I've been making my own handmade cards since about 2005. It all started when I was out shopping, looking for a birthday card for a friend. I came across a cute card but it was six dollars! I thought to myself "I could probably make that for about fifty cents." I have always been pretty crafty and enjoy working with paper, paints and fabric. Turns out I had a lot of fun with it and later that year Orchard Designs was born.
I've worked with many different materials and recently I have been experimenting with decorative punches, felt, stamps, embossing and quilting techniques. I've also made matching envelopes from scratch.
My most recent custom order was for my dad who has a Westie named Maggie. He wanted "Westie cards" but the colour scheme and design was up to me. I started with a hand drawn sketch of a Westie and made some photocopies. The most time consuming part of this whole process was cutting out 12 of them, making sure the keep the black outline around the outside. It all came together nicely in the end and I hope he likes them.
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