For the card I designed for this challenge I used a few different techniques. I like the striped look with nautical so I decided to use the striped embossing folder. I cut strips of Midnight Muse cardstock in quarter of an inch strips and glued them in the valleys of the embossed background.
What I love most about this card is the carrick knot (tutorial is here)! I saw it one day while perusing pinterest and thought this would be great on a card!
On a related note, I made invitations for my daughter's 8th grade dance and they happen to match the theme from this months Stampin Celebration Inspiration Challenge! Since we distributed the invites I can show them. The dance is in a few days so I will post pictures of the decorations after the dance.
Anyway, here is the card. I decided I did not want to cut 165 anchors using the e-cutter so I decided to make my own anchor using the Undefined stamp set. At that time I hadn't carved my own stamp yet so I actually used this one as my test. It turned out a little choppy (I am going to say vintage) but not too bad for my first time. I was amazed at how easy it was to carve the stamp. I printed the same anchor from MDS (enlarged) as I used above and used that for my design. I did fix the anchor a little after I mounted it, so it doesn't quite match the image on the front of the stamp.
Here is the card front on it's own, a little simple, but we had 165 invites to make, so simple was best!
For the inside, I used My Digital Studio to design the invite as well as the RSVP card. The RSVP card was another find on pinterest. I used MDS to design the RSVP cards using the Anchors Away Stamp Brush Set. I was able to get 8 RSVP cards on one sheet of 8.5x11 cardstock which helped conserve cardstock.
I hope you enjoyed the cards. Can't wait to share the dance decorations!
Wendi
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