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Genuine Gems

I had such a fun time at OnStage in Minneapolis this past weekend, and I just HAD to play with one of my new stamp sets when I got home!

As some of you know, I haven't been great at keeping up with my stamping lately because I have been finishing up my undergrad degree, my grandmother recently passed away, and life is throwing some other curveballs at me right now. It's been difficult to get back into stamping, which is a shame because it truly is my self-care. Part of getting better physically and mentally means getting back into my stamping room more often! I'm glad that OnStage gave me some motivation this weekend.

So anyway... how fitting that for my Prize Patrol at OnStage, I got a stamp set full of sympathy sentiments! The new set, which will be available in the NEW 2019-2020 ANNUAL CATALOG, is called Genuine Gems. I'm not one for making a lot of sympathy cards, but I love the sentiments in this set! I used a few of the stamps from this set to make a card for myself today! (Is that even a thing...???)

I really let the paper do the work for this card. It was very minimal stamping and simply just layering different colors and patterns of paper to achieve a unique look. I also used the Botanical Bliss set and Botanical Tags thinlits to add a little extra sparkle!

Here is the card! I hope you enjoy!



Here is the new stamp set! This will be available in the new Annual Catalog that comes out in June.



Product List (Could not add Genuine Gems to this list yet as it is not yet available!)

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