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Old 12-09-2005, 06:31 PM   #6
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Since you are in town, if you want to make them look like nice watercolor, go to the Kelly Paper company, right next door to AZ Art Supply and scout around in the wedding section. I use Brilliant, white felt, plain Deckle #302 for really classy looking cards. They are like the Strathmore watercolor cards but much cheaper. I set them up to size on my color printer and with a bit of fidgeting, make a really nice and classy looking faux watercolor.

I used them for some of my first theater things....


...OR you could print photos on good photo paper and glue them into a panel card. The trick is to go to Kelly and see what they have. The self printing is just so much more cost effective for the small run "thank you gift" sort of card.

IF you have a lot of problem with smudging, there is a product I found at like Michaels, that they sell with the scrap booking in matte and gloss that can be sprayed on inkjet prints to decrease finger smudging.

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