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Love, Victorian style By BETTY SMITHPress special writer One Victorian card was hand-shaped, with a feather boa. The sentiment fit into the card like a hand into a glove.
Victorians fancied intricate shapes, fold-out cards, and cards with many parts. "You're not going to use everything that's in there. You have a choice of what to use," Ray said. The packets contained enough material for several additional cards to be made at home. She also told them where to seek more supplies. "You can use pattern paper, you can use wallpaper, you can use scrapbooking paper, whatever you like," she said. Victorians often used illustrations cut out of magazines or advertisements. The tables also contained fancy. deckle -edged scissors, hole punches and ink pads for antiquing the edges of the paper. Ray asked how many had attended a similar workshop before. Five of the 16 raised their hands. "I never know who's going to be in the class, but what we're going to be doing this year is totally different," Ray promised them. Martha Spillman of Fort Gibson was one of the repeats. "I had done a class with Martha [Ray] five or six years ago. It was so much fun. We made a purse card, and I've used that pattern over and over," she said. "I was lucky I wasn't working today. Martha is such a great teacher." Many people have asked her where she got the ideas for the cards she made, and she came ready to get more ideas. "Today you're going to be making an envelope card because the Victorians liked them," she said. Ray told them to select five pieces of fancy paper. After forming the envelopes, they cut out tags that would express sentiments. Each would be inserted into one of the envelopes and attached with a ribbon, perhaps with a heart adorning it. Ray showed them a card with the sentiment stating, "In the game of love, I consider myself a winner, and you're the prize." 
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