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Woven Heirlooms Bundle for Sympathy

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I actually ordered this bundle because of the dies and embossing folders, but I'm so glad I did! I love the font used in this stamp set and the soft, vintage look of the stamps. Since I did not order the coordinating Woven Threads Designer Series Paper, I made my own by stamping the long stamp repeatedly on Very Vanilla card stock. I essentially covered the entire 4" x 5-1/4" piece with the image. I struggled with this color, Petal Pink, because I think it looks more peach than pink. But it's just the name I don't like; the color itself has proven to be very nice, especially conducive to the style achieved here. The lace was discontinued a few years ago, but you could always use the current but narrower lace trim. I folded the lace over and tied it with Very Vanilla twine for that extra touch. I'm so thankful that Stampin' Up! designed the dies and embossing folders to work together. The dies themselves cut the frame out (one rectangular; one oval) and

Come Sail Away Suite

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Silver Anniversary Card

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Hard to believe, but my daughter and son-in-law have been married 25 years. That, of course, merited a special card. And of course I had to employ the floating frame technique. This time I set the flowers on our silver foil and cut the 25 from silver glimmer paper. When I decided it needed a little something else, I added a silver bow.