CSS Spring Ensemble Group Challenge

For this month’s Clear and Simple Stamps group project challenge, design team members created gift ensembles for a variety of occasions using this month’s Stamp of the Month, Spring.

My project is a simple get well ensemble. I’ve had this raindrop patterned paper in my stash for a while now and I thought it would be just perfect paired with the set’s umbrella image. I used a large panel of the patterned paper on my card. It’s hard to see in the photo, but I stamped the set’s raindrop border bar image in white ink repeatedly to cover the solid Trendsetter Blue strip that’s at the bottom of the patterned paper panel. I liked the contrast between the patterned paper’s large drops and the stamp set’s smaller ones. To divide the pattern and solid, I used strips of two shades of blue cardstock. The sentiment is stamped on one strip. The second strip has a scalloped edge to add interest. I stamped one of the set’s umbrella images on a white circle and paper pieced the umbrella using a scrap of CSS’s Party Teal Dawn cardstock. I set the image panel on the card, then added a matching button, tied with some baker’s twine to the opposite end of the card.

To go along with card, I made a little box to hold a purse-sized package of tissues. The box was made with just a few cuts and scores and is held together with ScorTape. I used another piece of the raindrop patterned paper on the box top. A piece of blue satin ribbon runs across the box. It’s dressed up with a button to tie it in with the card.
Be sure to visit the rest of the CSS DT to see their project ensembles. I know you’ll be impressed with what they’ve created. Here’s where to find them:
Cristina Kowalczyk
Dana Grothaus
Kim Howard
Ryann Salamon
Tracy Schultz
Viola Mahr
CSS Blog

Materials Used:
Spring stamp set, Perfect Little Black Dress and A Blanc Check inks, Trendsetter Blue, Party Teal Dawn, and A Blanc Check cardstock, Simply Blue-tiful satin ribbon, Trendsetter Blue buttons (Clear and Simple Stamps); scallop edge punch (Stampin’ Up!); circle punches (EK Success); baker’s twine (Timeless Twine)