Simon Says Stamp Festive Fun Release Blog Hop – Day 2

Hello Friends, and welcome to day 2 of the Festive Fun Blog Hop! You’ll want to be sure to begin the Hop at Simon’s website, which will be linked below, and don’t forget to check out the Festive Fun Gallery where you can check out tons of inspiration from lots of designers! Be sure to comment along the Hop, as Simon is giving away a $25 coupon to a random commenter at each stop! You can also check out Day 1 of the Hop for more inspiration and more chances to win! To continue the celebration, Simon is offering the Cozy Together stamp and die set free with a $100 purchase! No code necessary, it will automatically be added to your cart. My project for today is featuring the new Poinsettia Swag. This is a really pretty stamp, and I enjoyed giving it a soft feel with watercoloring. Let’s dive into the details, shall we?

NOTE: all supplies are linked in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

I began this project by stamping and gold embossing the floral twice onto a panel of watercolor paper. My style of watercoloring is very simple, mainly because I don’t really know any other way. I used Karin Brushmarkers and scribbled the color onto my glass mat and used a water brush to add the color to the image. Where I wanted more color, I just added more concentrated ink. Nothing fancy at all.

Once the watercoloring was complete, I fussy cut the images and set those aside while I worked on the other elements of the card. My background texture was created using the Poinsettia Field Embossing Folder. As always, I needed more leaves so I used the Holly Sprigs and cut those from green cardstock. I did end up using Artichoke ink to add some shading to the additional leaves.

This sentiment, which is from the Big Holiday Words set, was stamped using VersaMark ink and heat set using Detail White Embossing Powder. I trimmed it out using the coordinating die, along with two additional cuts for a stacked sentiment. The green leaves were adhered to the panel using liquid glue, while the florals were adhered using foam tape. The sentiment was glued to the panel and I added a few gold metallic pearls to finish up.

That does it for this project. I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope it inspires you to get crafty in your space! Don’t forget to check out the entire Festive Fun release over on Simon’s website. Thanks again for hanging out with me, and I hope you have an awesome day!

Blog Hop Order

Simon Says Stamp Blog 

Nina-Marie Trapani

Laura Bassen

Cathy Zielske

Barbara Tarayao

Mindy Eggen

Heather Ruwe

Keisha Charles

Yana Smakula

Alberto Gava

Lorraine Aquilina

Tracy Ware

Barb Engler

Jessica Vasher

Daniel West

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111 thoughts on “Simon Says Stamp Festive Fun Release Blog Hop – Day 2”

  10. Bunny Hoyle's avatar

    Bunny Hoyle

    I love pink poinsettias. I’m so glad you added extra greenery. Your card is stunning. I do love the Karin markers for watercoloring so I’m glad to see that they were used with these new products. I wish I had that card.

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    amphisbaenazealousecf46e6ba0

    Tracy, I think your watercoloring is BEAUTIFUL!! I am willing to reattempt watercoloring because you made it sound easy and not such a challenge. Thank you for sharing!

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    1. tracyware333's avatar

      tracyware333

      I’m not very good at watercoloring and I think bringing out the whole pan set intimidates me. I think I might have used three colors for this, but it may have only been two, pink and green. I literally scribbled on my glass mat and used the water brush. I did a super quick light wash of pink over the entire flower first to kind of lay a base layer and then went back in with less water and more ink. You should give it a try for sure. I hope you have a wonderful week!

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    Lori Spitzer

    Super elevated and gorgeous. Looks like I missed the hop. Crap. Well, that is just how the whole past week has gone. I wish things would slow down a bit. I feel like the kid at the playground who can’t get on the merry-go-round b/c it’s just moving too fast.

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