It gave me the perfect opportunity to remake a card I did yesterday to make it quicker to construct and cheaper to mail.
Instead of attaching silver chord and hand tying bows, I used a cheap and easy embossing trick I used with my students back when I taught grade school. The lines and bows were drawn with a Bic pen! Did you know that the line drawn by a ball-point pen will hold embossing powder?? Now if I could only draw better!!
It works great for handwriting a pretty message inside a dark card as well!!
The pine bough, ornament, and sentiment were also embossed with clear embossing powder. The star along with the strings and bows were embossed with silver embossing powder.
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Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010 GMT Views: 1480
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Thu, Jun 24, 2010 @ 6:57 AM
Wow! Beautiful card without all the bulky, heavy embellishments. I've been looking for ways to make a card outstanding without all the extras. This fits the bill. Love it!
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Thu, Jun 24, 2010 @ 7:06 AM
Great CArd Lynn.... never knew that about a pen... great tip... will have to remember that one... Thanks... I think I have to get a few more cards done for Christmas too...
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Thu, Jun 24, 2010 @ 7:16 AM
Awesome Christmas card and thanks for that tip. Why spend money on those fancy pens that are advertised to do such when a 25 cent pen does the trick.
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Thu, Jun 24, 2010 @ 7:24 AM
Amazing! Thanks so much for sharing!
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