Mom's Memory Book

Materials and Tools:

8-1/2" x 11" white vellum cardstock
8-1/2" x 11" plum cardstock
8-1/2" x 11" moss cardstock
8-1/2" x 11" smooth vanilla cardstock
pale plum ink pad
plum ink pad
moss ink pad
muted olive ink pad
stampin' Up! Terrific Tulips stamp set
journaling stamp
stampin' Up! Alphabet Antiques Upper and Lower stamp sets
stampin' Up! Itty Bitty Backgrounds stamp set
adhesive
embossing heat gun
stamp cleaner, clean-up pad
12" x 12" paper trimmer
black memory pen

1. First, trim 1/2 inch from one of the long sides and one of the short sides of the white vellum cardstock.

2. Next, use olive ink pad to stamp Terrific Tulip stem/leaf several times across the bottom of the vellum cardstock. Allow stems to bleed off bottom of the cardstock.

3. Use pale plum ink pad to stamp tulip images just above each stem. Vary the sizes and quantity for most attractive design.

4. To add dimension, Gardner uses a double-stamping technique. To do this, first stamp "shadow" leaves over the first leaves and stems using the moss stamp. Stamp shadow leaves in any open spaces next to stems.