Simon Says Stamp Rain or Shine Blog Hop – Day 1

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back! Today I’m super excited to be participating in the SSS Blog Hop to celebrate their latest release, Rain or Shine! Hop along with us and comment on each post for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Simon store! Simon will be giving away a gift certificate to one lucky commenter from each stop along the way! I’ll list the participants of the Hop at the bottom of my post for your convenience. And, stay tuned for the Blog Hop Day 2 tomorrow for more inspiration and chances to win! My project for today is featuring the new Snowbell Bouquet in a shadow frame. I really enjoy creating shadow frames as a little decorative element for your home or your craft room or anywhere, really. Let’s go ahead and run through the details.

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

I began this project by die cutting the Snowbells LOTS of times from Neenah 110lb cardstock and Green Apple cardstock. Once everything was cut, I did some light ink blending on the flowers using Gravel ink and on the stems and leaves using Fairway and Field ink.

I assembled the flowers and adhered them to the stems and cut a background panel that would fit inside the frame from dark green cardstock. I wanted a little more interest, so I splattered it with yellow spray. I chose that one because I knew that it would show up on dark cardstock.

The sentiment was created using the Just Breathe set. I stamped it onto black cardstock using VersaMark ink and heat set it using Detail White Embossing Powder. I trimmed it out with the coordinating die four times to achieve that stacked look.

When the panel dried, I arranged the flowers and sentiment in a way that I was satisfied with and then began adhering them with liquid glue. The sentiment was added with foam tape for added dimension. Once the flowers and sentiment were in their places, I went back and added the leaves here and there to fill in.

That does it for this project! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Have you tried making a shadow frame? I always end up making mine to send to Simon headquarters, and I really need to make one for myself one of these days! Don’t forget to join the Blog Hop and comment along the way for your chance to win a gift certificate! Thanks for joining me, and I hope you have a great day!

HOP ORDER: 

Simon Says Stamp Blog 
Caly Person
Nichol Spohr
Suzy Plantamura
Jennifer McGuire
Debby Hughes
Emily Midgett
Lisa Addesa
Tina Smith
Anna-Karin Evaldsson
Karin Åkesdotter
Sandi MacIver
Tracy Ware
Barb Engler
Michelle Short
Charlene Madrid

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  19. Joanne Agel's avatar

    Joanne Agel

    Snow drops such a pleasant site after the long winter. Nothing more encouraging then the stark white with the deep green.

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    What a striking card! LOVE the use of the flower die! Love this SSS Rise and Shine release!

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      tracyware333

      Awww, thanks so much Janice! I really appreciate that! It’s a beautiful flower when assembled, and it’s an easy and quick one to assemble, which is nice. Hope you have a wonderful weekend, sweet lady!

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    Lori Spitzer

    Dear Tracy –

    I already told Caly but maybe I need to let you know, too. If you have been sending the usual # of emails (for a while, it was one / day),I haven’t received any laterly. I miss hearing from youl

    This is SO pretty! I love the sentiment, too. Your work always shines!

    Lori S in PA

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      Thanks so much Lori! You should only get an email from me when I post on my blog, and I was kind of slacking for a little bit, and then I was on vacation. Some times I’m only writing blog posts around releases and that’s when you would get an email.
      Hope you have a wonderful weekend, sweet lady!

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      tracyware333

      Thanks so much Mary-Anne! It took me a little bit of time, but I think it was so well worth it! It’s a shadow frame so you could keep it around for many years. So glad that you like it! Have a wonderful Sunday!

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      tracyware333

      Totally laughing!! I just love floral dies, so I have to snap them up when I get the chance! If you do end up getting and making with it, please tag me over on instagram so that I can see your creations!! Hope you have a lovely Sunday!

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    Joann Bedsaul

    Beautiful shadowbox!! You’ve inspired me to try making one. Your design is gorgeous and the sentiment is perfect. Would also make a wonderful card. Thanks for sharing your amazing talents and inspiration.

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      tracyware333

      Yay, that’s awesome Joann! I absolutely love making them, but have yet to make one for myself. I’d love to see yours when you do it, and I’d love it for you to tag me on Instagram. Also, I buy the frames at hobby lobby when they’re on sale and go ahead and buy a few at a time so that I have them when I get inspired to make one. Thanks so much for commenting, and I hope you have a wonderful Sunday.

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      tracyware333

      Rosemary, that is so sweet! I can’t thank you enough for that awesome comment! I really do love making these shadow boxes, and I really need to get onto making one for myself! Hope you have a wonderful day!

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        tracyware333

        Thanks so much Teresa! It actually is a shadow frame! Some of the pictures show it that way, and some were taken with it out of the frame so that I didn’t get so much glare from the glass. Thanks for commenting, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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