Shortly after I opened my shop, my sister-in-law asked me if I could create a custom housewarming card for her best friend. She wanted it to be Breaking Bad-inspired, and sent me a photo of the RV in the middle of the desert.
It took a long time and a lot of patience (which is why it's not currently featured in my store), but I think the end result was worth it! Each panel of the RV is hand-cut with an xacto blade, and the side of the RV was corrugated using a paper crimper to give it a 3D, authentic-looking appearance. The sand was created using torn strips of paper to add some texture, and the sky was created by sponging white and red ink onto blue paper. Finally, I stamped the inside of the card with Jesse Pinkman's famous line from the show (for the sake of anyone reading this blog who might have an aversion to strong language, I've blurred out a key word at the end. It was not blurred out on the actual card.)
Custom orders like this one are the primary reason I started this shop in the first place!! I love getting a really strange / difficult request and figuring out how to make it work. I can't always come up with a solution, but I like to at least give everything a try!
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