Custom orders

I love filling special orders! I was asked for some thank you, sympathy, and friendship cards by a customer. So I got right to work today and cranked a bunch out! Nine cards for my customer, and one for me.

I borrowed a tried and true layout for the thank you cards. I love making the background paper with the water misting technique I blogged about here:
http://www.somethingaboutstamping.blogspot.com/2013/07/making-mess.html

For me, sympathy cards are tricky. I try to keep them clean and simple.

And I had some fun with the friendship cards! My customer doesn't like coming up with what to write on the inside of a card, so I stamped some simple friendship verses inside these, but forgot to take a picture of them!

Don't forget that I'd love to work with YOU on a custom order! Leave a comment and we can work out the details.

Happy stamping!

Addicted to circles

I admit it. I'm using this circle technique way too much! But I can't help it! It's so cool! 

This time I added patterned paper and a couple of butterflies to change things up a bit. 

Happy stamping!

If at first you don't succeed...

Ever had the experience of being stuck for a creative idea? Of staring at your stamping stash and not being inspired at all? Of having multiple false starts on a project? Yeah. Me too! I'm not going to admit to you how many false starts this card had. 

I started with the "create" sentiment from Stampin' Up's Layered Labels set. And then I got stuck. I couldn't get the colors right. I didn't like the layouts I was working with. So I stepped away for a few hours. Did the dishes. Watered the tomatoes. Read a book. When I returned to my crafting table, fresh ideas started pouring out of me. Things started clicking and I had a finished card in less than 15 minutes! Sometimes walking away does the trick! 

The background is the focal point

Yesterday I posted about a new technique I stumbled upon. I fell in serious love with, not only the process of making the paper, but the results as well! So today I was on a mission to showcase that awesome paper in a few cards.

I don't think that I have ever used a particular paper as the focal point of a project. But after discovering this fun way of playing with ink and water, I can see that I will be cranking out loads of water misted, embossed papers in the very near future! Here I kept the designs and embellishments minimal so that the gorgeous background paper could truly sing!