I am loving the  Sale-a-bration Bloomin’ Marvelous stamp set !  It makes a great one-layer greeting card.  So many possibilities.  But it is also a set that can create design disaster.  Since the images and the sentiments go together, you can see how tempting it would be to stamp one image and one sentiment on a card side by side, or top and bottom, but that is not pleasing to the eye.

But there are design tricks that can be used to make these coordinating images work together.  One option is to use the image stamp in a pattern of multiples as I’ve done in this card.  Soon I’ll be offering the Stamping Julie Design Series so you can learn design and art principles that you can use in your papercrafting.

And I love the ‘in-colors’ in this card.  I use my color coach all the time for inspiration.  I usually have a couple of colors in mind and then I consult the color coach to see what other colors I want to incorporate.  I think I started with the Summer Starfruit and Basic Gray and then decided that Primrose Petals was the perfect accent.

I used masking in a couple of different ways on this card.  I stamped the hummingbird, then used a sticky note mask to cover before stamping the flowers around it.  I also masked the area for the flowers.  After stamping, I used the Simply Scored Scoring Tool and the new Borders Scoring Plate to add a subtle but interesting border around the field of flowers.

Here’s the card recipe:

(All supplies are Stampin’ Up! Click on the product link to visit my store for pictures, details & ordering.)

SAB: Bloomin’ Marvelous stamp set w-#129651 c-#129654

Ink: Summer Starfruit #126991, Primrose Petals #126858, Basic Gray #126981

Paper: Whisper White cardstock #100730, Basic Gray cardstock #121044

Extras: Tasteful Trims XL Bigz Die #125597, Big Shot die-cutting machine #113439, Rhinestones #119246, Simply Scored Scoring Tool#125586, Borders Scoring Plate #126192

 

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I hope you enjoyed this one-layer card (with the exception of the scallop border.)  I have a few more Stampin’ Up! Bloomin’ Marvelous cards to share, so stay tuned.

Enjoy! Julie

That’s right!  For You: a 1-day Stampin’ Up! Stamp Sale Spooktacular!

TODAY ONLY!  Monday, October 29th is a great day to prepare for the upcoming holidays.  Make your wish list and place your order.

Here are the details:

• Starting at 12:00 AM (MT) and ending at 11:50 PM (MT), almost every stamp is 15 percent off.

This means all stamps in the current catalogs including

• Background stamps
• Personalized name stamps
• Cookie press stamps
• Single-image stamps

This DOES NOT include

• Hostess sets
• Bundled stamp sets
• Digital stamp brush sets

Plus some of the most popular stamps from stamp sets are now available for purchase singly.  These are available in clear-mount only. Below is a sampling. Click here to check out the entire list.

Be sure to click ’all’ in the ‘show’ button on the right of the screen under the header.

Click Here to Order Stampin’ Up! Products 24/7 (and don’t forget to check out the dozens of new items added to the clearance rack.)

View the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog here

IN ADDITION, enjoy 50% off Digital Download Kits today, October 29th to November 5th.

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Enjoy!  Julie