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    walkunafraid    9/5/2010   Maine

    Hi All,

    I'm finally getting around to posting my Save-the-Dates that I sent out a few weeks ago.  I grabbed inspiration from quite a few members here, and for that I am very grateful!

    I gocco'd the outside of the envelope and then individually printed the addresses using my Canon Pixma (yes, I did send a save-the-date to Stephen King.  I figured I'll be in Maine so what the heck!).  The return address label is hand stamped and then embossed using gold powder.  The envelope liners were a mix of about 10 different papers.

    I also gocco'd the main save-the-date card on heavy chipboard and included a Moo Card with one of our pictures on the front (we used 16 different images) and our info and website on the back.  I'm pretty happy with how they turned out for my first gocco and design project, so I thought I'd share!

     

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    Ember78    December 15, 2012  

    They look great!

     
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    toothfairyb    September 4, 2010   Vancouver, BC

    Well done! They look great!

     
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    KMSull    August 7, 2010   Lexington, KY (via Atlanta, GA)

    Wow, those look REALLY awesome!

     
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    lemilie    06/05/10   Atlanta

    Those look fantastic!! I love love love the way you did the addresses on the front. 

     
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    OttawaBride2011    May 21, 2011   Ottawa, Ontario

    wow, those are fabulous!

     
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    BrooklynBride10    October 9, 2010   nyc

    That looks awesome!  Where did you get your return address stamp made?

     
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    walkunafraid    9/5/2010   Maine

    Thanks!  

    @BrooklynBride:  I got the stamp at www.rubberstamps.net .  The picture here isn't the greatest with the glare, but it really is legible in real life, even with the embossing.

     

     
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    sammyj    May 29, 2010   Ontario, Canada

    They look fabulous!!! Great job with your first gocco project! Burning the screen for the first time is nerve-wracking isn't it? Smile

    Question about your return address stamp: Did you design it yourself? If so, where did you get the pretty border?

     
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    walkunafraid    9/5/2010   Maine

    @sammy:  Yes, the first burn was a little stressful!  I still get a little nervous with every iteration, especially once I start layering colors on top of other colors!

    I did design the address stamp myself.  I used a border from istockphoto and adapted it in illustrator.  I don't remember the name of the file, but if you search for bookplates you should see it or something similar.

     
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    poodle    April 1, 2010   California / Planning Process in Chile

    Those are so awesome! I love the colors and the picture of you two! so cute!

     
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    GingerRogers    July 31, 2010   Canada

    I Love these!! Great work!

     
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    MzThrowBac2B    December 2012   Tx

    Your STD's look really good! Very pretty

     
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    FutureMrsDuff    8/28/2009   Bloomington, MN

    Absolutely awesome!!! So pretty and well-done!!

     
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    jordynrose    October 16, 2010   Las Vegas, NV/Chandler, AZ

    These are adorable!  I love them!

     
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    scissors    June 19, 2010   Atlanta, Ga

    Super pretty!

     

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