I have never seen an oval shaped place card before and I love ovals, so I thought I would set about designing one. If the truth be told, I was getting bored with rectangles.
This is probably a little to involved for a non crafter , but most people know somebody that crafts, and that has a die cutting machine.... so why not enlist their help. Most crafters I know would be delighted to help.
We're generally a caring, sharing bunch of ladies that are willing to help.
Here is how I created the oval cards.
I folded a piece of medium weight card in half and placed an oval die over the folded edge and taped the die down to stop it moving it I ran it through my bigshot to create the hinge part of the card.
I cut a single Oval from stamping card and stamped the front.
The oval is then stuck to the front of the hinged card. Take care and match up the edges.
If you don't want the card to rock, cut a slither of card off the back. This will prevent the card from rocking.
On the card below I cut the an extra oval panel slightly smaller than the base card to create a border. I am wishing now that I had give this one an olive green base card.
You can decorate you place cards anyway you wish.
There are so many options to decorate your cards , it's endless. I think I could make these forever and still keep coming up with more ideas.
The beauty of making your own place cards is that you can tailor your cards to fit in with your colour scheme and theme.
Whether it be plain and simple, elegant, shabby chic, vintage, or modern, Funky, 2d or 3D and the list goes on.
