Posted by Sally Traidman
on July 28, 2020
On my daily walk I passed by my gorgeous gardenia bushes and was amazed by the wonderful aroma this year. For some reason they have bloomed twice. I thought Hero Florals Rose Stem looked a lot like my gardenias, so I used that for today's cards. I am also taken with typewriter fonts, so that's another reason.
I stamped the image on heavy watercolor paper in black and let it thoroughly dry. Add watercolors in layers. (Tip: stamp several flowers at a time and then paint while others dry!) I absolutely LOVE using From the Vault Aged Shadow Stamp for a background. Simply ink up with any pale color and mist with water and stamp. Or take a few inks and combine for a multi-color background.
Die cut with the Frame Cuts or hand cut. Stamp your desired message and then foam mount the rose on the shadow stamped background. Mount on desired papers.
For a really elegant look, stamp a matching liner from the rose stamp in a matching color. Copy paper works great. Insert in envelope and tack with a bit of glue.
These are easy and fast to make so you always have a card to send in a hurry.
Flowery love,
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10 comments
It’s always a special treat when you post, Sally – just love your style and creativity!! Beautiful watercoloring and I love the vault background stamp!!
Beautiful cards! I still love shadow stamps and am happy that I keep them in my collection of stamps. Thank you Sally for the lovely inspiration!
Love these beautiful cards and that you combined old and new stamps. I have kept all my Hero Arts stamps and often use them in this manner. Sometimes that little bit in the background gives the card the perfect touch as you did here.
So pretty and a huge thank you for reminding me of my collection of Hero Arts shadow stamps! They do make a wonderful statement.
Sally, these are just lovely! The envelope liner is a really nice touch!