(Catchupmageddon Post) Very pleased to have an Altenew layering flower stamp set to play with! This Pretty Pansies Stamp Set was one of the few I had my eye on, it's proving hard to find the ones at the top of my list. I chose a couple of layouts and made a simple 7 card set using all the more successful colour combos I tried with the stamps.
Most of the time I used distress oxides or inks with versafine black outlines. I also printed out some photos of real pansies to get some inspo for which colour schemes to try out. Background made using a stencil and distress oxides.
I spot other people get to use their washi tapes on their cards so I had a go too! I used a Hero Arts "messages with flourish" sentiment stamp for most of the "happy birthday" banners.
Some geometric papers from a magazine with a folded corner detail. I like how staples look but I don't think I ever get them quite right, lol!
Some funky papers I have been saving for something "special" but that time never arrived, decided I needed to use them before they became old fashioned! lol. Sentiment was a freebie set from Making Cards Magazine, it stamps up really nicely.
I think these two came out the best, I really liked the colour schemes. I had a go at making my own background paper using the leaf from the Pretty Pansies set but only used a small piece of it in the end.
Added stickles to the centres of the flowers to make them a bit more special.
And just because it made a colourful photo I thought I would share one of the wrapped up gifts that I added a pansy card too.
