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

Christmas Tags with Mama Elephant Holiday Bitties

Happy Friday! Sharing some quick sweet tags featuring new and older Mama Elephant products!

I love making Christmas tags! So many sweet options to personalize your gift packages.  Today, I am sharing these featuring all Mama Elephant stamps and dies.

I have been wanting to play with the Holiday Bitties stamp set so last weekend I was on a tag mission and I finally stamped some of these cute images.

I started by die cutting my Neena 110lbs with a tag from the Mama Elephant Framed Tags Union Squares, the set is really fantastic it has a square scalloped die and some accessories including this two part tag which can die cut a stitched opening panel on the top of the tag. And I also die cut the full tag only for the backing.

I then stamped all of the images I selected from the Holiday Bitties set and stamped them out and colored with my Copics. I added some white gel pen detail, some glossy accents and some Nuvo White Blizzard glitter drops on a few of the elements.

For the tag toppers I used a set from Mama Elephant called Winter Taggins that includes other tag dies and this fantastic foliage for the tops of the tags.

To finish off I used a mix of Lawn Trimmings and twine from my stash!

All the products are linked and listed below, affiliated links used at no extra cost to you!

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim 

Celebrate with MFT and Doodlebug

Happy Monday crafty friends! I was away for work and back yesterday and I needed to unwind so I pulled out my MFT Bold Blossom stamp set and decided to play!

My inspiration for this project was the gorgeous Dooblebug pattern paper! Polka dots are my absolute favorite and this paper had my little heart go pitter patter. 

I started by stamping my MFT flowers with a mix of Catherine Pooler inks that matched the colors of the pattern paper and die cut them with the coordinating dies. 

I decided that a matching gold sentiment would be so pretty with the gold dots so I die cut the MFT Celebrate from gold Tonic Mirror card stock and some fun foam for dimension. I decided to use one of the MFT scalloped border dies for my panel.

I glued my pattern paper on the card base. I then assembled the flowers and sentiment on the top panel. I placed it on the card base with foam tape for added dimension and I topped everything off with some Pretty Pink Posh gold sequins!

Thanks for taking the time all the products are listed and linked below.

Hello Beautiful!

Happy Fri-yay! Hope you have all had a great week! Are you ready for International Scrapbook Day :) I will be doing some make and takes during the National Scrapbook Weekend event here in Montréal!

Like many of you crafters, I have a lot of different coloring mediums so when the Faber Castell Polychromos became hugely popular I said to myself you don't need them you have your Prismacolor pencils... And I held strong for about two months, then I caved. Lol. I have to say, I am super happy that I did. The quality of those pencils is fantastic.

For my project today I decided to use the newer Even More Spring Flowers from Simon Says Stamp. I stamped my flowers on kraft card stock with Distress Antique Linen Ink to attempt some no-line coloring.  I so enjoyed this process, it was so relaxing. I started with a white highlight on all the blooms and leaves and then went in with three different shades of each color family.

I used the coordinating dies for the flowers. I then pulled out this Altenew Cover Plate die that I am simply in-love with.  It is called Watercolor Stripes and die cut that from black Lawn Fawn card stock. I placed the cover plate die cut on my card base and placed my flowers with foam tape.

I then die cut the Simon Says Stamp Hello Beautiful dies with Tonic gold card stock and placed both sentiments on my project. To finish off I added some Pretty Pink Posh gold sequins and black Tonic Nuvo Drops on the smaller flowers.

All products are listed below.

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Blush and Red Christmas

Happy Wednesday crafty friends! I haven't posted yet this week because my embossing gun died an untimely death on Sunday right in the middle of my Christmas card/tag production! Boo, lol. I ordered another Hero Arts heat tool (that's my favourite) and I ran out for a back-up on Monday evening. So happy, you never know how useful your tools are until they are gone... 

Made this one from some new MFT and Memory Box products from this year.

I am loving the new tonic mirror papers. I have picked-up every color and I will have to renew after I finish my holiday projects.  For this one I paired the red and blush (flat colored) card stock and die cut them with new Memory Box stitched snowflakes. Once I decided on the snowflakes the large MFT Merry Christmas stamp seemed like the natural choice.

I die cut my MFT background panel from Whip Cream card stock (also by MFT), I am using this card stock a lot this year. I then used my Ranger Red Glitter embossing powder for the sentiment, I love the effect of the red glitter with the blush and red snowflakes.

To finish off my project, I used some Rose Gold Pretty Pink Posh sequins and some pink gems. Once they were glued in place I used my Red Berry Nuvo drops and my Rose Gold Liquid Pearls on the centre of the snowflakes and around the sequins.

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim