Specimen slides in the crafting world—especially for junk journals—are a brilliant way to blend vintage aesthetics with mixed media creativity. They’re inspired by real microscope slides but reimagined as miniature artistic embellishments.

Please make a minimum of 3 different specimen slides for your partner. For this swap, size doesn't matter! You do not need a die cutting machine to make these. You may use a craft knife or punch to create your windows. You don't need to use any premade cards or inserts. You definitely don't need to include bugs as your specimen: 👉🏼30+ things to add to your specimen slides.

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What can you use specimen slides for? Tuck them into art and junk journals, attach them to gift packages, layer onto greeting cards, collect them as ATCs, make a mini booklet of several specimens, or whatever else you can dream up.

You must live in the USA, have a 4.98+ rating, been rated for a minimum of 30 Type 3 swaps, and have no recent 1s or unexplained 3's.

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