I'm just putting the finishing touches on my over 100 swaps for Convention 2009! I thought I could possibly make more than that, but with less than a week before the trip, it looks like I'll have to be happy with what I've got completed. I liked how this card turned out, so I used it for my July workshops as well. Customers commented that it's a layout they'll use again, and they also enjoyed seeing the VersaMark flower behind the "Happy Birthday" sentiment.
I decided that having so many cards to make, they would really go a lot more quickly if I used punches. I stamped the flower image from Petal Pizzazz three times--once in Rich Razzleberry, once in Bashful Blue and a third time in Old Olive, then punched them out with the 1-1/4" Square Punch. I added a Silver Brad in the center using my Paper-Piercing Tool and Mat Pack, then used Dimensionals to adhere them to a piece of Dusty Durango punched out with the Scallop Square Punch. (Yes, I used 12 dimensionals on each of 100 cards, but it made such a HUGE difference!) The main card stock is Bashful Blue with a strip of Rich Razzleberry at the top, tied off with a piece of 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon in Old Olive. I stamped a larger flower from the same Petal Pizzazz stamp set in VersaMark onto the Bashful Blue card stock in the lower right-hand corner, then stamped over the top of that flower with Birthday Wish in Rich Razzleberry.
- Item No. 113417 Petal Pizzazz $32.95
- Item No. 114486 Birthday Wish (on dormant list--not in catalog but still available) $6.95
- Item No. 104400 1-1/4" Square Punch $15.95
- Item No. 112081 Scallop Square Punch $15.95
- Item No. 116631 Paper-Piercing Tool $3.50
- Item No. 105826 Mat Pack $9.95
- Item No. 102283 VersaMark Pad $7.50
- Item No. 111368 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon (Old Olive) $4.95
- Item No. 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals $3.95
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