Today's post features the The Gangs All Meer Stamp Set from Stampin' Up!.  This was part of the January-February 2021 Sale-A Bration Promotion. Such a cute set!

-The standard size (5-1/4 x 4") bottom mat for this first card was cut from Emerald Green CS.

-The standard size (5 x 3-3/4") top mat for this card was cut from Whisper White CS.

-The "gang" of meers and the cactus were stamped directly onto the top mat with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Stampin' Blends.  I used almost all of he different brown sets to color the meers, Call Me Clover for the cacti, and various pinks for the flowers on the cacti.  Markers or colored pencils or watercolor pencils could be used as an alternative coloring method.

-Lastly I used a Blending Brush with Balmy Blue Ink to highlight around the meers.

-The standard bottom size mat for this card was cut from Soft Suede CS.

-The standard size top mat for this card was cut from Whisper White CS.

-The two single meers and the cactus were stamped with Memento Ink and colored using Stampin' Blends as on the above card.

-This time I shaded around the meers using Blending Brushes and Crumb Cake Ink on the bottom 1/4 of the card and Balmy Blue Ink on the top 3/4 of the card.

-The sentiment is from the Hello Friend Stamp Set using Soft Suede Ink.

-Here's a very similar version to the cards above - but I have held off on adding a sentiment until I am ready to mail it.

-For this last card I stamped the various images on scrap pieces of Whisper White CS, colored them with the Stampin' Blend Sets, did a bit of shading on the background with Blending Brushes, and then cut them out with one of the smaller Layering Circle Dies.

-The standard bottom mat for this card was cut from Emerald Envy CS, which I embossed using the Painted Texture Embossing Folder that I inked first with Crumb Cake Ink.

-The strips of brown paper were cut from Soft Suede CS.

-The sentiment is from the Rooted in Nature Stamp Set, it was stamped on a scrap of Whisper White CS, cut out with one of the Layering Circle Dies and matted on a scalloped circle die cut from Soft Suede CS using one of the scalloped circles form the same die set.

-All of the circles were popped up with Dimensionals.