playtime

I was so excited to have some time to scrapbook yesterday. I sat down with my new stamps and just played. I sometimes get frustrated that playtime isn't productive. I have to remind myself that it's okay to let loose, have fun, and really have nothing to show for it. I *did* manage to get one card made in the 4 hours I played. LOL


I used two of the stamps that I designed on this card. The background dot is one. The logo on the back of the card is the other...

I will often get an idea of how I want something and then have NO luck finding it. This happens with fabric, paper, clothing, etc. In this case, it happened with stamps. I prefer clear stamps too, so when I set out to have these made, I knew that I'd want to work with someone that could produce clear stamps.

The process was easy. I just opened photoshop and got to designing. I then emailed the owner of Imagine Stamps and she replied right away with a price quote. Honestly, I was slightly hesitant. Anytime you have custom work done there's a chance it won't be as good as commercial products available. That wasn't the case at all. I got right to work using my stamps and love the final result. I will definitely get more stamps designed and place another order!

The butterfly on the card is one that I purchased on Etsy. All I did was ink it up with Versamagic chalk ink and heat emboss. (The dots and logo are stamped with Versacolor and heat embossed with clear powder). I love fun, easy projects that look great when they're done :)

good day

Today was a good day! I woke up early, worked on some more organization (which I'll share soon... I promise!), ran errands, played with the camera, talked to my mom on the phone, made an amazing orange julius, and played with some new clear stamps I got.

And here is one of those stamps in action... (heat embossed too!)
I designed these stamps in Photoshop and had them created. I was anxious to see how they'd turn out and I'm so happy with them that I'll be sure to design some other stamps and order those as well! (Do not judge the stamp by the stamping.... I was in a hurry to try them out, so the work *I* did is not that great. The stamps themselves are great.) I'll have to play with them some more and show the results of some actual good stamping. LOL