Welcome back to my week of “Big Ideas with Little Stamps”.  For today’s cards I’ve broken out a brand new tub of stamps –  the Ink ‘n’ Stamp Design Elements. (Click HERE to see all eighteen of the stamps included in the set.)

Combining Hero Arts Shadow Inks with tiny stamps allows you to create a soft pattern for an entire card or in just a corner like the sample shown.

Because these are dye based inks they tend to be absorbed into the paper creating soft overlapping patterns as shown below. After the ink has dried completely you can add a message or another image in StazOn ink.

Supplies:

• Ink ‘n’ Stamp Design Elements
• Heart Flourish
• Art Flowers White and Cream
• Pink Accent Pearls
• Pink Notecards
• Soft Lilac, Soft Blossom & Soft Apricot Shadow Inks

Instructions:

1. Trim about a ½ “off the side and bottom of a pink notecard.
2. Using Shadow Inks and the solid flower shape, stamp an overlapping area of flowers. Stamp the flourish design in Soft Lilac Shadow Ink over the stamped flowers.
3. When the ink has dried add white and cream flowers, allowing the petals to extend over the side and bottom of the notecard. Place a pink pearl accent in the center of each flower.

Tip: If you trim the bottom and side of the notecard, you can allow the flowers to extend over the notecard and still fit in the same sized envelope.

I made this next card during a commercial — we’re talking really simple.

Supplies:

• Ink ‘n’ Stamp Design Elements
• Art Flowers Summer
• Citron Gemstones
• Garden Notecards
• Memories Black Ink
• Primary Elements Chalk Ink Queue (Lime Pastel)
• Other: white cardstock, glue dots

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of white paper into a square shape and mount on a piece of green apple paper.
2. Stamp three tiny branches in lime green ink on the white paper and the message in black ink. Adhere to the front of an endive notecard from the Garden variety pack notecards.
3. Attach the flowers over the leaves adding gemstones to the center of each flower.

Thanks for the great hidden storage tips yesterday, and if you missed yesterday’s post be sure to leave a tip HERE for a chance to win the Ink ‘n’ Stamp Floral tub.  I’ll announce the two winners tomorrow morning. I also have a fun video to share tomorrow — see you then!

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