Medallion Background

I started out on this card by stamping all over an 81/2 x 11 sheet of whisper white to make my own designer paper. I inked up the medallion stamp (pg 133, $17.95 and NOT retiring!) with real red ink. After stamping it once, I would move to another area of the paper and stamp again, letting the darker and lighter images overlap. When I covered the paper with red, I inked up the medallion stamp with silver and added another layer. I didn't worry about getting a complete image every time--as you can see in the left corner of this card, the center of the medallion didn't come out. When it was dry, I started cutting it apart for cards.
This layout is obviously VERY easy! I stamped the elegant thank you (pg 144, $6.95) in basic black, and then trimmed the square so that it would fit inside the scallop square-punched black card stock. The black satin ribbon (summer mini, pg 13) finished it off nicely!

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