The Joys of trying a different style

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrP8IMdQnO-ZqlzobuHjY2HUP57bKQ4tiHx4kC8Hlt_-KSCTVyFem3KJDAEQVwRzAQEbhDjYAAbFLCFJ_hFli7fXoKc2UJ3s_sivbckTZFQVFOolGUU3adO_v4oBg-Of2zLmyqOAtOwKE/s1600/blog282.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrP8IMdQnO-ZqlzobuHjY2HUP57bKQ4tiHx4kC8Hlt_-KSCTVyFem3KJDAEQVwRzAQEbhDjYAAbFLCFJ_hFli7fXoKc2UJ3s_sivbckTZFQVFOolGUU3adO_v4oBg-Of2zLmyqOAtOwKE/s400/blog282.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>My house is anything but contemporary.  Most of my clients have traditional decors, too.  So the window treatment and bedding I make is also on the traditional side - lots of contrasting welt, banding, the occasional rouching or ruffle, buttons, swags and lots of pretty floral prints.  The closest I usually come to a geometric are my beloved stripes - you can do wonders with a great striped fabric.<br /><br /><strong>One of the many great things about papercrafting is you can work with a totally different style than you usually live with or wear.</strong>  You don't live with most papercraft projects every day so it is fun to experiement.  <br /><br />Today's card uses Basic Grey's Offbeat collection - a "mod anthology" they call it.  Whatever that is, it is fun and for me  - a change of pace.  So even if I did pull out my favorite little birdie stamp set, Cheep Talk, it gets a fresh look on these geometric prints.<br /><br />Project Notes:<br /><ul><li>First, I stamped the greeting so I could get the circle in the right place.  Then, the circular shape in the yellow paper around the birdie was cut with a Creative Memories oval cutter.</li><li>I cut the remaining shapes by marking lightly with pencil and then free hand cutting.</li></ul>Next time you are paper shopping, go for something really different and give a new style a try.<br /><br /><em>Ingredients:  Stamps:  Cheep Talk by Stampin' Up!</em><br /><em>Ink:  Prussian Blue and Chestnut Roan fluid chalk by Colorbox; SU brown journaling marker</em><br /><em>Cardstock:  Polar Mist by Paper Studio; Soft Suede by SU!</em><br /><em>DSP:  Offbeat by Basic Grey</em><br /><em>Rimmed tags by SU!</em>

The Joys of trying a different style

My house is anything but contemporary.  Most of my clients have traditional decors, too.  So the window treatment and bedding I make is also...

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