My Favorite Things Vacation!

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

This week's challenge theme is Vacation!

We are featuring products from My Favorite Things. 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!

When I think of being on vacation I think of Summer and when I think of summer I think of fresh fruit and popsicles on warm days! So I chose to combine those elements when making this fun card!

I made this card using an A2 size card base from smooth white cardstock. I then used a stitched rectangle die to create an inked panel. I lightly applied red and green distress oxide to each opposing corners of the panel.

I then die cut several popsicles images from the My Favorite Things Pair of Popsicles die set from white cardstock and colored them with copic markers. I then die cut the word fun using the My Favorite Things Modern Serif Alpha dies out of black cardstock and added them to the card with some foam adhesive to pop them up.

Last, I arranged the watermelon popsicles around the sentiment on the panel and then trimmed off the excess and adhered it to the card base. I added a sub-sentiment and a few clear drops to finish this card up.

I made a little tutorial to show you a bit of the process of how I made this card.

I hope you enjoyed the project I have made for this week's challenge and got some inspiration! I have provided affiliate links to all the supplies I used below. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy this challenge!

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Now it's your turn! Happy crafting!

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Flower Happy Simon Says Stamp July card kit

The name of this card kit is perfect! It has made me flower happy for sure. I couldn't just make one card so I made three. If you haven't had a chance to see this amazing new card kit from Simon Says Stamp just click HERE!

This first card was made with the Flower Happy stamp set that comes in the kit. As you can see above the stamp set is just bursting with floral images. Some that even layer! I made this card using an A2 card base from smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed down another piece of white cardstock to create my stamped panel of flowers. I used the Pawsitively Saturated Inks in some of my favorite colors to stamp the flowers. I then stamped the greeting on another piece of white cardstock and using a couple of circle dies I die cut out the sentiment and a frame. I fussy cut 3 of the flowers I stamped to pop up off the sentiment circle.

The second card I made from an A2 size card base from smooth white cardstock. I used my favorite tiny flower image from the Flower Happy stamp set. I stamped it several times using more Pawsitively Saturated inks. I stamped a stem for each flower and fussy cut them out and arranged them in a line on a panel die cut from white cardstock using the wonky style stitched rectangle dies. I then chose a sentiment from the stamp set and stamped it using embossing ink and heat set it with a platinum embossing powder. I also added a flat white pearl to the centers of each flower.

Finally, I just had to use the gorgeous rose gold metallic cardstock and Jubilee embossing folder from the kit. After running the metallic paper through the embossing folder, I trimmed the embossed panel down to leave a bit of a white border. I also took a low grit piece of sandpaper and rubbed the to of the embossed panel to reveal a bit of white underneath. I then cut a square piece of rose gold metallic cardstock and embossed the sentiment using white embossing powder and popped it up with 3d foam squares. 

I hope you have enjoyed the projects I made using this amazing card kit. I have listed all the supplies I have used to make all three cards below. I have listed the card kit but you can also purchase the stamp set and embossing folder separately. Thank you for stopping by!!

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A Little Note

There is a thunderstorm ⛈outside and my big tough 12 year old great pyrenees is curled up around my feet like a little kitty. He hates thunder poor baby! Meanwhile, I am having some fun in the craftroom today creating a colorful card project.

I wanted to make some distressed colorful leaves for my card. Using a blending tool, a paintbrush with water and perfect pearls I just went to town on squares cut from white cardstock to fit the Leafy Sprig die.

I used these gorgeous little backgrounds to die cut out the leaves and then die cut a stitched rectangle out of white cardstock panel. I arranged the leaves in a semi-circle on the panel. I adhered the leaves with 3d foam squares for a little dimension.

I then stamped the sentiment from the Just Because Word Mix 2 stamp set that comes with a coordinating dies out of gray ink. I also used foam adhesive to pop up the circle die in the middle of the leaves. I used some fog cardstock for an A2 size card base.

I hope you enjoyed the project I made today and got some inspiration to pull out some of you goodies from your stash that you haven't used in a while to make something wonderful! I have listed and linked everything that I used to make this card below for your convenience.

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Brutus Monroe Lots of Layers

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

This week's challenge theme is Lots of Layers!

We are featuring products from Brutus Monroe. 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 just love lots of dimension on a card so this week's theme of Lot of Layers would be perfect for a floral die cut card. Lots of layers but not too many that you have to spend extra to mail it! Sometimes I go a little crazy with the thickness of a card and forget that it might have to go through the mail system! Ooops! 

I made this card using an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then took another piece of cardstock and stamped a gingham background in a neutral color. I used the amazing Brutus Monroe's Fabulou Florals die set to cut out the daisies three times from white cardstock and colored with distress oxide ink.

I then borrowed a couple of flowers and leaves from other floral die cut sets and cut them out from white cardstock and colored with distress oxide inks. The little blue flowers were colored with copic markers because I wanted the shading to be in the center of the flowers. I then added some white gel pen detail to the flowers.

I finished this card off using the Elegantly Modern Greeting die and hot foil set for the sentiment. I stamped the sub-sentiment in blue using the same stamp set and trimmed it out with a paper trimmer.

I hope you enjoyed the project I have made for this week's challenge and got some inspiration! I have provided affiliate links to all the supplies I used below. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy this challenge!

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Now it's your turn! Happy crafting!

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You're One in a Melon Pretty Pink Posh IG hop

I'm happy to be participating in the Pretty Pink Posh IG hop today featuring lots of goodies from their new release. I have made three projects to day. Make sure you visit my Instagram page for a chance to win a $30 gift card when you leave a comment.

This first card was made with the fun multi stencil watermelon set. I love using stencils to create a background for a card! I stenciled the watermelons onto a piece of craft cardstock using distress oxide inks. I used a white gel pen to create some highlight detail. I then stamped the watermelon images and sentiments from the Watermelon clear stamps set. I die cut them out and added them to the top of a piece of acetate framed with white cardstock for my shaker element of the cards. I used foam tape to pop of the frame to leave room for the shaker bits.

This next card was made using an A2 size card base from smooth white cardstock. I stamped lots of images from the Fresh Berries stamp set and colored them using copic markers. I then die cut them out and arranged them on an oval frame cut from white cardstock and popped up with foam adhesive. I adhered the oval frame to a white cardstock panel that I stamped in red with a gingham background stamp.

I used some white gel pen to add some details.

The last card I made used images from the Fruit Salad stamp set. I cut a panel of white cardstock down to leave a bit of a border on an A2 size card base made from white cardstock. Using a small square die, I created my own stencil to make colorful frames for the fruit images I stamped using copic friendly black ink. I colored the images in with copic markers and fussy cut them out and arranged them in each of the four squares. I also used the Fruit Salad stamp set for the sentiment for this card.

I hope you enjoy this fun hop today and got lots of inspiration! I have listed used affiliate links below to all the supplies I used to make these fun projects. Thank you so much for stopping by! 

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Simon Says Stamp Flowers

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

This week's challenge theme is Flowers!

We are showcasing exclusive products from Simon Says Stamp. 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 a perfect theme for this week's challenge! It's almost summer and flowers are in full bloom here. I wanted to make a card for that challenge that reflected that! 

I made this card using an A2 size card base made from cream cardstock. I then used the Simon Says Stamp Etched Layered Daisy Stem die to cut out five flowers. I used my colored cardstock to cut the flowers and and stems from. I die cut out a stitched rectangle panel from white cardstock to leave a bit of a border from the card base. I arranged the flowers on this panel and adhered them down using liquid glue and 3d foam squares.

For the sentiment, I used the happy birthday from the Happy Hellos stamp set. I stamped it using embossing ink and embossed it with gold embossing powder for a bit of shine. A very simple but beautiful birthday card!

I hope you enjoyed the project I have made for this week's challenge and got some inspiration! I have provided affiliate links to all the supplies I used below. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy this challenge!

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Now it's your turn! Happy crafting!

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Dream Big Birthday Card

I'm finally feeling a little better to have some fun in my craft room! I wanted to recreate a card I made a few years ago. It's so important to dig through your stash and show some love to those older stamps or dies that have been just sitting there waiting to be played with! Oh my, that sounded like a line out of the movie Toy Story!!🤣

The card I have made today features the adorable Simon Says Stamp Heart Garden stamp set. I also wanted to use the Dream big sentiment die because never have! It's just been sitting there waiting..

I made this card using an A2 size card base folded landscape style out of smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed down another piece of white cardstock to leave a bit of a border. Using a rectangle nested die to help mask off a rectangle to be shaded in using distress oxides. I peeled back the tape to reveal a perfectly ink blended and ink splattered rectangle shape. I then retaped all the sides of the rectangle and placed into the MISTI and stamped the Heart Garden stamp using a copic friendly black ink.

I then stamped it again onto another piece of white cardstock. I colored in the hearts with copic markers and fussy cut out the hearts. I adhered the hears to the inked and stamped panel with 3d foam squares to pop them up a bit. I then die cut the Dream Big sentiment out of white cardstock and fun foam for dimension. For the sub-sentiment, I stamped it using a clear embossing ink and then heat set it using a white embossing powder. I used white gel pen to add some highlights to the hearts to finish it off.

Thank you for stopping by today! I have provided affiliate links below to all the supplies I used to make this card if you are interested at no extra cost to you!

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