Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. The natural flourishes stamp & die set from Catherine Pooler Designs has some beautiful stamps that can take centre stage on a card very easily. However, I'm showing how you can easily use them to create a custom background with a simple stamp such as this big leaf flourish from the stamp set. Add a bold die-cut sentiment on the front and you're good to go.
Written and photos Custom background with simple stamp!:
Start off by stamping the leaf flourish from the Natural Flourishes stamp set in Black Jack ink 7 times. Next, us a blend pen such as the colourless blender from Tombow to pick up some Catherine Pooler Ink and colour the leaves in.
The easiest way to pick up the ink is to squeeze your pad lid down onto the pad when the ink pad is closed. This will add ink to the inside of the lid and act as a palette to colour from.
The colours used were the following: Pucker Up, Cranberry Fizz, Tiki Torch, Chiffon, Mardi Gras, Suede Shoes and Drive in. Once coloured, use the Natural Flourishes die set to cut these out.
Adhere the leaves down directly onto a card base and trim off an excess. For the sentiment, die-cut the Deco Thanks die from black and white card and add this to the front. Finish with a heat embossed sentiment from the Natural Flourishes stamp set and embellish with Ebony Black Nuvo drops.
Shopping list for Custom background with simple stamp!:
Links to supplies at Bumbleberry Papercrafts Shop:
 Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb Cardstock Shop at: BP |
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb Cardstock Shop at: BP |
 Original MISTI 2 - My Sweet Petunia Shop at: BP |
 Deco Thanks Die - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: BP |
 Chiffon Ink - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: BP |
 Chiffon Reinker - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: BP |
 Black Jack Ink - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: BP |
 Black Jack reinker - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: BP |
 Suede Shoes - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: BP |
 Suede Shoes reinker - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: BP |
 Cranberry Fizz Ink Pad - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: BP |
 Cranberry Fizz Reinker - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: BP |
 Pucker Up Ink - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: BP |
 Pucker Up reinker - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: BP |
 Drive-in Ink - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: BP |
 Drive-in Reinker - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: BP |
 Natural Flourishes stamp set - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: BP |
 Natural Flourishes die set - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: BP |
 Tiki Torch Ink - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: BP |
 Tiki Torch Reinker - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: BP |
 Mardi Gras Ink - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: BP |
 Mardi Gras Reinker - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: BP |
If you enjoyed this post and create a card like this, make sure you share it in the Bumbleberry Craft Room on Facebook for us to check it out!
Until next time!
Verity
