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Friday, October 21, 2011

Thanksgiving Purchased Focal


Thanksgiving is just around the corner and I'm starting to panic about getting all my cards ready.  When the crunch is on, there's nothing like a purchased focal to make a quick and easy card.  Shading with chalks can really make a difference in the look of your purchased focal.  In this case, I stamped a sentiment on a piece of paper that had small leaves in the background.  I stamped it in green and again in black to give a bit of a shadow effect and to help pull the green background in more.  I just drew a border on the card, but it might look better if I cut one of sticky-back vinyl on my Silhouette, or used some black outline stickers.  I might go back and add that if I have time.

1 comment:

Becca Sadler said...

That is a terrific purchased focal to use for a quick card!

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