Floral Postage Stamp Thank You Cards

 

The possibilities for the Sizzix Thinlits postage stamp die are limited only by your imagination.  Since I haven't made a floral card in awhile, I decided to use two newly purchased Hero Arts clear stamp sets (Succulent Bouquet and Togetherness Floral Bouquet).  For both cards, I stamped the bouquets (onto medium weight watercolor paper) in green permanent waterproof ink before coloring the designs with Derwent watercolor pencils. I sparingly applied water to the bouquets to blend and enhance the colors.  Once the designs were dry to the touch, I used the postage stamp die to cut out the 'fake stamps'. I used the coordinating rectangle die to die cut a background. Double stick Heiko tape was used to adhere the parts onto the card blanks.  Finally, thank you stickers were added to the cards. (These stickers were from Japan, but I'm sure you can find similar ones in Daiso or create them yourself.) I often have a need for thank you cards, but you could easily turn these cards into birthday cards or even a special card for Mother's Day.  I hope you have fun making these postage stamp cards and perhaps they'll speed up your snail mail...probably not, but they are fun to create.    

P.S.  I forgot to mention that I used a stiff brush to flick on some metallic gold ink onto the succulent card after coloring in the plants and silver metallic ink was flicked onto the painted floral panel.