Life is Beautiful, even without a tree

The Life is Beautiful stamp set features this graceful tree with different leaves, snowflakes, and dots that you can use to decorate it. But, you don't have to use the tree trunk from this set, the rest of the stamps can be used to make beautiful cards on their own. For these cards, I did a little simple ink blending and masking to create clean and simple cards. So, on y go! Let's get stamping.

Cutting Dimensions for this Simple Card Design

Card base: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Colored mat: 3 15/16" x 5 3/16"
​Whisper White: 3 3/4" x 5"

All three cards use the same cutting dimensions. This first card uses Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, and Gorgeous Grape ink. 

First, I covered the top and bottom of the piece of whisper white cardstock with sticky notes leaving a strip bare that was about 1" - 1 1/2" wide. For the "Life is Beautiful" card, I blended Coastal Cabana ink from the bottom of this strip up and Pool Party ink from the top down. For the "Hello" card, I used Flirty Flamingo ink on the whole strip and for the "Thinking of You" card, I used Mango Melody ink.

The "Hello" card is layered on Flirty Flamingo cardstock and then on a Rich Razzleberry card base. The spots are stamped in Flirty Flamingo, Magenta Madness, and Rich Razzleberry inks.

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The "Thinking of You" card uses Mango Melody, Real Red, and Cajun Craze inks. It is layered on Mango Melody cardstock and then on a Real Red card base.

To finish these cards with a little bling, I added a few Artistry Blooms Self-Adhesive Sequins to the front. 

While I layered these cards, this technique would work well for one-layer cards as well.

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