Stampin with Sharon

Nature’s Symphony Bundle – Soft Layers & a Simple Hello

There’s something so calming about creating with nature-inspired products, and the Nature’s Symphony Bundle is no exception. Today’s card features soft layers, beautiful leafy images, and a simple “hello” greeting that makes it perfect for just about any occasion.

I love how the layered leaves add gentle movement without overwhelming the design. The subtle texture in the background keeps everything feeling elegant and timeless, while the Pretty Peacock tones really let the nature theme shine.

This is the kind of card you can mass-produce easily but still feel proud to give—it’s simple, stylish, and heartfelt all at once.

👉 Watch the video tutorial below where I walk you through how this card and all the others I created comes together step by step using the Nature’s Symphony Bundle.

All the Stampin’ Up! products used on this card are listed below. If you have any questions or would like to create along with me, feel free to reach out—I’d love to help.

Product List

166926 $82.75	166912 $21.75	159183 $53.00	166990 $17.50
150886 $25.00	150083 $15.75	166781 $25.00	167180 $14.00
149653 $244.00	152392 $49.00

February 7, 2026

Grungy Gears & Textures – Card 3

On my Facebook live recently I wanted to include the dies from the Gears & Textures Bundle and so I created these Grungy Gears & Textures cards. I had so much fun creating these cards. The second card I’m sharing was just created on the fly without any real idea in mind except to use the die cuts I had pre-prepared.

How I created the card

I pulled out my blending brushes, some Nature Walk designer series paper and got to work on creating the card below. Roughing up the edges of the DSP and adding some ink. Sometimes I do things a bit backwards and I certainly did that on this card and glued the DSP onto the left side of the vanilla card before I started stamping. I started stamping the images and didn’t worry if it went over the dsp as well. I just kept going. Adding on the die cuts and also stamping the sentiment onto another piece of DSP and roughing that up as well plus of course adding some ink.

Once I finished stamping the background, adding the die cuts, I added some linen thread and then the sentiment with dimensionals to pop them up. The Secret Sea card base I added some ink around the edges of it and then glued the card front onto the card base. Stamping a piece of vanilla card for the insert and then I was done.

Grungy Gears & Textures Card 3

Below is the video when I was creating these cards. This is the extended version. You can hop over to my youtube channel to see the shortened sped up version if you want.

Product List

166851 $35.00	166853 $53.00	166854 $79.00	153118 $15.75
153086 $25.00	153611 $27.00	152813 $14.00	152392 $49.00
165296 $25.00	165285 $15.75	149165 $15.75	121689 $25.00
147114 $15.75	121688 $25.00	166785 $25.00	104199 $8.75
166005 $15.00	166912 $21.75	150083 $15.75

January 24, 2026

Grungy Gears & Textures Card 2

On my Facebook live recently I wanted to include the dies from the Gears & Textures Bundle and so I created these Grungy Gears & Textures cards. I had so much fun creating these cards. The second card I’m sharing was just created on the fly without any real idea in mind except to use the die cuts I had pre-prepared.

How I created the card

I pulled out my blending brushes some Nature Walk designer series paper and got to work on creating the card below. Roughing up the edges of the vanilla card and then inking up the edges with basic gray ink. Stamping images randomly on the card front in various colours. I added some linen thread around the centre of the card front and also added on the die cuts that I’d also added some basic gray ink to.

I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of designer series paper to make it look worn, I then grabbed another piece of DSP and tore off the edge, scrunched it up and also added ink to it to give a good distressed look.

Once I finished stamping the background, adding the trim and all the die cuts, I added the sentiment with dimensionals to pop them up. The basic gray card base I added some ink around the edges of it and then glued the card front onto the card base. Stamping a piece of vanilla card for the insert and then I was done.

I’ll share the video of how I made these cards soon or you can check them out here. You can also check out some of my other cards that I’ve made using this stamp set here.

Grungy Gears & Textures Card 2

Product List

166851 $35.00	166853 $53.00	166854 $79.00	153118 $15.75
153086 $25.00	153611 $27.00	152813 $14.00	152392 $49.00
165296 $25.00	165285 $15.75	149165 $15.75	121689 $25.00
147114 $15.75	121688 $25.00	166785 $25.00	104199 $8.75
166005 $15.00	166912 $21.75	150083 $15.75

January 23, 2026

Grungy Gears & Textures

On my Facebook live recently I wanted to include the dies from the Gears & Textures Bundle and so I created these Grungy Gears & Textures cards. I had so much fun creating these cards. The first card I’ll share with you was inspired by Rochelle Blok back from March 2019. She used a different stamp set but is similar to the gears & textures set that we have and pulling in the Nature Walk DSP make it so much easier to create with.

How I created the card

I pulled out my blending brushes and got to work on creating the card below. Roughing up the edges of the designer series paper to make it look worn, I then added early espresso ink as I wanted a dark colour but not black. Using the blending brushes, I added additional colour to the die cuts as well to darken them. They almost look black. Stamping the images onto the DSP adds another layer of to the card.

Once I finished stamping the background I started layering up the die cuts and then looked for something to stamp on for the sentiment. I know vanilla or white wasn’t going to work on such a dark card so I chose a piece of dsp from the Nature walk pack and again roughed up the edges, stamped the sentiment in early espresso ink and also added some pretty peacock ink to the sentiment piece to darken it up but I knew I didn’t want it to be too dark. Adding the black and gold bakers twine onto the back and another die cut to the back and I attached the sentiment with dimensionals.

Inside the card I added a piece of vanilla cardstock and stamped a couple of images on that before gluing into the card. I’ll share the video of how I made these cards soon or you can check them out here. You can also check out some of my other cards that I’ve made using this stamp set here.

Grungy Gears & Textures Card 1

Product List

166851 $35.00	166853 $53.00	166854 $79.00	153118 $15.75
153086 $25.00	153611 $27.00	152813 $14.00	152392 $49.00
165296 $25.00	165285 $15.75	149165 $15.75	121689 $25.00
147114 $15.75	121688 $25.00	166785 $25.00	104199 $8.75
166005 $15.00	166912 $21.75	150083 $15.75

January 22, 2026

Gears & Textures – Masculine part 2

Recently on my Facebook Live I created with the Gears & Textures Stamp Set. You can see other cards I created with this set here. After the first three cards I created I wanted to change it up a bit and using the masking technique I got to work and used a post it note to cover over a section of the card. I then proceeded to stamp the images randomly over the card, overlapping the post it. Using blending brushes and Old Olive ink I added some ink over the card front.

Once I’d finished stamping and adding ink I peeled back the post it to reveal my card and then stamped my sentiment in the blank space. Then layered each card front onto coordinating card stock. Really #simplestamping cards for you to recreate with a bonus masking technique thrown in.

Gears & Textures – Masculine

Below is the quick version from my Facebook live, but you can also check out my long version with measurements here.

Product List

166851 $35.00	166853 $53.00	166854 $79.00	153118 $15.75
153086 $25.00	147090 $15.75	106576 $25.00	147085 $15.75
121683 $25.00	153611 $27.00	152813 $14.00	152392 $49.00

January 20, 2026

Gears & Textures – Masculine

Recently on my Facebook Live I created with the Gears & Textures Stamp Set. You can see other cards I created with this set here. I chose to create some simple stamping cards which can be easily duplicated. I had used the inspiration from Crafty Rootes in the UK to create my first card. That was enough of a spring board to get me doing the next card and then the next and so on. It was great to be able to just create and to continue to get the creatively flowing so easily just with copying one card but changing up the colours.

Changing up the colours from the original design that I saw, I created the first card with the long images stamped diagonally on the page alternating the colours. On the insert I stamped the long images again on an angle which helped me jump to the next card. Having the images diagonally from either end and then stamping in the centre changes the card. And on the insert I stamped the images up and down which led me to my third card in this set. I chose to stamp the images from top to bottom on one side with the sentiment stamped at he bottom right of the card. Then layer each card front onto coordinating card stock. Really #simplestamping cards for you to recreate.

Gears & Textures – Masculine

Below is the quick version from my Facebook live, but you can also check out my long version with measurements here.

Product List

166851 $35.00	166853 $53.00	166854 $79.00	153118 $15.75
153086 $25.00	147090 $15.75	106576 $25.00	147085 $15.75
121683 $25.00	153611 $27.00	152813 $14.00	152392 $49.00

January 19, 2026

Gears & Textures – Part 2

For my third & forth Stamp-a-Stack cards using the Gears & Textures Stamp Set, I kept with the same layout but changed up the embossing folders and switched the colours to keep things fairly clean and simple while still letting the textures and layers do the talking. I love cards that look detailed but are actually very achievable to recreate — perfect for a class setting. The embossing folders I used were Exposed Brick & the Beautiful Pattern 3D Embossing folders

One of my favourite things about this design is how easily it could be adapted. Change the sentiment, swap out the colours, or add a little embellishment, and you suddenly have a card suitable for lots of different occasions. This is exactly the kind of versatile design I love including in a Stamp-a-Stack — something you can confidently recreate again and again at home.

All the products I used for these cards are listed below, along with a photo so you can see the details up close.

Gears & Textures

Product List

166851 $35.00	166853 $53.00	166854 $79.00	152813 $14.00
152392 $49.00	147145 $15.75	144250 $25.00	147138 $15.75
146991 $25.00	163809 $15.75	163798 $25.00	167050 $46.00
166781 $25.00