Card of the Week & another Lawnscaping Entry

Hi! I didn’t get a chance to post yesterday because I’ve been busy with so many custom orders, e-mails, shipping, and setting up a business account for my shop.  So I thought I’d post today instead of waiting until Wednesday. Although I’ve been busy I still managed to come up with a card, last night, for another Lawnscaping Challenge. This time it’s a ‘Texty’ challenge and we have to create a card with lots of text and/or sentiments; and I came up with this baby announcement card. It’s been a while since I’ve played around with this stamp set and I thought I’d try my hardest to come up with a design using it. 

I also took a few snap shots of how I made the card and what tools I used so feel free to scroll down to view them!

I had so much fun creating this card and I love playing along with the lawnscaping challenges because sometimes I have a bit of crafters-block when thinking of a new card design—but their challenges kind of show me the way and help me think out of my usual box.

Thanks for stopping by & I hope you have an awesome day! 

Card of the Week—Baby Shower Invitation

Today I wanted to share my newest design—my baby shower invitation. I’ve been getting lots of emails from women, via Etsy, asking for the large single sheet invitations. I’ve always felt that the digital invitations were a little bit impersonal but after making this I’ve completely changed my mind about them. I still put my all into making these and the final product makes me all excited inside.

I designed every single part of this invitation from the banner, the chevron background, the blue panels, and the arrangement of the party details. Then I added my personal touch with the baby blue satin ribbon. Once they were printed out I felt it still needed something else and I tried adding stamps, a monogram, and the ribbon—and the ribbon was perfect! Next I used a thick pearl cardstock to add a border and I also used it to hide the back of the ribbon in order to give it a flawless finish. I couldn’t be happier with these invitations I've created on my PC. I think this is definitely the start of something new for me and I couldn't be more excited. 

I've also created these in different colors; however, I’m going to test the first one on my website to see how it sells and if it does well I’m going to upload the other colors as too. Here are the digital images of the other colors I’ll have available soon (minus the water marks).

I’m so excited to venture into the world of digital art (I never thought I’d say that) and I’m planning on taking some classes to perfect my knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator—I can’t wait! 

How it’s made Monday—My Baby Announcement cards

I love showing how I make the items I sell, and today I wanted to take advantage of a recent order I had to make and show a couple of pictures I snapped while working. The card I’ll be showing is my baby announcement card ‘bun in the oven’, using Lawn Fawn stamps.

What I like to do first is prep—I cut and stamp all the pieces I need. Which makes for a quick and easy assembly line. 

I hope you enjoyed watching my process. This is one of my favorite cards to make!