I was first introduced to stamping when I was about 10 from my little sister Andi. Her grandma was into stamping her own cards and had given her some of her old stamps. When I would go visit my sister, we would stamp... our names, sports, things we liked; we'd stamp pages for hours.
When I started scrapbooking (thanks so my sister, Mandy), I got back into stamping. I was looking for a way to spice up my pages without using stickers all the time because they were so expensive. I was strolling through Michael's, ended up down the stamp section and remembered stamping with my sister Andi; I thought "why not!?" its gotta be a good alternative to stickers.
A couple of stamp pads and stamps on clearance later, I ended spending maybe $5 versus the almost $2 a piece for stickers.
When it came time to figuring out how to save money on wedding stuff for our October wedding, I knew I wanted to stamp our "Thank You's" instead of buying fancy ones. Not only is it WAAAAAY cheaper, it adds more of a personal touch! I'm not knocking anyone here so please don't take offense, but I'd rather have a "Thank You" card made by the Bride and Groom with a hand written note than one that's just a bunch of pictures with the Bride and Groom's signature.
These are some of our "Thank You's," we did a couple different versions. We wanted to give our guests something nice and personal because most of them traveled pretty far to share our special day with us.
Everyone loves to give cards for holidays; if you love being crafty and like to save money, consider stamping! Instead of paying $3 or more for a card, make one. You can buy blank cards from any craft store, and there are always stamps and stamp pads on clearance. Add that personal touch for gramma's birthday or for someone's baby shower all while saving some money!
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