I acquired a couple of new sets at a garage sale this weekend, and I am SO happy I bought them! The sets are: Big Blooms, and So Many Sayings.
So Many Sayings originally came as three big stamps with all of the sayings smushed onto the blocks, but I took the plunge and cut them up and mounted them on EZ mount, and I love it! I stamped the sentiment first, then stamped the dotted line stamp on either side of it. So handy!

The techniques I attempted were embossing resist and versamark resist. The embossing kinda worked, but the versamark resist didn't work at all. It's supposed to be on glossy cardstock, so I guess that's why it flopped. Anyway... Here are the deets:

Supplies: Stamps - Big Blooms, So Many Sayings (SU!); Paper - Kraft, Brown (generic), patterned paper (DCWV); Ink - Versamark, Blue, White (versamagic), Noir Black (Palette); Ribbon (American Crafts), Staples (MM), Clear Embossing Powder.