Mixed Blossom Sympathy Card

Stamps:  Mixed Bunch, Blessings From Heaven
Ink:  Rich Razzleberry/Baja Breeze
Paper:  Whisper White, Floral District DSP
Other:  3/4 inch circle punch, Blossom punch

Petite Pairs and Hydranga from Best of 25 Flowers

We made this card at April's Stamp Camp.  The nice thing about having the Petite Pairs set available is that everyone can customize their cards using the sentiments that they need.

Stamps:  En Francais, Best of 25 Years Flowers, Petite Pairs
Inks:  Pool Party and Island Indigo
Paper:  Pool Party, Island Indigo, Whisper White
Accessories:  1 3/8 inch square punch, Simply Scored

Stamping on the Embossing Folder

Do you see how the little butterflies look like they are behind the flowers?  It is actually quite simple to achieve this look.  Your first step is to stamp directly onto the embossing folder, on the flat side, not the raised part.  Carefully close the folder around your paper and run through the Big Shot.  Ta-da!  The butterflies (or whatever you stamp) are now behind the embossed image.

I thought this card needed a little more color, so I used sponge daubers to add ink to the flowers and stems.  Then I added some pearls to the centers of the flowers.

Stamps:  Papillon Potpourri, Three Little Words (retired)
Ink:  Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant, Pool Party, Certainly Celery
Paper:  Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant
Other:  Pearls, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Sponge Daubers, Elegant Bouquet embossing folder, Big Shot

Love and Sympathy

Stamps:  Love and Sympathy
Ink:  Elegant Eggplant
Paper:  Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White
Other:  Markers in Wisteria Wonder and Lucky Limeade, Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, Designer Frames Embossing Folder

Sympathy Card

This card uses all Crumb Cake card stock.  The base is scored using the Score Board and the inner part is cut using the Big Shot and the Labels Framelits.

Sympathy Card

For this card, I layered Very Vanilla on top of Very Vanilla using dimensionals.  I punched a circle in the top layer and added a stamped circle inside.  I used the butterfly from the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set and the sentiment from the Blessings from Heaven stamp set.

Big Shot Class

This was one of the projects we completed at the Introduction to the Big Shot class, so I designed it to feature 3 different Big Shot techniques.  First, the base of the card is embossed using the Finial Press embossing folder.  Then, the Top Note die is used to cut out the piece of Very Vanilla card stock.  It is stamped with Crumb Cake ink and the vine from Elements of Style.  Finally, the butterflies are embossed and cut using the Beautiful Wings embosslit.  The verse in the middle is stamped from the Blessings from Heaven stamp set. 

I hope you were able to take advantage of the super offer from Stampin' Up! and get the Big Shot for free!  Have fun creating!