Stamping Friends From Coast to Coast

By | September 1, 2015

It’s always a good day when a new issue of Take Ten or The Stampers’ Sampler comes out; it’s always a better day when someone I know has a card published within its pages!

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The Autumn 2015 issue of Take Ten hit the bookstore today and I was there, excited to see who might be published this quarter. Sherry Pakulski of Colchester, VT has a card on page 62 selected for the Layout Design Challenge:

Let her eat cake

Sherry is my sister-in-law, and I will be flying out from California to Vermont to stamp with her soon! The hallmark of Sherry’s art, I think, is “attention to detail.” She does meticulous work, and that’s why she has become a regular contributor to these magazines. Everything about this card makes me “Happy,” including the clever title that she gave it.

Moving from the East Coast to the West Coast, I was delighted to find this card by Suzanne Delaware of Seattle, WA on page 127:

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I had admired some of Suzanne’s previous work published in an earlier issue and contacted her to let her know how much I loved her cards. This has led to a correspondence that has been fun as we enjoy watching for each others’ cards when the new magazines are published. Suzanne is a retired educator, and this piece reflects her background and the vintage style that she enjoys creating. Isn’t that replica index card just perfect?

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Rubber stamping and paper arts bring friends together, whether near or far. Which of your dear friends or family members who live far away would love receiving a hand-crafted card from you?

2 thoughts on “Stamping Friends From Coast to Coast

  1. valorydegree

    Thanks, Susan – I remember when I was a young schoolgirl I sent for a booklet offered by Eaton stationery company that was a guide to writing letters, to help gear your correspondence to your audience; so you would write a different type of letter to a girlfriend than you would your uncle, for example. My uncle was in Viet Nam at the time, and I think that impressed me as a very good skill to know.

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  2. Susan Heumphreus

    Awwww…that is a very sweet post, and reminds us of the value of real correspondence 🙂

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