Tah..Dah... Finished the Set!!

Nature's Sketchbook stamp

   I have finished with the last stamp in the Nature's Sketchbook set from Stampin Up.  It took me a little while 'cause it was hard to come up with a design that fit these beautiful stamps. I thought Cuttlebug's embossing tree folder seemed to be a perfect fit. I rubbed the raised parts with Tim Holtz's Vintage Photo ink.
The zig zag piece on the botton is also from Cuttlebug's collection of embossing folders.
   Martha Stewarts's branch punch in green and brown  added a little detail with the pine cones. The cones were made from McGill's pear punch that I just glued pears together upside down. Stampin Up's tag punch helped with the stamped sentiment from Nature's Sketchbook.
   There, I have finished this set that I had not used before. On to the next one.....

Nature's Sketchbook Stamps

A Seaside palette

A Mediterranean palette

   I am almost finished with the Nature's Sketchbook stamps. Love these stamps and had not used them since I got them. One more stamp, the bird one, and I can check this set off my goal of using all my stamps at least once. I was trying to think of a design and color theme when I happened to pick up the latest Better Homes and Garden magazine. It had some colors put together by interior designers that I thought was quite lovely.
   I used the Seaside palette with the butterfly stamp. Colored pencils, distress inks from Tim Holtz, and Cuttlebug's embossing folder helped to give the card some texture. I made the bow using a simple method I saw on a Youtube tutorial. I will find that and add it to my blog for those of you who are interested.
  I used the Mediterranean palette on the strawberry card.  I love Spellbinder's lacy circle and the spikey circle, so I put them together. This time I used Copic markers to color the strawberries and leaves.
Cuttlebug's dotted Swiss folder gave the card texture. I used the Bow Easy to make this silk bow. I added a Prisma flower with other leaves punched from Martha Stewart's collection and McGill's collection.  The black dots are from Enamel Accents.

Here are more pictures of the cards to give you a better view.


Only one more card to go using this set. I hope to get it done before we leave for Disney. Thanks for looking.....