What do you and 500 horses have in common? You both have a part in making it possible for people to receive mail! The Pony Express was started in 1860 on April 3rd. At one point there were 500 horses stationed 10 miles apart on a trail that stretched from St. Joseph, MO all the way to Sacramento, CA. The mail was supposedly carried in saddlebags that were designed to make it even if the rider and horse did not according to an article by Richard Cavendish about the Pony Express (click here to read it). Now, while it was a brilliant idea by William Hepburn Russell, it only lasted 19 months when it was replaced by the telegraph! There will, however, never be a replacement for you and what you mean to those in your life. Reach out in celebration of the anniversary of the Pony Express, and show those in your life you are thinking of them. Send them a handmade card today!
Here’s an idea for a quick and easy card to make and then send.
Instructions: 1)Simply cut two strips of Wild Wasabi and Garden Green and weave them in the upper left hand corner on the Certainly Celery card base.
2) Stamp the Elizabeth stamp in Garden Green.
3) Stamp the Just For You from Oval All in Garden Green and punch out with the oval punch.
4) Adhere using dimensionals. 5) Color using Wild Wasabi marker.
All card stock and stamp sets by Stampin’ Up! Quick, Easy and Green for Spring! Post a comment letting me know who you sent the card to and why.
