MRS RUSSELL'S POTATOES
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Here is a step-by-step description of the process:
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1. Start with a basket of potatoes. 
2. Choose potato.
3. Slice with pastry slicer or large flat knife on cutting board.
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4. Carve desired shape with jackknife or small kitchen knife. 
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5. Use cardboard palette for stamping pad. Smoothly spread paint to consistency of mustard or ketchup with 1" brush. 
6. The potato becomes a stamp. The cardboard the stamping pad.
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7. Print design. It is fun to repeat the design and embellish with details!
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" Keep Snail Mail Alive!"
The cards are purposefully blank inside. It is an opportunity to write your own words in your own writing. 
It is a challenge to slow down, take a deep breath and create a personal message. In the end your words are the real gift that you will be sending. 
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