It seems once I start on a DSP pack I cannot stop!  It is because once I start looking at all the choices, I realize the possibilities!  This card features some of the pink toned paper from the Blooms & Bliss DSP and uses the Blooms & Wishes stamp set. It is hard to tell what is stamped and what is DSP on this card! That is how great the Blooms & Wishes set is for creating backgrounds.

The Blooms & Wishes set is photopolymer making it easy to created layered looks. The stamps are designed with a watercolor look and layering images so it works well with soft muted tones, although I think you could do bright colors just as easily.  The layering would just get tricky with bright colors.  The sentiments in the set have a “handwritten” look to them that adds to the handmade look of cards. And who isn’t loving the ruches ribbons?  And oddly enough, Sweet Sugarplum was my least favorite of the new InColors, but has been the one I have used the most!

Recipe

Papers: Blooms & Bliss DSP, Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry, Blushing Bride
Stamps: Blooms & Wishes
Embellishments: Sweet Sugarplum Ruched Ribbon

Today’s card is somewhat of a “leftover” from one I did a few days ago with the Blooms & Bliss DSP.  The sentiment was stamped and framed and the butterflies were done. But these elements did not make the cut for the card a few days ago.   I loved how the framing turned out so well for the sentiment, but decided I needed to design another card to showcase them.  I love big, bold sentiments.  Sometimes, that is all that you need for a card.  This card would have been fine without the butterfly and the doily, but I kept “adding” on and liked what I saw and decided to keep all the embellishments in.

True, there is a lot going on, but I think when you go “dainty” or “vintage”, a lot of layering and embellishment work.  And in this design, it is the bow and doily that create the “dainty” look.  Yes, this has a lot going on, but I think it all works well together and makes a pretty card. Don’t be afraid to layer on a lot when you go “dainty” or “vintage”!

Recipe

Papers: Island Indigo, Mint Macaron, Blooms & Bliss
Stamps: Thankful Thoughts
Tools: Butterfly Thinlets, Big Shot
Embellishments: Mint Macaron Sheer Linen Ribbon, Basic Pearls

Today’s sweet looking card is another use of the Blooms & Bliss DSP and is a complete departure from the green card I showed the last post (which you can see HERE! ). As usual once I start on a pack of DSP, the ideas start coming!  I used the Love & Affection set because I thought I did not have the Blooms & Wishes set   I later found out I did!  I hate it when cannot even remember what I do and don’t have!  It is not a good sign. 🙂

This card uses a simple color scheme of Blushing Bride and Sweet Sugarplum. The stamped flowers required a lot of masking to get the look.   When it came time to add the sentiment, I really wanted something small.  The unusual shape was created using the Decorative Label Punch.

To make the unusual shape, I stamp the sentiment and then punch it out over the sentiment.  Then tack it onto a piece of copy paper with some removable adhesive and punch out where I want it under the sentiment.  Then I clip the “funny parts” off the shape. For the backing, I punch out another piece.  Then trace the shape of the sentiment shape on copy paper and tack that on the backing where I want it and use that to punch out the other side.  This clip off the “funny parts” again and there you have it!  Punches are so versatile for cutting out unusual shapes.

Recipe

Papers: Blooms & Bliss DSP, Blushing Bride, Sweet Sugarplum
Stamps: Love & Affection
Embellishments: Sweet Sugarplum Ruched Ribbon
Tools: Decorative Label Punch