Inspired by Nature

Today's featured retiring stamp set is one of those that I'm sad to see leave.  Inspired by Nature is a great set on its own, but it's also one of those sets that I've reached for to work with other stamp sets.  You know the saying..."You don't know what you've got until it's gone"...it really applies to this set.  Now I realize I should've gotten a lot more use out of these beautiful stamps!

I've gotten the most use out of the grass image in this set.

Here it's combined with our Beautiful Butterflies die for the Big Shot.

Love the oval frame on this card.

Very different use of the stamps here.

A tone-on-tone image of grass in the background with a beautiful

embossed silhouette of flowers on the vellum overlay.

This set works for so many occasions...

and it's quick and easy to put together a fabulous card like this.

Here I used our Scallop Circle punch to make a template for sponging clouds,

then I used sponge daubers to ink up the flower stamp.

Easy to do, and it makes for a bold image.

I CASEd this card from a display I saw at convention.

I loved this version of the spotlighting technique, with the flower peeking through the vellum.

(CASE = Copy And Share Everything)

This stamp set also lends itself to alternate card shapes - like this tall card.

I love the border punch detail along the top.

Remember, Inspired by Nature is another stamp set that will retire on May 31.  Visit my online store here to order yours before it's too late!

View the retiring list here - listed by page number of the catalog, or

view the images in my online store here - just click on Retiring Products on the left.

Thanks for stopping in today.

StamperNan