Category: Hello Cards

Simon Says Stamp Hi There Blooms

Hello Crafty Friends, and thanks for stopping by! I’m back today with a post featuring the Sunflower Blooms and Chunky Ovals from Simon’s latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to go in a pink/purplish direction with my sunflowers for this one, 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 began by die cutting the florals and leaves from Neenah 110lb cardstock. Normally, I probably would have cut these from colored cardstock, but I was borrowing my friend’s die while she was visiting and I didn’t know what I was going to be making at the time. So, I just felt that I would have more options if they were cut from white cardstock. I did some ink blending on the flowers and leaves using Carnation, Lilac, Orchid, Aspen and Pine. For the centers of the flowers, I just used a black Copic marker to color those.

Once everything was ink blended, I went ahead and assembled the flowers and figured out the rest of my design. I stamped the floral from the Beautiful Flowers set onto a panel of black cardstock, using VersaMark ink and heat set that using clear embossing powder for a tone on tone effect. I then used the Chunky Ovals to trim it down, along with a panel of Lavender cardstock. My sentiment was stamped using VersaMark, heat set using white embossing powder, and trimmed out several times.

I went ahead and black splattered my card base, adhered the ovals and began securing the leaves with liquid glue, while the flowers were adhered using foam tape for added dimension. The sentiment was also added with foam tape, and some clear gems were added to finish up.

That does it for this project! I really love using dark colors sometimes, and I thought this dark background would pair well with the dark centers of the flowers. Thanks so much for joining me, and I hope you have yourself a wonderful day!

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Happiest Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!

Simon Says Stamp Bedazzled Hello

Hello, Hello! Thanks so much for stopping by to check out today’s quick project using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder along with the Paper Cut Word Mix from Simon’s latest release, Every Happiness. Here’s the deets for this project!

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

I began this project by embossing a panel of Neenah 110 cardstock using the folder and doing some ink blending using Shell, Sherbet and Punch inks. I did pull my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I wanted to try something a little different. Once I was done with that, I added a black panel for some contrast and added a tiny black gem to the centers of the medallion if you will.

I then die cut the hello from gold and black cardstock, adhered all of those together and added it to the panel using foam tape.

See, super simple project for today! The longest part was adding all of the gems! Thanks so much for joining me, and I hope you have a fabulous day! Don’t forget to stay awesome!

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Happiest Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!

Together By Design Featuring CZ Design “Simple Ho”

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/product:  CZ Designs “Simple Ho”

Here is a list of designers participating this month:

I’ll start by saying that I chose this month’s product .. If you know me personally, you know that I’m quite churlish with a weird sense of humor. I will often use the term Ho as a funny greeting, or a funny term of endearment. I mean absolutely no disrespect when I’m using the term. While at CREATE this year with my friends, I saw this die cut hanging in the Holiday section and I jokingly said, “Wassup, Ho?” And things spiraled from there, using various sentiments that we saw with the word Ho at the end of it. Examples, You’re doing great, Ho. Sending love and hugs, Ho. You make everything better, Ho. You get the idea! Hence, Ho became our chosen product for this month’s design.

I recently purchased a bunch of 49 and Market products, to include rub-on transfers and various ephemera pieces, so I decided to put some of those to good use! However, in searching for these products online, it appears that it has sold it, which tends to be the case with the 49 and Market collections. My apologies on that. I began this project by die cutting a panel using the Nested Stitched Rectangles and adding some gold splatter, followed by some rub-on transfers.

I pulled some ephemera pieces that would match the colors of the rub-ons that I used. Next, I die cut the sentiments a bunch of times from black and gold cardstock, adhering all of those together for a very stacked sentiment. Unfortunately, it appears that the “sup” die cut has been discontinued, which is sad, because I really like it! I tore the edge of one piece of ephemera and secured it with liquid glue, along with the other pieces, while the sentiments were adhered using foam tape. I felt some black butterflies were in order, so I cut and added a few of those to finish up.

I hope that if you’re seeing this card, you are finding humor and not finding offense, because it really is just my weird sense of humor. I hope you’ll check out the posts from my friends to see how their creative juices flowed using the say die cut. Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you have yourself a fabulous day!

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Happiest Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!

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 Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!

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 Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!

Simon Says Stamp Halloween Bats

Hello Crafty Friends, and thanks for joining me! How’s your STAMPtember going? Today’s project is featuring the new Halloween Basics set along with the older Big Bat set. 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 stamping the flying bats onto a panel of light blue cardstock using VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat setting it with clear embossing powder. I actually did that step twice to achieve a smoother finish on the bats.

I then ink blended the edges of the stamped panel using Sky, Dusk, Night and Galaxy inks. Since I started with a light blue panel, I really only needed to ink the edges. I used a deckle edge die to trim the panel down before giving it a good dose of white splatter.

The sentiment, which is from the Big Bat set, was die cut once from black glitter cardstock and twice from regular black cardstock. I also cut a small bat from the glitter cardstock as well. The panel was adhered to the card base with foam tape, and the sentiment and bat were glued directly to the panel to finish up.

A pretty simple card for today! I don’t normally make Halloween cards, but I enjoyed the blue ink blending to create a somewhat night time scene. Don’t forget to check out the entire STAMPtember release! Thanks again for joining me, and I hope you have an awesome day!

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Happiest Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!

Simon Says Stamp Hello Sunflower

Hello Friends, and welcome to STAMPtember! Have you had a chance to check out the entire STAMPtember release yet? I’d love to know your favorites in the comments! Stay tuned for a huge blog party taking place tomorrow! I really had fun making this card, which uses the new Sunflower Dreams stamp paired with some other leaves. Let’s go through the details!

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

I began this project by stamping the Sunflower Dreams onto a panel of watercolor paper using VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat setting it using clear embossing powder. I then pulled out my watercolors and painted the main flower only. Once I was done with the painting, I went back in and added some details using colored pencils, Copic markers and a Copic Multiliner pen. Because I only wanted the larger flower, I set out on the tedious task of fussy cutting.

I then die cut the Abundant Leaves several times from Neenah, as well as gold cardstock, and I cut the center of the flower from the Autumn Sunflower set. I went ahead and ink blended the green leaves using Sprout, Field and Surf inks. The sentiment was cut once from gold cardstock and twice from the dark green cardstock to create a stacked sentiment.

The forest green background was gold splattered before adding the other elements. The gold leaves were added first, with the green leaves being offset slightly. The sunflower was added using foam tape, as was that extra sunflower center that was cut. The sentiment was adhered directly to the card panel using liquid glue to finish up.

That does it for this project! I hope you like it! I do love the contrast of the background with the flower and leaves. Don’t forget to check out the entire STAMPtember release, and stay tuned all month for lots of surprises! Thanks again for joining me, and I hope you have a fabulous day!

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Happiest Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!

Simon Says Stamp Geometric Hello

Hello Crafty Friend and welcome back! Today’s project is featuring the new Mid Century Elemental Plate from Simon’s latest release, Happy Camper. I actually made several cards using this plate, but I think one is my favorite! Let’s run through the details!

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

I began this project by ink blending a panel of Neenah 110lb cardstock using Bubblegum, Sunbeam, Seafoam and Lilac inks. I then ran the panel and plate through the die cutting machine, trying to keep the pieces in tact as much as possible. I placed some Press n Seal on the front of the panel and placed small pieces of foam tape on the back of the pieces.

I then removed the negative frame piece and placed that, along with the card base in the corner of the Misti to help with placement. I removed the backing from the foam tape and adhered the pieces to the card base and once again removed the negative frame piece when I was done.

The sentiment was cut once from gold cardstock, twice from Neenah, while the shadow portion was cut twice. Those were all adhered together and glued to the front of the card to finish up.

That does it for this project. I love the soft blend that I was able to get on this project, and the gold sentiment went perfectly! Don’t forget to check out the entire Happy Camper release over on Simon’s website. Thanks again for joining me, and have an awesome day!

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Happiest Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!

Spellbinders Hey Pupkin

Hello Crafty Friends, and thanks for joining me! I’m back today with a cutie card featuring the new Pupkin from the Spellbinders August releases. Let’s jump right into the details!

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

I began this project by die cutting all of the pieces from various cardstock scraps. Once all of the cutting was done, I began assembling the pup. I should have done some light ink blending, but to be honest, I forgot and it was too late at the point that I remembered. Have you ever done that? I was too lazy to cut all of the pieces again.

The background panel was created using the Deckled Rectangles and the Tim Holtz Paper Distresser tool thingy. Once I was satisfied with the distressing of the edges, I took it over to my splat box and added some black splatter. The panel was adhered to the card base and the pup was adhered atop that with foam tape.

Now for the interesting part .. I don’t make Halloween cards, so I didn’t have a sentiment to use on this project. I also didn’t request one when the Pupkin was being sent to me. A little snafu on my part! With all of that being said, I had to whip out the label maker for the sentiment.

A pretty simple card, but I actually like how it turned out, even though cutesy cards are not in my wheelhouse. Don’t forget to swing by the Spellbinders site to check out all of the new August releases! Thanks again for joining me, and I hope you have a fabulous day!

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Happiest Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!

Simon Says Stamp Delicate Blossoms

Hello Friend, and thanks for joining me! Today’s project is featuring the new Delicate Blossoms stamp from Simon’s latest release, Happy Camper. There’s a fun Instagram Hop going on over there, so be sure to check that out, as Simon is giving away a $25 gift card at every stop along the hop. 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 stamping the image onto a panel of watercolor paper using VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat setting it using clear embossing powder. I then went to work using pan watercolors to color the image. I’m not even going to lie, this process too me almost an entire day! I’m very slow and I wanted to make sure that I had some depth to the flowers and leaves.

Once I was satisfied, I used the new More A7 Rectangles set to trim it down. I added some foam tape to the back of the panel and adhered it to a black panel for some contrast. I cut my card base, black splattered it and set it aside while I worked on the sentiment. I cut the hello once from silver cardstock and twice from black cardstock, while cutting the shadow portion twice as well. All of those pieces were adhered together before moving on.

I adhered the panel to the card base, glued my sentiment in place and added some silver embellishments to finish up. I chose the space near the bottom right, because I did not want to cover up any of the flowers that I had spent hours coloring!

That does it for this project. I hope you like it! I love the finished product of a watercolor piece, I just wish that it didn’t take me so long to complete! Don’t forget to check out the entire Happy Camper release! Thanks again for joining me, and have a wonderful day!

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Happiest Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!