As regular readers of my blog know, I sell Christmas cards to raise funds for Tearfund. I don't charge as much for them as for other cards because people need a lot of Christmas cards and can't afford to pay too much for them (especially as they can go to certain shops and get a box full cheaply). I always make some packs of 5 to sell for £2 - they always seem to go well. I had some nice cream square card blanks with random gold foiling on the edges. I decided to simply ink the Anna Griffin stamp with versamark and heat emboss with detail gold powder. The stamp was a bargain - it had been used so it was in the bargain bin at That Craft Place when I visited a couple of months ago.
Having successfully stamped and embossed four cards I then found that I'd done the fifth one upside down! Of course, I could have kept the 4 and discarded the wrong one, but I wanted packs of five. Then I realised that, as the cards had the foiling on both sides I could cut them and make ten cards from the five card blanks - all I needed were 10 plain card blanks to stick them to - you can't see it here, but the card blanks are actually dark brown, which gives a nice contrast to the cream.
So, I'm glad I made the mistake of stamping upside down - now I have two packs of 5 cards!
These are for:
Sarn's Rudolph day for July
CASology 54: gold
Stampotique 109: clean & simple
Visible image July: inspired by a song - We wish you a merry Christmas
Tando July: favourite artist - Anna Griffin
What a gorgeous card set! You are really getting a jump on your holiday cards! I love the reason behind the set too! So glad you joined us at CASology this week!
ReplyDeleteA very clever accident Hazel! And they look great. Good for you. Christine xx
ReplyDeleteHi Hazel . . . lovely foiled Christmas cards and how lovely of you to make them and sell them cheaply for charity.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining in with Rudolph Day.
Hugs
Sarn xxx
These are very elegant, Hazel - love the clean design! Thanks so much for playing along with us at CASology this week!
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely stamp and just right for 'batch-baking'. Tear Fund is a great charity to support too, so good that you got double the quantity out of your card blanks.Kate x
ReplyDeletebeautiful design for this Christmas card. Thanks for joining us at Stampotique Designer's Challenge.
ReplyDeleteSomeone has been a very busy lady!
ReplyDeleteLovely and elegant!
Thanks for joining in the FUN at CASology this week!!
How nice that you could double the fun with these cards! So pretty!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous and love the colours too.Thanks for joining us at the Visible Image challenge, Nicola
ReplyDeleteHazel, you do such good work to make the cards for charity. I am so glad you made this mistake and realized that you could make 10 cards instead of 5!!!
ReplyDeleteThese are really lovely and I bet they look gorgeous on the brown card base.
Absolutely wonderful cards! What a great mistake as I love how you solved it!
ReplyDeleteClever you! A happy ending there then Hazel and two brilliant packs of cards - well done you for thinking of a solution, Jx
ReplyDeleteFantastic how you turned an error into success! I love the style of these cards - lovely design, no fussy details, just plain and simple elegance!
ReplyDeleteHazel, these are perfect! I love the simple design with a clear, spotlighted message! Thanks so much for joining us at CASology! :)
ReplyDeleteAgree that these cards are clean'n'simple, but not without that necessary bit of holiday flair! Well done (and a great "save"), Hazel!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards! I make the same mistake all the time, LOL. Thanks for joining the challenge at Tando Creative!
ReplyDeleteits great when a incident turns into a happy incident and what a great make you've got here Hazel - thank you for taking part at Tando Creative Challenges this month. x
ReplyDeleteGreat mistake and gorgeous Christmas cards !! Thank you for sharing with us at Tando Creative ! x
ReplyDeleteThese are just so elegant good luck in the Visible Image Stamps Challenge x
ReplyDeleteGold & cream is always such an elegant combination. This looks like a SU stamp, so you got a super bargain as it is so very pretty. Enjoyed reading about your 'mistake', and how wonderfully it all turned out for you. This is a beautiful card. TFS
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