while I watch (listen) to TV. Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a great week! Oh... I updated my dog photos on the right -------> Aren't they cute!?

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Monogrammed Card Set







This is a card set that I made for my friend Barbara. I used Lasting Impressions paper that really isn't my style (too bright) but it's one of her favorite lines of Lasting Impressions paper. For the box, I used the Keeping Tabs Timeless Template from Papertrey Ink. I am pretty sure I put the box together incorrectly, I don't think the tabs are supposed to wrap around the box like mine does, but oh well. I still think it turned out okay. The inside of the box has two pockets. I made several monogrammed cards and a little box of chocolates. The box holds Hershey nuggets chocolates.

I've been working on my brother's wedding invitations, thus the lack of recent posts. I am working on a post to show you my progress on those. I hope to post it this weekend.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Happy Spring!



I'm a little late sharing this card since it's really more Easter themed, but i guess it could be a Spring card too. I made this card for an embossing challenge on the Yahoo embossing group that I belong to. We all had to use the bunny template by Lasting Impressions when making our card. I used two additional templates, the wagon template and the flower template when making my card. I stippled the background with blue ink to create the look of sky. I tore some green paper for the grass and then doodled around the edge. This was actually a pretty easy card to make! Hope you're having a great weekend!

Monday, April 5, 2010

Recipe Book







Hi, Hope you had a great Easter weekend. I had a great time visiting family. This is a recipe book that I made at a class at Angela's Happy Stamper. If you're in the DC area, definitely check this store out, it is fabulous! I love all the fun bright colors in this book, and I think it turned out so cute. Have a great week!