Simon Says: For a Special Lady!

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

This week Simon Says: For a Special Lady! The design team is featuring Altenew 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 wanted to use a color palette that I don't use often. Purple is a color that I have always struggled with but it's a color that my Mom has re-discovered, lol. So I decided to escape my comfort zone and went with a mix of purple and turquoise for this card.

I stamped and colored my flower and butterfly first with the BG family of Copics (colors listed below) and fussy cut both images as I do not have the accompanying dies.  I put those aside and started ink blending my panel using the Altenew Halftone Stencil and some Lavender ink.

I decided to stamp the leaves from the Altenew Wallpaper Art set with a darker purple-ish ink and I really liked the way it turned out! I die cut the panel with the frame from the Mama Elephant Cloud Nine dies and glued it to my card base.

I used foam tape for the flower and a mix of a small foam tape piece on the Butterfly wings and glue on the base for added dimension.

I used a sentiment also from the Avery Elle Butterfly set and stamped it on a Simon Says Stamp Brand Exclusive tag die cut from Lavender cardstock I added it with a mix of foam tape and glue to the card panel and added some twine from my stash.

To finish off the card I added some Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins and some white gel pen detail to the flower! 

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Kim

Simon Says: Happy Birthday!

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

This week Simon Says: Happy Birthday! The design team is featuring always fabulous Simon Says Stamp brand Exclusives and we are celebrating Simon Says Stamp's 10th birthday, woot!  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 had such fun with this card, I used Simon and the Birthday numbers for my card today! I masked my number 1 so that I could offset my 0.  I then stamped my birthday hat and masked it to then stamp Simon! I coloured all of my images with my Copic markers.

I took my Altenew stencil with Delicata gold ink and blended that on the background. I then added my hearts and stamped them with Lawn Fawn Lobster ink.

I stamped a series of sentiments from the Number set in the background and gold embossed my happy birthday on Lawn Fawn Black Licorice cardstock.

I decided to add the little winky face in the centre of the 10 and finished off with some white gel pen detail! Happy Birthday Simon Says Stamp!!!

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Kim

Simon Says: Anything Goes featuring: Concord and 9th

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

This week Simon Says: Anything Goes! The design team is featuring fabulous Concord & 9th products!  It isn't a requirement to use them but if you have them we would love to see them!

I decided to go with my all-time favorite Concord & 9th stamp and die set - Dahlia Turnabout. There is just something about this set that makes me happy and when I take it out I always end-up making multiple cards with it. 

I love the color palette on this one, spring happy colors! I used the Dahlia die and inlayed some Lawn Fawn glitter cardstock.

I embossed my sentiment with Simon Says Stamp antique gold powder and put the panel on the card base with a mix of the same glitter paper and some Tonic harvest gold.

I decided to die cut the Concord & 9th butterfly and glued just the body to the panel and finished it off with Tonic pearl drops.

I did the same for this card, only changed out the colors and the Tonic drops!

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Kim

Mother's Day Flowers with MFT

Happy Tuesday! Hard to go back to work following a four-day weekend! I am sharing a Mother's Day card featuring this beautiful Fresh Cut Flowers cling stamp by My Favorite Things.

I had my Tombow markers out from my last card share and decided to color this gorgeous stamp with some no-line watercoloring and my Dove blender pen.

Once that was complete, I die cut the panel using MFTs Basic Stitch Lines on the sides and cut the panel down.  I added some MFT black and white stripes paper to the lefthand side. I used foam tape to place the colored panel on top.

The sentiments are a mix of Clearly Besotted and Sunny Studio, I liked the mix in fonts.  To finish off the card, I added some clear droplets.

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Kim

Spring Flowers!

Happy Friday crafty friends! I am looking forward to this four-day weekend! Hoping to be able to do some crafting!  Today, I am sharing a floral card featuring products by Gina K. Designs.

One of my Sisters-in-Law asked me to make her a bridal shower card using the theme Butterflies and Flowers. I thought these two Gina K. sets would be perfect.

I started with a piece of Tim Holtz watercolor paper and stamped my flowers and butterflies (with my stamp positioner) using my Gina K light coloured Amalgam ink to try my hand at no-line Tombow Marker coloring. I am trying to stretch my comfort zone and practice with other mediums.

Once the images were colored, I knew where I wanted to add my sentiment. I placed my panel back in my stamping tool and stamped it in Versafine Onyx Black ink. I was really happy with the way it turned out. I took a coordinating envelop and stamped the same flowers on the flap.

I glued the panel on my Neena 100lbs card base and finished off the card with some iridescent Studio Katia sequins and some white gel pen detail.

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Kim

Simon Says: Spring Mood Board

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

This week Simon Says: Spring Mood Board! The design team is featuring always fabulous Simon Says Stamp brand Exclusives!  It isn't a requirement to use them but if you have them we would love to see them!

My super talented teammate Karin created this beautiful board for us to use as inspiration!

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

I chose the super fun Rain Boots Planter die for my card and paired it with one of my favourite large cling background stamps by Simon Says Stamp - the Reverse Polka.  I started by die-cutting and colouring my rain boots with my Copic markers and that gave me my color palette for the rest of the design.

Once I was finished coloring, I decided to die cut the tops of the boots with some ivory felt and added them to the die-cut.

I stamped my background using Simon Says Stamp Mint Ink and then die cut the panel using the Oval Chain Link MFT frame.  I also die cut the frame three times with Neena cardstock to layer the frame for dimension.

I took one of the inner pieces of Neena and colored the bottom with browns for the dirt and some greens for the grass blades. I then used some B family Copic markers for the sky (all colors listed below)

I die cut my Simon Says Stamp Thankful die from both Lavender and Harvest Gold cardstocks and I embossed the "For You" in yellow embossing powder. I put all of my elements together including inlay of my background pieces into the Chain Link die.

To finish off, I added some Studio Katia Chunk Glitter Butterflies to the sky!

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Kim

MFT sweet Little Piggy!

Happy Monday crafty friends! Have you seen the latest MFT release? It is so sweet! I had fun playing with the Little Piggy die-namics over the weekend.

I have always wanted a pet pig and one of these days it will become a reality, but for now I was temporarily mollified but this cutie! I started by die cutting my piggy from Lawn Fawn Apricot cardstock and ink-blended some pink ink around all the edges.

I also used pink cardstock for the ears and hand and feet cappers and guava cardstock for the flower on her head.    

I then added my grassy edges stencil with Mowed Lawn Distress Ink and decided to add the Die-namics Stitched Stripe for added texture to the edge of the panel.  I cut it down and chose some Doodlebug pattern paper for fun, who doesn't love a rainbow! 

I put all of my elements together and added a sentiment and a cloud from the new Stacy Yacula MFT stamps set.

To finish off, I added some Pretty Pink Posh Ivory Jewels and some candy hearts!

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Kim

Simon Says Stamp Blossoms and Butterflies!

Happy Thursday crafty friends! Today marks a new Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Release: Blossoms and Butterflies!

I am in love with the Butterflies from the Comfort and Prayers stamp set! They are GORGEOUS!!!  I started by stamping the largest butterfly on Bristol Smooth Cardstock with my Gina K. Amalgam ink for some no-line coloring using my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers (all colors used are listed below). I fussy cut my butterfly and put it to the side to work on my background panel.

I chose the Sugar Plum Avery Elle Watercolor to paint lines on my Tim holtz Watercolor Paper.  I just used a wide damp brush and added my lines. I used one coat to keep the pastel feel of the purple.

I then chose the Simon Says Stamp Hello Beautiful Gorgeous dies from a previous release and die cut them twice, once from Simon Says Stamp glitter paper and once again with black cardstock. I used my Connect glue and offset the black slightly.

I placed my sentiments and my butterfly on the panel using foam tape for the butterfly wings to give some added dimension.

To finish off the card I added some Pretty Pink Posh Winter Sparkle Mix sequins and some Nuvo Jewel drops to the wings of the butterfly and the card panel.

Thanks so much for taking the time go to Simon Says Stamp to see the entire release! 

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Kim