Everlasting Thanks Stamp Set: 3 Floral Card Ideas

If you love floral stamps but sometimes wonder how to make the same stamp set look completely different from one card to the next, the Everlasting Thanks Stamp Set is a lovely one to play with.

This week I challenged myself to create three different cards using the same stamp set — changing the colours, layout and techniques each time.

We start with a simple coloured floral design, move into a soft tone-on-tone card, and then finish with a more detailed floral frame.

Three cards. One stamp set. Three very different looks.

Everlasting Thanks Stamp Set

The Everlasting Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set features three beautiful floral arrangements along with a collection of sentiments that can be used for friendship, gratitude and those little cards we make simply to let someone know we’re thinking of them.

This stamp set includes:

• 3 detailed floral images
• A small accent stamp
• thanks a bunch
• endlessly grateful
• you’re so pretty inside & out
• love you friend

The detailed line-art flowers are particularly versatile because you can colour them, stamp them tone-on-tone, use them as a background or combine several images to create a larger floral design.

And that’s exactly what I wanted to explore with this week’s projects.

Project 1 — Thanks a Bunch

For our first card, I kept the layout fairly simple and let one of the floral images become the focal point.

I stamped the flowers onto Basic White cardstock and added colour to bring all those little details to life. A textured blue cardstock strip down the left side adds contrast without competing with the flowers, while Linen Thread gives the card a little natural texture.

The thanks a bunch greeting sits directly underneath the floral arrangement, with a few small embellishments finishing the design.

Try this idea

When you’re working with a detailed stamp, you don’t always need an elaborate card layout.

Stamp one image, colour it and give it plenty of white space.

It’s a great way to practise colouring without feeling as though you need to colour an entire card front.

Beginner tip: Choose just four or five colours before you begin. Repeating those colours throughout the flowers helps even a busy floral image feel coordinated.

Project 2 — You’re So Pretty Inside & Out

For the second card, I wanted to show that these flowers don’t need to be coloured at all.

This time I used Crumb Cake cardstock with Crumb Cake ink to create a soft tone-on-tone floral image.

It’s such a simple technique, but it gives the detailed stamp an entirely different personality.

I added the you’re so pretty inside & out sentiment across a strip of vellum so that you can still see some of the floral image underneath.

Linen Thread wrapped horizontally around the card and a scattering of gold embellishments add just enough detail while keeping the overall design soft and understated.

Try tone-on-tone stamping

Tone-on-tone stamping simply means using an ink colour that’s the same, or very similar, to your cardstock.

There’s no colouring required, which makes this a wonderful technique when you want a quick card that still has plenty of detail.

Try it with any cardstock and coordinating ink pad you already have.

It’s also a great reminder that sometimes not colouring an image can be just as effective as colouring it.

Project 3 — Love You Friend

For our final card, I wanted to stretch the Everlasting Thanks Stamp Set a little further.

Instead of using one floral arrangement as the focal point, I stamped flowers from the top and bottom edges of the Basic White panel, creating a floral frame around the sentiment.

The flowers were coloured in a mix of coral, pink, blue, yellow and green, while the dark textured card base creates a strong contrast around the white panel.

The simple love you friend greeting sits in the open space between the two floral areas.

A few gold embellishments were all this card needed to finish it.

Build a floral frame

You don’t need a dedicated border stamp to create a frame.

Try positioning a floral stamp so part of the image extends beyond the edge of your cardstock. Repeat the idea from another edge and suddenly one stamp has become part of a much larger design.

Leaving some open space between your stamped images also gives you a natural place for your sentiment.

One Stamp Set, Three Different Looks

This is one of my favourite things about taking the time to explore a stamp set rather than making just one card with it.

We used the Everlasting Thanks Stamp Set three ways:

Card 1: Colour one floral focal image and keep the layout simple.

Card 2: Skip the colouring and experiment with tone-on-tone stamping, vellum and texture.

Card 3: Repeat the floral imagery to build a larger design and frame the sentiment.

You don’t necessarily need more stamps to create more variety.

Sometimes it’s simply a matter of asking:

What else could I do with the stamps I already have?

Try changing the colour palette. Turn the card around. Stamp off the edge. Leave the image uncoloured. Repeat it. Add texture. Change where you place your sentiment.

Those little decisions can completely change the finished card.

And that’s where the fun begins.

Which of these three Everlasting Thanks cards is your favourite — the colourful Thanks a Bunch card, the Crumb Cake tone-on-tone design, or the floral Love You Friend card?