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Card Tutorial 1 – Birthday Invitation

Posted on March 21st, 2011 in Cards By Harabu Guest House

For today’s card, I’m showing you a birthday invitation that I made for my son’s third birthday. I wanted a slight Indian feel to the invitation, so I used this really cute elephant rubber stamp from Paper-Source, a lovely stationery boutique that sells a variety of things, including handmade paper from all over the world.  Their online store is fantastic, so if you don’t happen to have a physical store near you, you can still get those lovely papers and rubber stamps mailed to you.

Here are the supplies I used:

1. A6 card stock measuring 4.5in x 6.25in, in chartreuse from Paper-Source.
2. Versamark Watermark Inkpad from Paper-Source.
3. “India Elephant” rubber stamp from Paper-Source.
4. Clear embossing powder from Paper-Source.
5. Embossing heat tool from Paper-Source.
6. Color Box Chalk Ink in Chestnut Roan from Paper-Source
7. We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper Tool
8. We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile Eyelet and Snap Punch Tool
9. Patterned paper measuring 0.75in x 4.5in from Stampin Up!
10. Patterned paper measuring 1.5in x 4.5in from Stampin Up!
11. “You’re Invited” rubber stamp from Impress Rubber Stamps
12. Color Box Pigment Inkpad in Cranberry from Paper-Source.
13. “For Date Time Place Rsvp” rubber stamp from Paper-Source

Step 1: I started off with a piece of card stock in chartreuse measuring 4.5in x 6.25in.

Step 2: I placed the card stock over some scrap paper, and using the Versamark inkpad, I stamped the elephant in several locations. Versamark Ink is a clear ink, which happens to be rather sticky, and therefore perfect for the clear embossing powder to stick to.

Step 3: After stamping the elephant in 4 locations with the Versamark ink, I liberally applied the clear embossing powder to those areas so that it would stick to the stamped image.

Step 4: I removed the excess embossing powder back into its container (I use a tupperware with a wide mouth, to minimize mess!).  You can see that what’s left on the card stock is the embossing powder sticking to the stamped elephants.

Step 5: Here’s the embossing heat tool I used to melt the embossing powder. And no, you can’t use your hair dryer or curling iron!

Step 6: This is what it looks like when you melt the embossing powder. It creates a watermark type effect, where the image is slightly darker than the color of the card you’re using.  Also, the image appears shiny and raised.

Step 7: I heat embossed all four elephants here.

Step 8: I then stamped the main elephant in “Chestnut Roan”.

Step 9: I used a corner chomper tool to round the edges.

Step 10: Using my eyelet setter, I punched a 1/4in hole and set an eyelet just for some added interest.

Step 11: This is what it looked like after I completed Step 10.

Step 12: I used two different patterned papers and adhered them to the bottom of the card.  I then stamped the “You’re Invited” stamp in “Cranberry”, which you can see on the finished card at the end of the tutorial.

Step 13: On the reverse, I stamped the “For Time Date Place Rsvp” stamp in “Chestnut Roan” to the back of the card.

Step 14: Here’s what the reverse of the card looked like prior to filling out the details for the birthday party.

And finally, the finished card. Hope you enjoyed it! Stay tuned for another tutorial next week.