Last night after dinner I was sitting on the sofa and wondering when my free stamp sets were going to be delivered. Naturally, I grabbed my iPad and checked on the package to find out that they had been delivered 8 hours previously. Of course I hurried out to the mailbox to get them. How did I get free stamp sets? When I signed up as a demonstrator, I discovered that if I sold (which includes my own purchases) $300 per month for 3 months, I’d earn 2 free stamp sets. Good deal. 🙂 And not hard to do.

I started with my favourite flower from Mixed bunch and some rose red ink. I decided to fill the card apart from a gap for the sentiment. Of course, in my haste, I neglected to actually select the sentiment first and couldn’t find an appropriate Happy Birthday to fit. So I grabbed “You’re in my thoughts” from a the Dozen Thoughts stamp set and used that. It was okay but there was something not quite right. My brother pointed out that it was just not bold enough to stand up to the flowers. So this morning, I did it the right way round – I stamped the sentiment FIRST! Here’s what I ended up with:

Base: 8.5″ by 5.5″ rose red

Top layer: 4″ by 5.25″ very vanilla

Stamp sets: Sassy Salutations, Mixed bunch

Ink: Rose red

As long as you stamp the sentiment first so that it has room to breathe, you can’t go far wrong constructing this card. I stamped the complete right hand side flower first and worked my way to the bottom left hand corner and then filled in the edges. I finished this off with a rose red liner for the envelope from the backgrounds DSP stack in regals.

I really like this card. It’s happy and bright and cheerful and perfect for a birthday. And the sentiment isn’t overwhelmed by the flowers. I think it would work well as a thank you card too. I see lots of possibilities for this stamp. Stay tuned!