Celebrating 40 Years with Stampendous

In honor of Stampendous' 40th anniversary, I'm sharing this card that I made from one of my old (but loved) Stampendous stamp sets.  Happy Messages and Bold Blossoms were one of my first photopolymer stamp sets, more than 10 years ago, when I was just getting into stamping.  Yes, these stamps are THAT old, but they still stamp beautifully.  It's no wonder Stampendous has been in business for this long -- their stamps are really of good quality.

During that time, coordinating dies for stamp sets were not as popular, so I fussy-cut the red flower in the middle to give the impression of a die-cut image.  A card-maker's gotta do what a card-maker's gotta do. ;)

As a bonus, I also used the Stampendous embossing powders (Ruby Red and Lapiz Pearl) for this card.

Thank you, Stampendous, for 40 wonderful years!  I wish you 100 times more stampendous years of excellent quality products and stamping fun.

Thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Embossed Purple Flower Birthday Card

I always find myself needing birthday cards.  With a big family and many friends whom I don't see as often as we typically would, birthdays always come up sooner than I expect.

Going through my old stamp sets, I found this beautiful Stampin' Up set (Flower Fest).  The images were just begging to be embossed, and embossed them, I did.

Using Versamark ink, I stamped the images and then embossed them using Stampendous embossing powder in Violet and Olive.  I punched the flower image using the coordinating scalloped circle punch, and popped it up on some foam tape.

The sentiment was from Stampendous (Happy Messages) and was stamped in beautiful Grape Crush ink by Catherine Pooler.  I just love how vibrant it looks in real life.  The photo really does not do it justice.

What do you do with your old stamp sets?  Do you purge your sets or do you continue to use them?  I love that I'm still able to use my old sets.

Thanks for looking, and have a great day!