Happy World Card Making Day

You may not know but today is World Card Making Day. I am celebrating this event with other Stampin' Up demonstrators in Atlanta GA.

When demonstrators gather we often have card swaps. This is where we make multiple copies of the same card to exchange with the other demonstrators. I did this for the first time when I attended my first Stampin' Up convention in July 2013. I fretted over the design of my card knowing I was swapping with some of my favorite demonstrators whose blogs I follow every day. It was so gratifying as I handed each demonstrator my card and they woo'd and ahh'd. And of course I was over the top impressed with all the cards I received as well.

So today at our gathering in Atlanta we will begin with a card swap. I want to share that card with you.

While this card looks simple it was a lot of work to make 45 of them! The card base is cut from the Label Thinlit die however I extended the right side of the paper so that it was 8 1/2" long and allowed for an extra 2 1/2" to fold back and provide space to write. You can see this demonstrated on my blog post here.

The wood look was created by stamping the Hardwood Background stamp in Early Espresso on the Early Espresso base that had already been cut. I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to ensure the wood-grain was straight and provided a consistent look. This was a two-step process to stamp the left side then the right side. I folded a post it note and covered the "label" cut out area so it would not get stamped.

Then I created the labels by stamping the leaf from the For All Things stamp set in Crushed Curry followed by stamping the sentiment from Mingle All the Way in Cajun Craze. I love how this turned out. Then another run through the Big Shot to get the label cut perfectly to fit the cut out frame of the card.

The embellishment in the lower right corner is a piece from Autumn Wooden Elements and tied with Metallic Gold Baker's Twine. These were anchored with Glue Dots.

I did add a Very Vanilla panel on the inside far right panel to write a note to the recipient.

So I hope you find time to create a card for someone special today.