Hi, my friends! I’m up on the Pinkfresh blog with a sweet, crafty card. The Classic Correspondence stamp, stencil, and die sets are full of charming illustrations of crafty tools, including scissors, a journal, washi tape, a pen, an envelope, and more. 

I used the Classic Correspondence stamp, stencil, and die sets with a pretty peach and sage green color palette.

Let’s start with the backing panel:

1. Blend PFS ink colors Sunkissed, Misty Coast, and Sage in separate areas on a 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 inch panel of white cardstock. Pinkfresh’s 1″ brushes lend a beautifully soft blend.
2. Use the Stippled Plaid press plate (as a press plate) with Olive ink over the blended panel.
3. Use one of the Postage Edge rectangle dies to cut it down slightly and create a pretty border.
4. I used fun foam to pop it up over an A-2 sized cardbase. If you prefer to leave it flatter, exclude the fun foam or foam tape and adhere directly to the cardbase.

For those fun craft tool die-cuts:

1. Stamp the image of the craft tools (they’re all together on one stamp) onto more white cardstock and leave the stamp in your stamping platform.
2. Use the five stencils in the Classic Correspondence stencil set to color in the tools.
3. Once colored, put the panel back into the stamping platform and stamp the image again with black ink to highlight the detail more.
4. You can go back over it with the stencils and apply pastes or gels if you’d like. I used gold paste in just a few areas.
5.  I used the Classic Correspondence die set to cut out the crafty tools when everything was dry. Then, I used the die again with white cardstock and glued the doubles together to strengthen the die cuts.
6. I used foam tape to pop them up over my backing panel, leaving a space for the sentiment.
7. I applied Peach Fuzz jewels around my “happy mail” sentiment.
8. Then, I tied a bow with some pretty peachy ribbon from my stash and stuck it on the card using glue dots.

And I was done with my card! I love the variety of sentiments included in the stamp and press plate sets, such as thank you, just saying hello, and happy belated birthday.

I hope this inspires you to make something new today! Thanks so much for stopping by!

-Anne