Thursday, October 1, 2015

More Stamps Recreated


I came across these other stamp cards I made awhile back so I thought I would show these as well to add more images to yesterdays post.  It was hard and is still hard to cut up stamps. I felt the same way about cutting discarded books. The stamps I get are just stored in boxes and not in a nice fancy stamp book album. I am giving these old cancelled stamps a new life in some way. I still have plenty of untouched stamps that are preserved.

Tiny stamp houses


My "Stamp People". I made the guys pants out of a discarded atlas and his arms from old book pages.

This is a super easy birthday card. I used a Martha Stewart balloon punch
 and then drew the string on with a fine tip marker.

You should check out my friend Pamela's blog post from cappuccinoandartjournal.blogspot.com
on May 28th titled It's All about the Stamps!  Two of my cards are featured as well as a lot of other great images!
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11 comments:

  1. cjsrqOctober 1, 2015 at 3:28 PM

    Love all your stamp creations, especially the birthday cakes! Boy, I wish I had a place like The Penny Ranch - what fun!

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    1. monicaleeartfulrecrafterOctober 1, 2015 at 4:31 PM

      Thanks for commenting. Maybe I should send you a bunch of stamps? As long as I keep going in the store he will keep showing me boxes. Last time he "saved" some for me..

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  2. Cappuccinoandartjournal.blogspot.comOctober 1, 2015 at 4:24 PM

    Yeah (hi cjsrq!) -- what she says! I want to go to the Penny Ranch too! Or have you deliver -- oh wait!!! You DID deliver -- and a big thank you to you. You are a lovely and generous pal. I absolutely LOVE your creations.

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  3. monicaleeartfulrecrafterOctober 1, 2015 at 4:32 PM

    Thanks Pamela. YES, I think I have some airmail and Japanese envelopes from the Penny Ranch for you. It is all in a box… whenever we see each other. We leave so close but we are too busy!

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  4. HannahOctober 4, 2015 at 1:09 PM

    I sense a field trip to the Penny Ranch coming on Monica! I really like what you are doing with these stamps, letting them act as the design source for the card; brilliant!

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    1. monicaleeartfulrecrafterOctober 5, 2015 at 8:53 AM

      Thanks, Hannah for commenting. I know you and Linda are very busy in your retirement creating art! So happy for you both.

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    Incredible Britain is a country of stamp authorities, for sure the first stamp ever issued, the Penny Black was British. Philately is so basic in England that numerous philanthropies even acknowledge stamp accumulations as gifts. You won't discover United Kingdom composed on the British stamp since stamps began in Britain and thusly it's just different nations who separate utilizing the nation name.

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