Linda Hansen one of the US Crew Girls from UStamp with Dawn and Friends Fall 09 program created a beautiful invitation holder as one of her designs in this round. Isn't this gorgeous? Linda made the base from Rich Razzleberry card stock and incorporated an invitation which she created on her computer. The monogram letter is from the Lovely Letters Alphabet set (115030 pg 152 IB&C). And don't forget the ribbon...... of course its SU's dotted ribbon in Rich Razzleberry.
I loved Linda's design and decided to make one but with a few changes of my own. I wanted to achieve a rich classic look, so I used Basic Gray Cardstock and matching Basic Gray Taffeta ribbon for my accent. I texturized the front fold-over piece of cardstock using the Big Shot FlourishTexturz Plates (# 114512 Stampin Up Backgrounds #1 pg. 195 IB&C). To enhance the look of the embossing I brushed on some silver ink rub that I had in my stash. This is where it would have been great to have the new Platinum Shimmer Paint ( #116807 pg 27) from the Holiday Mini Catalogue. Believe me with Christmas coming the PSP is on my wish list!
I improvised with the monogram as I didn't have the alphabet set Linda used ( it's on my wish list too). Since I fell in love with the card sample on page 139 of the IB&C I purchased the Three Little Words stamp set. I knew this would work perfectly for my monogram letter, with a little improvising. I simply inked up the "T" from the first letter of the "Three little words for you" stamp with Basic Gray Ink and then used a baby wipe to take off any excess ink before stamping the letter. It seemed to work pretty well, as you can see from this close up.
Well, what do you think? Do you like it? Did I achieve the rich classic look? Let me know, I always appreciate hearing from you.
I improvised with the monogram as I didn't have the alphabet set Linda used ( it's on my wish list too). Since I fell in love with the card sample on page 139 of the IB&C I purchased the Three Little Words stamp set. I knew this would work perfectly for my monogram letter, with a little improvising. I simply inked up the "T" from the first letter of the "Three little words for you" stamp with Basic Gray Ink and then used a baby wipe to take off any excess ink before stamping the letter. It seemed to work pretty well, as you can see from this close up. My computer was off when I was making this at 2:00 in the morning and I didn't feel like turning it on to make an invitation insert, so instead I used some old stationary with a mottled grey background to stamp the sentiment and flower. The sentiment is one of my favourite quotes, from the Dreams Du Jour stamp set (#111624 Pg 99 IB&C), and the flower is from the Friends 24-7 stamp set (#113218 pg 100 IB&C). I added some Dazzling Diamonds to both the monogram and the flower to finish it off.
Well, what do you think? Do you like it? Did I achieve the rich classic look? Let me know, I always appreciate hearing from you.Enjoy!
