Natural Beauties.

Today I wanted to share with you a stamp set by Papertrey Ink called "Natural Beauties". Papertrey Ink is hosting an online event on July 21st called Stamp-a-Faire Summer Camp, and if you order the Stamp-a-Faire tote FULL of goodies, you'll also receive this gorgeous stamp set. Click HERE to read more about the kit and the classes!

This set is so much fun to work with. The flowers are in layers, so first you stamp a light colored layer like I did here with Sweet Blush ink for the base of the flower. I stamped once onto a scratch piece of paper to get some of the ink off of my stamp, then stamped it again onto my card. This way, I got a really nice light colored flower. Then the second step was to stamp the top layer with Pure Poppy ink. The lighter the flower, the more the top layer will contrast with it!
For the blue flowers, I did the same thing with Spring Rain ink and Aqua Mist ink(for the first layer). The second layer was done with Hawaiian Shores ink on both. The difference between the Spring Rain and Aqua Mist flowers is subtle, but you can definitely tell they are different. The Aqua Mist flowers are a bit more teal blue.

Last, I filled in the blank spots with Spring Moss leaves (on the front card). I tried Simply Chartreuse leaves on the back card, which turned out a bit darker. I think I liked the Spring Moss better. The sentiment is from this set also. I added a Filigree border die cut from Handmade paper by Lily Bee and a little strip of paper from the Handmade collection also on the left of the cards.

The little flower centers were filled in with Sweet Blush. I wanted to mention also, as you can see in the above photo, I made the front of the card shorter than the back of the card, so the Filigree border would hang off the end.

(This stamp set will also be available for free on Stamp-a-faire day, July 21st, 2012, to all customers who make a qualifying purchase of $100 or more between 7am EST and 11:30pm EST, limit one per customer.)

Have a good day!

So Many of my Smiles card set:

STAMPS: Natural Beauties

INK: Sweet Blush, Pure Poppy, Spring Rain, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Spring Moss, Simply Chartreuse, True Black

PAPER: Handmade by Lily Bee, white cardstock
DIES: Doily Details
OTHER: machine stitching.