Good-bye Booklet Card

A co-worker is leaving our project, after 15 years!  I wanted to make a huge card for everyone to sign...and I thought I might as well make it have pages.  I created this booklet style card.  The base is an entire sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" of Tranquil Tide card stock, folded in half.

  

The background layer is a single piece of retired designer series paper - it's got a bokeh effect pattern on it.  Pretty cool.  I stamped a bunch of different "congrats" and "good luck" greetings all over.

The Oval dies are from Gina Marie Designs.  I cut those out, and stamped the greetings on.  The larger "congrats" is embossed on Tranquil Tide, and then hand-cut.  Palm trees are hand-cut as well.  Most everything is popped up.

I trimmed down some regular paper (from the printer), and folded in half.  My stapler wasn't long enough to reach the center of this booklet, so I had to use a 3-hole pamphlet stitch.   I used Linen Thread to bind it.

Here you can see the outside of the spine shows the binding.  I tied it in a bunch of knots and then a bow.

I thought I had some envelopes this size...but I was wrong.  Good thing I had a few sheets (FOUR, really) of 12x12 card stock left in Tranquil Tide - so I could make my own envelope.  I messed up the first one, and got real nervous knowing I only had 3 pieces left.  :(  It worked out!

 

I think I used 4 pieces of computer paper, so that should be plenty for everyone to write a message.  I just hope they don't all just sign their names really tiny...fingers crossed!

 

Supplies you'll need to create these (Stampin' Up, unless otherwise noted.  Items may be retired.):

Stamps:  Seriously the Best, Beautiful World, You are Amazing, So Happy for You, Bold & Basic Greetings, Totally Trees

Ink: Tranquil Tide, Sahara Sand

Paper: Tranquil Tide, Sahara Sand, designer series paper that I can't remember the name of.

Other:  Linen Thread, gold embossing powder, Champange Rhinestones, oval dies (Gina Marie Designs)

Just a reminder that I need a few more BINGO players!  RSVPs/sign ups are needed by this week - April 1st.  We play bingo on May 2nd.    Link to the Event on Facebook is HERE.

Thanks for visiting, and Happy stamping!

Toni

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