There's a trend lately... on FaceBook (which I suspect prompted this amazing challenge topic)... to use an app there to turn your photo into an animal.
....I took a pic of a stamp, then erased QE2 off of it. Eh wala, perfect deckle edges, and a plain white bg. BAM!
I thought of that- but none of our stamps had those edges! With the sticky backs, they all were straight edges [/quote]
True, I've seen a few like that. But as this challenge was also around Xmas time and I got some cards, there were deckle edges aplenty. Cancellation marks too, but I didn't bother with them cause the new Cdn cancel mark is essentially several ellipsis at a 45 degree angle. Boring.
FWIW stamps have "perforated" edges. A "deckle edge" is completely different, where the edge of the paper has been roughened (as with sandpaper), and it is fuzzy but without any distinct shapes; it's usually found on one edge of a card or the bottom of fancy letterhead.
First I googled stamp actions but found non I liked so decided to try it on my own. I recieved a Christmas card from Barbara from Germany and fashioned mine from one of the stamps on her envelope. I made the dempled edges with circles by using the grid, placed the circles evenly around the photo and actually the stamp had Holiday Cheers on it just like the one I entered in the challenge.
