I used to buy just any little stamp that was trendy and caught my fancy, but I soon discovered I rarely used them. They are tucked away in an adorable vintage drawer that I put my less used stamps in. Now when I purchase a stamp, I'm looking for a work horse. One that can get the job done for many occasions. Let me recommend my Doodle Blossoms Stamp Set. It is friendly with other stamps and I keep finding more and more ways to use them.
Lately I've been seeing adorable wreath stamp sets, and I love a good wreath. I wondered if I could use my Doodle Blossoms to make one. I was beyond pleased. They make the most adorable wreaths.
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| My Doodle Blossoms Stamp Set make wonderful wreaths! |
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| It started with a circle. |
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| Spring wreath |
A summer wreath had to be next. Beginning again with a circle, I stamped around it with the tiny aster flower stamp in the Doodle Blossoms, using Distress Inks (Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin, Aged Mahogany), alternating the colors. I used Tuxedo Black Ink for the the sentiment. The sentiment came from one of my lovely crafty friends. Sorry I don't remember who made it. Then I sprayed with with Tattered Angels Spray to give it a shiny orange happy glow. This was a quick one layer card.
Time for Autumn. There is a little leaf in the Doodle Blossoms Stamp set. I stamped around my traced circle again this time with Memento Rich Cocoa Ink. Stamping the leaves in a random pattern gave my a loose and more natural looking wreath. I impatiently dried the ink with my heat tool and used my colored pencils to color in the leaves. Covering the leaves with yellow first, I began to add darker colors. Orange, red, tan, brown, dark brown pencils in a row, I shaded a little less of the leaf each time the color got darker. For good measure I then colored the leaves yellow just like at the beginning. The leaves looked all warm and glowy. Spell check doesn't think glowy is a word. It should be! I cut around the outside, leaving the inside white. I embossed Hello from my own stamp. Then it hit me! The finishing touch was embossing the little leaves falling in clear embossing powder. Now I had a breezy autumn wreath card.
Since I had the embossing gun warm, I decided to emboss my winter/Christmas wreath card. Choosing the twiggy bud stamp, I stamped around my circle (who is my new best crafty pal) with Versa Mark Ink. on Bazzill Blue Paper. Then I used Ranger white embossing powder on the card front. Of course before embossing I dusted it with my little anti static pillow to help control where the embossing powder went. Using Ranger Red Stickles, I dotted on little berries.
I have an old cigar box with odds and ends from previous card projects. Often times I find just the right embellishment in there. I found a flower that could be a poinsettia once I Doodle Blossoms and Copic Coloring.
trimmed it down. It came from an earlier blog post. Click here to solve that little mystery. Hint it involves my Doodle Blossoms Stamp Set:
Tacking the little flower on with some Ranger Enamel Accent dots was just delicious. I used some of my Vintage Gold Paper to make a little banner. Then I embossed a Be Merry Lawn Fawn greeting on it. It's a little hard to read in the picture because the paper has a subtle shine, but my phone's flash doesn't. Think papparazzi,
I think my little wreath making experiment paid off. I have a few more wreath ideas to play with. I think I'll share them soon. In the meantime...
Happy stamping,
Carolyn
All materials used either come from my little Etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/PinkBunkadoo or from Amazon where I buy most of my crafty supplies.
Time for Autumn. There is a little leaf in the Doodle Blossoms Stamp set. I stamped around my traced circle again this time with Memento Rich Cocoa Ink. Stamping the leaves in a random pattern gave my a loose and more natural looking wreath. I impatiently dried the ink with my heat tool and used my colored pencils to color in the leaves. Covering the leaves with yellow first, I began to add darker colors. Orange, red, tan, brown, dark brown pencils in a row, I shaded a little less of the leaf each time the color got darker. For good measure I then colored the leaves yellow just like at the beginning. The leaves looked all warm and glowy. Spell check doesn't think glowy is a word. It should be! I cut around the outside, leaving the inside white. I embossed Hello from my own stamp. Then it hit me! The finishing touch was embossing the little leaves falling in clear embossing powder. Now I had a breezy autumn wreath card.
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| Autumn Wreath |
Since I had the embossing gun warm, I decided to emboss my winter/Christmas wreath card. Choosing the twiggy bud stamp, I stamped around my circle (who is my new best crafty pal) with Versa Mark Ink. on Bazzill Blue Paper. Then I used Ranger white embossing powder on the card front. Of course before embossing I dusted it with my little anti static pillow to help control where the embossing powder went. Using Ranger Red Stickles, I dotted on little berries.
I have an old cigar box with odds and ends from previous card projects. Often times I find just the right embellishment in there. I found a flower that could be a poinsettia once I Doodle Blossoms and Copic Coloring.
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| Winter Christmas Wreath |
Tacking the little flower on with some Ranger Enamel Accent dots was just delicious. I used some of my Vintage Gold Paper to make a little banner. Then I embossed a Be Merry Lawn Fawn greeting on it. It's a little hard to read in the picture because the paper has a subtle shine, but my phone's flash doesn't. Think papparazzi,
I think my little wreath making experiment paid off. I have a few more wreath ideas to play with. I think I'll share them soon. In the meantime...
Happy stamping,
Carolyn
All materials used either come from my little Etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/PinkBunkadoo or from Amazon where I buy most of my crafty supplies.