Most of the time, dies in our bundles will cut out images in the stamp set, but sometimes, they don’t. The Love & Happiness bundle has dies shaped like hearts and flowers and these are perfect shapes to cut out of fun foam! I like to use 3 mm thick fun foam - simply cut out the shapes using your Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine, just like the foam was paper. Watch my video here!
After you cut the foam into shapes, adhere them to blocks with Seal. Alternatively, you can cut strips from the excess label material and use that to stick the foam to the block. When you stamp with the foam, make sure you get good ink coverage, particularly for the first image. It also takes a bit more effort to clean - test on scrap paper before inking in a different color. You may also notice that inks appear darker or more intense than from normal stamps.
- Cardstock: Polished Pink 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"; Basic White 2" x 5-1/2", 2-1/4" x 5-1/2" and 1-3/4" x 1-1/4"
- Stamp Set: Sweet Conversations
- Ink: Polished Pink and Night of Navy
- Dies: Bouquet of Love Bundle and Layering Circles
- Ribbon: Denim 7" and 11"
- Adhesive and Tools
- Fun Foam (3mm thick)
Fold the card base in half and crease the fold with bone folder. Use the stamp made from the small stitched heart and Polished Pink to stamp hearts all over the 2" strip of Basic White. Mat this with the wider strip of white. Add the 7” piece of ribbon in the middle of this piece, adhering it with Seal +. Add Dimensionals and mount this to the card front.
For this card, I made a cluster of flowers and leaves and fussy cut them out. I stamped the large heart in Coastal Cabana (look how dark it looks!). The sentiment is from Rainbow of Happiness. If you want to spruce it up, you could add some bling in the center of the hearts.
The next two cards use the sentiments from Love & Happiness - don't you just love how cool the stitching looks on the hearts and leaves?
Another great set for making stamps is the Pierced Blooms (which coordinates with In Bloom stamp set). This set of dies has 25 shapes and yields a great variety of flowers and leaves. Using fun foam to make stamps is a fantastic way to get more from your bundles. And don't forget - you can get bonus stamps and paper during Sale-a-bration!
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