Category: Die Cutting

Simon Says Stamp Hello Butterflies

Hello Friends, and welcome back! I got myself into a grungy, creative mood, so I created another card featuring the Dewpierce Butterfly from Simon’s latest release, Always There. There’s quite a bit going on, so let’s jump right in to it!

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

I began by die cutting the butterfly once from pink, aqua and purple cardstock and die cutting the body from black. I did some ink blending on the edges of the butterflies using Carnation, Heather and Surf inks. Those were then assembled using liquid glue and set aside while I worked on the rest of the card.

I pulled a panel of watercolor paper and a water brush and loosely added those same inks to the panel I just smooshed the ink onto my glass mat and added it from there. No paints were involved, just ink pads. I dried the panel using my heat tool and then did some stamping using Archival Black ink and the Simon Crackle Background, as well as the Tim Holtz Professor 2 set. A healthy dose of black splatter was also added before distressing the edges of the paper.

Now, here’s the part that I’m not so happy with, but it is what it is. I pulled the Simon Large Chevron Stencil, which is discontinued, along with some Translucent Gloss Crackle Paste and applied that to my panel in three different areas. As far as I can tell, it did not crackle, it just added some clear gloss. I guess in hindsight, it would have been better to maybe use opaque crackle paste .. I’m not sure, I’ll have to try it again at some point.

Some PET Tape was added to one side of the panel for some added visual interest, as well as to bring all of the black elements together. I decided that I wanted some darker ink on the panel, so I pulled Sweets, Iris and Ocean inks. The same smooshing on the glass mat occurred, and I dabbed a plastic bag, with a wadded up paper towel inside, into some water and then into the ink and lightly smooshed that onto the panel. The butterflies needed a bit of splatter too, so I used those same darker inks and splattered those with a paintbrush before being adhered to the card with foam tape. A sentiment strip was added to the middle to finish up this project.

That does it for this one! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! I’ll try a different paste next time to see if I get better results. Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you have an awesome day!

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Happiest Wednesday to you! I got myself in a grungy mood with the Dewpierce Butterfly from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Always There, so I created this card the other day. Sometimes when I think of grungy, I think of darker, neutral colors but I put a spin on this with some pastels instead. You can find all of the deets, as well as more pictures and a full product list over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have a fabulous day! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Always There release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Sunday, Friends! Hope your weekend has been amazing so far! The weather here in my area of Virginia has been amazing this weekend! Which is awesome, considering all of the rain that we’ve had lately. Here’s my second card featuring the super cute Mr. Snappy, from @simonsaysstamp Always There release, doing his grilling thang! 🔥 Together by Design is our monthly collab where a group of designers all create with products from the same featured brand/designer, each adding their own creative twist. Tap the tags below to see every project and meet the designers. Happiest Saturday, Friends! I hope everyone is having an awesome day so far! I created this black out card the other day, which features the new Peony and Bells Embossing Folder from the @simonsaysstamp Always There release. I really enjoy this technique because it’s not about being perfect! Being perfect is cool and all, but perfection rarely works out in my experience. You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Enjoy your day! Hello again! I’m back with another project featuring the new Mr. Snappy set from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Always There. This was a relatively quick coloring session with the image being added to the card with an action wobbler! My first time using one of those! Hope everyone is having a great Friday!

Simon Says Stamp Butterfly Hugs

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back to my blog! There’s a fun Simon Says Stamp Instagram Hop going on today to celebrate the latest Always There release! You don’t want to miss it! Comment along the hop for your chance to win a Simon gift card! My project today is featuring the new Dewpierce Butterfly with some grunge, so let’s go ahead and go through the deets!

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

I began this project by selecting a piece of patterned paper from the TH Abandoned set and trimming it down with the A2 Postage Rectangles. I added a few rub-on transfers from a 49 and Market set along with some black splatter. I knew that I wanted some texture on the paper, so I pulled a TH stencil, mixed some Salvaged Patina paint with some Transparent Texture Paste. After applying the paste, I set that aside to dry while I worked on the butterflies.

I die cut the butterflies from Neenah and did some ink blending on those using Carnation, Zest and Ocean inks. The butterflies were assembled and I added the black bodies, as well as some polka dot details using a Copic Multiliner pen. For some added contrast, I cut the butterflies again using black cardstock and adhered those pieces to my colored butterflies using liquid glue.

The Scripty Hugs sentiment was cut three times from black cardstock and adhered together for that stacked sentiment that we all love! My panel was adhered to some black cardstock then adhered to the card base, the sentiment was glued in place and the butterflies were secured with foam tape to finish up.

This was a pretty simple card to make, because the patterned paper and texture paste are doing most of the work! I hope you enjoyed this project! Don’t forget to head over to Instagram to catch the hop and leave comments for your chance to win a Simon gift card! Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you have an awesome day!

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Happiest Wednesday to you! I got myself in a grungy mood with the Dewpierce Butterfly from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Always There, so I created this card the other day. Sometimes when I think of grungy, I think of darker, neutral colors but I put a spin on this with some pastels instead. You can find all of the deets, as well as more pictures and a full product list over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have a fabulous day! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Always There release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Sunday, Friends! Hope your weekend has been amazing so far! The weather here in my area of Virginia has been amazing this weekend! Which is awesome, considering all of the rain that we’ve had lately. Here’s my second card featuring the super cute Mr. Snappy, from @simonsaysstamp Always There release, doing his grilling thang! 🔥 Together by Design is our monthly collab where a group of designers all create with products from the same featured brand/designer, each adding their own creative twist. Tap the tags below to see every project and meet the designers. Happiest Saturday, Friends! I hope everyone is having an awesome day so far! I created this black out card the other day, which features the new Peony and Bells Embossing Folder from the @simonsaysstamp Always There release. I really enjoy this technique because it’s not about being perfect! Being perfect is cool and all, but perfection rarely works out in my experience. You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Enjoy your day! Hello again! I’m back with another project featuring the new Mr. Snappy set from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Always There. This was a relatively quick coloring session with the image being added to the card with an action wobbler! My first time using one of those! Hope everyone is having a great Friday!

Together By Design Featuring Distress Oxides

Together by Design is a monthly collaboration where a small group of designers all create with products from the same featured brand. Each of us chooses a favorite product and puts our own creative spin on it, showing just how many different ways one brand can inspire. Follow along, explore every project, and discover new designers and new favorites along the way.

This month’s featured brand:  Distress Oxides

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

Here is a list of designers participating this month:

My project got pretty detailed, and I apologize for that, but let’s go ahead and run through the details! I began by creating the background first using Distress Oxide sprays in Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain and Broken China. I did also use regular Distress spray in Gathered Twigs. I was drying my panel between ink applications, so that I would get some good color variations. Once I was satisfied with the background, I did some stamping using various Tim Holtz sets from my stash, and trimmed it down using A2 Postage Rectangles. I knew that I wanted some texture as well, so I mixed some Ranger Transparent Texture Paste with some Distress Salvaged Patina Paint and added that through the TCW Mini Well Rounded Stencil. I’m not even sure if this stencil is still available, but any stencil that you love would work just great!

For the focal image, I stamped the Floral Trims stamp onto a panel of watercolor paper using VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat set that using clear embossing powder. I then did some watercoloring using Distress Oxide ink pads in Salvaged Patina and Walnut Stain. While I was creating my background panel, I went ahead and created another panel that I used to cut the frame surrounding the floral. That was trimmed out using the same postage set and adhered to the floral.

The background panel was adhered to a black panel for contrast, and then adhered to the card base. I added some bits from the Tim Holtz Curator Ephemera Pack, as well as some Field Notes PET Tape from 49 and Market. The floral was adhered using foam tape and some black butterflies were added to tie in all of the black stamping. The sentiment is from the Tim Holtz Theories Quote Chips set that I added some Salvaged Patina ink to and then heat embossed it with clear embossing powder to give it a bit of shine.

That does it for this project! I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you’ll stop by again next month to find out what our featured product or brand will be! Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you have a fabulous day!

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Happiest Wednesday to you! I got myself in a grungy mood with the Dewpierce Butterfly from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Always There, so I created this card the other day. Sometimes when I think of grungy, I think of darker, neutral colors but I put a spin on this with some pastels instead. You can find all of the deets, as well as more pictures and a full product list over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have a fabulous day! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Always There release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Sunday, Friends! Hope your weekend has been amazing so far! The weather here in my area of Virginia has been amazing this weekend! Which is awesome, considering all of the rain that we’ve had lately. Here’s my second card featuring the super cute Mr. Snappy, from @simonsaysstamp Always There release, doing his grilling thang! 🔥 Together by Design is our monthly collab where a group of designers all create with products from the same featured brand/designer, each adding their own creative twist. Tap the tags below to see every project and meet the designers. Happiest Saturday, Friends! I hope everyone is having an awesome day so far! I created this black out card the other day, which features the new Peony and Bells Embossing Folder from the @simonsaysstamp Always There release. I really enjoy this technique because it’s not about being perfect! Being perfect is cool and all, but perfection rarely works out in my experience. You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Enjoy your day! Hello again! I’m back with another project featuring the new Mr. Snappy set from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Always There. This was a relatively quick coloring session with the image being added to the card with an action wobbler! My first time using one of those! Hope everyone is having a great Friday!

Simon Says Stamp Thanks Floral Hexagon

Hello Crafty Friends, and thanks for joining me! Today’s project is featuring the new Elongated Hexagons from Simon’s latest release, Always There. When I saw these hexagons, I knew that I wanted to create a floral card, because that’s what I do! Florals are my jam, and I just can’t help that! Let’s go ahead and go through the details for this project.

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

I began the project by die cutting my florals using the Aurora Blooms, which I happened to pick up while I was at CREATE. I did some ink blending on the flowers using Seafoam, Surf, Mint and Sun-kissed inks. Those were then assembled and set aside while I worked on the other elements of the card.

I die cut a frame using the Elongated Hexagons, added some light ink blending using the Seafoam ink and embossed that center portion using the Tiny Floral Embossing Folder. The Thanks, which is from a retired set, was cut once from gold cardstock and twice from Neenah for a stacked look, which we all love! Before assembling the card, I did some heavy white splatter on the leaves for some added interest.

The card base was gold splattered and the hexagons were adhered using liquid glue. The leaves were secured with glue as well, while the flowers were adhered using foam tape. The sentiment and gold pearls were added to finish up this project.

That does it for this one! I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you’ll swing by and check out the entire Always There release. Thanks for stopping by!

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Happiest Wednesday to you! I got myself in a grungy mood with the Dewpierce Butterfly from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Always There, so I created this card the other day. Sometimes when I think of grungy, I think of darker, neutral colors but I put a spin on this with some pastels instead. You can find all of the deets, as well as more pictures and a full product list over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have a fabulous day! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Always There release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Sunday, Friends! Hope your weekend has been amazing so far! The weather here in my area of Virginia has been amazing this weekend! Which is awesome, considering all of the rain that we’ve had lately. Here’s my second card featuring the super cute Mr. Snappy, from @simonsaysstamp Always There release, doing his grilling thang! 🔥 Together by Design is our monthly collab where a group of designers all create with products from the same featured brand/designer, each adding their own creative twist. Tap the tags below to see every project and meet the designers. Happiest Saturday, Friends! I hope everyone is having an awesome day so far! I created this black out card the other day, which features the new Peony and Bells Embossing Folder from the @simonsaysstamp Always There release. I really enjoy this technique because it’s not about being perfect! Being perfect is cool and all, but perfection rarely works out in my experience. You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Enjoy your day! Hello again! I’m back with another project featuring the new Mr. Snappy set from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Always There. This was a relatively quick coloring session with the image being added to the card with an action wobbler! My first time using one of those! Hope everyone is having a great Friday!

Simon Says Stamp Peony Hello

Hello there, and welcome back to my blog! The Always There release from Simon is live, and I’m back with a post featuring the new Peony & Bells Embossing Folder with Cutting Die. Let’s go ahead and get right into the details!

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

I began this project by embossing the peony onto a panel of Neenah 110lb cardstock. I also cut a scrap of watercolor paper and embossed the die cut pieces with that. I used a water brush along with Bubblegum and Carnation ink to add color to the flowers. I just smooshed the ink onto my glass mat and dipped the brush there.

Once I was finished with the watercoloring, I used Copic markers G43, RV00 and RV10 to add color to the stems and other flowers. Before adhering the die cut flowers to the panel, I did some gold splatter for a bit more interest.

The large flower was adhered using foam tape, while the smaller flower stem was added with liquid glue. The sentiment, which is from a retired set, was cut once from gold cardstock and twice from Neenah 110lb for a stacked sentiment. That was secured with glue, along with a few dew drops to finish up.

That does it for this project. I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you’ll stop by and check out the entire Always There release over on Simon’s website. Thanks for stopping by, and have an awesome day!

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Happiest Wednesday to you! I got myself in a grungy mood with the Dewpierce Butterfly from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Always There, so I created this card the other day. Sometimes when I think of grungy, I think of darker, neutral colors but I put a spin on this with some pastels instead. You can find all of the deets, as well as more pictures and a full product list over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have a fabulous day! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Always There release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Sunday, Friends! Hope your weekend has been amazing so far! The weather here in my area of Virginia has been amazing this weekend! Which is awesome, considering all of the rain that we’ve had lately. Here’s my second card featuring the super cute Mr. Snappy, from @simonsaysstamp Always There release, doing his grilling thang! 🔥 Together by Design is our monthly collab where a group of designers all create with products from the same featured brand/designer, each adding their own creative twist. Tap the tags below to see every project and meet the designers. Happiest Saturday, Friends! I hope everyone is having an awesome day so far! I created this black out card the other day, which features the new Peony and Bells Embossing Folder from the @simonsaysstamp Always There release. I really enjoy this technique because it’s not about being perfect! Being perfect is cool and all, but perfection rarely works out in my experience. You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Enjoy your day! Hello again! I’m back with another project featuring the new Mr. Snappy set from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Always There. This was a relatively quick coloring session with the image being added to the card with an action wobbler! My first time using one of those! Hope everyone is having a great Friday!

Together By Design Featuring Altenew

Together by Design is a monthly collaboration where a small group of designers all create with products from the same featured brand. Each of us chooses a favorite product and puts our own creative spin on it, showing just how many different ways one brand can inspire. Follow along, explore every project, and discover new designers and new favorites along the way.

This month’s featured brand:  Altenew

Here is a list of designers participating this month:

Jessica:  www.lovenotesbyjess.com/blog;  @jessica.vasher

Jean:   www.studio-jd.com;  @jean.studiojd

Maggie: www.schoolhousestamps.blogspot.com; @teacher11494

Tracy:  https://redsas.co;  @redsas

I began my project by creating a large watercolor panel with various greens. The panel also features some stamping, splattering, stenciling and doodling. I made a video of one of my previous panels, if you care to check it out. Once I was done creating that, I die cut several leaves from the panel using the Leaf Mix Die Set from Altenew. My background features a Seafoam panel that was stamped with the Leaf Canopy using VersaMark ink and heat set using clear embossing powder.

I needed a frame, so I had to use one from Pinkfresh, and that was cut once from the same Seafoam cardstock and twice from white cardstock. Those were adhered together and then adhered to the stamped panel. I also die cut some of the leaves from gold for an additional layer.

While I was cutting from gold, I cut the sentiment, which is from the Slim Sentiments Die Set, once from the gold and twice from white cardstock. This is a very long sentiment, so I did some cutting and snipped everything off except thank you so much portion.

The leaves were adhered to the frame using liquid glue, and the sentiment was tucked in before adding some gold metallic pearls to finish up.

That does it for this project! I hope you’ll swing by and check out the other designers posts and give them some love! Join us next month for a new featured brand!

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Happiest Wednesday to you! I got myself in a grungy mood with the Dewpierce Butterfly from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Always There, so I created this card the other day. Sometimes when I think of grungy, I think of darker, neutral colors but I put a spin on this with some pastels instead. You can find all of the deets, as well as more pictures and a full product list over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have a fabulous day! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Always There release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Sunday, Friends! Hope your weekend has been amazing so far! The weather here in my area of Virginia has been amazing this weekend! Which is awesome, considering all of the rain that we’ve had lately. Here’s my second card featuring the super cute Mr. Snappy, from @simonsaysstamp Always There release, doing his grilling thang! 🔥 Together by Design is our monthly collab where a group of designers all create with products from the same featured brand/designer, each adding their own creative twist. Tap the tags below to see every project and meet the designers. Happiest Saturday, Friends! I hope everyone is having an awesome day so far! I created this black out card the other day, which features the new Peony and Bells Embossing Folder from the @simonsaysstamp Always There release. I really enjoy this technique because it’s not about being perfect! Being perfect is cool and all, but perfection rarely works out in my experience. You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Enjoy your day! Hello again! I’m back with another project featuring the new Mr. Snappy set from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Always There. This was a relatively quick coloring session with the image being added to the card with an action wobbler! My first time using one of those! Hope everyone is having a great Friday!

Simon Says Stamp Artsy Butterflies Text

Hello Friends, and welcome back! I’m so glad you stopped by today to check out this project featuring the Artsy Butterflies. Let’s get right into the details!

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

If you’re like me, you’re hoarding patterned paper like it’s never going to be made again, am I right?! I decided that I would part with a little bit of it, and stamp the Artsy Butterflies onto a panel of pastel marble paper from P13 using VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat set it with clear embossing powder. I then used the coordinating dies to trim them out, along with a black layer as well. I will link to a similar patterned paper at the bottom of this post.

The background is a combination of things with the bottom layer being a panel of ColorBlend cardstock that was black splattered and then a panel of Dina Wakely transparency that I smeared with Distress Paint.

The sentiment was stamped using VersaMark ink, heat set using detail white embossing powder and trimmed out with three additional cuts for a stacked sentiment. I adhered the black butterfly to the stamped butterfly using foam squares, and then those were adhered to the transparency using strong double sided tape. To adhere the transparency to the colored panel, I put some strips of the same tape on the backside underneath the butterflies so that you wouldn’t be able to see it. The sentiment was secured with the same tape as well.

That does it for this project. I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you have a great day!

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Happiest Wednesday to you! I got myself in a grungy mood with the Dewpierce Butterfly from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Always There, so I created this card the other day. Sometimes when I think of grungy, I think of darker, neutral colors but I put a spin on this with some pastels instead. You can find all of the deets, as well as more pictures and a full product list over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have a fabulous day! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Always There release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Sunday, Friends! Hope your weekend has been amazing so far! The weather here in my area of Virginia has been amazing this weekend! Which is awesome, considering all of the rain that we’ve had lately. Here’s my second card featuring the super cute Mr. Snappy, from @simonsaysstamp Always There release, doing his grilling thang! 🔥 Together by Design is our monthly collab where a group of designers all create with products from the same featured brand/designer, each adding their own creative twist. Tap the tags below to see every project and meet the designers. Happiest Saturday, Friends! I hope everyone is having an awesome day so far! I created this black out card the other day, which features the new Peony and Bells Embossing Folder from the @simonsaysstamp Always There release. I really enjoy this technique because it’s not about being perfect! Being perfect is cool and all, but perfection rarely works out in my experience. You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Enjoy your day! Hello again! I’m back with another project featuring the new Mr. Snappy set from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Always There. This was a relatively quick coloring session with the image being added to the card with an action wobbler! My first time using one of those! Hope everyone is having a great Friday!

Spellbinders Trailside Birthday Raccoon

Hello Friends, and thanks for joining me! My friend, Allison Frazier, has a brand new collection with Spellbinders, and I was super excited to get to play with this Trailside Trio set! There are lots of products and add-ons for this set, but for today, I’m just playing with the trio. Let’s go through the details.

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

I love this set because my friend designed it, but I also love this set because I live on several acres of land, and we see these same animals on our property every day! I chose to play with the raccoon, because there is a raccoon that comes to visit me almost daily! She came the first time as a baby with her Mom back in 2021, and just last year, she brought her very own baby to visit me as well. She does allow me to pet her and hang out with her on the deck. So there you have it, a little glimpse into my life! I’ll add a pic of her at the bottom of this post, if you’re interested in seeing my raccoon friend!

I first die cut all of the pieces of the raccoon from different gray colors, white and black cardstock. On the white portions, I did some light ink blending using Flannel ink before assembling the raccoon with liquid glue. The design of this card came about because I actually had all of these flowers already assembled, so I thought a flower field could be super cute.

I used an older DOML set to cut the hills from green cardstock, and did some ink blending on the tops of those using Pearfection ink. Before adhering those to the card base, I did some blue ink blending to create a sky using Cadette ink. The flowers were adhered using glue, while the raccoon was adhered using foam tape. The sentiment was gold foiled onto black cardstock and adhered with liquid glue as well. To finish up, I added a few gold metallic pearls to some of the flower centers to tie in the gold sentiment.

That does it for this project! I hope you like it, and I hope you’ll swing over and check out Allison’s collection on the Spellbinders website. Thanks again for joining me, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

This is my friend, Gimpy. She got this name because when she was much younger, she had a hurt foot for quite a while, and the name Gimpy just stuck. It’s silly, I know! She’s a very sweet girl, and I enjoy her visits!

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Happiest Wednesday to you! I got myself in a grungy mood with the Dewpierce Butterfly from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Always There, so I created this card the other day. Sometimes when I think of grungy, I think of darker, neutral colors but I put a spin on this with some pastels instead. You can find all of the deets, as well as more pictures and a full product list over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have a fabulous day! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Always There release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Sunday, Friends! Hope your weekend has been amazing so far! The weather here in my area of Virginia has been amazing this weekend! Which is awesome, considering all of the rain that we’ve had lately. Here’s my second card featuring the super cute Mr. Snappy, from @simonsaysstamp Always There release, doing his grilling thang! 🔥 Together by Design is our monthly collab where a group of designers all create with products from the same featured brand/designer, each adding their own creative twist. Tap the tags below to see every project and meet the designers. Happiest Saturday, Friends! I hope everyone is having an awesome day so far! I created this black out card the other day, which features the new Peony and Bells Embossing Folder from the @simonsaysstamp Always There release. I really enjoy this technique because it’s not about being perfect! Being perfect is cool and all, but perfection rarely works out in my experience. You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Enjoy your day! Hello again! I’m back with another project featuring the new Mr. Snappy set from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Always There. This was a relatively quick coloring session with the image being added to the card with an action wobbler! My first time using one of those! Hope everyone is having a great Friday!

Simon Says Stamp Grateful Heart

Hello Friends, and welcome back! Today’s post is featuring the new Crocus Duo from Simon’s latest release. This ended up being a twofer project, but I’m only writing about one of them today, so let’s go ahead and go through the details.

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

I knew that I wanted my Crocus flowers to be purple, so I die cut the flowers several times from three different colors of purple cardstock. Once I had cut all of the flowers, I did some ink blending on them using Crocus and Lilac inks, and assembled them. The flowers are only two layers, but I cut an additional layer to be adhered to the back. While I was cutting, I did cut the stems and grass from green cardstock.

My background was created using a very old Simon background stamped onto a very pale blue cardstock using VersaMark Ink and heat embossing it with white powder. This is where the twofer part comes in to play. I die cut that blue panel using the Whirl Diamond Plate, but only used the inner circles for this project. I also die cut a panel of Moonflower cardstock using that same plate. Before assembling this part, I decided that I wanted those inner circles black splattered.

This background ended up being a little bit of work, but I think it was worth it in the end. I went ahead and glued the Moonflower panel to the card base, and inlaid the splattered blue circles. After playing with the flower arrangement, I decided that it might be pretty to add some grass pieces that were similar to the other cardstock colors that I was using.

The flowers were adhered using foam tape, while the stems and various leaves were secured with liquid glue. The sentiment was stamped, white heat embossed, trimmed out and adhered to the panel with glue as well. To finish up, I added some dew drops for added interest.

That does it for this project. I hope you like it! I’ll post the other project using the rest of the background at some later date. Thanks again for stopping by, and I hope you have an awesome day!

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Simon Says Stamp Braided Greetings

Hello Crafty Friends, and thanks for joining me! Today’s projects are featuring the new Braided Embossing Folder from Simon’s latest release, In My Heart. These were super simple, so let’s quickly run through the deets!

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

I began by running the embossing folder through the machine using Neenah cardstock to create two panels. I then did some ink blending on the panels using Carnation, Cadette, Surf, Limelicious, Sherbet and Orchid. Or at least that’s what I think that I used! I’m always really good about writing everything down, so I’m not quite sure what happened with these projects!

The sentiments were stamped using VersaMark ink, heat embossed using Detail White Embossing Powder and trimmed out four times for a stacked sentiment. I was unable to find one of the sets on the Simon website, so I assume that it was discontinued. I’m sorry about that, and I’m sad, because that was a really great set! The panels were trimmed down, adhered to a black panel and then the card base. Since the sentiments were stacked, I just went ahead and secured those using liquid glue to finish up.

Two quick cards for the win! These types of embossing folders are great for super quick cards, in my opinion. They look great ink blended with a simple sentiment. Thanks again for stopping by, and I hope you have an awesome day!

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