Stamp Review Crew: Ringed with Nature

Greetings on this second Stamp Review Crew hop of July! As a reminder, the Stamp Review Crew is an international group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators who get together on the first and third Monday of each month to bring you all kinds of fabulous inspiration on a single stamp set. This hop features Ringed with Nature, a set (with coordinating hybrid embossing folder) from the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog.  You may have arrived here from Painted Orange, the blog of Charlet Mallett. Charlet is a member of the 2022 Stampin’ Up! Artisan Design Team. See why she earned that?

Sometimes I only show one or two cards for a hop, but this time I have three. Because of that, I will spotlight each card in an individual post this week, complete with a product list and, most likely, a free project sheet for each card. So come back!

Now, I googled this, and I can find no law, local ordinance, or other rule prohibiting the use of mushrooms on an anniversary card. It would be strange if the sentiment inside did not read, “So happy you grew on each other!” OK, my DH nixed that idea, but this card is still for the upcoming anniversary of his son and our DIL, parents of Peter. (Notice: family of three people, cluster of three mushrooms.)

I have had some instrumental-only Christmas music playing in my studio while I prepare for the upcoming Jingle Jump, so it was only natural to look at this set through a holiday lens. I had an idea to create an all-over pattern of poinsettias in various shades of red, and this is the result (there’s lots of gold you can’t really see here!):

My last card entailed a lot of fussy cutting, but it turned out just as I had hoped. Although I stamped Merry Christmas inside, this could certainly be a welcome-to-the-neighborhood-you-will-love-it-here-even-in-the-winter card. Accompanied by a tin of cookies, of course!

Again, please come back for all the details of these cards! Meanwhile, you’re moving on to Running with Scissors Stamper, the blog of Heidi Baks. I am in such good company today, aren’t I?