For my weekly Card Making Challenge, I’ve made several cards with the French Foliage stamp set. This set is retired but it’s been sitting on my shelf for  probably a year. This challenge has gotten me to open it up and use it and I can’t believe I didn’t break it out before. What a versatile stamp set.

I didn’t want the cards to look real “autumn-ly” so I chose bright and fun colors. Including Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Crushed Curry and Always Artichoke. I masked the paper and smudged color on with a sponge and then stamped the design I wanted. I followed up by removing the masking tape and stamping the last few leaves and adding a sentiment. Really fun and so creative.  This card works for male or female and can also work with just about any sentiment.

While this stamp set is no longer available, there are other stamp sets that will do quite well with this technique and can be purchased at my online store. Here are some: Stippled Blossoms, Hostess set: Bloom with Hope, Postage Due, Sea Street, Everything Eleanor and By the Tide to name just a few.