This Heart of Mine Business Cards

Happy Friday!

Up today, the cards I made for Alt.

Now, I dreamed of a gorgeous letterpress card. Thick paper, imprinted letters, gorgeousness in paper form. But I am a maker of things. Plus, I procrastinated designing them until a few days before the conference began. I, with the help of MJ and my mother-in-law, finished getting them all put together at 1:00am before MJ and I flew out to SLC at 11:30am. Eek!

I printed my simple design on watercolor paper because of its weight and texture. Since hearts are my thing, especially red ones, I laid out all 200 cards and watercolored red hearts on each and every one. It was another late night project. :)

Even with the watercolor, the cards didn’t seem complete. I felt like something was missing. And that missing thing was polymer clay. The second part of my card was a small ornament made of polymer clay.

To stamp each polymer clay circle, I used a Martha Stewart stamp kit I bought on deep discount after the holidays. I believe its intended use is for return labels but it worked great for me here too.

I used white clay, red clay, white blended with silver leaf, black, black blended with gold leaf and black covered in gold leaf. I used a gold ink on the red circles but the rest were colorless. Later, I rubbed gold paint into the letters of the black ones and the white ones. A Kemper heart punch made transplanting hearts :) a cinch. Just some simple swapping made a big impact. I added red alcohol ink to the white hearts.

I am really happy with the way they turned out. They look like me. And I liked sharing that with the people I met.

Each card and polymer clay ornament, all 200, were tucked into little clear bags and sealed shut before being whisked off to Utah. I got the bags from this Etsy store. They were great to work with!

I’m glad I have a some left because I like them so. If we ever run into each other, I’d love to give you one. :)

Have a great weekend! Supposedly, there is a large snow storm headed our way. I feel like the groundhog may have been mistaken.

See you back here on Monday!

Take care.