Hand-stamped cards

Today I finally have some stamped cards to share!  I received this first one to commemorate my recent birthday, and the set of 3 similar cards are the product of my own very first stamping session in several months! 

Woo Hoo!  Yes, I can stamp again!  Although not very efficiently, because I only have about 2 square feet in which to work….. and still only a part of my total collection onsite….  and each item I need requires getting out of my chair and going to fish for it in another room.  But what-the-heck; I'm STAMPING again!  🙂

So here's that birthday card from Maureen D.  Don't you just love the layers and texture on this?!?

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And for this set of cards I chose a limited palette of 3 colors (Rose Red, Bashful Blue & Chocolate Chip), and started stamping and cutting out elements (Big Shot as well as some fussy-cutting), and then just played with laying them out, adding some pearls to dress 'em up.

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These latter 3 cards feature (all images © Stampin' Up!):

Hearts a Flutter Bundle (stamps + Framelits for 15% off)

Vintage Verses (a Sale-a-Bration stamp set available free with a $50 order)

Bloomin' Marvelous (a Sale-a-Bration set available free with a $50 order)

and Hello, Hello…. a single-stamp exclusive.

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