Perennial Postage Crafted With Care Happy Mail Card

Greetings! 

Today's card features the Crafted With Care stamp set & Perennial Postage dies on the Forever Plaid embossed background for a sweet little card ready to brighten someone's day.  

Techniques include two step stamping, die cutting and embossing.  

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Beverly's Tip of the Day

To get the cancelled post look on this card was a fun experiment.  The image is part of the Perennial Postage dies and would normally be used as an embossed image.  However, I wanted to use the die as a stamp and had to figure out how to get a nice image onto the cardstock.  Here's how I did it.

I used a magnet from the Stampin' Positioner to hold the die so I could press it onto the ink pad.  The design of these magnets with the tab on the end makes them a perfect tool for this technique.  By using the magnet I could easily pick it up off the ink pad without getting my fingers full of ink, then put it onto the piece of cardstock, press down firmly, lift off, and voila'!  If it doesn't stamp perfectly, that's okay, because rarely is the cancelled stamp on an envelope a solid image.

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Gather Your Supplies:

• Crafted With Care stamp set
• Perennial Postage dies
• Basic White Thick cardstock 
• card base  5-1/2 x 8-1/2 scored & folded at 4-1/4
• Misty Moonlight cardstock
• 5-1/4 x 4 panel, embossed 
• Real Red cardstock
• 2-7/8 x 2-1/8 
• Basic White cardstock
• 2-1/8 x 1-3/16 for label
• 1-1/2 x 1-1/2 for postage stamp
• 1-7/8 x 7/8 for cancelled postage strip 
• Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad
• Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad
• Forever Plaid 3D embossing folder
• Stampin' Positioner replacement magnets
• Paper Trimmer 
• Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

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Here's How It's Made:

Adhere Misty Moonlight embossed panel to folded card front.

Ink long rectangle label stamp with Real Red, stamp onto Basic White cardstock.  Ink "happy mail" with Blueberry Bushel, stamp in open area of stamped label.  Adhere to Real Red die cut.  Ink stem with Blueberry Bushel, stamp in bottom center of "postage stamp" die cut piece, ink flower with Real Red, stamp at top of stem.

Adhere red label in lower right area of card front, and "postage stamp" in upper right corner.

Ink cancelled postage die with Real Red ink by pressing die onto ink pad, using Stampin' Positioner magnet to hold die.  Lift die off ink pad, place onto die cut piece, press down firmly to stamp.

Adhere cancelled postage piece to left of "postage stamp" on card front, overlapping left edge of postage stamp slightly.

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Product List

Crafted With Care Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [167808]	Perennial Postage Dies [162607]	Forever Plaid 3 D Embossing Folder [164049]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229]	Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153081]
Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102482]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad [147138]	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084]	Stampin' Positioner Replacement Magnets [169988]
Paper Trimmer [152392]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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Beverly J