What do you think of this beautiful background paper on this Calming Camellia Card With Stamped Background? Could you imagine that it is just a stamped background using the Calming Camellia Stamp Set? This Calming Camellia Stamp Set is available FREE during Sale-A-Bration as a Host Reward with a $300 order, either yours alone or with a group of friends. You can make a card like this one in about five seconds! Well, maybe a tiny bit longer! But this was some of the most satisfying stamping I have ever done!
This Calming Camellia Stamp Set is one of the Stampin’ Up!’s Distinktive** stamps. As Stampin’ Up! describes it, “This is a Distinktive** stamp set; it has a special texture that gives added depth and dimension in a single step, creating photo-realistic images. **Patent pending.” All you have to do is ink up the stamp and you get this beautiful stamping with almost no effort! It’s amazing!
I’ve seen some interesting techniques you can do with this stamp. I saw another Demonstrator on Instagram stamp with certain colors of ink on certain colors of cardstock. I doubt there was anything magical about her choices, she was probably experimenting with ink colors used with certain cardstock colors, which you can do as well! But I thought it was beautiful.
My card today is Flirty Flamingo ink on Blushing Bride cardstock. The card base is Blushing Bride, with a layer of Basic White just to show off the stamped layer a little better. I just made 1/8″ margins instead of the usual 1/4″. The top layer is Blushing Bride cardstock and then stamped with the Calming Camellia largest stamp. The greeting is one that is in the stamp set and I used the Everyday Label Punch. It is stamped in Flirty Flamingo ink. I tried layering it on different shapes and die cuts but in the end, I used my Blending Brush to ink around the edges of the label. I think this helps the white not be so stark against the stamped background yet helps it to stand out a bit almost like a layer underneath.
For some embellishment, I used a piece of the Very Vanilla 3/8″ Scalloped Lace Trim just going across the card underneath the greeting. The Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels are perfect on each side of the greeting.
Let’s talk about the actual stamping! It’s so easy! Just ink up the large camellia stamp and stamp randomly around on the cardstock! You can fill it up completely or leave an empty space. Whatever you like! The stamp really does ALL the work! It is amazing! Of course, you can also just stamp a single image on Basic White or some other color and use that as the focal point on your card or project. I just thought stamping all over the piece of cardstock with this particular stamp was so much fun. I would even say the name of the stamp, “CALMING Camellia” is true! It was so satisfying and calming to stamp with this type of stamp!
Sale-A-Bration ends February 28 so if you need to stock up on ink, cardstock, adhesives, maybe pick up some new products like the Blending Brushes or Water Painters, ribbon, new embellishments, Stampin’ Blends markers you don’t have…..now is the time! Maybe you can earn the Calming Camellia Stamp Set or at least earn some other free products! Another good idea is to purchase a Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription which goes on your Stampin’ Up! order like any other product if you need something good to put yourself up to the level you want!