This past weekend was the Scrapbook Expo in Pleasanton. We offered a free Make-n-Take and wanted to showcase the oh-so-adorable Animal Greetings Stamp Set that benefits Operation Smile. With each stamp set sold, $7 goes to Operation Smile forever changing the life of a child with a cleft palate or cleft lip.
It’s such a cute stamp set that we sold out of what we had in stock within just a few hours on the first day! We really should have expected this, because just look at this set–the images and puns are too cute to pass up.
So for day 2–Saturday–we decided to keep the card design the same but use our past Operation Smile Stamp Set—Happy Everything–since we had some of those on hand from last summer.
At first glance, it was tricky figuring out how to use these larger images on a 3×3 card, but I was up for the challenge! Like I said, we wanted to keep the design the same so we could also showcase our awesome Paper Fundamentals. And people did love that these papers offered such versatility witj their glossy monochromatic side and the matte pattern on the opposite side of the paper.
I created a variety of options like I had done with the Animal Greetings cards. It gave everyone the chance to customize their card to their liking. Use patterned paper and Paper Fundamentals or all Paper Fundamentals. No two cards were exactly the same!
My favorite was the one created with 2 different Paper Fundamentals. And while CTMH doesn’t carry Wink of Stella Markers, I couldn’t resist adding a little sparkle to the bee’s wings with the clear glitter marker.
This marker has actually become one of my go-to products lately!
The products we used for both sets of cards are:
- Animal Greetings Stamp Set (D1679) & Happy Everything Stamp Set (retired)
- Black Memento Ink Pad (Z899)
- Sunset Stamp Pad (Z2191)
- Various ShinHan Alcohol Markers
- Whimsy (Z3127) and Adventure (Z3125) Paper Fundamentals
- Kaleidoscope Paper Pack (X7202B)
- Various Shimmer Trims
- Clear Sparkles Assortment (Z1752)
- 3-D Foam Tape (Z1151)
- Journaling Pen (Z1979)
If you’d like to support Operation Smile and get your own Animal Greetings Stamp Set or any other CTMH products, please visit my ONLINE CTMH STORE.