This sketch called for the right shape to use a new stamp from a set that features some major landmarks for the Copper County, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. This is the Quincy Mine in Hancock, MI. It is also this mine that my grandfather first worked in 1925, when he was 15 years old. Although in recent years the building has been re-sided with new gray siding, and is open for tours, I chose 'rust' to color it, for in my childhood there are vivid memories of a very rusty building that resembled (in my mind) a huge robot, shaped like a kangaroo that might move if I didn't keep my eyes on it. A nostalgic moment here...gee, what a strange imagination I had! LOL
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Registered: September 7, 2005 Location: The 5280! Posts: 10329
Wed, Jul 16, 2008 @ 10:32 AM
Very pretty card!! tfs
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Registered: November 28, 2004 Location: the Florida wilderness Posts: 20588
Wed, Jul 16, 2008 @ 10:59 AM
How wonderful to have such a personal connection to a stamp image! What a cool memory to have! I remember being creeped out by an old railroad dump site along the Allegheny River in Pa. when I was growinfg up! Kinda the same coming alive issue as your mine building!!! Love your card! Great colors and Love the copper layer...my fave metallic color!!!
How special a memory each time you stamp with this set. I am from the Upper Peninsula and familiar with the landmark. The Copper Country is God's Country, no doubt.
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