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How to make a scratch off ticket to reveal a surprise

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DSC09005Over at the Artmind blog there is a cool tutorial on how to make a scratch-off lottery ticket. Now she doesn’t use recycled images or card stock but that is exactly what popped into my mind when I saw this. I thought of using old Bingo cards, Monopoly cards or even images from magazines, printing little love notes or other secret messages and then covering them up. OK so I am still a bit old fashion. Do kids in school still pass notes in class or is it all done through texting now? Ah the good old days……

Check out these Customizable scratch cards on Etsy.

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  2. this is so cool its teachers appreciation day
    tomorrow and making this for them would be cool
    thanks. (i don’t have metallic paint)where can i buy it from

  3. I am going to make this for my husband, but it will be to share the news that we are pregnant! Surprise!

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