There's a funny story behind the creation of this card... Last summer, I made a retirement card, on which was stamped "a well-deserved retirement." One of my colleagues ended up buying the card for herself and putting it in her office as inspiration for her remaining years at work. That was a first for me, one of my cards being bought as an inspiration poster of sorts.
Now, that purchase happened on the week where the PowerBall draw in the States was crazy high, which had everyone dreaming about what they'd do if they won the lottery. The girls at the office started joking that if they visualized becoming multimilionnaires, they would - the way our colleague had the card to visualize her retirement. So my colleague (who jokingly calls herself my agent because she's been selling cards for me in Quebec City after I moved to Montreal) called me and asked if I could make a card mentioning something about becoming a multimillionnaire that she could buy for herself and put in her office. The story behind the request cracked me up, but I also found this to be an interesting challenge. I had no clue what I could possibly use from my stamp collection or stash with a link to money. I let the idea simmer for a while and one night, as I was working on something entirely unrelated, an idea came...
This started out with me using paper scraps after finishing a scrapbooking page (the page of my niece skating) to make a card. I wanted to give the molding paste I had just purchased a try, so I was looking for a paper that would work and selected the snowflakes one, along with the polka dot mask we carry in the annual catalogue. So I put the molding paste on, added clear chunky glitter on it and let it dry. While I was doing that, I pulled out my reference binder and started looking at stamps to find an appropriate sentiment. I wanted something big that would become the focal point of the card, and I wanted to work with the Mojo Monday sketch #431. (And also the Naughty or Nice challenge #23, as this card is a little silly.) As I was going over the Six Sayings page and about to skip it because I didn't want to make a Christmas or New Year card, something clicked - one of the stamps says "Happy Holidays and may blessings fall like snowflakes." That got the wheels turning... I figured I could take out the Holidays part and add a banner on top of the "blessings" word to replace it with "millions". "And may millions abound like snow" - that was my card for my colleague, right there! I got so excited about this idea, I got to working on the sentiment block to see if I could make it work. It took a few tries with alphabet sets to find one that was the right height and width, but I finally found something I was happy with. For the back part, I embossed the full sentiment in Silver on Basic Grey cardstock twice. The first one I kept intact, and rounded the corners with a punch. On the second one, I cut out the second line and I glued it right underneath the row of little snowflakes, so I could keep that decorative border on it without having the Happy Holidays part.
Then I had to wait to the next day to finish off the card because the molding paste had to dry. I then added a Metallic Doily, Mint Macaron Lace Trim, a piece of Silver Baker's Twine, two wooden snowflakes on which I put Crystal Effects and pourred Clear Chunky Glitter (can you tell I love that stuff?).
The best part? The second I sent my colleague the electronic file with the updated list of cards I was sending her (which includes pictures for reference), she emailed me to say she was really, really happy I had done a "million" card as she had suggested and to consider this one already sold because it was hers and hers only! I was hoping this card would bring a smile to her face when she saw it, and I think it got an even better reaction than I could have hoped for. This is another part of my hobby that I really enjoy - when the cards make somebody's day! This just doubles the pleasure of crafting for me - when I make the card and when I offer the card.
Supplies
Stamps: Six souhaits (Six Sayings), Sweet Shoppe Alphabet Upper, Warmth & Wonder
Cardstock: Mint Macaron, Basic Grey
Patterned Papers: Snow Day (Bo Bunny)
Ink: VersaMark, Island Indigo, Mint Macaron
Accessories: Silver Baker's Twine, Metallic Doilies, Project Life Corner Punch,
Stampin' Dimensionals, Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder, Molding Paste,
Dots and Stripes Masks, Wooden Snowflakes, Clear Chunky Glitter,
Crystal Effects, Vanilla Medium Envelope, Mint Macaron Lace Trim, Stamp-a-ma-jig
Fun card, Cindy and I love, love love your colour combo! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Naughty or Nice, Jo x
Posted by: Dotty Jo | January 25, 2016 at 11:13
This is quite brilliant! You have to love when ideas *appear* — I enjoyed reading about how this card came to be. Thanks for joining us at Naughty or Nice Challenges!
Posted by: Lindsey | January 25, 2016 at 14:02