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
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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April 11, 2017
Love the background design on both cards! Thank you for sharing!
April 11, 2017
Sweet! and simple too. Thanks for the idea! 🙂
April 11, 2017
Great cards. Love how you personalized the envelope flaps.
April 10, 2017
Very clever that beer mug Dad card. Thanks for sharing!
April 10, 2017
These are fun! Thanks for sharing your great ideas!!
April 10, 2017
Love the use of the repetitive images for a background, very inspiring! Just love these cards and the colours.
April 10, 2017
Love your cards! So clever to puff up the top of the beer mug! Perfect "guy" card!!
April 10, 2017
Lol love the beer card!
April 10, 2017
Great use of these stamps! Love how you made the stamps a background for your cards. Great puff embossing powder to give the foam look.
April 10, 2017
cute cards, love the one for dad
April 10, 2017
Fun cards!
April 10, 2017
Thanks for the fun inspiration and to SSS for the giveaway!! I liked your color combo for the mom's card!
April 10, 2017
Such cute cards! The beer mugs looks great!
April 10, 2017
Thanks for the inspiration! I love that you used a small stamp repeatedly for a lovely background. Both cards are awesome! TFS
April 10, 2017
Super fun cards! Love the use of the puff pen!