I used as the base of this a beautiful piece of 12″ x12″ paper that I got from a big pack during my annual craft glut at Thanksgiving. I love this paper. It’s nicely heavy cardstock (not heavy enough for this, but not a bad start) that has a gorgeous design on both side. It’s already collaged and color coordinated, it just needed a little bit of help.
On one corner of this paper (not shown) there was a goldfish rendered in detailed black and white. I liked the idea of the fish, so I cut this out of some other paper I have. I also used the faint green stamp of the sleeping woman’s face. Before I mailed it, I ended up sketching some other lines on it, and a little bit of text. (And a lot of text on the back, obviously.) I also doubled it up with another sheet from the same piece of paper, because I wanted it thicker.
