I finally stopped the world and played with the new Varied Vases Stamp Set and matching Vases Builder Punch and made this Flowers in Vases Card For a Friend. So many wonderful new stamp sets, paper, punches, tools, and accessories to play with after the debut of a new Stampin’ Up! Catalog! It’s hard to get around to everything! You can even save 10% by purchasing the stamp set and punch in a Bundle.
I started with a card base of Poppy Parade, just because, and a piece of Whisper White cardstock on which to stamp the flowers and vases. As the design developed, I layered the Whisper White piece on top of So Saffron and Basic Black.
Two of the vases are stamped and then punched out, one with Coastal Cabana ink and the other with Poppy Parade ink, and the center one is just punched out of a piece of patterned paper from the Garden Impressions 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. I thought that the yellow side of the paper would go with the So Saffron although the opposite side of the paper with a flowery design was also very pretty for a vase!
Rather than just stamping the flowers randomly and hoping they were placed correctly for the vases, I first stamped the vases very lightly with Gray Granite ink, stamped off once or twice. Then I stamped the flowers in Memento Black ink. After punching out the vases, I was able to adhere those right over the lightly stamped vases and the stamping didn’t show at all! Then I colored in the flowers with various Stampin’ Blends Markers. Love those markers!
Just to “ground” the vases, I scribbled on a little shadow with the Light Smoky Slate marker. The greeting is found in the Varied Vases Stamp Set, and I just added a couple of gold Metallic Pearls on each end. I like the way this card turned out with no plan in mind! I’ve seen so many pretty cards made with this Varied Vases Stamp set and coordinating punch, so there is lots of fun stamping ahead!