Stampin Up "Layers of Beauty" Stamps and Masks

Here it is, the middle of May and school is winding down for the year. We now have a granddaughter going into Kindergarten and a grandson to the second grade in August. For my Grands three wonderful teachers, I thought they would appreciate having a few pretty cards to send out to their friends and family.

When I bought Stampin Up's "Layer's of Beauty" stamp set and coordinating masks earlier this month, I thought they would make some beautiful cards for my Grands end of the year gift for their teachers. I thoroughly enjoyed making these. They look so detailed. Anyone would think it would take someone hours to color each card. Don't tell anyone, but it took just minutes to layer the ink colors using the masks. They actually did all of the work for me! I am very happy on how they turned out. I am new to Stampin Up and when I created these cards I did not have many colors of our ink pads so I was limited in my color choices. I decided to experiment using just one color of ink to color each flower. I ended up using Pool Party, Melon Mambo, Real Red, and Night of Navy inks. I used a very light pressure using the first mask, a more firm pressure for the second mask, and a full strength color for the third mask. It worked out perfect. I lucked up having both Soft Sea Foam and Granny Apple Green for the leaves using the fourth and fifth masks. I also used our Deckled Rectangles Dies to cut my card stock layers. In the end, I was very happy with my cards. 

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Happy stampin! 

Cheryl