One Set Two Looks

It's another Flourishes Friday and this week Leslie has challenged the Design Team girls to create two different looks with the same stamp set.  I love a challenge like this!  I think that's why I love Flourishes stamps so much, because you can achieve very different looks depending on the application you use. 

I love the Forest of Trees set because you can do so much with it...seasons, masculine, feminine, Christmas...., so I decided to create two Christmas looks with it.  Here is the pair together. 

I kept a similar layout for both cards but made them look entirely different.

Crisply Christmas

With this card I wanted to create a crisp icy feeling.  So I stamped the pine tree in a soft Bashful Blue, and then stamped over top of it with VersaMark ink and embossed it with Irridescent Ice Embossing powder.  I think this the BEST thing about clear stamps...you can see exactly where your stamp is stamping...and you can achieve perfect lineup!  The embossing powder gives you such a cool look...it glistens blue, silver, purple, green...all depending on which way you turn it. 

I've accented the tree with rhinestones, framed it with Nestabilities, and then added an embossed layer white on white.  Then embellished the card with satin ribbon and one of the Finishing Touches Ribbon Slides.

Warmly Christmas

This card is a little more in my comfort zone :)  I stamped the pine tree here on watercolor paper and watercolored it with reinkers.  Then I sponged the paper heavily using the Nestability Label as a template.  I love these Basic Grey Sultry papers and thought they made a lovely warm backdrop to the scene.  And a beautiful Silk ribbon bow to accent it as well as the beautiful Finishing Touches Flower. 

So, now you can see....just one way you can create very different looks with the same stamp set...even the same layout - and just by your color choices, stamp application and embellishments create different looks.

Leslie has a great post on the Flourishes Newsletter today about using one set and achieving two looks so be sure to check it out as well as all the girls' doubly delicious cards today:

Cindy Lawrence,   Laura Fredrickson,   Julie Koerber,    Faith Hofrichter,   Latisha Yoast,   Leslie Miller, Stacy Morgan

Recipes:  Crisply Christmas:  Stamps:  Forest of Trees;  Ink: Bashful Blue, VersaMark;  Paper:  Whisper White;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Rectangles and Scalloped Rectangles Nestabilities, Petals a Plenty Embossing Folder, Kaiser Rhinestones, Blue Satin Ribbon, Oval Punches, Finishing Touches Ribbon Slide (Silver), Dimensionals.

Warmly Christmas:  Stamps:  Forest of Trees;  Brown Stazon, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip;  Paper:  Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Basic Grey Sultry paper;  Accessories:  Labels Five Nestabilities, Big Shot, Ticket Corner Punch, Silk Ribbon, Oval Punch, Sponge, Finishing Touches Flower Brad (Copper), Dimensionals.