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stamped cards: fall & thanksgiving

September 10th, 2009 -- Posted in scrappy / stampy, work/career | Comments Off

I pulled out my Harvest stamp set yesterday to create some fall and thanksgiving cards… I remembered the masking technique from last fall’s class (the one that prompted me to get the set in the first place!) and practiced that again! :)

For most cards, I used Stampin’ Up papers and inks from the Earth Elements series. For the inked leaf, I used my SU blender pen but the inks were from ColorBox. Each card had at least a couple special techniques used, like embellishments, paper-piercing, or textured materials – I love that my SU scalloped circle punch can punch through a thin layer of cork!!!

Here’s what I came up with…
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