Have you seen the Lotus Blossom stamp set on page 7 of the Sale-A-Bration brochure? I have already created a birthday card with this amazing stamp set...

Lotus Blossom photopolymer (139143) - FREE with qualifying order*

The three flower images in the stamp set make up a very detailed and beautiful flower. For best results, Stampin' Up! recommends stamping the inside petals first (the smallest detailed stamp), then the large textured image, then finish with the solid stamp. Stampin' Up! have made this easy as they have added numbers to the acetate packing that the stamps come in, to indicate the order the stamps should be used. They have also added tabs to the photopolymer stamps themselves, for lining up the images.

For these flowers, I stamped the first one in Elegant Eggplant, the second in Wisteria Wonder and the third solid image also in Wisteria Wonder, but I stamped it off first so it was lighter in colour. Stamping off means that I stamped the inked image onto scrap paper before stamping it on my project, so there is less ink and the colour is less intense.

I have also played around with stamping this flower in the reverse, which works perfectly well too...

This time I stamped the solid image first in Wisteria Wonder (stamping off first), then the second image also in Wisteria Wonder (full strength ink), and finally the third image in Elegant Eggplant. Because the stamp set is photopolymer, it is really easy to line up the images when stamping.

I love the depth and detail in the finished lotus flower. Here's a quick and simple card created using the Lotus Blossom stamp set and the Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes...

Stamps: Lotus Blossom (photopolymer: SAB 139143). Ink: Wisteria Wonder (126985), Elegant Eggplant (126969), Pear Pizzazz (131180), Old Olive (126953). Card/Paper: Whisper White (106549). Accessories: Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes (131527). Tools: Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).

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