Framed Tulips embossing folder Archives

When I received my Easter Blessings stamp I just couldn’t wait to use it with the hydrangea image from(The Best of 25 Years Set) Best of Flowers . I have a few smaller stamps that say Happy Easter and had my eye on this larger print stamp as soon as I saw it in our Seasonal Catalog. This is a single stamp so it only available as a wood -mount set. I just love the script & how it so elegantly flows, don’t you?

I created several cards using this set for my March Step-Up Class which had 3 different Easter cards & 2 thank you cards. I wanted a simple card using both of these sets for my 10-10-30 class.Participants did the “thumping technique” to create the colors on the hydrangea. I am sure those of you that recognize this hydrangea are thinking,” Um, this sure does look smaller than I remember it.” You’re right! This set is a collection of 3 of the best flower stamps from the past quarter-century, only in a smaller size. I just love the sizes in this set as they are so versatile (and they go great with their larger original images). This set also includes a never-before-seen flower image that coordinates perfectly with our 1-1/4″ Scallop Circle punch.

Here is the card I came up with.

Here are the materials used

Stamps: Easter Blessings #129183

Best of Flowers#133342 (clear mount only)

Inks: Soft Suede Pad #126978

Pretty in Pink Pad # 126955

Wisteria Wonder Stampin’ Write Marker (2011-2013 set)# 123002

Paper:Wisteria Wonder#122922

Whisper White #100730

Accessories: Big Shot Die Machine #113439

Framed Tulips Embossing Folder #121809

Apothecary Accents Framelits #127003

Elegant Butterfly Punch #127526

Rhinestone Basic Jewels # 125577

A fun fact on the Nikko Blue Hydrangea- the more acidic the soil the more blue the flowers are.

This card makes me anxious for my flowers to start flowering, how about you?

The Courage stamp set is one of my favorites to use when sending cards to our troops. I always have those participating in making cards for the troops to make at least 1 card using this set to thank them for their service. This card shows the basic card wee do, each time creating it with a different color. For this card we also used the Service & Sacrifice stamp set. You can find both these sets on page 50 of our 2011-2012 Catalog/Idea Book.

This card is a Whisper White, 8 x 5 1/4 piece of cardstock scored at 4". We then embossed a frame on the front of the card using the Framed Tulips embossing folder for the Big Shot. After stamping the image and chosen verse in Night of Navy Classic ink, we mounted the card onto a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 piece of Night of Navy cardstock. Sometimes we will cover the center of the card with a piece of paperr and brayerr some of the same color ink over the embossed image to add more detail.

Materials :

Stamps-

Courage # 115330

Service & Sacrifice # 115992

Inks-

Night of navy Classic

Paper-

Whisper White, Night of Navy

Misc.-

Framed Tulips embossing folder # 121809

Big Shot , Simply Scored Scoring Tool

HapBEE Stampin'!

Judi

Easter Blessings & Best of Flowers stamp sets

Stampin’ Up! retiring Courage stamp set