It's 10pm the night before an event I'm attending where I would like to hand deliver invitations to some of my friends... I hadn't planned what they would look like but knew that I would like them to have at least a little handmade flair. After several attempts and a huge mess made by pulling out all my ribbons, paper, embellishments and stamps, I still had nothing acceptable. 11:30pm and getting desperate, I remembered a boxed set of stationary I had put in my "repurpose" pile a while back. Well, their time had come...On the vellum pocket, I stamped the adorable sewing machine from http://www.lawnfawn.com/ with VersaMark, sprinkled it with gold embossing tinsel and heat set it. I had no problems with the vellum curling or melting and no problem with stray bits of powder/tinsel sticking where I didn't want it. The vellum was actually the friendliest surface I have heat embossed on so far. Also, this was my first experience with the Lawn Fawn stamps and I was impressed! Very high quality stamp and image!
The little green branch is a punch from Stampin' Up! called Two Step Bird. This has turned out to be a much more versatile punch than I would have thought. For adhering tiny pieces like the stem on this, I use Zig Fine Tip Two Way Glue. Add to the branch a few tiny red glass beads adhered with Aleene's Tacky Glue and done! Once I got going, these went together quickly and they were a hit the next day. The dimension and texture that made these feel extra special is hard to see here but definitely made the difference.
