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		<title>Highly Commended</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago Non Sequitur (wonderful stamp manufacturer in the US) had a competition for items using their images. I sent several items to them but they picked my least favourite to give a Highly Commended award to. I stamped the image of the man onto glossy card with a permanent black ink. I [...]]]></description>
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<p>A few years ago Non Sequitur (wonderful stamp manufacturer in the US) had a competition for items using their images. I sent several items to them but they picked <em>my </em>least favourite to give a Highly Commended award to.</p>
<p>I stamped the image of the man onto glossy card with a permanent black ink. I then overlaid it with encaustic waxes, using clear wax to enable the stamping to show through. The dragon on the front is a nod towards my place of residence – North Wales – and was stamped,<span id="more-1"></span> embossed and cut out before being attached to the front.</p>
<p>I got the great pleasure of being able to chose a plate of unmounted stamps from any of their collections as my prize – what fun! I did try to stay away from any of the usual stamps that appeal to me and go completely different. I&#8217;m not sure I succeeded totally but I did chose a lovely Christmas plate with some unusual images on it. They&#8217;ll pop up in other posts around the blog, I&#8217;m sure.</p>
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