2021 may be the year of Scandinavian artwork! Traditional Scandinavian design is based on symmetry and repetition and often include cheerful detailed images. Our April Stamp of the Month, Scandinavian Folk Art Greetings embraces this trend with images of home, flowers, envelopes, boot, bird and a window. The cool thing about stamping is that the repetition is effortless since you can just reink an image to add it multiple times.
Although Scandinavian art is often monotone, I couldn’t resist adding a lots of color to my card. I really love how cheerful this color combination is and through it would be a great way to let someone know I appreciate them. If you like this design, you are in luck! I will be sending a kit to make it to everyone who orders this stamp set from me. Read on for more details.
To make this card, I started with a the zip strips from papers in the Eat Play Love collection. I love that the design on the papers include detailed designs that are similar, but different from the stamp set. Then I used stamping to add the house and tulip theme as well as the greenery border at the top and the word “Thanks”.
The tulips are actually a single stamp. But since I was wanting to make this a colorful scene, I wanted the stems to be green and the flowers red and yellow. Although there are several ways to achieve this look, I chose to do my favorite technique: cut the stamp!
That’s right, I CUT MY STAMP! I’ll admit, it is a little scary the first time I did this it, but trust me the freedom it gives is worth it. There is no masking or trying to press certain parts of the stamp in one ink pad or another. You just put the two pieces on two blocks like you see here and stamp as normal.
I’m curious to know if any of you use this technique? Let me know if the comments. If you have not, how likely are you to try this next time you need to stamp an image in two different colors?
If you would like to make and send this fun card, you just need to order the April Stamp of the Month, Scandinavian Folk Art Greeting from my Close To My Heart website. This stamp is only available this month (less than a week left!) and retails for $18.95. However, it is discounted to just $5 if you add it to your cart of $50 or more. My VIP customers can add this stamp set to a qualifying order for FREE!
If you order this stamp from me (regardless of whether you pay full price, get it for $5 or free), I’ll send you a a kit to make the card above in the mail! Your kit will include the card base, cut papers and ribbon. In addition to the stamp set, you’ll need Candy Apple, Green Apple, Lagoon and Lemonade ink pads and your favorite adhesives to finish the card.
Want more inspiration to help you get started with this stamp set? Here’s a layout created by the Close To My Heart artists. Notice that they mixed a full 12″ x 12″ page with a pocket page. Did you know that the binding for these memory protectors is exactly the same so you can mix them in the same book. I love that!
Remember this set is discounted to $5 (or free for VIPs) once you have $50 in your cart. You can click to add it on the Card page before you check out. Ready to shop? Click here>>
Let me know if you have any questions about our Stamp of the Month or VIP programs or how to make the projects in this post.
Rebecca