We are all excited about the new Stampin’ Hot Foil System, and there are many new products to go along with it. You might not think about it while you are shopping, but there are some nice stamp sets that are JUST photopolymer stamp sets you can buy even if you aren’t getting the hot foil system. This Sweetly Sentimental Stamp Set is one of those. While you will see it listed in the Hot Foil category, and you will also see that you can buy it in a Bundle with the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies (which have the small greetings you can foil and then diecut). While the Bundle is great and will save you 10% buying the stamp set and dies together over separately, just be aware that you can buy the stamp set just for the stamp set, or you can buy the dies alone without the stamp set. I didn’t think about that when I was ordering things, not that I regret my purchases! The Stampin’ Hot Foil System is an investment; these are things to consider if you are trying to get just a few things you like and need.
This Sweetly Sentimental Floral Card is an example of using the Sweetly Sentimental Stamp Set from the Bundle but without any hot foiling. The card base is Petal Pink to match how I colored in the large flower. The large floral piece is stamped with Memento ink on Basic White cardstock and colored in with Stampin’ Blends. For the flower, I used the Petal Pink Combo, trying to leave a tiny bit of white space. The leaves I colored in with a little Light Lemon Lolly and then Lemon Lime Twist and Granny Apple Green. A lady who painted once told me leaves should always have a little yellow in them. The small flowers are colored with the Calypso Coral Combo.
I fussy-cut the whole stamped image so that I could layer it on a piece of designer series paper. It was a little trickier to do, cutting close to the small flower stems, but it’s okay to leave a little bit of white cardstock as a margin. I went back and colored those areas lightly with Petal Pink to match the background paper, but that isn’t really necessary.
I chose a piece of Petal Pink designer paper in the Lovely Blossoms Designer Series Paper for the background layer with a tiny little print on it. After deciding to add a layer of Basic White underneath it, I cut it down to 3 3/4″ x 5″ with the white layer being the usual 4″ x 5 1/4″. I stamped a couple of the “grunge” stamps in the same Sweetly Sentimental Stamp Set as just a little “something” in the background. I used Memento ink, but stamped it off twice before then stamping on the designer paper.
The flower is adhered flat on the designer paper, although I could have popped it up on Dimensionals. The greeting is in the Paradise Garden Stamp Set. It didn’t quite fit on this card so I cut some of the words off and trimmed around the two sets of words quite tightly. I like the way they fit now! I don’t always think ahead to the greeting for the card until after I make a card so then the hunt is on to find what would fit. To embellish the card a little bit, I used five Petal Pink Muted Palette Dots. These dots were in the last 2025-26 Annual Catalog so you may have some in your stash. Otherwise use whatever you have in embellishments. Some Wink of Stella would look nice on the large flower! I may have to go back and add some!