Time? Who needs more? I would love 36 hours in the day with a nap after lunch! Who's with me!
Today's post produces four cards lickey-split. I love making a single, time-consuming, detailed card once in a while, but truth be told time is so valuable lately that I love sitting down and making three or four or more at a time that are identical but can be used for a variety of occasions, depending on the interior sentiment.
Michael's Craft Store carries pre-folded, patterned, textured quality cardstock card bases and envelopes - they come in a box in the stamping aisle (50 cards & 50 envelopes). These are reasonably priced card bases and envelopes - good quality too - but super reasonable if you factor in one of their coupons! Practically free!
Copic Spica Glitter pens come in a variety of colors in a cute little zip-top case. The case is quite nice and is now in my purse to hold/organize/hide from the kids/ my pens there: one black Sharpie fine point, one black regular Sharpie, felt pen, two calligraphy markers and a gold gel pen.
"You know...you can tell a lot about a woman by the contents of her purse...." (Mr. Incredible - The Incredibles).
More importantly, you can tell a crafter by the selection of pens in her purse! Please do tell if you keep crafty pens in your purse or satchel or am I alone with this trait!?
Lockhart butterfly - this one is called Checkered. Using Mr. Checkered I stamped him four times on white cardstock with a black Archival (Ranger) pad, then punched out each butterfly with a Marvy oval punch (the pink one). From Memory Box Key Lime cardstock four oval scallops were punched using a Marvy punch (the purple one).
The four butterfly images were colored identically, saving time from having to reconfigure each one, then eyelets were mounted. Two more eyelets were mounted on a strip of Memory Box Begonia.
To save time when mounting eyelets - to make the holes equidistant from the edge - loop the cardstock strip so the ends meet, then punch one hole through both cardstock layers. Bam - equal distance from the edge.
Layer using foam dimensionals and you have four cards without a whole lot of work!
Envelopes: stamped once on the envelope front, then at random on the flap - reminds me of the pricey cards/envelopes I see at upscale boutiques over in Peddler's Village.
Hope everyone has an awesome Friday!!
source: Eyelets, card bases - Michael's Craft store
everything else: Ellen Hutson, LLC - check out her selection of piercing templates - Oh My Word!!!