One of my favorite things to do in stamping is to stamp….randomly all over the paper! That repetitive stamping just feels good for the soul! This card didn’t entirely have that feel because I colored the main flower stamp with markers before stamping, so it wasn’t ink pad….stamp….ink pad….stamp. It was color the flower, color the stem, huff (breathe) on it, stamp and repeat! But the little flowers were stamped from the ink pad!
The card base is Granny Apple Green and I used Shimmery White Cardstock for the card front. Shimmery White is my all-time favorite cardstock! It has that shimmer that you can barely see but when you do see it, it is very pretty and subtle. It stands up to watercolor better than regular Whisper White, too.
The floral stamping is done with the Lovely You Stamp Set. You might think that this stamp set is all about the pretty greetings, but as you can see, you can use the flowers as well as the leaves and stems in the set to make cards.
The large flowers and stems are colored with Stampin’ Write markers instead of ink. This is the technique that is good to use when you want different colors on one stamp. I colored the flower with Melon Mambo and the stem with Granny Apple Green. Be sure you huff or breathe on the stamp to moisten the ink before stamping. Using markers gives just a little lighter look to the image.
Next I stamped just a few Daffodil Delight little flowers. Maybe I didn’t clean off my stamp very well or else my Mango Melody ink pad was a little off somehow because I got mostly multi-colored flowers instead of solid Mango! I really liked that accidental shading, though!!
I did have to remind myself to “stop” once I thought I was liking the look of all the stamping. It’s always tempting to keep going, but sometimes you have to know when to stop!
The greeting is stamped from the Lovely You Stamp Set also. A good variety of sentiments to choose from in such a pretty font! I stamped it on a 3/4″ strip of Shimmery White Cardstock and used the new Lovely Labels Pick A Punch to punch one end. Then I cut a 1″ strip of Melon Mambo Cardstock to be the layer under the greeting. If the 1″ wide strip doesn’t fit well in the punch, just trim it down a hair to get it to fit.
Since I didn’t have Melon Mambo ribbon which would have been my first choice, I used the Daffodil Delight 1/4″ Ruched Ribbon to tie a very small bow to put on the greeting. I even moved it in a little bit off the very edge so maybe you can still see the decorative end from the punch! I just used a Mini Glue Dot to adhere the bow.
And then I wanted just a tiny bit more, so I adhered a few sequins! These are the Artistry Blooms Sequins which are great because they already have adhesive on the back! They come in four colors so don’t think the color on the top of the package is the only one. I just used the smallest sequins on the card to just add a little sparkle with out taking away from the flowers.
You can purchase the Lovely You Bundle which includes the stamp set and the new punch! I’m liking the punch so you should check it out! Not everything has to be super fancy so try out some basic stamping like I did on this Lovely You Floral Stamped Card For a Friend.