By simply hand trimming the lotus flower and three leaves from the Stampin’ Up! Avant Garden Stamp Set, you can make a delicate and pretty Avant Garden birthday card.

When you hand trim elements for your handstamped greeting cards, do you trim right up to the image or leave a small border around the image?

It seems that most of the time I leave a small border. It makes the handtrimmed piece or pieces stand out. If you don’t have a decent pair of scissors for handtrimming, I highly recommend the Paper Snips. Stampin’ Up! has been carrying them for at least 12 years. That tells you they are a popular purchase year after year. That’s because they are easy to hold while doing fine, detail cutting.

A Rhinestone Basic Jewel was added to one leaf. Doesn’t it look like a dew drop? It’s those small touches that make a hand stamped card extra special.

The handtrimmed lotus flower is resting upon lace trim. It’s one of the five lace borders from the Stampin’ Up! Delicate Details Stamp Set. You can have lace in any color with this 2017 Sale-a-bration item!

The “Happy Birthday Wishes” in a lovely font is also included in the Avant Garden Stamp Set. It’s stamped on a die-cut circle made with the Stiched Shapes Framelits Dies. There is die-cutting stitching around the perimeter of each of the circles, ovals and square dies in the set.

Both the Stampin’ Up! Avant Garden and Delicate Details Stamp Sets are 2017 Sale-a-bration items . Choose one for FREE with every $50 in product purchases through March 31, 2017, only in my online store www.shopwithshelly.com!

You are also welcome to call me at 702-513-9997 to place your order.

Stampin’ Up! Avant Garden and Delicate Details Card Supplies

Your February order could win one of three prizes in my February Drawing! The first name randomly drawn will win a set of Many Marvelous Markers ($110.00 value)! The second name drawn will win one FREE month of Stamping Playground membership ($9.95 value)! The third name drawn will win one FREE month Hassle-Free Cards subscription ($4.95 value)!

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