December's Stamp of the Month set: Thoughtful Flowers

It's December! Can you believe it? The last month of 2016, where does the time go? I found a few moments to finish up some art for December's stamp of the month set, Thoughtful Flowers, in between all the holiday preparations. This set of 14 is filled with artistic, hand-drawn flowers and several coordinating sentiments - so pretty! It was a nice break from everything, hopefully I can find more time for crafty projects. :-) 

I started out pretty simple, random stamping the background with one color Cashmere. Then I stamped the sentiment on a mini banner in Cocoa, and added two Cocoa strips on top.



This next card is playing around with some bright colors for the background, finished off with a strip of Green Shimmer Trim.



Using Swan Lake papers, this card has a few paper pieced flowers with the polka dot ribbon from the Rustic Home Ribbon pack as accents along with Silver Sequins.



Then I decided it was time to play around with coloring in the flowers! I made some quick masks out of paper, so I could stamp a few flowers together in one cluster on Kraft cardstock. Then I carefully colored in the flowers and used papers from the Enchanted Fundamentals paper pack.



And, last but not least, keeping in the holiday spirit, I made a Christmas card. Using masks again, I created a cluster of poinsettas and carefully colored them in. Using another ribbon from the Rustic Home Ribbon pack with another paper from the Enchanted Fundamentals paper pack. For a pop of color, I put a small strip of Cranberry cardstock behind the ribbon and made a quick tag for the sentiment.



I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season and may we all find time for some craftiness amidst all the holiday craziness.

Enjoy!
Dani