My boss gave me a set of rubber stamps from Stampin’ Up last week (thanks Tauna!) called Delightful Doodles. As soon as I saw the stamps an idea popped into my head for a card layout. I turned it into my first blank card – perfect for any occasion. I am going to list this design as a set of 5 in my shop. Each card will be blank, but I will include a set of stamped sentiments, pre-cut so you may use the cards for a variety of occasions. The stamped sentiments will include: birthday, thank you, hello/thinking of you, congratulations and sympathy. When I post this entry in my shop I will post the link here on my blog!

Tomorrow, I will be posting a special post on distressing. A comment was left on one of my tutorial posts the other day asking about distressing – the techniques and tools used. I did a brief overview of distress in my newsletter, Squared Up, a couple months ago, but I want to go into more detail and I will do so tomorrow! So check back to learn more about the how and why of distressing!

Stamped Flower Card

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Materials

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  • Purple textured cardstock
  • Olive green woven cardstock from bazzill basics
  • Glossy white cardstock
  • Delightful Doodles rubber stamp set from Stampin Up
  • Bamboo Leaves fade-resistant dye ink from Memento
  • Rhubarb Stalk fade resistant dye ink from Memento
  • Desert Sand fade resistant dye ink from Memento
  • Cotton White Staz-On opaque ink
  • Jumbo Java ink from Versa Magic
  • OPTIONAL: Clear, yellow and green medium-sized “bling” (or rhinestones, crystal stickers, etc)
  • Adhesive, mini and large foam pop dots
  • OPTIONAL: Chestnut Roan chalk ink from Color Box

Instructions

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  1. Score a piece of 8 1/2 x 5 1/2″ purple cardstock and fold in half to make a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2″ card. The card will have a landscape orientation. Distress the edges with brown ink.
  2. Stamp the stem with two leaves three times on the green woven cardstock. Because the cardstock has a woven texture, the stamped image won’t be 100% clear, but that’s ok. Cut each stem out to 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″. Distress the edges with brown ink then adhere at different angles along the bottom edge of the card. Adhere the middle stem with a mini pop dot.
  3. Cut out three pieces of the white glossy cardstock measuring 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ (stamp on the glossy side). Stamp the flower three times onto each square with white opaque staz on ink. Let dry about a minute (don’t let it sit too long, though!)
  4. Place a piece of scratch paper underneath the stamped pieces of glossy cardstock. Apply Desert Sand memento fade-resistant dye ink to one of the stamped squares. I was told to apply the ink in a circular motion (place the ink pad flat on the piece of cardstock and applying the ink in circles, to the edges, making sure there is an even coverage.), however, I had a lot of trouble keeping the piece of paper still, so I use strokes from one corner to all sides of whatever piece I am dying. Just remember to dye the corner you hold on to!
  5. Repeat the process for the remaining two squares using bamboo and rhubarb dyes.
  6. Distress the edges of all three dyed/stamped squares with chestnut roan ink then adhere the squares at opposite angles above the stamped stems using mini pop dots. Use a large pop dot with the center flower.
  7. In the centers of the three flowers, place a medium-sized “bling”.
  8. Distress the edges of the inside of the card with chestnut roan ink.
  9. Cut a piece of 4 x 5 1/4 green woven cardstock. Distress the edges with chestnut roan ink, then center and adhere to the inside of the card.
  10. Using white staz on opaque ink, stamp a single flower in the bottom left corner of the card.


Thanks for creating with me! Pepper me with questions if you have them!