Going to local scrapbooking crops is a great way to get inspiration from others who share your interest in scrapping, card making, and paper crafting in general. My very first crop at a local store, Captured Moments, taught me a very important tip: always ink your edges!
We all use shapes and cut-outs on our projects so there's always edges. Here I have small stamped squares I'll be adding to cards. The chocolate-colored sentiment looks pretty on the blue cardstock, but it's missing something. It doesn't quite look finished. Time to ink the edges!
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While the squares are pretty, a little chalk just makes them pop! |
You can use stamp pads or chalk ink pads for this. In this case I chose a similar brown chalk ink by VersaMagic in Jumbo Java (I love the name!) and just swept it around my edges. See the difference? It's amazing what a little ink can do!
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Adding a little chalk to the squares on the left makes all the difference! |
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It really makes the square pop on the finished card. |
Happy crafting!
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