Shoebox: Unique Card Techniques

But she didn't use shoe polish for color obviously. It appeared to be either rubber stamp ink or perhaps chalk. At any rate, they were pretty. Her third card featured a couple of rubber stamped images ... and the image on the inside liner of the card was stamped on a piece of textured paper that had come from the bib she had worn while at the dentist's office.

The last card featured a very feathery feeling background that had been made by stamping with a bunch of rubber bands that had been stuffed into a little wooden candle holder and then cut off. In addition, several images had been stamped on little triangles of decorative paper that looked familiar. Why? They had been cut out of envelope liners ... the kind we have featured on the show several times that line the envelopes that your bills often arrive in.

Also in with these cards were several others with a most interesting background; the way she made the background sounded like fun, so we had to try it. Wrap a piece of aluminum foil around the plate of your iron and then turn it up to high. We turned ours up to just below the highest setting. Take several crayons or crayon stubs and draw on the bottom of the foil covered iron then stamp it on a piece of paper. Virginia recommended a high gloss paper as being the best. When the melted crayon cools, cut out a card or a piece of a card and rubber stamp on it. We liked that one.

NOTE: Don't let a bad-looking design disappoint you. When cut up and folded into a card and used as a background, it will look entirely different.

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