My Meadow

Hi Stampers!
If you have been around Stampin'Up! for the last 4-5 years, you are familiar with a scene building type of stamp that includes vague watercolor shapes and images to combine and build a scene with. I have had a blast with these stamp sets and guess what?!! There's another one in the new Jan-June Mini Catalog!  It's called My Meadow and speaks of lovely spring and summer days in a pastoral setting. I've only had a little time with this set but it was well worth it. With these type of stamp sets, you almost have to just start stamping and then see what happens and how to combine them. Here are my first couple results:

As a note, I did all my stamping first and then embossed the entire white background piece with the new Coastal Weave 3D embossing folder. That accounts for the bumpy surface you see on this card!  I used a couple of different stamps to create the stream and pond and then used some trees, grass and gazebo. Figuring out the correct scale is also a challenge. You usually have several options for trees so you have to choose the one that makes sense given the size of the rest of the elements. In this example, my gazebo is obviously larger than the trees so these trees are not ginormous.

In my second scene, I used both sizes of trees, the larger in the foreground and the smaller in the background. I created some grass and clouds and then had to try the wheelbarrow! I love the flowers as well too.

For my sentiments, I used a new stamp set that combines with the Ornate Frame Dies which were featured in the 2019 Holiday catalog (part of the Halloween Suite). This is a great example of how Stampin'Up! does a great job of making their products even more versatile but carrying over dies and creating different stamps to coordinate with them. This new stamp set is called "Perfectly Framed" and it has some general all occasions sentiments that are sure to help you out!

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Here's a peek at the stamp set so you can see what I mean about scene building:



And, just to refresh your memory, here is the other popular set that coordinates with this.  My plan is to make a card using both in the near future!

Waterfront stamp set:



Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek at what I'm up to!  I love to make cards and love to share what I'm doing and inspire others with the easy and amazing hobby of stamping. I used to say your imagination was the only limit but with Pinterest, friends, blogs and other social media, your imagination isn't even an issue any more!  You can find inspiration all around you and translate that to paper and ink with the medium or stamping. It's awesome!

Happy Stampin'!
Sarah