Hello and welcome. I’m excited to be participating in the MEGA Blog Hop for Simon Says Stamp’s newest release called, “Falling For You”. I couldn’t pick just one product to feature so I have lots of projects to share. Let’s get started!
First up is a couple of cards using THIS lovely new background stamp…
What I love about this stamp is that it measures 6 x 6. Perfect for a horizontal card…
…or a vertical card…
To create these cards, I inked up the background stamp with several colors of distress ink (in rainbow order), gave it a light spray of water, and stamped it on a piece of
THIS watercolor cardstock. I had some white frames left over from previous die-cutting so I framed each panel with them. I cut hearts from
THIS die set out of black paper and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder to give some shine…
Simon also has
THIS stencil from a previous release that coordinates perfectly with the background stamp. I used it with
THIS ink to clear emboss some hearts in the scene as well. It was hard to photograph but that extra shine is so cool in real life. A closer look…
My next projects feature
THIS new stamp set…
This set was screaming for me to make some shaker cards and THIS die set was the perfect partner to use for the circle openings…
I used THIS confetti inside the windows along with some of THESE sequins. I stamped the circle sayings on the window of my cards using THIS ink. THIS stamp set is a great addition to the heart images in the Circle Sayings Stamp Set.
A closer look at these cards…
You can see them in action over on my Instagram
HERE.
My final card set uses
THESE fun stencils…
The Ombre’ ink pads from Hero Arts work perfectly with these stencils because you have three colors to build layers of bokeh circles. I used one of
THESE with each ink pad to easily blend the ink colors.
I used
THIS ink pad for this card…
…and
THIS one for this card…
and
THIS one fore the last card…
I paired the stencils with
THIS stamp set and heat embossed the sentiments with
THIS embossing powder.
I also punched some circles out of some large silver confetti I had left over from a birthday party. I thought it tied in well with the silver embossing.
A closer look…
KEEP HOPPING
Click HERE for the next stop on the hop and visit my talented friend, Jana Millen. To start at the beginning of the hop, click HERE.
GIVEAWAY
Simon Says Stamp will be choosing winners from the comments section of all the blog stops to win a Simon Says Stamp Prize Pack! Leave a comment below to be entered to win! The winners will be randomly chosen on April 28th.
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Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great weekend!
April 27, 2015
You have a fabulous way with color – yum! Thanks for the inspiration!
April 27, 2015
Oh so many beautiful cards and hard to choose my favorite. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
April 27, 2015
Oh my goodness, I love all your wonderful cards!
April 27, 2015
Absolutely love all the cards, especially the shaker cards, just love stamping on clear plastic, so nice. Thanks for the inspiration.
April 27, 2015
Love the bokeh builder stencils – so useful.
April 27, 2015
Love the shaker cards!
April 27, 2015
All cards are awesome!
April 27, 2015
Love the way you did your backgrounds! Your shaker cards are so cute!
April 27, 2015
I am a BIG fan of any shaker cards!! Love yours.
April 27, 2015
The bokeh cards are a favorite, can't wait to try that look.
April 27, 2015
You can Never have too many hearts, Soooo Cute!!!!
April 27, 2015
Love your shaker cards
April 27, 2015
I simply love these background stamps. I think this is one of my favourite release from SSS.
April 27, 2015
Love the circle cards!
April 27, 2015
Super cute cards!!!