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Quick Tip – Get The Look Of Matting & Save Time And Paper!

6 Jul

Hi friends! It’s time for another quick tip. Today’s tip is an idea for how to make your project look matted while saving paper and time!

Quick Tip - Get The Look Of Matting & Save Time And Paper!

How do you do this, you may be asking? By laying the edges of your cardstock against an ink pad to pick up ink, just at the edges. Pretty simple!

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  1. Phyllis Strickland says

    July 6, 2023 at 7:57 AM

    Many moons ago, before matching inks and cardstock we’re available, i faked color layers by coloring the edges with an art marker and a ruler.

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    • Teresa :) says

      July 6, 2023 at 1:25 PM

      Great idea!!!

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  2. Cathey Woody says

    July 6, 2023 at 10:06 AM

    Great idea! I’m a paperholic, so this tip will help!
    Thank you for all you do for me.

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    • Anna Helman says

      July 6, 2023 at 11:10 AM

      Awesome!

      Reply
  3. Lynn Klitzke says

    July 17, 2023 at 12:54 AM

    Thank you for the wonderful tip on how to get the edges of the card colored. Your video is very informative. Hope everything is going well with you. ☺

    Reply
    • Anna Helman says

      July 19, 2023 at 9:22 AM

      I’m glad this is helpful Lynn!

      Reply

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