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Fireflies in a Mason Jar

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When you paint or color on yellow paper, it is easy to create a night time look.  Our Mason Jar Rubber Cling Stamp is a fun stamp to capture fire flies. Start by stamping or embossing the Mason Jar onto a yellow colored paper.  You can use yellow card stock that even has a little design to it. For those that have never embossed: Embossing is an easy method with rubber stamps that creates a 'wow' factor on paper. Our Mason Jar stamp is an excellent stamp for this. To emboss, you will need an special ink pad (like VersaMark or Ranger) that puts down a sticky surface so that the powder adheres to it. You then sprinkle  embossing powder  onto the design.  Then use a heat gun to 'melt' the powder so it becomes hardened, and thus, permanent. Use oil pastels or water color pencils to color in the jar in blue.  Use both light and dark hues. Use a watercolor pen or paint brush and some water to spread the ink/paint around. Add additional color as ...

Pocket Card Journaling

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Deep Red Stamps featured above: Butterfly Flourish Dandelion Deep Red Stamps featured above: Sailing Summer Flowers Border Blue Jays Also shown above: Deep Red Stamps Seagull Stamp An album protector sheet is perfect for creating a 12 x 12 journal page filled with pocket cards.   Four of the pockets are 4" x 6" and the other four are 3" x 4".  Easily create a mood and colors using rubber stamps, die cuts, and wood embellishments for each card and an overall theme is created in no time.