I'll dare to say that  any stamper  would be tempted to stamp  decorative edges  on cards, picture frames, scrapbook pages.. etc  with the large floral image from  Zen Floral Stamp Set by Honey Bee .

 The  image is beautiful as it is but why not twist it a little bit to fit  the shape of an edge die and make something a bit more dynamic?

When I saw  Mandala Moments by Tonic Studios  I was quite intrigued.  I have  to say that I have never seen anything like this collection of stamps and dies despite seeing the shop shelves filled  with Zen Colouring books that include mandalas designs.

I always thought that colouring images with such amount of detail could be very  boring and it wasn't my thing. However,  I only needed to stamp the images on a piece of whisper white cardstock and for the very first time I had the opportunity to enjoy and discover  the benefits of Zen colouring and on top of that I could make cards with these images ... it was a relaxing  and enjoyable experience...

Mandala Moments collection includes stamps with bold chunky words and 3 images ( lady bird, dragonfly and a flower)  with mandalas patterns all over them  and  it comes with big, chunky, coordinating dies. Plop! the dies are to die for and I try them with my 3 embossing machines: Cuttlebug, Stampin' Up! big Shot, and Big Shoot Plus, they  worked just fine on any of them.

Tonic also sent me the Nuvo Creative Pen Collection (Dual tipped alcohol based markers) and Nuvo Brush Scrip Pens  Collection (water based, ultra fine tip pens), and I used the same 3 colours on each collection  to add colours to all the cards today.

I also used my sewing machine to apply stitches  over the cardstock and create frames for some of my cards.

Ok, so first I want to share a Valentine's Day Card idea. 

I can't take the design as my own.  I CASE it from Agniezka Malyszek here. I  die cut the words out of Whisper White Cardstock By Stampin' Up!  then I stamped them over using Memento Black Ink with a floral stamp from  Marmalade's World Collection ( Also by Tonic Studios).

I use one of the stamps on Blooming Love stamp set  by Stampin' Up!  the : XOXO and I stamped it with Memento black Ink. 

The card base was made in Sahara Sand cardstock by Stampin' Up!

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  I hope you like these projects and you can find in my blog a source of inspiration and ideas for your paper craft projects.

Do not hesitate to ask any questions or leave a comment. I would love to hear from you.