Using Spellbinders Floral Garden stamp to create beautiful backgrounds

Today I am here with four cards to show you that I created with the Spellbinders Floral Garden stamp from the new Beautiful Backgrounds collection with Stampendous. When Spellbinders contacted me to ask if I would like to work with one of the stamps from the collection, I was thrilled. I immediately chose the Floral Garden stamp. I had previously done a floral background in a coloring book, but this was the first time I had done it using a physical stamp.

For my first card, I stamped the image onto Canson C’ a Grain paper with Memento ink. I left the stamp in my stamping platform as I planned to restamp the image after I had colored it. I colored the whole background with my Prismacolor colored pencils. Pencil coloring is extremely relaxing and this took me a few days to complete. I colored the background with a dark blue pencil.

Once I had done all the coloring, I put the paper back into my stamping platform and restamped the image, this time in Versafine Onyx Black ink. Because I had not taken the stamp out of the platfrom, it was still in the same place and so a restamping was easy. While the Versafine ink was still wet, I added clear embossing powder and heat set it. This resulted in the return of the black outlines, but with some shine. I cut the panel down to 4×5.25 inches and adhered it to a bright pink cardpanel which I in turn adhered to a top-folding A2 sized notecard. I completed the card with a “just a note” sentiment using the Spellbinders Popular Sentiment die set.

Since the stamp is square, I had a narrow strip left after cutting down my cardpanel. After the effort I put into the coloring, I was not going to toss it. So I dry embossed a cardpanel with an embossing folder from my stash and added the strip from the colored background to the left side of the card. I added a “thinking of you” sentiment using the Spellbinders Handwritten Sentiments die set. I used only the words, without the shadows.

My third card is another complete background done with the Spellbinder Floral Garden stamp. I stamped the image onto white cardstock with Memento ink and colored the whole background with my Copic markers. Memento ink is a dye ink and so can be used for alcohol marker coloring. I kept the coloring very simple, not adding any shading as I wanted it to be a backdrop for the outline. As before, I put the paper back into the stamping platform that still had the stamp in place and restamped it over the coloring. I stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink and covered it with gold embossing powder. The rich shine that it gives is so pretty. I cut the panel down to 4×5.25 inches before adding it to a dark green card panel. The panel was then adhered to a top-folding white notecard. Again using the Spellbinder Popular Sentiments die set, I added a sentiment that reads “best wishes”. It is cut in white with a gold shadow.

My final card is made with the strip I cut off the colored background. Again, like before with the strip I cut off, I added it to an embossed cardpanel. I used a pre-printed sentiment that I foiled with my Minc Machine and added a die cut sentiment from the Spellbinders Handwritten Sentiments die set.

This background stamp is so much fun to use. I plan to stamp out a few more and have them on hand to color as I have time and inclination.

Please note that the links below are affiliate links and I will earn a small commission if you choose to use my link, at no cost to you. I received the Floral Garden stamp from Spellbinders in order to create with. I purchased all the other products used in these projects myself.

Project Specific Supplies
Floral Garden	Handwritten Sentiments	Popular Sentiments
Paper and Coloring
Canson C’ a Grain	Prismacolor Pencils	Copic Markers
Special Effects
Tuxedo Black	VersaFine Onyx	Princess Gold
Gold Foil	Minc Machine
Basic Supplies
Platinum 6	Universal Plates	Tool ‘n One
Reverse Tweezers	Scrappy Tape 1/8	Bearly Art Glue

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Monica