I love using line images to do this great cardmaking technique - collage stamping. There's no need to color images. Just stamp and layer colors and add a little ink blending. So, on y go! Let's get stamping.

Colored cardstock: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", score at 4 1/4"
Coordinating cardstock: 3 3/4" x 5"
White or Vanilla cardstock: 3 1/2" x 4 3/4"
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Place a sticky note on your piece of white or vanilla cardstock. Stamp around it, overlapping the edges of the sticky note. Remove the sticky note and stamp a greeting. Stick your pieces together. That's it! So quick and easy. Plus, if you don't add extra embellishments, it's very flat and easy to mail.

Check out all of these different card samples! You can use all different types of stamps. While I've used flowers, leaves, and patterns, with planning you could really use any image you want. 

My first floral card idea used the Pretty Perennials stamp set with the new 2021-2023 In Colors. The confetti card to the left, uses the Pattern Play stamp set. This set is retiring in just a couple weeks. 

This is one of my favorites of the bunch! It uses the retiring Rooted in Nature stamp set. I've stamped a variety of leaves in Soft Sea Foam, Granny Apple Green, Old Olive, and Just Jade. Then I added a few Just Jade enamel dots (also retiring!). 

My last card is a little sneak peek of the new 2021-2022 Annual Catalog that comes out May 4. This floral card idea uses the Quiet Meadow stamp set. I stamped the flowers with Calypso Coral ink and then added other elements in Pale Papaya, So Saffron, and Soft Succulent. The ribbon is white crinkled seam binding that I colored with my Pale Papaya Stampin' Blend alcohol marker.

I am hosting a virtual NEW Catalog Kick Off Party on June 5. The event will run from Noon to 2pm Eastern on Zoom and Facebook. We'll make 5 cards using new papers, die-cuts, and embellishments!
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Your card kit for the Kick Off Party includes a 6" x 6" paper sampler that includes 60 pieces of patterned paper - 1 of each of the new Designer Series Papers available in the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog from Stampin' Up!
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I can hardly believe it's spring and Mother's Day is right around the corner! Mother's can be hard to shop for, especially mothers who seem to have everything already. Here is a fabulous gift idea for Mom or anyone. A little patterned paper, like the Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper, a great greeting set like the Happy Thoughts stamp set, some dies, and a pack of note cards and envelopes make it quick and easy to pull together a fabulous gift for Mom. 

Cardstock:

• 8 ½” x 5 ½”, score at 4 ¼” & 7”
• 2 ½” x 3 ¼”

Patterned paper:

• 1 ½” x 5 ¼”
• 2 ½” x 5 ¼”
• 1 ¼” x 5 ¼”

White or Vanilla cardstock:

• 5 ¼” x 4”
• 2 ¼” x 3”

Here's a little sneak peek from the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog of the Beauty of the Earth suite which includes the Beauty of Friendship stamp set, Beautiful Trees dies, and Beauty of the Earth patterned paper. 

This suite is absolutely gorgeous! The patterned paper has water color designs that will work fabulously with the dies to create watercolor trees. 

The trees are stamped in Granny Apple Green, Mossy Meadow, and Early Espresso. I added Polished Pink spots to one of the trees to suggest flowers and a spring tree. 
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