<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Frugal Crafter Blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/author/thefrugalcrafter/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The Softer Side of&nbsp;Stamping&#8230;]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p> Boy, after weeks of rain we are being spoiled by wonderful warm sunny weather. That means more time outside and less time in my dungeon of a basement craftroom. Still, I need my daily crafting fix so I took a few minutes&#8230;7 to be exact and made this card and video so you can see how easy it is to squeeze a few minutes of stamping time in daily during the busy summer months.</p>
<div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_5207" style="width: 478px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/withsympathycard.jpg"><img loading="lazy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5207" data-attachment-id="5207" data-permalink="https://thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/the-softer-side-of-stamping/withsympathycard/" data-orig-file="https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/withsympathycard.jpg" data-orig-size="600,444" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A540&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1306750889&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;13.74&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="withsympathycard" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/withsympathycard.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/withsympathycard.jpg?w=600" class="size-full wp-image-5207" title="withsympathycard" src="https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/withsympathycard.jpg?w=468&#038;h=346" alt="" width="468" height="346" srcset="https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/withsympathycard.jpg?w=468&amp;h=346 468w, https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/withsympathycard.jpg?w=150&amp;h=111 150w, https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/withsympathycard.jpg?w=300&amp;h=222 300w, https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/withsympathycard.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-5207" class="wp-caption-text">Stamps: Large Butterfly, swirls (Tattered Angels), Text background (Stampfrancisco), Frame, sentiment, small butterfly (Papertrey ink)</p></div>
<p> This card only uses a few supplies, a half a sheet of cardstock, chalk pastels (AKA decorators chalk) and a couple of colors of ink, some stamps and a clear embossing ink pad or glycerin. See how easy it is to use clear ink and chalk to make the above card:</p>
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<p>This card qualifies for the following challenges:  <a href="http://cheerfulstamppad.blogspot.com/" target="new">Cheerful Stamp Pad </a>, <a href="http://theangelcompany.typepad.com/digi_design_house/" target="new">DDH Challenges</a>, <a href="http://cardsformen.blogspot.com/" target="new">Cards For Men</a>, <a href="http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/" target="new">Incy Wincy Designs</a>, <a href="http://kbchallenges.blogspot.com/" target="new">KB Cute Monday </a>, <a href="http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/" target="new">Make it Monday</a>, <a href="http://stampwithfun.blogspot.com/" target="new">Stamp with Fun</a>, <a href="http://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.com/" target="new">Stamps &amp; Fun = Creativity</a>, <a href="http://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/group/birthdaycard" target="new">The Outlawz </a>, <a href="http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/" target="new">Dream Valley Challenges</a>, <a href="http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/" target="new">Allsorts</a>, <a href="http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/" target="new">2 Sisters</a>, <a href="http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/">Inspire Me Fridays</a>, and <a href="http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/" target="new">Flutterby Wednesdays</a></p>
<p>Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!</p>
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