Forest carpet stamps

 The Rare Earth forest carpet stamps are lovely silhouette stamps inspired by the forest at dusk. They contain a range of flowers, butterflies, dragonflies and inspiring sentiments. I enjoyed playing with them to try different effects.

You can create quite simple cards with a single colour on an inky background,with a sentiment.

I used a few of the stamps in just one colour to create an impression of undergrowth.

An inky background with the blooms stamped in the same colour and a few additional elements added in circular topper shapes.

I stamped onto the central piece of card and then matched the stamps on the background card she they line up with a matching border.

A few lines of watercolour  paint, a simple sun and a flower border, sentiment and kaeidoscope of butterflies.

Some left over mopped up ink provided the background for this card.

Some lines of watercolour made the background with some textured stamps to give some interest.

Blossom, bloom and flourish could be used for a variety of occasions.

A silhouette on an inky background can look effective.

A decorated bag with just a few embellishments and sentiment

I used left over pieces to decorate another bag.

I like the idea of building up a landscape and this was my first attempt. I used pieces of paper as a mask to create the hills and clouds.

Here is another landscape, which is easy to create using these lovely stamps.

I was getting into the lanscape idea and here is a third one.

Pools of different watercolour paint with the textured overlays and a silhouette flower in the middle.

An easel card . The ink blending was done on photographic paper.

Path Of Light

The path of light stamps from rare Earth are very versatile and  can be used in a variety of ways. This is a hexagon pop-up card using die from Tattered Lace.  The background is using a faux batik technique. The card is inked stamped and embossed and then further layers of ink added.

I stamped onto a CD and used the pebeo mixed media paints to get interesting effects to make this hanger.

This next card is a pop-up box card filled with flowers and with butterlies and the decorative moon at the back. The sentiments that accomany these stamp sets have a lovely font.

This is a closer up view of the flowers. These were shaped with a ball tool to give them some dimension.

The rocker card below were created from Tattered Lace dies with a few flowers added for decoration. The sentiment little by little fits in with the times we are living in at the moment.

This is a gatefold cut out card. I like the contast of the orange with the blue and the way the butterfly looks as though it is gliding through the air.

This is another foldback card with cutout. I enjoyed using the roses from the set which feature on a number of the cards and the cutout section helps give the feeling that the butterfly is actually flying.

I made this easel card displying som more of the rsoes,which can look dimensional when coloured in.

Another easel card, again featuring the roses but within an oval frame this time.

I used flowers to frame the sentiment, on the inside of the card, with acetate to give the card dimension and added strength.

The moon neatly sits on the insdie of the sun when the central portion of the sun is cut. We were really hoping for the sun when I made this card.

This is another half fold with cut out which help focus on the hummingibrd  flying across the centre.

 I used inks for the background and added the stars in white. The small moon is suspended on thin thread in the cetre of the cutout circle.

These swirls give an eastern feel to this card. I added a few stickers to add to the effects.

Think positive is what we need to do right no and is a useful sentiment for many occasions. I used an inky background and the much loved roses.

It is lovely to be able to co-ordinate cards with the packaging for a present and this can be easily done with these stamps. I used the hummingbird and sun on this occasion.