The separate pieces of this Lovely You Bundle are not retiring but don’t miss getting the Bundle and saving 10% while you can! I think this is one of those stamp sets that we kind of take for granted – nothing flashy about it but it has some good, basic stamps in it and lovely greetings that you can use in many ways. You can often do more with the smaller stamp images than the big dramatic ones. Of course we love them all!
Right now you can purchase the stamp set and coordinating punch for the greetings together in the Lovely You Bundle at a discount of 10%. From May 4th on you will be able to purchase the Lovely You Stamp Set and the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch separately in the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog but they will have to be purchased separately at full price.
The greetings can be used on many cards in their lovely font and the small images can be used on simple card designs, stamped randomly as a background on a card (which I think is really fun to do!) or just added to fill in some space when you need just a little something. I have used the punch many times for greetings when I wanted not a plain edge but a little bit of a design. The punch can handle different widths of cardstock giving you a little variation.
Here’s a card I made almost a year ago. I love stamping a background like this! You can see even small images can be used in many ways!
Be sure to check your stash and see if you “need” the Lovely You Bundle before the Bundle itself retires on May 3. Might as well save 10% on the price of both the stamp set and the punch if you can!
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.
