More cardstock and scrapbooking paper

My spouse is rather excited I can sew cardstock to more cardstock and have it look pretty good, so he asked me to sew people's names into a piece of paper so he could burn the edges for the handout he has to make for his group.

Why is this necessary?
Evidently there is a group member who brings in handouts printed on high quality paper and everyone comments on how nice the paper is. Spouse says he thinks this is rather ridiculous, but he still wants to 'one-up' her. Of course, he can't do this on his own.


Off we go to the craft store. Of course he picks the most god-awful colors for card stock. Seriously, BRIGHT pink is the main color in the pack.

After a conversation about what I can do and what I can't (Sorry, I can't actually embroider people's names into cardstock). He then tells me to "do whatever".

Okay-- what does that even mean?

So, I get to thinking and come up with a design in my head while he plans his backpacking trip. Second step: ask him for the spelling of his group members names.
You'd have thought I were asking HIM for the favor.
Yes he has to get up and get them to be now, so I can do this project over the weekend. The name part needs to be done first, so he cannot give them to me when he gets home.
WHINER!!!

Anyways- we're tired and he has to get up early. So- bed.

Today, I see just how horrible this card stock color theme really is. Eeish.
I know he's trying to out-do the ridiculous factor, but I don't do that so well. I wish I would have been handed some better colors to work with.

Here's what I came up with. for his handout.

First I wrote everyone's name in Calligraphy on parchment paper, then sewed them to a dark green back.



Then I cut the bright pink cardstock into thirds, took a sharp knife and cut slits to fit the name cards.



Third step, choose a scrapbooking page that would match the cardstock David chose and decide how it should be laid out. Then sew it all together.

This is what I came up with:

My stitch choices:


Inside the folder:




All ten of them finished:




WHEW!!

The things we do for love.

The only seam all the way through is on the very left. I didn't know if David would want to stick a cover page or something in there. I thought they would lay a bit more flat, but I'm still happy with them. David is welcome to do what he wants with them now. They are his folders. If he wants more in the future, I think he'll be making them.