1. Charlotte Thank You Cards. For some reason, it is so hard for me to throw away Charlotte's drawings and paintings. I know that to most people, they're nothing special. But to me, the process of sitting down and creating art with her is so precious. So instead of keeping every.single.piece.of.paper, I decided to repurpose many of them into her embarrassingly belated thank you cards. ::hanging head in shame::
I cut down Charlotte's watercolor paintings and various pieces of cardstock/ patterned paper down to 4.25" x 5.5". Next, I ran the paper through an embossing machine with a journaling embossing folder to create writing lines on the backside of the card. Glue the artwork onto the patterned paper. I stamped a "thank you" sentiment directly onto the artwork. To finish the card off, I just machine stitched around the edges. Super simple but I really like them.
Supplies: Stamp (Paper Smooches); Embossing Folder (Sizzix).
2. 100th Birthday Card. This card was custom ordered through my facebook/ esty shop. It was such an honor to make something for such a momentous celebration. 100 years - wow.
Supplies: Patterned Paper (Crate Paper, Sassafras); Cardstock (American Crafts); Brads (American Crafts); Stamps (Lawn Fawn); Other (Silhouette Cameo, Jenni Bowlin Inks, Uniball Signo White Gel Pen).
3. San Francisco Birthday Wishes. Here is another custom birthday card for a San Francisco recipient, also ordered through the facebook/ etsy shop.
Supplies: Patterned Paper (Echo Park, American Crafts); Cardstock (American Crafts, Core'dinations, Martha Stewart); Buttons (My Mind's Eye); Stamps (Lawn Fawn, Paper Smooches); Digital Files (Silhouette Online Store); Other (Silhouette Cameo, Fiskars Cloud Punch, Provo Craft Embossing Folder, Jenni Bowlin Inks).
4. Blueberry Birthday Party. I've been helping a friend with the paper products for her daughter's Blueberries for Sal themed birthday party. Here are some sneaks at the banner, favor tags and invite I made for them. Can't wait for the actual party next week!
5. Nursery Name Decor. An Addie B Designs customer requested some custom artwork to match her son's nursery decor. I really love how the handstitching turned out on this one.
Supplies: Digital Files (Silhouette Online Store); Other (Silhouette Cameo, We R Memory Keepers Floss).
6. Bib Baby Card. You've seen these before but I still love how adorable they are. Here is another baby bib card made to coordinate with a custom Addie B Designs bib and burp cloth set.
Supplies: Patterned Paper (Echo Park, American Crafts); Cardstock (American Crafts); Embellishments (Sassafras); Stamps (Lawn Fawn); Letter Stickers (Cosmo Cricket); Digital Files (Lettering Delights); Other (Silhouette Cameo, We R Memory Keepers Floss).
7. Superbowl Cupcake Toppers. This was one of my first attempts using the print and cut feature on the Silhouette Cameo. LOVE!!! I even had a customer purchase a set via our facebook page!
8. Glass etched glass. I think I might do a tutorial on this at some point. I'm slowly getting obsessed with glass etching and the Silhouette Cameo lets me do it with such precision!
9. Face Die Cuts. And finally, someone saw my hairclip cards on etsy and requested some face die cuts. I was so excited to get a "random customer" and ended up making her 50 of these die cuts with various colors and hair styles! Here's a sample.
So now, the grand total as of today (and counting in project speak)? 12 thank you cards, 2 birthday cards, 1 birthday invite, 1 birthday banner, 2 birthday tags, 1 bib card, 1 nursery decor, 2 cupcake toppers, 1 glass etched beer pint, 3 face die cuts. That's 26 projects in this blog post!!! Wohoo!!!
Project 100 Update: 74 down, 26 to go.
