No, it's not rehab (although heaven knows we are addicted to our supplies). It's a seven step program for creating "card swap" cards. Yep, tonight I'll be swapping cards with a class full of enthusiastic women in St. Paul, Minnesota. Fun! And one will be my Editor in Chief, the awesome Miss Jennifer (um, Mrs.).
So, I thought it would be fun to share my steps. A couple weeks ago I gave you some tips for card swapping - now here's the actual low down on how I so those steps.
Step One: Create your card blanks (20 in my case)
In this scenario I found a pack of twenty envelopes in my stash that were four different shades of green. I imagine I picked them up last year at an after Christmas clearance. So, I made twenty plain white cards and then added a solid cardstock to match each envelope (five light green, five grass green, five lime green and five dark green).
Step Two: Stamp your embellishment.
The green had me started on a Christmas theme, so I used this adorable little elf stamp from Odd Bird Planet.
Step Three: Color stamp to match cardstock.
I only customized the color of the little coat - the rest of the stamped pieces were colored the same.
Step Four: Finish embellishments.
This was actually a two step process, I finished coloring them in, then added the red glitter to the little hats.
Step Five: Assemble embellishments with punched cardstock.
Simple step - all done in an assembly line.
Step Six: Add last touches of ribbon, etc. I also stamped my sentiment at this time.
Step Seven: (this one's a gimme) Admire your work.
I hope the swappers like these cards.
Shivering from St. Paul....Later.
