Wedding Shower Gift

Good morning!  Well, no more lazy Monday mornings for this little card maker (unless it’s a holiday!).  Today I will head back to my classroom and start setting up for the 2012-2013 school year.  The summer always zooms by, especially August, and this time of year is always bittersweet for me.  But I also love the very beginning of the school year….a fresh start with fresh new ideas to try out :)  For today’s post I’m sharing the shower gift I made up for a friend’s shower I was at yesterday.  You saw the card I made for her on my CASE Study post last Wednesday.  In particular, I made her a set of 20 thank you cards inspired by my PTI Stamp-a-faire card set.  I tied them into 2 packages as the bundle was quite thick once I added envelopes.

I rarely make the same card twice so had to think about how to make these quickly…I sort of kept track of the time it took, about 2 hours in total.  I made all the elements, then started the assembly line.

Now I know many of you know this trick, but I think it can stand to be shown here.  As you can see, I stamp on a white SU scrap paper.  This makes it difficult to see white die cuts…so I use a dark piece of card stock to help me line up the stamp better.  Simple, I know, but very effective!

Here’s the wrapped gift with the card attached using a sweet mini clothespin.

I stamped the same red heart I used on the card onto the top of the clothespin.  Stamping on wood is good! LOL

That’s it for today…oh, and if you were wondering how she liked the card…she did!  I had to laugh to myself when they all asked, “Oh, do you make cards?”  I pictured my studio, the paper, ribbon, buttons, bling, etc and the thousands of cards I’ve made over the years.  “Yes, I do make cards {grin}”

Thanks for stopping by! 

all products used for the gift card set are from PTI