One Stamp, Four Ways: Love Birds Anniversary Card

If I may say so myself, I think this idea was pretty brilliant on my part! :-D This is the last of the four cards I made, and it's definitely the most different from the other ones. I shared three very different cards, but on all of them I used a flower stamp set to stamp, well, flowers. On this card, I wanted to think outside the box and really use the stamp in a new and different way.

I think these birds came out so cute! I used the large and small leaf stamps, and they're perfect! For the beaks, I just carefully inked the tip of the stamp in So Saffron ink, then inked up the rest of the stamp in my main color (I used Pool Party and Crisp Cantaloupe... which I realize looks like pink in this photo - sorry). Then I drew in their feet with a Basic Gray marker, and adhered them down with dimensionals. Easy and cute!

I also used the amazing new Hearts and Stars Masks to sponge a few hearts at the bottom of the Smoky Slate panel. I decided to make this an anniversary card, but I think it could be super cute for a baby card, too!

I hope I've inspired you to take another look at some of your stamps and see how you can mix them up. Have fun!

Happy Stampin'! :)

Stamping on Fabric

Stampin' Up's new Hoop La La set is one of the cutest and cleverest sets I've seen in a long time. There are so many techniques you could do with this adorable set, but the first thing I had to try was stamping it onto fabric. So I sat down and played around for a while, and this is the card I made.

While I was experimenting with stamping on fabric, I discovered some things that work well, and some things that don't really work. So when I decided to use the set to make a 2nd wedding anniversary (traditional gift: cotton - get it?) card for my friends Leanna and Jonathan, I decided to make a video to share some tips for stamping on fabric. Here's the second card I made - for the embellishment I used a great technique tutorial from Erin Lincoln that you can find on YouTube.

So if this looks like something you'd like to try, check out my video below, or on my YouTube channel. I walk you through how I made the embellishment for the card, as well as some info on how I put the card together.

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stampin'! :)


Welcome Card 

Hoop La La Stamp Set	Patio Party Designer Series Paper	Midnight Muse Cardstock	Crumb Cake Cardstock
Midnight Muse Ink	Raspberry Ripple Ink	Soft Suede Ink	Basic Gray Ink
Linen Thread	Naturals Designer Buttons

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XOXO Card 

Hoop La La Stamp Set	Baja Breeze Ink	Real Red Ink	Crumb Cake Cardstock
Baja Breeze Cardstock	Very Vanilla Cardstock	Summer Smooches Designer Series Paper	Paper Doily Sizzlits Die
Linen Thread

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