Stamping

I have love the process of stamping and stamp-making ever since I started letterboxing last July. To find out more information about letterboxing go to atlas quest It's a great site that really helped me start letterboxing.

Recently, though, I have been more focused on wedding stuff and not hobbies. We have been trying to decide on how to do our invitations. The problem is that I already have the stationary upon which we want the printers to print raised ink. They said that it can be done, but it could have some complications with the machines lining up. This made me extremely frustrated because I knew that I had always wanted my wedding invitations to have raised printing and buying new invites would be super expensive. So, I looked for alternative ways to make raised ink.

The process is called thermography printing, and I wanted to find a way to do it at home. I've recently also been bitten by the "crafty" bug. I love doing crafts and making things from scratch. One day, I went into Hobby Lobby to see if they had some interesting things I could use for my wedding, when I spotted an embossing kit. I thought that this would be a neat way to create the wedding invitations. As I started to look around and price things out, it happened.

I saw an embossing gun that would allow me to create the raised printing that I wanted for my invites. All I would need now was to get the invite wording printed onto a stamp(stamping ink stays wet longer than printer ink unless specially ordered). I then noticed the plethora of stamps.

To gauge how well we are at stamping, Chris and I purchased a few stamps to make birthday cards for some friends and family. This is how they turned out!

Front:

Inside:

Back:

Envelope: