Hello Sunshine Simon Says Stamp Let's Chill release

 Sunflowers have a duel meaning to me living here in Utah. When I first moved to her we had bought a home that did not have a yard. Just dirt and weeds. One of those weeds was a flower that looked a lot like a sunflower. For those of you that live in the area know exactly what I am referring to. Very pretty but a very aggressive weed! The other meaning is the beautiful large flower that is not a weed and produces the yummy sunflower seeds we eat as a snack.  I have since put a yard in and no more invasive sunflower weeds but sometime I do miss the pretty flower it produced!

Today's post is a sunflower card made using an embossing folder from the wonderful new Let's Chill release from Simon Says Stamp.

I made this card by inking up the flat side of the embossing folder with a yellow ink. I then added a white piece of card stock and ran it through my die cut machine. I then colored in the center of the flowers with an orange Copic marker to create that sunflower look. I trimmed it down and added to an A2 size card base of smooth white card stock. I die cut the Hello Sunshine sentiment from an orange card stock three times and glued them together for thickness. I then die cut the shadow out of white card stock and added them both to the card and a little sequins to add some sparkle.

I hope you enjoyed the card I made today. Please click on the link I provided to check out more of the Let's Chill release. Also, I have listed and linked all the supplies I used to make this card below for your convenience.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Embossing Folder and Die: Sunflower Field

Simon Says Stamp Die Set: Hello, Sunshine

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink Pad: Lemonade

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink Pad: Cantaloupe

Simon Says Stamp Cardstock 100# Orange Peel

Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB Smooth Solar White Paper

Studio Katia Crystal Clear Fusion Sequins

Picket Fence Studios Make Your Own Background

Hi all and welcome to another week of the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

This week the challenge theme is Make Your Own Background!

We are showcasing Picket Fence Studios products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see what you make! As always just for entering you will be eligible for the the drawing of a $25 voucher to the Simon store!

I wanted to make a fun, bright and sparkly background to showcase the beautiful butterfly stamps from the July Simon Says Stamp card kit.

I just love making cards with lots of color. This card is definetly colorful! There is just no limit to making your own backgrounds for cards these days. So many wonderful products out there to create with.

I made this card using an A2 size card base made from smooth white card stock. I then cut a panel of white card stock a bit smaller to leave a border and ink blended a rainbow of colors. I started from the top corner and when to the bottom corner.  Using a background stamp and the shiny paper glitz and some clear embossing powder I created a light pattern on the panel. I then stamped the butterfly 6 times using clear embossing powder and heat set that. I then colored the butterflies using the same inks I used for the background. 

I then mixed some more of that paper glitz into white acrylic paint and added it to the bodies of the butterflies. I used some stickles on the wings for some sparkle. I stamped the sentiment in more ink I used for the background and butterflies. and used a sentiment stip die to cut it out.

I hope you enjoyed the card I made today and if you are interested in any of the products I used, they are listed and linked below for your convenience. All supplies can be found at the Simon Says Stamp store.

Supplies:

Picket Fence Paper Glitz sparkle gel

Simon Says Stamp You Shine stamp set

Simon Says Stamp Spring Flowers background stamp

Simon Says Stamp Birthday Wishes stamp set

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink Salvaged Patina 

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink Cracked Pistachio

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink Fossilized Amber

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink Carved Pumpkin

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink Worn Lipstick

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink Picked Raspberry

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink Wilted Violet

Simon Says Stamp White embossing powder

VersaMark embossing/watermarak ink

Ranger Ice Stickles 

Ranger Foam adhesive

Sizzex heat tool

***If any product is out of stock just click on the "Notify Me" button and you will alert Simon to restock that product and then they will notify you!

Now it's you turn! Happy crafting!

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You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

 

Memory Box Back to School

Hi all and welcome to another week of the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

This week the challenge theme is Back to School!

We are showcasing Memory Box products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see what you make! As always just for entering you will be eligible for the the drawing of a $25 voucher to the Simon store!

What was your favorite subject at school? Mine was coloring! It's only July but school is just around the corner. Summer always goes so fast and then it's back to the books.

Here is a fun card to welcome back the new school year!

I made this card using smooth white card stock for an A2 size card base. I then cut a panel of more white card stock a bit smaller to leave a border. I then ink blended some rainbow colors to create a shadow for each of the fun crayons in the same colors. I stamped the crayons using a copic friendly ink and colored them in with copic markers. I used a white gel pen to create some highlights. Please leave a message if you want to know which copics I used.

I then fussy cut them out and adhered them on the card using foam adhesive. I then die cut the word welcome out of black card stock 3 times and glued them together for some thickness. I stamped the word back onto a strip of scrap card stock and trimmed it down and popped it under the welcome sentiment.

I added the fun clear dops to add some interest to my card.

I hope you enjoyed the card I made today and if you are interested in any of the products I used, they are listed and linked below for your convenience. All supplies can be found at the Simon Says Stamp store.

Supplies:

Memory Box Clear Fairy Drops

Lawn Fawn Color My World stamps

Simon Says Stamp Welcome Little One die set

Tim Holtz Distress oxide Picked Raspberry

Tim Holtz Distress oxide Candied Apple

Tim Holtz Distress oxide Carved Pumpkin

Tim Holtz Distress oxide Fossilized Amber

Tim Holtz Distress oxide Peeled Paint 

Tim Holtz Distress oxide Salvaged Patina

Simon Says Stamp Premium Ink Pad Intense Black

Uni-Ball Pen Signo White Gel Pen

***If any product is out of stock just click on the "Notify Me" button and you will alert Simon to restock that product and then they will notify you!

Now it's you turn! Happy crafting!

Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too.

You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

 

Have a Chill Day card Let's Chill release

I moved to Utah about 11 years ago from Huntington Beach, California where I was born and raised. I love the mountains but I really miss the beach. So, I was super excited to see all the beach themed stamps and dies in the new Simon Says Stamp Let's Chill release.

I had to make a beach themed card using images of lots of goodies you would find at the beach. Sun hats, flip flops and popsicles!

I made this card using an A2 size card base made from Craft card stock to look like sand. I then cut a panel from smooth white card stock a bit smaller to leave a border. I then stamped the popsicle, flip flop and sun hat outline images from the CZ Beachy Keen stamp set in light brown ink. I then stamped the solid part of the images in colors that I thought felt like a day at the beach. I then stamped the sentiment onto heavy weight white card stock and used the coordinating dies to cut it out. I then stamped the sub-sentiment onto turquoise card stock and trimmed it down and adhered to the card. I finished the card with some clear fairy drops.

I hope you enjoyed the card I made today. Please click on the link I provided to check out more of the Let's Chill release. Also, I have listed and linked all the supplies I used to make this card below for your convienence.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp CZ Design Beachy Keen Stamp Set

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink Sunbeam

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink Seafoam

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink Grapefruit

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink Fawn

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink Peachy

Neenah Desert card stock

Neenah Solar White card stock

Memory Box Clear Fairy Drops

Riley and Company Anything Goes

Hi all and welcome to another week of the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

This week the challenge theme is Anything Goes!

We are showcasing Riley and Company products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see what you make! As always just for entering you will be eligible for the the drawing of a $25 voucher to the Simon store!

I wanted to make a birthday card this week. I have a couple of special birthdays coming up in July!

My favorite dessert is cake! I thought a rainbow cake woud be fun to make. I also made a little video on my ink blending for this card.

I began with piece of smooth white card stock to make an A2 card base. I then trimmed down a panel also from white card stock. I chose my favorite distress oxide inks to create this ink blended background.

I then cut another panel from white card stock. I used embossing ink to stamp the Make a Wish sentiment at the bottom of the panel and heat embossed it using gold embossing powder. I then ink blended another piece of white card stock using the sames distress oxide inks and then die cut the cake from it. I used some small flower dies to decorate the cake. I then die cut the streamers and the flames for the candles from gold card stock.

I hope you enjoyed the card I made today and if you are interested in any of the products I used, they are listed and linked below for your convenience. All supplies can be found at the Simon Says Stamp store.

Supplies:

Riley and Company Funny Bones Make a Wish..stamp 

Simon Says Stamp Fancy Cake Set dies

Simon Says Stamp Streamer Ribbons die set

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink Wilted Violet

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink Picked Raspberry

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink Saltwater Taffy

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink Fossilized Amber

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink Twisted Citron

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink Cracked Pistachio

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink Salvaged Patina

Neenah Solar smooth white card stock

Spellbinder's Petite Floral dies

Simon Says Stamp Gold card stock

Hero Arts Gold embossing powder

Versamark embossing ink

Sizzex Heat tool

***If any product is out of stock just click on the "Notify Me" button and you will alert Simon to restock that product and then they will notify you!

Now it's you turn! Happy crafting!

Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too.

You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

 

Simon Says Stamp Let's Chill Instagram hop

There is a fun and inspiring Instagram hop going on to celebrate the new Simon Says Stamp Let's Chill release. To join the hop just click on the Instagram button on the right and it will take you to my page. I am featuring a card made using products from the new release. If you leave a comment on my Instagram post for this card, you will be entered into a drawing to win a $25 gift voucher to the Simon store.

Butterflies just make me happy. They are so beautiful and give evidence change can be amazing and can open up a whole new world. There are so many metaphors for butterflies! This stamp set was perfect for me! Combined with my use of coloring to combat anxiety and the gorgeous images this butterfly stamp offered, I just couldn't resist! So I had to sit down and take my time coloring it. I think I went a little crazy with the color😂

I first took a piece of smooth white card stock to make an A2 size card base. I then cut a panel from the same white card stock to leave a white border and randomly stamped different butterflies from the set on the panel using a copic friendly black ink. Using my favorite shaes of copic markers I colored in the butterflies. 

I also used a black copic marker to fill in all the white space between the butterflies. I then used a white gel pen to add highlights and details to the butterflies. I then adhered the colorful panel to the card base with tape runner and added the Sending Good Vibes die cut sentiment. I die cut the phrase about 3 times for dimension and stability.

I hope you got some good vibes from this card! Don't forget to visit my Instagram page and join the hop for more inspiration for this fun new release!

If you are interested in any of the products I used to make this card they are listed and linked below for your convenience. All supplies can be found at the Simon Says Stamp store.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Butterfly Dreams stamp set

Simon Says Stamp Sending Good Vibes die

Neenah Solar White card stock

Copic Marker sets Oranges

Copic Marker sets Reds

Copic Marker sets Greens

Copic Marker sets Pinks

Copic Marker sets Blue

Simon Saya Stamp Premium Black ink

Uni-ball White Gel Pen

Hero Arts Clean and Simple

Hi all and welcome to another week of the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

This week the challenge theme is Clean and Simple!

We are showcasing Hero Arts products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see what you make! As always just for entering you will be eligible for the the drawing of a $25 voucher to the Simon store!

I love a clean and simple card. Infact, it's my favorite kind of card. They can be so elegant. I thought this wonderful layering die set from Hero Arts would be perfect for a clean and simple card yet yield so much dimension!

I made this card using a piece of smooth white card stock cut to be an A2 top folding sized card base. I then die cut the different layers of the windmill and tulips and trimmed them down to fit inside of the square frame die I chose for this card. I then used distress oxide ink to create the sky background. I also used Copic markers to color the windmill and tulips.

I then stamped the sentiment in Pawsitively Saturated Peony ink. I die cut an extra square frame and adhered the layered dies with liquid and foam tape to help add lots of dimension.

I hope you enjoyed the card I made today and if you are interested in any of the products I used, they are listed and linked below for your convenience. All supplies can be found at the Simon Says Stamp store.

Supplies:

Hero Arts Looking Glass Windmill Tulips layering dies

Simon Says Stamp Delicate Floral Frames stamp set

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitivly Saturated ink Peony

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Wilted Violet

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Picked Raspberry

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Fossilized Amber

Waffle Flower Square nesting frame dies

***If any product is out of stock just click on the "Notify Me" button and you will alert Simon to restock that product and then they will notify you!

Now it's you turn! Happy crafting!

Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too.

You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in