The Gibson Girls stamps are so beautiful that they don't need any
embellishment at all, but that didn't stop me from having a good time adding
wire-edge ribbon, printed vellum, beads and leaves to my projects. After
all, these lovely ladies deserve some finery.
- Uncle Euclid's Shapes are die-cut and pre-scored card stock pieces for
dimensional projects. The boxes and hanging ornament are made using the
Lantern kit. Choose Textures if you want a light flannel, confetti or
parchment background, or Whites if you want a brighter one.
- To make the hanging Lantern, dab a paper towel onto Currant ink pad and
apply color to five side pieces, a top and bottom piece, then stamp pieces
with different (or matching) Gibson Girls. The woman in a hat (bottom left
stamp on Plate 2) looks great on each of the "wedge" sections of the roof.
- Follow manufacturer's directions to assemble and add hanging loop. Add a
soft wire-edge ribbon bow at the top.
- Stamp six side pieces for a cube-shaped gift box. Glue top piece on one
side only for a hinge. Option: Punch rectangles at edges of top and add
ribbon handle (1-1/2" ribbon, shown).
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- After the ribbon is through the punched holes, cut the ends into a neat V.
- Add details with colored pencils or markers, or a combination.
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| Fill the box with wood excelsior or colorful tissue, add a small gift or use
as a place card with a name or photo tucked inside.
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- Backgrounds for the Gibson Girls can be anything you choose.
- Shipping tags and Gibson Girls go well together, too.
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- Make a tall narrow folded card out of peach parchment-look card stock.
- Layer with printed vellum, solid card stock, and a shipping tag stamped with
Tactile Impressions for the soft background surrounding your favorite Gibson
Girl. Color with pencils or markers.
- If you want to remove the shipping tag, the beads at the top can be a
hanging loop, or sew them to the card as I've done if the shipping tag is
permanently affixed.
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- Cut away the card stock out around the portrait and tape or glue vellum in
the opening.
- Raise the portrait on foam dots and layer over printed paper
background cut from a gift bag.
- If using gift wrap or bag that's light weight, layer onto a sturdy piece of
white card stock.
- Add a sheer wire-edge ribbon bow, tied at the center with a few beads or
pearls.
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- Another shipping tag greeting card with printed vellum layer, a Tactile
Impressions background on both the tag and the white deckle-edge card, plus
foam dots to raise the tag and add dimension.
- Instead of a bow, the ribbon can be a simple knot with Vs cut in the tails
after it is threaded through the holes.
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- Lightly smoosh the ink pad onto the shipping tag (the edge forms the little
diagonal lines around the face, add Tactile Impressions for background at
corners and bottom.
- Stamp a tiny heart-shaped seed pod at random, and a Gibson Girl in the
center.
- Color some or all of the leaves and add color to the Gibson Girl if you
want.
- Sew on three leaf buttons or charms, layer onto peach parchment-look card
stock, and add a narrow ribbon.
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THE REST OF THE PROJECTS ARE "POSTCARD POSSIBILITIES" -- a dozen different
ways to use any Gibson Girl stamp plus the tiny heart-shaped seed I fell in
love with. I have left them uncolored so you can decide whether and how to
embellish them.
- Top Left, stamp the seeds inside the stamp's circular border and add three
at the bottom.
- Top Right, stamp the seeds around the bottom half only,
making a V like a lace collar. The outer seeds are lighter (stamped when
there is very little ink on the rubber).
- Bottom Left, circle the Gibson Girl with pairs of seeds alternating with
single seeds, add a trio at the bottom.
- Bottom Right, add a simple little
swag of seeds, making the one at the tip angle in a slightly different
direction.
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- Top Left, circle the Gibson Girl with seeds going clockwise, ending in a
slight curl about the size of the head.
- Top Right, a simple ring of seeds
aiming with the point out (try it the opposite way, too).
- Bottom Left, stamp a bunch of seeds falling like they might in a soft
breeze.
- Bottom Right, direct your eye along a gentle "S" curve allowing
seeds to stamp off the edge at top and bottom.
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- Left, with a speckled blue card stock instead of the ivory ones, stamp
random seeds to cover the background.
- Right, stamp a Gibson Girl repeatedly, surround with seeds, and color only
one of the faces (or all of them, it's up to you).
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- Left, the seeds radiate out and about, as if the Gibson Girl is dreaming and
her thoughts are en route to a loved one.
- Right, seeds radiate only at the edges, more around the top than at the
bottom.
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