Creating Multiples of a Very Sweet Birthday Bear Card

I always create cards in multiples.

I can't recall when I last made ONE card...

Sometimes...

 I'll create 3 or 4 of a card that I am working on.

Sometimes...

I create many more...

a dozen...25.....40...

My feeling is...

If I have everything out...

I might as well make more than one!

(I actually find creating cards in multiples...is very relaxing...my workspace doesn't get out of control messy and chaotic...and I am always happy when I have a nice stack of cards to add to my "stash"...

or...

to The Bellissima Card Shop.

Other card makers who create card singularly

often ask me how it is that I don't get bored creating multiples...

they ask me how I get organized to take on, what they perceive, as being a "chore"...a "task"...

a..."big job"

The truth is...

It  never feels like a "chore" or "job" to me...

it's always enjoyable...

and, as I said....relaxing.

So..

I thought that I'd invite you to join me...

as I set out to create 12 of an adorable birthday bear cards!

First....

I gathered up all of the supplies and tool that I'd need...

Card stock..print paper...trimmer...Marsupial "JIG" Layering Tool...adhesives/ATG...MISTI.....ink....dies...Big Shot...dimensionals..

You get the idea....right?

Then I did a rough mock of of the card idea that existed only in my crazy little card making mind....

I did...

Rough cuts of everything...and "pretend " placement of the parts and pieces of the card...

using printer paper...junky paper...

so that I wouldn't waste "the good stuff"

no adhesive involved...just pieces of the "mock-up"

created with scraps of card stock... and printer paper

Once I felt committed to what I was going to do...

I jotted down the exact measurements for precise cutting

Then...

I got out "the good stuff"...

(I always have a few hundred base cards cut and scored in white and ivory 

....they're the two card base colors that I use most)

So they were already ready to roll...on standby...

I counted out 12 ivory base cards form my big stack of cards I had already cut...

and then I cut all of the mats and prints

I got out my JIG Layering Tool...

and matted the print that needed to be matted

Thanks to the JIG layering tool...

it was a cinch...and was done in a flash...

and each mat was perfect!

I set those pieces aside...

and then die cut the scalloped pieces that I knew I wanted to stamp on

It took a sec to cut them with the Big Shot EXPRESS

(Ya gotta love a motorized die cutting machine when you're doing multiples)

Then I got out the MISTI...and the ink pad...

positioned the bear...the honey pot..and the teeny tiny honey bee ...and started stamping...

Then I positioned the balloons...

and stamped stamped stamped

Done!

and then I was ready to add a little bit of color...

YAY!!

Time to assemble the cards!

(I popped up the image layer on dimensionals)

Lookin' good!

But still needing one more thing...

The sentiment...

So...I stamped the sentiments...

and die cut them..

and was ready to add them to the card

I applied dimensionals to the back of each banner...

added the banner to each card...

and wha-la!

Done!

 and...

done...done...done...done...done...done...

done...done...done...

done...and....

done!

That's 11 "dones"

It should have been 12...as i originally planned...

but I didn't know that I had fresh. wet ink on my finger....pick up one of the completed cards....

made a mess of it...

and tossed it into the trash...

so I wound up with 11 cards...

instead of 12.

Isn't he adorable?

and here's a close up...

of this cutie...his balloons..his honey pot..and the teeny tiny honey bee

So what do you think?

Will you attempt creating in multiples?

It's really a cinch...

the biggest "work" and effort is at the beginning...

when you get out all of the things that you need...

It's SO worth it though...

because you will wind up with a nice little stack of cards 

and the clean up is so easy...because you haven't taken out everything that you own...

to create A...yes "A" card

"A" meaning ONE CARD

I hope that my little photo journey of how I create multiples give you confidence to try it 

the next time that you sit down to create a card.....or 12!

Card loving friends....this adorable birthday bear with balloons is now available for purchase at The Bellissima Card Shop. 

You can window shop at The Card Shop  HERE

Card making friends...the supply list is posted below....(minus the basics like trimmer..adhesives etc)

Thanks for visiting...

I aways appreciate knowing that you've visited...

and would love it a teeny bit more...if you left a comment below

Michelle.

Supply List:

Stamps: Honey Bears (The Ton Stamps)

MoreChalkySayings2Stamp (the Stamps of Life) with matching banner die set

Dies: MFT Stitched Mini Scalloped Rectangles

Matting/layering tool as shown in photos: " The "JIG" from Marsupialpapers.com