Mama Elephant Rainbow Birds!

Happy Tuesday! Sharing a fun Mama Elephant rainbow inspired card today! We have been seeing a mix of freezing rain and snow here in Montréal and I was in dire need of a happy colourful project :)

This card was inspired by Julie Ebersole, she created a similar background last week and I simply could not resist. It just made me happy! I decided to pair mine with the fantastic newly released Mama Elephant Happy Birthday die and the cute birds from he Mama Elephant wreath stamp set from their last release.

I started by stamping my stripes using my stamp positioner in rainbow order on 3/4 of the panel. I realized that once I was done with my stamping that I was slightly off so I used my Honey Bee die to cut the panel giving the illusion that all is straight.

I die cut my Happy Birthday die from a Neena 80lbs, fun foam and Stick It sandwich for dimension and added it to the panel.  I then stamped and coloured my birds and flowers with Copics, used the accompanying dies and placed them on the panel.

To finish off I added a secondary sentiment on Black Licorice cardstock and some Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins! 

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Kim

Pink and Main Easter

Happy Monday Crafty Friends! 1st day of April, the weather is starting to look up! I am sharing an Easter card today featuring these absolutely gorgeous, whimsical Pink and Main stamps!

I simply fell in love with this stamp set when I saw it in the Simon Says Stamp Store it's called Sketched Easter. I debated doing some no-line colouring but the detail is so beautiful on these stamps that I decided on Copic coloring and stamping them in black to show the complete detail.

I used my Misti to be able to double stamp if necessary (and it was) and coloured my images (colors listed below). I wanted to use as many images from this set as possible. Once that was complete and the images were die cut, I added some black and white gel pen detail.

I wanted a simple background so that the images would be the "stars" so I chose the largest Honey Bee Stamp polka dot stencil and used a light hand with my Shaded Lilac Distress Ink. I then placed all of my images with a mix of foam tape and glue onto the card base.

To finish off, I used the new Tonic pearl Nuvo drops (these are gorgeous people) in the lilac color.

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Kim

Simon Says Stamp Fresh Bloom Release!

Happy Thursday! Today is the newest Simon Says Stamp Brand Exclusive Release - Fresh Bloom!

Super excited for this release as I am dying for signs of spring!!! This promises to be a gorgeous release :)  

I played with the new Tiny Words Faith for this card. I just loved the "you were meant to shine" sentiment.  I also needed a Birthday card for a very dear friend and this was just the perfect sentiment to pair with Simon Says Stamp Big Friend wafer die.

I started by stamping my Beautiful Flowers stamp on a piece of Neena 110lbs cardstock that was 5.5 x 8.5 because I didn't know at what angle I wanted to die cut the panel. I used Simon's fog ink to stamp it because I decided to re-stamp it after I colored it in with my Copics with some Versamark Ink and emboss it with Rose Gold embossing powder.

Once all the coloring and embossing was complete, I die cut it using a Stitched Rectangle die and die-cutting it again using my thin frame by Simon Says Stamp so that I could inlay a piece of Tonic Blushed Rose specialty paper. I was really happy with the way it turned out.

I then added my sentiments and some Rose Gold sequins and Hearts by Pretty Pink Posh to finish off my card!

Thanks so much for taking the time, head on over to Simon Says Stamp to check out the newest release! Products used are listed and linked below at no extra cost to you!

Kim

A Blog Named Hero - Love is in the Air!

Happy Sunday Crafty Friends! I am over at A Blog Named Hero Today with some inspiration for the current challenge!

For my card today, I decided to play with the fantastic Hero Arts Watercolors! I took a piece of Tim Holtz Watercolor paper and started by adding three drops direct to paper of the HA Pink Watercolor and sprayed water to help with the movement using my Distress Sprayer. I decided to add some HA Strawberry Watercolor ink using the same method to deepen the color and I also added some Distress Paint in Antique Bronze also using the same technique.

Once that was dry, I dry embossed my Love Confetti die and added some "splatter" with the same Distress Paint and added the Picket Fence and Black Soot. I put that aside to dry once more.

I took my New Day Butterflies and stamped the second largest with Versamark ink and used my rose gold embossing powder. I was careful in using my Copic markers so as not to harm my nibs and remove my embossing. I then used the accompanying die.

I took my Tonic mirror cardstock and die cut the Wonderful. I also embossed my secondary sentiment using the same rose gold embossing powder and die cut it from a banner die.

I placed all of my elements on the card panel and added some black Nuvo drops to the Butterfly. I also finished off the card with some rose gold sequins with Nuvo White Blizzard glitter drops in the centres.

Thanks for taking the time. All of the products used are listed and linked below. Affiliate links used where possible at no extra cost to you!

Kim

A Blog Named Hero - Love is in the Air

Happy Friday crafty friends! It's the 15th of the month and that means it's time for a new A Blog Named Hero Challenge! This month Love is in the Air!

I had to use the beautiful new Flower Garden Fancy Die, I am in love with the intricate design.  So that was my starting point, I die cut it from some Tonic Orchid Glitter card stock and that decided my color scheme.

I found an inspiration picture (included below) for my birds. So I took my RV family of pinks and colored them both adding some dark grey to my larger bird. I used the accompanying dies for the branch and the birds and set them aside.

I took the nesting hearts dies and die cut a medium sized heart from Neena 80lbs cardstock and them embossed a slightly smaller on in the centre.  I took my Flower Garden die cut and glued it to the Neena 110lbs card base and foam mounted my heart slightly offset on top.

I used foam tape for the birds and branch as well. I took a smaller heart and die cut it from Simon Says Stamp Doll Pink cardstock and stamped my sentiment from the New Day Butterflies stamp set in Versafine Onyx Black ink and foam mounted it to the card.

To finish everything off, I added some Pretty Pink Posh Jewels, some candy hearts and stamped the music notes.

Thanks so much for taking the time, products used are listed and linked below. Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you!

Kim

Heart Sloth!

Happy Monday crafty friends! Stopping in to share this super fun Valentine's Day Sloth by Simon Says Stamp!

I LOVE this sloth so much, it was designed for the Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Valentine's Day Kit, which is sold out but you can by the stamp set regardless (linked below).  I adore all of the critters in that fun set!

This was a quick enough card to put together, I started by die-cutting my Sunny Studio Botanical Backdrop Die with some Lawn Fawn Cilantro cardstock. I did this first so that I could align my sloth in the right position.  I stamped him using my stamp positioner and drew extending lines on the branch with a Copic friendly marker.

I colored everything with my Copics and once that was done I took my MFT stencil Cloud and some Salty Ocean distress Ink and applied it to my background avoiding my colored areas.

I aligned my foliage once more to be able to place my Hung Up sentiment and the smaller accompanying sentiment from the same stamp set. 

I added some stamped hearts with Lawn Fawn Lobster Ink and some Studio Katia Iridescent Bubbles and some white gel pen detail!

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Simon Says: Interactive Cards

Hello crafty friends! It's Wednesday and that means it's time for a new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

This week Simon Says: Interactive Cards! The design team is featuring fantastic Lawn Fawn products :), it isn't a requirement to use them but if you have them we would love to see them!

Come join in on the fun, you have the chance of winning a $50 gift card to the fantastic Simon Says Stamp store!

I decided to use the fun Shadow Box die by Lawn Fawn for my project. I love the size of the Shadow Boxdie , you can use 6x6 paper with it. I chose the Lawn Fawn Watercolor paper pack and die cut both the light purple for the outside and the light blue for the inside and to act as the sky for my scene.

I also die cut accessories with various Lawn Fawn cardstock (all listed below) from the Shadow Box set and I die cut the scalloped window that came in the Shadow Box Ocean Add-On set. I also die cut the smallest of the Butterflies from the Mini Pop-up Butterflies using the Pink and Yellow Watercolor paper.

I then pulled out this cute little Chameleon and stamped her on some Neena 80lbs cardstock and colored her with my Copics in Rainbow colors :) Once that was done and she was die cut, I added one of the super fun Simon Says Stamp eyes on her.

I put my little scene together using Score tape to make sure nothing got loose. To finish off, I stamped the sentiment on a Lawn Fawn Banner die with a mix of white and rainbow colored embossing powders and I added some flowers with a mix of Nuvo drops.

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Kim

Bee Mine!

Happy Tuesday crafty friends! Today I am playing with this older (new to me) Honey Bee Stamps set :)

This card was such fun to make, look at the faces on those bees! There is a large selection of faces in the Build-A-Bee set that you can add, really fun stamp set.

I started by die cutting my Neena 110lbs card panel with the Honey Bee Deckle Edge A2 dies and applied a mix of Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber and a touch of Hickory Smoke (for added dimension) Distress Ink to my stencil in selected locations, I did not want the whole panel covered.

I then stamped and coloured my Bees with my Copic Markers and cut them out - I didn't order the dies, not too smart of me, lol but these are easy enough to cut out. I just re-stamped them on the card base for the antennae that I cut off.  I glued my bees with some foam tape and my Nuvo glue for the bee in the back at the bottom.

I stamped my sentiment and added a mix of yellow and black jewels and after all of that, I decided to use my Simon Says Stamp Unicorn Dust on the wings I love the effect that it gave my bees.

Thanks so much for taking the time! All products used are listed and linked below, affiliate links used at no extra cost to you!!!

Have a great day,

Kim

Lawn Fawnatics - Happy Little Critters!

Happy Friday crafty friends! I haven't participated in a challenge in a while, so I decided I absolutely needed to play along with the Happy Little Critters Lawn Fawnatics Challenge! I mean, who doesn't love a Critter challenge!

I had such fun making this winter birthday scene! I chose the Sweet Critter Concert set because I love it and I have not had the chance to ink it up yet, eek! I stamped all of the Critter images and accessories on a piece of Neena 80lbs cardstock and colored them in with a series of Copic Sketch markers.  I used the accompanying dies and set them aside to work on my background.

I took a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock cut to A2 size and Ink blended Mustard Seed, Picked Raspberry and Wilted Violet Distress Ink on the panel once that was complete I took my favourite Simon Says Stamp Star background stencil and I wanted gold embossing paste by alas, mine had dried out. So I took my clear glitter embossing paste and added some Distress Paint to it to make my own, I am super happy with the result. 

I put that aside to dry and die cut my Birch Trees from the Lawn Fawn White Woodgrain cardstock and added some Hickory Smoke Distress Ink to give shading and dimension. I also die cut a piece of the Lawn Fawn glitter paper with the largest Stitched Rectangle Die (as was the background panel) and die cut either side with the opposing Stitched Hillside Border dies.

Once my background had dried I embossed my sentiment on the background panel and glued my trees. I added my "snow banks" and finally placed my critters on the panel. To finish off, I added my music notes to the scene! Go check out the fun challenge!

Thanks for taking the time! All products are listed and liked below, affiliate links used at no extra cost to you!

Kim

Simon Says: Card and Matching Envelope!

Good morning crafty friends! It's Wednesday and that means it's time for a new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

This week Simon Says: Card and a Matching Envelope! The design team is featuring We R Memory Keepers products, it isn't a requirement to use them but if you have them we would love to see them!

Come join in on the fun, you have the chance of winning a $50 gift card to the fantastic Simon Says Stamp store!

For my card and envelope I chose to use the We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board and the new Gemstone 3D embossing folders.  I love the 3D embossing folders they offer such great dimension and texture. The envelop punch board is great because when used with heavy weight card stock the weight and sturdiness of the envelope make for very easy mailing and it protects the card.

To pair with these products, I dug into my Simon Says Stamp January Card Kit (there are still some complete kits available) I linked to the kit below and I also provided the separate product links.

I started by ink blending my Picked Raspberry and Abandoned Coral Distress INKS (not Oxide) on my background (I still prefer to blend with the Inks) and sprayed with my Distress Sprayer. Once that was dry, I die cut my Stitched Lawn Fawn heart and embossed the background panel. 

I then stamped my snowperson and coloured with my Copics and fussy cut. I added one of the Pink Pom Poms from the kit (by Darice) and some Lawn Fawn Chunky Glitter to the hat.

To stamp my sentiment and snow flakes from the same stamp set, I used a mix of Distress Oxide (I love stamping with these) and some Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold embossing powder.

I placed my panel on the base using Foam tape and added my snow person, some Studio Katia Iridescent Bubbles and a mix of Nuvo glitter and crystal drops.

For the envelope, I made an A2 size from heavy weigh card stock, stamped a few snowflakes on the flap and embossed the flap with the same embossing folder.

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Kim :)