CSS May Group Project

Our May group project over at Clear and Simple Stamps is to create both a masculine and feminine project using the same stamp set.

With Mother's Day coming up this Sunday and Father's Day next month, I thought I'd use the Flowers set to make cards for both of my parents. Looking at these, I don't think you would even realize they came from the same stamp set! I just love all the different elements and possibilities this set has.



For my Father's Day card, I used a kraft base, added a dark brown layer with a pierced border, and then a little brown/white twine for contrast.

Those trees are so much fun to mix and match from the set. I stamped two different bottoms and mixed three of the different tops to make them.



And for interest, I added just a tiny bit of shadowing under each tree trunk using my Copic N1. I think it adds just the perfect amount of depth and really brings them to life.

My sentiment is a mix of a sentiment from this set, and the DAD from Cart Pals: Occasions.



For my Mother's Day card, I used the same layout but made my card a standard A2 size. I added a white layer with a pierced border and some purple/white twine.

Then, for my image panel, I stamped some flower stems and a couple different flowers from the set.



To finish it off, I added a couple gems to the flowers and my sentiment. Again, the sentiment portion in green comes from this set. The MOM is from Cart Pals: Occasions.

Be sure to check out what the other designers made:

[ Dana | Jax | Jennifer | Kim | Laura | Laurie | Lori | CSS]

Masculine Feminine Recipe
Cardstock: CSS A Blanc Check (heavy), A Blanc Check, Kraft Like a Rockstar, Dish all the Dirt Brown
Stamps: CSS Flowers, Cart Pals: Occasions
Ink: CSS Kraft Like a Rockstar Green, Dish all the Dirt Brown, Purplicious
Copics: N1
Accessories: CSS brown/white twine, CSS purple/white twine, paper piercer, corner rounder punch, KaiserCraft purple gems