I love my new business cards, but they have a semi sad sad story attached to them… not to mention an issue [more on that later]. I made them with the intentions of going to Creative Estates. I won a ticket from The Idea Room, got an airline ticket with miles for $7.00, found 3 awesome roomies and then tried to tackle the work schedule. Needless to say, I could not make it happen. But, I did get a fun craft project out of it!
I sewed these business cards out of cereal boxes to attend Bloggy Boot Camp in Austin!
Materials:
Paint chips
doilies
PSA Essentials stamp
glue
adhesive mailing labels
Doilies rip very easily…I only used the lacy part:
Glue lacy part on paint chip:
I used my beloved PSA Stamp purchased through Expressionery:
Here is the front:
And here is the back:
I used these from Office Max:
You get 750 labels for about $15!
AND
Making them on the computer is super easy if you use Microsoft Word…Each package has a template #…I happen to buy Avery template # 5260…All you do is go to Tools, click labels, and find your corresponding number…then the labels automatically pop up on your screen!
I stuck them on the back of my paint chip with a square of scrapbook paper and voila!
So here is the issue, the stamp smudges. No matter how long you wait for the stamp to dry! I have not tried anything yet… I’m thinking about using mod podge on the front of the paint chip? Does anyone have any suggestions to help my little business cards? I’d love to hear…
Comments & Reviews
for smudging I would give acrylic sealer or Triple Thick a try or you might need to just print your design on clear stickers instead.
-Stefanie
2ndChanceCreation.etsy.com
these are freaking adorable. i would probably just use them for gift tags. i love it when people put their address on the gift tags…makes thank you card writing so much faster.
i love this idea…what a fun and creative way to give business cards that people will notice and remember…thanks for the idea! would love for you to share at fridays unfolded @ http://www.stuff-and-nonsense.net/2011/04/fridays-unfolded-13.html
blessings,
alison
stuff and nonsense
Love the doily
Love the repurposed paint chip cards
Love the stamp!
LOVE that you got it from Expressionery!! That's my former workplace and my current sponsor for my other blog the ThankYouNoteProject!
Love that its such a small world!
So great! Love the use of the paint chips!!
(found you on the Shabby Chic Thursday linky!)
BTW – where did you get your stamp from?
If you don't mind – I am so totally going to steal this idea!!! I LOVE IT!!! You're a genious!!
Love them! Great idea!
I am SO sad I can;t make it to CE 🙁 I LOVE meeting other bloggers that like to talk creative and blog 🙂 MY real life friends sometimes think I'm crazy!
THANK YOU to all for the hairspray comment…I will try it out!
You might try a spray fixitive…same idea as hairspray, but probably less sticky.
I love it with the doily, what a cute touch!
Hi…I am new here, but I love this blog!!! What about a spray finish? Hairspray tends to make ink run. But a spray varnish from a craft store might work.
Just found your blog, love it! I'll be back often. The roundups have SO MANY fun ideas!!
-Mandy
http://www.gourmetmomonthego.com
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Cute cards! I've heard a spray of hairspray keeps the ink from smearing…not sure if it's before or after…but I think it works…good luck!
So cute! But I'm so sad you can't come to CE anymore! We'll be thinking of you!
Your business cards have got to be my most favorite thing you make!
I would love to invite you over and share on my WhateverWednesday linkie party. Hope to see you there!
The answer is hair spray! Seriously, spray it with hair spray and no smudging.
Really cute business cards!
Adorable! I am not sure what you could do to prevent the smudge. I think if you did Mod Podge over it, that will cause it to smudge- I've had it happen to me in the past.
I didn't know you couldn't come to CE anymore! Big bummer!
Very cute idea with the paint chips!! I remember in art class when we had issues with things smudging (like with charcoal drawings) we would spray the whole thing with aresol hair spray as a fixative. It's worth a (cheap) try?
I LOVE THESE! SO CUTE! I'm going to do something similar, I think. Your cards are already done, but wet embossing would look nice and there would be no smudging (but would take longer to make). Did you try to heat set the ink? Perhaps a spray fixative would stop it from smudging…. sorry your trip didn't work out.
It might be the texture of the paint chips that makes the ink smudge. Maybe a clear acrylic spray? I know the ModPodgers say if you print something on an inkjet you have to spray it with that or the Mod Podge will make it bleed and run….
I really love these. Crafting is what you do, and your cards reflect that. Genius.
SO clever and cute! LOVE.
Very cute cards, shame you don't get to use them at the Creative Estates.
I've had ink smudge before, I think some inks just don't get on with shiny surfaces. I've used a heat gun to dry my inks before, perhaps this might work!
If the ink is still wet would modge podge make it run? What a bummer, 'cause the cards are fab!
I love these business cards. they are so cute. don't know what to do about the smudging, what a bummer.
Those are really neat! I like the fact that they have some "texture" to them with the doily!
these are so cute!! I love the doileys!
so sad about your smudging 🙁 b/c this is an inspired idea! I will ask Libby over at the PSA Stamp Camp to weigh in on possible solutions. There must be some coating the paint chip that is keeping the ink from setting. We have experienced this at Expressionery.com where some papers (really the inks/toners/coatings they have on them) just don't play nicely with a surface ink.