I was digging through one of my cupboards of old stamps when I came across the Blossoms Abound stamp set. This is a long since retired set. I am not sure if it was ever in the UK catalogue. I bought this set from a lady in the USA about eight or nine years ago. I used it a lot initially, but I wasn't really happy with the results. Probably because I didn't have two purple inks that worked well enough together to look like lilac.
Until now that is... S.U have brought out two lilac /purples that go together brilliantly. So I have been playing with this set again today, along with the Perfectly Penned sentiment set, The Birch background stamp and the very old En Francais background stamp Inks,.. Highland heather, Gorgeous grape. Mossy meadow, Old olive, Smokey Slate, and Grey granite.
I started by stamping the background in Grey granite with the Birch background stamp and Smokey slate with the script.
Blossoms abound is a two step stamp set. If you're unfamiliar with these sets. I'll explain, the lilac blossom is made up of two stamps. The base is a less detailed stamp, which I stamped in the lighter purple. The second stamp has the detail and I inked up the detail stamp in the darker purple and stamped on top of the lighter purple image. It's as easy as that.
The leaves on this set are done the same way as the blossoms, although you have to stamp the stem before stamping the leaves. The stem also has the veins of the leaves and this shows you where to stamp the leaves.
The sentiment is from the Perfectly penned stamp set and I stamped this in black Versafine. I finished the image with some sponging to vintage it up a bit. If you want a closer look click on one of the photos.
