Simon Says Stamp Sunday!

Have had a nice long-weekend which has given me time to play in my craft room :) Simon Says Stamp has a wonderful fun challenge over at Flickr and this week's theme is Sparkle and Shine!

I started with a Neena Solar White Panel and used the SSS Big Birthday Wishes stamp set.  I used my Misti stamp tool to position the candles and be able to double stamp them for the best impression. I used Mama Elephant Piggy Bank, Simon Says Stamp Doll Pink, MFT Hybrid Red Cherry, Simon Says Stamp Melon, Hero Arts Soft Vanilla, Hero Arts Green Hills, Simon Says Stamp Spring Rain, Hero Arts Cornflower, Simon Says Stamp Lavender and Simon Says Stamp Hot Mama inks for the candles. For the flames I used Delicata Gold and Glossy Accents.  I cut a piece of the Simon Says Stamp Lavender cardstock with my new MFT Rectangle Frame dies to make a shaker card.  Pretty Pink Posh and Martha Stewart sequins in rainbow colours.  Two sided foam tape for dimension and three Lawn Fawn heart dies. Pretty simple!

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Lawn Fawn Easter Project!

Happy Saturday! Weather is starting to clear, the sun is out and I have high hopes for an early Spring!  We have a March Easter this year so I have begun my projects.  This one features all Lawn Fawn products :)

I started by die cutting a Neena Solar White panel with the largest of the Stitched Rectangle dies I used Mama Elephant Pigment Inks (Buttercup, Piggy Bank and Lollipop) I picked these inks because they matched the Nicole Lawn Fawn plaid paper accent.  I die cut a second piece of Neena the same as  the first and die cut the cloud and the grass (Meadow Border). I used Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn and Lucky Clover Distress inks for the grass.  I also die cut the butterflies and tulips from the Meadow Borders set and used the same pigment inks on them.  The eggs are from the new Chirpy, Chirp, Chirp set and the bunny and sentiment are from Eggstra Special Easter set. I topped everything off with PPP sequins!

Thanks so much for taking the time!

Kim

No-line Copics and Prismacolor!

This stamp is an oldie but a goodie! One of my favourite flower stamps ever from the Blooming Garden stamps set. I was practicing some no-line colouring and I am really happy with the way it turned out!

I was inspired by a YouTube tutorial by the amazing Sandy Allnock! I used the Avery Elle Stitched Wonky Frame die for both my Neena cardstock and my vellum top. I took my one inch post-it tape to mask the sides and top and bottom. I stamped my poppies with the Misti in both MFT Cherry Red (flowers) and Gumdrop Green (stems). I used R89, R39, R37 and R14 for the flowers and G29, G19 and G07 for the greenery.  The blue is my go to Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, I took off my masks and used a little white gell pen on the areas that bleed slightly.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts It's Your Day. I glued the four corners of the vellum, I felt is gave the final card a little somethin', somethin'!

Thanks os much for taking the time!

Kim

Simon Says Stamp - Come Tag Along!

The current challenge over not he Simon Says Stamp Flickr page it Tags! I love making tags, these two are attached to gift bags for my twin nieces birthday.

I am simply in love with the Simon and Dexter sets! My nieces will get a kick out of these as I simply adore animals. I have always wanted a pet pig and they often buy me gag gifts with pigs! lol The only thing I would ask Simon Says Stamp is to make the dies for this original set! They offered dies with he Winter Simon and Dexter set.

I Copic coloured both Simon and Dexter added hearts from the same set. The tags are Mama Elephant and the gift bag is the new Lawn Fawn tote die!

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Hero Arts Large Orchid

I love layering stamp sets and strangely enough this is my first one! The Layering Large Orchid by Hero Arts is just beautiful! My best girlfriend loves Orchids and purple is her favourite colour, she is a March birthday so I made this one for her.  I will also submit it to the current Hero Arts Fabulous Flowers Challenge.

I love to colour but I must say this layering with ink is so fun and I, personally, find it gives a stunning effect.  I made a template with various inks and for this card I preferred this mix. My base ink is Hero Arts Soft Vanilla (love this colour) I then used SSS Hot Mama and Blue Violet and for the centre of the flower I used Hero Arts Butter Bar (another favourite of mine).  I used Hero Arts Green Hills ink for the stem which I stamped twice to make the Orchid longer. I then stamped a birthday sentiment from the Hero Arts It's Your Day, a mix of sequins and some white gell pen.

Happy Sunday! Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Fabulous Flowers!

I have always loved Hero Arts Flowers! The new release includes so many beautiful flowers. I am loving the Antique Rose Stem woodblock stamp. What is it with a good woodblock stamp? Not many companies making these anymore and they are still my favourites. This card is for a special friends birthday and I am submitting it to the current Hero Arts Challenge - Fabulous Flowers.

Products:

Hero Arts Antique Rose Stem - I stamped it with Antique Linen Distress Ink making it a faint outline on Stratford Bristol Paper so that I could use my Zig Clean Color Brush Pens. I have always struggled with watercolour and I have purchased almost every watercolour product out there! When I first tried the Zig pens  I completely fell in love especially when used with Bristol Paper.  For the flower I used 028, 200 and 202, once I began the faint Antique Linen Distress slowly disappeared making it possible for me to create my own flower centre which at first stressed me out lol! But I like the way it turned out.  For the leaves I used 041, 044 and 048 (Greens). I used my water brush to smooth everything out. I then used the Happy (Mama Elephant) and die cut the original panel and four others in black cardstock to make the white pop. The Birthday sentiment which I white embossed is from Hero Arts It's Your Day. PPP sequins and some white dots with my gell pen to finish it off!

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Avery Elle Gummy Bear!

The challenge this month over at AEIheartU is Friendship! I just fell in love with the Avery Elle Beary Sweet Wishes set, who doesn't love a good gummy bear!

I started with Tim Holtz watercolor paper and die cut the panel with the Avery Elle Wonky Stitched rectangle die. I then die cut the centre with an oval die.  I white embossed (Zing powder) the Sweet from the Avery Elle Celebrate set repeatedly, once the powder was set I used Distress Inks (Twisted Citron, Cracked Pistachio and Peacock Feathers) I then sprayed the background with my Distress Sprayer. While that dried I embossed the oval with my new We R Memory Keepers next level embossing folder (love it). I stamped my gummy bear with MFT hybrid black ink and Copic coloured him with BG 000, BG10, BG11 and BG13 and used glossy accents.  For the sentiment I used the Hi and Friend from the Ellie stamp set (also Avery Elle) and the Sweet once more from Celebrate. The lime embossing powder is by Ranger. I put everything together and finished with PPP sequins.

Thanks for taking the time and Happy Sunday :)

Kim