The Painted Harvest stamp set is perfect for making a gorgeous summer floral card for someone special. The ‘sunflower’ stamps take on a whole new life when stamped in shades of purple!
These are the stamps from the Painted Harvest set that I used to create the floral layer. The flower petals are made using a two-step process. Two-step stamping involves using two different but complimentary stamps to achieve an image. The ‘flower’ stamps are very similar, but when using this set it is important to use the stamp on the left, the more solid stamp, with the lighter color, and the stamp on the right with the darker color as it has more detail.
Cut cardstock as follows:
–Whisper White – 8 ½” x 5 1/2″, scored on the long side at 4 ¼” for the card base
–Highland Heather – 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8” (cut two)
–Whisper White – 5 1/8 x 3 7/8” (cut two)
-Scrap of Whisper White
-Scrap of Granny Apple Green
To begin, randomly stamp a 5 1/8 x 3 7/8” piece of Whisper White cardstock with the flower stamp that has the more detail, using Gorgeous Grape ink. I find it easier to stamp with the darker color first as it is a bit easier to see your stamp placement.
The second step is to add the lighter color, Highland Heather, using the more solid flower stamp. There is no right or wrong way to do this with this particular stamp set – just stamp over the previous image. Notice how the two shades of purple compliment each other and complete the look of the flower petals.
Next, use Granny Apple Green ink and the solid leaf stamp to fill in the spaces between the flowers.
Stamp the centers of the flowers with Crushed Curry ink, using the flower center stamp. Again, there is no right or wrong way to do this. This is a very forgiving stamp set!
Use Soft Suede ink and the small dots stamp to add a little interest to the flower centers.
I tied a piece of retired Crushed Curry ribbon around this piece to add more interest and texture. Currently, there is ½” Textured Ribbon in Granny Apple Green that would also look lovely here.
Use Gorgeous Grape ink to stamp the ‘Thoughts for you’ stamp from the Best Birds stamp set on a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock, then cut it out using the second smallest oval from the Stitched Shapes Framelits. Snail this onto a Granny Apple Green oval cut with the second largest oval from the Stitched Shapes Framelits.
Use Dimensionals to attach it to the card front. Snail the stamped card front to a 5 3/8 x 4 1/8” piece of Highland Heather cardstock.
Snail the finished card front to the card base.
Snail the second piece of Highland Heather cardstock to the inside of the card. In the same manner as before, stamp a flower in the lower left corner of a 5 1/8 x 3 7/8” piece of Whisper White cardstock. Stamp a sentiment of your choice or leave blank to write your own message, then snail to the inside of the card.
Don’t forget the envelope! Stamp a flower on the lower left corner of the envelope to give the recipient a hint of what’s inside.
Use this card sketch and other color combinations to make cards all year long. It looks great for spring in shades of pink. Use the traditional sunflower colors of deep yellows and oranges for an autumn card. It even looks fabulous in red with yellow centers for a Christmas card!
‘Painted Harvest’ is a great set to play with if you’re looking for fantastic results for almost any occasion. Have you found a new color combination or a twist on this card that’s your favorite? Share it here!
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What a beautiful card! Pretty colors and I love that the envelope gets some design too!
Thanks Stacey! Glad you like the card! It’s such a fun stamp set to play with!