Donna's Stampin Blog

I offered to make the invitations for my brother's wedding. After all, I love making cards. I figured...how much more difficult could making many cards be versus just one? It has proved very time consuming, but I am so happy with the end result.



I took a standard card size stock, folded it in half and then cut off part of the bottom so when it folded up, it would reveal part of the card. I then embossed the bottom part of the card so when it folded up, you could see the embossing. I used my printer to create the "invitation" writing and then stamped, in Gold, the additional embellishments. I finished the card off with strip of paper to hold the card together.



For the envelope, I typed up the addresses on labels. I thought envelope looked a little plain so I stamped a flower in tempting turquoise to match the card. I took one of my markers and filled part of the flower in using Blush Blossom, to match the card as well. I then stamped a sentiment on the back.



To make this card I used:
Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Matte white paper
Ink: Metallic Gold, Tempting Turquoise
Stamps: Wedding Sweet, Monogram Sweet, Embrace Life, Sweet Little Sentiments
Accessories: Embossing folder, Stampin Up Markers

I am loving all my new Designer Series Paper!!! The colours go so well together and really add richness to my cards. I used the same template at my Hello Baby card for this one, with the sentiment facing the other way.

To make this card I used: (All Stampin Up! products)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie DSP, Chocolate Chip DSP
Stamps: Embrace Life, Congrats
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie

I wanted to try a card with some colours I haven't used before and this was the result!

To make this card I used: (All Stampin Up!, except for the border punch)
Paper: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Elegant Eggplant, Lovely Lilac
Ink: Elegant Eggplant
Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Embrace Life
Accessories: Corner Punch, Border Punch

I couldn't help making a card using my Lexicon of Leaves Stampin Up! stamp set.

To make this card I used:
Stamps: Lexicon of Leaves (SU), All Holidays(SU), Embrace Life(SU)
Ink: Pixie Pink(SU), Close to Cocoa(SU)
Paper: Whisper White(SU), Pixie Pink(SU), Close To Cocoa(SU)
Accessories: Certainly Celery Brads(SU), Certainly Celery Ribbon(SU), Ticket Punch(SU)