Paper Saturdays - To Be Done or Not to be Done?

That really is the question for this lil project.

Hello,

I had an idea of what I wanted to make and share on Paper Saturdays but I had another brainstorm that took over and fizzled out...well I don't know if it really fizzled out our just fizzled.

Recently I carved this stamp. I purposely left the head unfinished so I could make the hairstyle anything I wanted for each project.  Since I haven't really played with it, this would be a perfect time right?

 I used this repeating stamp (I shared this last week) on a #8 tag as the background.

Then stamped my lady on the front,cut out some decorative papers for her clothes and drew her hair on.

And here lies the fizzle.    I'm not sure where it's going, it's missing something, more color, a border, a sentiment, all the above.  I'm just not sure.  What I am sure of is that I'm finished for now and this tag will go in my basket of Misfit Tags until I can figure out what to do.

Do you have a basket, box, drawer of fizzled out or unfinished projects that are just waiting for that second round of inspiration?

Well, that's all I got folks, thanks for checking in on me and if you have time, check out what the others have posted for their share on Paper Saturdays.

Until the next blog, enjoy!

Carol

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As you know, I kinda like carving my own stamps.  This time around, I thought I'd try my hand at carving repeating stamps, though I had no clue on how to do it.

First I carved this lil diddy. 

 

 

As a background on a journal page, it doesn't look too bad.  The key is to try to stamp it in the right direction to make the center design.  And of course it would have been nice to have the entire thing straight along the page.

Next, I thought I'd go bigger.

 

 

I really like how this one turned out. 

I couldn't resist adding some eyes and  facial expressions in there.

They cover the tags fairly well too.

I think it's great that this stamp makes a center design and another one where the little point meets. 

 

Now that I sorta get the idea of how these are created I'm definitely going to try more.  Have you tried carving stamps yet? 

 

Thanks for stopping by, don't forget to subscribe.  Until the next blog, enjoy!

 

Carol