The Paper Hen: French Foliage Stamp Set

Friday, January 4, 2013

French Valentines...

I am sure that French Foliage is not the first stamp set you think of for creating Valentine cards. I was looking through some old SU catalogs/magazines (I receive the magazines by being a consultant), and saw the inspiration card below. The ink spots on the inspiration card reminded me of a stamp in the French Foliage set...then I thought that the small script and Paris postmark stamps out of the set would also look good in creating my card version. I started with the new DSP, More Amore, and then used the Square Lattice embossing folder on my flowers from the Blossom Punch. The square behind the flower measures 2 1/2" and the overall card is 4"x5 1/2".

I have will have projects to share over the next couple of days along with a link to a great video showing one of the projects.

FRENCH FOLIAGE STAMP SET

MORE AMORE DESIGNER PAPER #129309

BAJA BREEZE PAPER AND INK

PRIMROSE PETALS PAPER AND INK

BLOSSOM PUNCH #125603

INSPIRATION CARD...

MY VALENTINE VERSION OF THE INSPIRATION CARD

...WITH A BLUE TWIST

BLOSSOM PUNCH WITH

Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die #119976

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Thursday, November 8, 2012

French Foliage Happy Birthday

I got a new Stampin' Up order today and when I picked out a couple of new stamps I had two rules...no flowers, no flourishes. I have plenty of stamp sets with these features and I tend to always build cards that are feminine. So when looking through the catalog, I came across the French Foliage stamps. It fit a couple of things I had in mind including fall cards and masculine cards, which the latter I struggle to make. Masculine cards are always one of the first sellers at my craft shows and I have many requests for male birthday cards. The next few posts will feature this stamp set.