I didn’t get a chance to blog about this DIY yesterday because
I had an order that was consuming all of my time. Well—most days I have orders
consuming all of time but in yesterday’s case, I was swamped; and I had to get
that order out before the post office closed, haha. Anywho, I thought I’d post
this today instead of waiting until Wednesday to post these super cute Save the
Date announcements. Ever since I purchased this Lawn Fawn stamp set, Summertime Charm, I’ve wanted to do tons of things with the mason jar stamp. Plus I love
that this stamp set also comes with the coordinating dies—it makes cutting so
much easier! Lately I’ve noticed that lots of ‘Save the Date’ announcements are
getting simple, whimsical, and unique. Save the Date cards don’t have to be so
serious anymore, these days, and I love that.
For these cards, I’m using Recollections Kraft cardstock,
Recollections white cardstock, Lawn Fawn’s Pink Lemonade Petite paper pack,
Black Memento ink, Summertime Charm stamp set, and the coordinating dies—also by
Lawn Fawn. I cut the Kraft card base at: 6 1/2” x 4”, next I cut both the
insert and yellow and white polka dot pattern paper at: 3” x 3 3/4”, and lately,
the pattern paper base (that lays over the Kraft cardstock) at: 3 1/4” x 4”.
When creating the insert I used the stamp sets: Quinn’sABCs, Smitty’s ABCs, and You’ve got mail. I used Quinn’s to write the names, Smitty’s for the text and date, and You've got mail for the adorable
multicolored boarder. I used some of my Copic markers to color in the large
letters; and, I also used the Hero Arts cube shadow inks: butter bar, and
orange soda—to add pops of color.
I think the final result came out so cute, and now I’m even
wondering if I should offer these in my shop, hehe. They’re too cute NOT to
share. Well I hope you've enjoyed this DIY post and I hope I’ve also inspired
you to give something like this a try. I love doing things like this in between
orders because it’s a nice break from all the repetition.
