Turn your dies into stamps!

How to... create a stamped & inked design

1 Trim white cardstock to size, then stamp a sentiment in the top-left corner.

2 Die-cut a flower from white craft foam. Carefully remove from the excess foam.

3 Fix the craft foam flower to an acrylic block using small pieces of double-sided tape or a
suitable glue.

4 Stamp the flower three times across the white panel with an embossing inkpad. Sprinkle
clear embossing powder on top then tap off the excess.

5 Melt the embossing powder using a heat tool.

6 Apply pink and green ink over the embossed flowers using a sponge applicator.

To a wonderful mum

Materials

• white A6 card blank
• white, pink & green cardstock
• coloured inkpads
• white craft foam
• small doily
• baker’s twine
• sentiment stamps
• pink adhesive gemstones
• white adhesive pearls
• acrylic block
• flower dies
• small tag die

Simply make

1. Cover the card front with green and pink cardstock, leaving narrow borders. Cut a 9x13.5cm piece of white cardstock.
2. Die-cut flowers from whitecraft foam, then fix to an acrylic block to use as a stamp. Stamp
3. yellow flowers across the top of the white cardstock. Apply green ink across the bottom.
4. Colour a small doily with a pink inkpad then fold to create a bouquet holder. Stamp ‘Mum’ onto a small die-cut tag, thread with baker’s twine then tie around the bouquet holder.
5. Stamp a sentiment towards the top-left corner of the white panel then adhere the bouquet holder towards the bottom. Die-cut flowers and foliage from various colours of cardstock then affix in the bouquet holder.
6. Secure the panel to the card front, then add pearls and gemstones as shown.

Happy Mother's Day

Materials

• white 13cm-square tent-fold card blank
• white, pink & dark
• pink cardstock
• coloured inkpads
• white craft foam
• sentiment stamps
• green adhesive gemstones
• acrylic block
• flower dies

Simply make
1 Cover the card front with dark and light pink cardstock, leaving narrow borders. Cut an 11.5cm square of white cardstock.
2 Die-cut flowers from white craft foam then fix to an acrylic block to use as a stamp. Stamp
flowers across the bottom of the white cardstock panel in several colours.
3 Apply green ink across the bottom of the white panel then stamp a sentiment towards
the top.
4 Secure to the card front, then add gemstones to finish.

Thank you

Materials

• white 17x10cm tent-fold card blank
• white, pink & green cardstock
• coloured inkpads
• VersaMark inkpad
• clear embossing powder
• white craft foam
• sentiment stamps
• green adhesive gemstones
• acrylic block
• heat tool
• flower dies

Simply make

1. Cover the card front with green and pink cardstock, leaving narrow borders.
2. Stamp a sentiment in the top-left corner of a 15.5x8.5cm piece of white cardstock.
3. Die-cut a flower from white craft foam then fix to an acrylic block to use as a stamp.
4. Stamp three flowers across the white panel using VersaMark ink then emboss with clear powder. Apply pink and green ink on top.
5. Die-cut the same flower from yellow cardstock then adhere towards the right-hand side.
6. Secure the panel to the card front, then add green adhesive gemstones down the left-hand side.

Happy birthday

Materials

• white 12x15cm tent-fold card blank
• white, pink, dark pink & green cardstock
• coloured inkpads
• white craft foam
• sentiment stamps
• pink adhesive gemstones
• large adhesive pearls
• acrylic block
• baker’s twine
• flower dies

Simply make

1. Cover the card front with green and pink cardstock, leaving narrow borders. Cut a 10.5x13.5cm piece of white cardstock.
2. Die-cut flowers from white craft foam then fix to an acrylic block to use as a stamp. Stamp
   green flowers across the bottom and right-hand side of the white panel.
3. Stamp a sentiment on the left-hand side then secure to the card front. Wrap baker’s twine across the front, about 4cm up from the bottom.
4. Die-cut flowers from pink and dark pink cardstock, bend and shape the petals then layer them up to create 3D flowers. Adhere on the right-hand side.
5. Fix large adhesive pearls to the centre of the flowers then add pink adhesive gemstones to finish.

Get well soon

Materials
white 13.5cm circular card blank
white, yellow, green & dark green cardstock
coloured inkpads
white craft foam
scrap paper
sentiment stamps
green gemstones
acrylic block
flower & circle dies

Simpy make

1. Cover the card front with circles die-cut from dark green, yellow and green cardstock, leaving narrow borders.
2. Die-cut an 11.5cm circle from white cardstock. Trim a 3cm-wide border of scrap paper, then attach across the centre.
3. Die-cut flowers from white craft foam then fix to an acrylic block to use as a stamp. Stamp flowers above and below the border in several colours.
4. Apply green ink above and below the border then remove the scrap paper. Stamp a sentiment in the centre.
5. Secure the panel to the card front, then add green gemstones to finish.

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