Good morning friends! I’ve been playing with my stamps and it’s been fun! Stamps are great for filling in white space, making die cuts or just adding a few sentiments here and there to help tell your story!

Disclaimer: “The Crafter’s Workshop provided me with product to create this layout. The opinions I share are solely my own.”

Awhile ago, I received some pretty papers from 49 and Market that The Crafter’s Workshop added to my DT box and I held onto them because they are too pretty to use… but then my sister had a photo shoot of her beautiful little family and I immediately wanted to use the papers and embellishments because they matched the photos perfectly! I love when that happens.

To begin, I added layers of die cut cards and labels onto the base. Then I matted the photo onto patterned paper and added the die cut frame over the photo to frame my sister’s family. Next, I fussy cut the sea shells from a card and popped them onto the framed photo using foam squares to add dimension. I mounted everything down and then I glued the little gems next to it to add some sparkle.

Next, I wanted to add something to the top right-side of the photo so I grabbed the TCW2200 Thank You Hearts Clear Stamps and stamped the hearts in black. I colored them in with alcohol markers and added the xo’s using a white gel pen. Then, I added the epoxy hearts. I love how this cluster of hearts looks on this photo.

I stamped the border of hearts at the bottom just for fun and then colored them in using a light pink marker.

After I glued down the lace across the photos, I felt that I needed to add something else to help pull this layout together. Therefore, I stamped the butterfly from the TCW2210 Uplifting Sentiments Clear Stamps in orange ink onto a scrap piece of patterned paper and then fussy cut the image using scissors. I mounted it to the layout using foam squares. I tucked a few labels, slightly behind the photo to add a few more layers.

Now do you see why you need all of these beautiful stamps?! They sure do come in handy. Thank you for visiting today!

Nicole Martel, Design Team Member