This week I needed a gift for a friend who lost her mother-in-law. She had been at my home for a party earlier in the week, and fell in love with the Thomas Kinkaid stamp that I showed her. The stamps are really a work of art, the images, the coloring of the label. This is the kind of stamp that you set on a shelf to display because it is just that beautiful.
I think we card makers over think things sometimes, thinking beautiful is equal to hours and hours of work at the stamp table on our part. I hope this convinces you that is not always true. These notecards are mono-chromatic. One stamped image on Cryogen (Shimmery) White, no glitter, no coloring. A simple ribbon and pearl pin finish it off with a simple, Blessed, sentiment. I was pleased with how they turned out, and my friend loved them.
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Stamps: Forest Chapel by Thomas Kinkaid from Cornish Heritage Farms, Fancy Flexible Phrases – Stampin’ UP!
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Cardstock: Cryogen White – Prefolded A1 Notecards and Envelopes
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Ink: Latte Dye from Adirondack
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Accs: Kraft Taffeta from Stampin’ UP! and Pearl Stick Pin – sewing notion
P.S. The stick pins were just a hair long, so I trimmed them with wire cutters after putting them through the knot. Who knew my desk would include lots of things stolen from my husband’s tool box?
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