I’ve had this Garden Meadow Stamp Set for a while and had forgotten about it! It’s the stamp set in the Meandering Meadows Suite but I only used the stamp set on this Garden Meadow Hello Card. You can have a lot of fun stamping all the garden images in this stamp set and mix and match them with other sets and suites.
For this Garden Meadow card, I used a card base of Crumb Cake cardstock with a leafy pattern from the Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper as the card front. I like this particular paper with all the shades of green and bluish greens. I thought it would make a good background for the wheelbarrow.
The wheelbarrow was stamped in Memento ink and colored in with Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers. You can use whatever colors you like. On the wheelbarrow, I colored with Lost Lagoon and a little bit of Azure Afternoon. The metal parts are all Smoky Slate and the tire is Black. The flowers in the wheelbarrow are several colors of pinks like Berry Burst, Bubble Bath, and Melon Mambo. For the leaves I just picked different greens and for the flowers in the background I just dotted with some Highland Heather combo markers.
You can use the Garden Meadow die to cut out the wheelbarrow (if you remember you have dies!) or you can cut it out yourself with Paper Snips as I did! I diecut a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock from the Thoughtful Expressions Dies to be the label background behind the wheelbarrow. The diecut label piece is adhered flat on the card but the wheelbarrow is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
For the greeting, I had just a tiny space to stamp the greeting, which seemed like the best opportunity to place the greeting. For a finishing touch, I just had to add some of the Tinsel Gems Three Pack. The colors, Fresh Freesia and Lost Lagoon, were perfect to use on this card.
As you can see, just because I was using the Garden Meadow Stamp Set and Dies it doesn’t mean that you have to use the designer paper, Meandering Meadows 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. That paper, though, is extremely pretty and you would love using it!
Make sure you don’t forget about stamp sets and dies that you have! But when you do come across them, finding them is almost like getting a brand new set that you just bought!