SSS Mothers, Fathers and Flowers Release Blog Hop

Hi there. I’m joining in on a fun blog hop today celebrating the new release from Simon Says Stamp. It’s called Mothers, Fathers, and Flowers and it is so fun. I was immediately drawn to THIS stamp set from the release because of the icons in it.

I’m a big fan of using the smaller images in stamp sets and stamping them repeatedly, creating a background. I did that with the flower and beer mug image to create these cards…

When stamping repeatedly, I like to start at an angle. This helps give the illusion of stamping perfectly. After the images were stamped I used THESE watercolors to color in the images.

For the Father’s Day Card…

I “colored” in the top portion of the beer mug with THIS VersaMark pen and added THIS puff embossing powder. After heat setting it, the puff embossing powder gives it a realistic foam lo look.

For the Mother’s Day Card…

I created it the same way as the Father’s Day card. To finish it off, I added a shine on the flowers with THIS glitter pen…

I also created matching envelopes for each card using the large sentiments in the stamp set.

 

This set is not only good for Mother and Father Day cards, there are some other fun icons and sentiments as well.

KEEP HOPPING
There’s much more inspiration using the products in this release. Click HERE for the next stop on the hop and visit, Suzy Plantamura. Click HERE to start at the beginning of the hop.

Simon Says Stamp Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Kristina Werner
Laura Bassen
Shari Carroll
Nina Marie Trapani
Yana Smakula
Debby Hughes
Nichol Spohr
Anna-Karin Evaldsson
Heather Hoffman
Heather Ruwe
Suzy Plantamura
Amanda Korotkova
Virginia Lu

GIVEAWAY

Simon is giving away a prize package worth over $25 to every stop on the hop so be sure to leave a comment at every blog. Simon will choose winners over the weekend and post on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Tuesday.

P.S. I shared more inspiration HERE using the products from this release, in case you’re interested.

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291 Comments

  1. CreaCora
    April 9, 2017

    What a great use of these smaller images!

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  2. Amy C.
    April 9, 2017

    Love how you stamped the entire card with a single image…beautiful cards!

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  3. Alison Day
    April 9, 2017

    Oh wow!! Love that puff embossing powder! How cool are those mugs of beer!!

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  4. Jodi Merritt
    April 9, 2017

    Great cards. I love the dimension on the beer foam, what a great idea!

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  5. Linda
    April 9, 2017

    Great cards and love the use of smaller stamps to create a background. I have a lot of smaller stamps that I don't use and will give this a try. Thanks for sharing.

    Linda D.

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  6. laurissa
    April 9, 2017

    cute!

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  7. Kym Maxwell
    April 9, 2017

    These cards are to die for!!! I absolutely love them!!! So unique!!

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  8. A
    April 9, 2017

    Fun cards!

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  9. Kim Faucher
    April 9, 2017

    So happy to see you using the smaller images.i find that is helpful for determining how much I will actually use the stamp set. This sells me on it!!!

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  10. Jenniferk
    April 9, 2017

    Love both of your cards, they look fantastic, I really think how you lined the images up on the diagonal looks amazing!!! The puff embossing powder for the top of the beers is such a smart idea.

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  11. Pat
    April 9, 2017

    Love the repeat stamping for a Mother and Father's Day card Heather, a wonderful idea. x

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  12. Super Stick Chick
    April 9, 2017

    Wonderful card, love, love, love your backgrounds.

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  13. Becca4296
    April 9, 2017

    Love the envelopes and the backgrounds

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  14. Deb
    April 9, 2017

    Great cards! I like making backgrounds and these are wonderful!

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  15. Liz Gessner McAllister
    April 9, 2017

    Adorable envelope flaps

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