Double Stampin

Another day another card! Spring is in the air and it's raining! Yeah no snow! Finally! LOL! I've been playing with some different colour combinations and some fun techniques. This card uses Yoyo Yellow, Real Red and Whisper White CS. To start off with the base of the card is on whisper white card stock. I used the corner rounder to scallop the bottom edge of the yoyo yellow cs. I stamped the dots from the polka dots and paisley stamp set in whisper white craft ink. I used real red to double stamp this elegant flower from the heartfelt thanks set, stamped so saffron in the center of the flower and cut it out....I'm into a real cutting frienzy lately...Look out! Red twill ribbon was added across the top of the yellow to complete the front. Now for the inside.....I cut out a piece of yoyo yellow cs and scalloped the top and bottom edges. I added some slices in the center of the card to allow for the pop up sentiment. The sentiment is one of my favourites from the all holidays set, and was stamped in real red and mounted on coordinating cs. Just to show you how versatile this stamp set can be I've included another card, a little more subdued and just as easy. For this card I cut the paper 4 1/4" by 10 1/2" so that it would still fit in a standard card envelope. I folded the card off center so the front is a little shorter than the back of the card. For the center image I double stamped the flower using mellow moss as the solid stamp and old artichoke as the outline. To get the variations in colour some of the flowers were stamped two or three times before reinking. I added some eyelettes and threaded some ribbon through them. I matted the front image on old artichoke cs and added a strip of cs behind the scallops to accentuate them. The result is a very soft card that can be used for almost any occassion: birthday, thank you, thinking of you, get well, etc. I hope you enjoy my blog and keep stamping!