Wednesday 29 October 2014

Simple Invitation

Hi Crafters,

a friend of mine asked me for help these days, with the invitations for her hubby's birthday. I suggested to create them for her, like I did her own in summer, but she wants to do it herself this time. 

She is a crafter, but no card maker so she doesn't have a lot of card making supplies. Besides she needs 30 invitations and wants to have them all done before Christmas, so I thought I need to suggest something simple that requires not too many supplies. And this is my idea:



I simply stamped the sentiment on a white card base and adhered hand cut triangles from scraps of paper I had left over. After the glue had dried a bit, I added true stitching with my sewing machine for a little more detail. Besides, my friend can sew so I found that fitting.

For me, it's the fist time I used my sewing machine on a card. I own just a tiny traveling machine, which can only sew straight ahead, no zigzag, no reversing, just straight. But it was easier than I thought. Maybe I should do  that more often.

I stuck to blues and greens, to make it suitable for a guy, but she of course can use anything she likes. It's just a suggestion. By the way, the green paper is handmade, it's left over from these Christmas cards I made last year. The blues are back and front of a sheet of a Christmas / Winter themed paper pad. But with these tiny triangles nobody can tell and I liked the colors together.

I don't know yet if she'll like it, but I think it could be a base. She could doodle a border, or cut a panel and adhere it to a colored card base.


Only two days to Halloween and I found a way to use at least one of the Halloween cards I created. That does make me happy. And so does the weather forecast for Friday.

Happy haunting

Ela



Challenges:
Simon says Stamp: Anything Goes
CAS on Sunday: One layer wonder
Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes Birthday

3 comments:

  1. CAS and wonderful! Thanks for linking up with us at Seize the Birthday!

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  2. Love you CAS card, fab colours
    Thank you for joining us at Simon says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
    Luv
    Debby

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  3. Nice CAS card. Thanks for joining us at Seize the Birthday.

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