Category: Hugs Cards

Simon Says Stamp Bellflower Hugs

Hey There, Friends and welcome back! Today’s post is featuring the new Bellflower Blossoms Stencil from Simon’s latest release, Every Happiness. Let’s get into the deets!

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

I began this project by ink blending the stencils using Aspen, Sage, Clay, Terracotta, Honey, Surf and Ocean. Once I was done with that, I felt like the flowers needed a bit of grounding, so I opted to scribble around the images using a Copic Multiliner pen. I wasn’t too careful with this, and didn’t really try to be too perfect with it. Before moving on, I gave the panel some gold splatter, because I love splatter!

The panel was then trimmed down using the Sparkler Scallop Frames. I die cut the Lush Leaves once from Waterfall and gold cardstock, and did some ink blending on the colored cardstock using the same Ocean ink. The leaves were then adhered to the panel in a side swag fashion, if you will. The sentiment was cut from gold and white cardstock, adhered together and glued directly to the panel to finish up.

That does it for this one! I hope you enjoyed it. Thanks again for joining me, and I hope you 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!

Simon Says Stamp Tattered Florals

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back! I’m back today with a project featuring and older floral die set from Simon. This set has several pieces to it, which includes a detail die cut, the solid petal die cut and the center die cut. For this project, I only used the solid petal die cut. Let’s go through the deets!

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

I pulled a panel of watercolor paper and added some very soft rainbow colors and let those mix to create the oranges and purples. Once that was dry, I did some splatter using Dina Wakely Gloss Sprays, which I guess have been discontinued on Simon’s website, as well as lots of gold splatter. I did some stamping on the panel using the Crackle Background along with a Tim Holtz set.

Once all of that was complete, I die cut bunches of petals from the Cosmo Flower Petals set, which has been discontinued, and distressed the edges with the Tim Holtz Paper Distresser tool. My apologies for using a set that has been discontinued, I was not aware that it was no longer available. I’ll try to find another flower that can be used in the same way. The centers of the flowers were cut using black cardstock and the petals were secured in place using liquid glue. I did opt to add Glossy Accents to a couple of the flower centers for some added interest.

The background panels were cut using the Stitched Rectangles along with some gold splatter on those as well. They were secured to the card base, the flowers were added and some sentiment strips were added to finish up.

That does it for this project. I really love the tattered edges of these flowers paired with the soft pastel colors. I hope you do as well! Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you have an amazing 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 Graceful Hugs

Hello Friends, and welcome back! Today’s post is a pretty, pastel floral featuring the Graceful Flowers stamp set that I picked up while I was at the CREATE event back in April. 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 floral onto a panel of watercolor paper using VersaMark ink and heat setting that using white embossing powder. I then pulled the Bubblegum, Seafoam and Zest inks to do some simple watercoloring. I smooshed the ink onto my glass mat and added the ink to the image using a water brush. When done with that, I used the coordinating die to trim it out. I did add a little bit of black detail to the centers of the flowers using a Copic Multliner pen to bring out some of those details.

The background panel was created by cutting a panel of seafoam cardstock using the Teardrop Pinpoint Frames and giving it a good dose of white splatter. You guys know that I always need more leaves, so I pulled the Lush Leaves die and cut that from white and silver cardstock. The sentiment was stamped using VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat set using clear embossing powder.

The background panel was added to the card base, the silver leaves were secured with liquid glue, then the white leaves, the floral was adhered with foam tape, the sentiment was secured and some dew drops were added to finish up this project.

And, that does it for this project! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! I think this is a really pretty color combo and look forward to creating another project using them. 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 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 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 Watercolor Wild Rose

Hello! Hello! Thanks so much for swinging by to check out today’s project featuring the new Wild Rose stamp set from Simon’s latest In My Heart release! Let’s get into it!

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

I began this project by stamping both of the florals onto a large panel using VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat setting them with clear embossing powder. I then did a very loos watercolor wash over both and went back in with darker details and shadowing. Once everything was dry, I fussy cut both images, as I did not have the coordinating dies.

The background panels were created with black splatter and the Nested Stitched Rectangles. Both sentiments were stamped with VersaMark Ink, heat set using Detail White Embossing Powder and cut multiple times with the coordinating dies.

The florals were adhered using foam tape, while the sentiments were secured with liquid glue. I thought some clear drops were a nice finishing touch.

That does it for this one! I’m not very good at watercolor, but I enjoy it when I do give it a try. Don’t forget to check out the entire In My Heart release, and I hope you have a fabulous day!

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Simon Says Stamp Blended Daisies

Hello Friends, and thanks for joining me! The Beautiful Moments release is live, and I’m back with a project featuring the new Groovy Daisies with a soft blend. Let’s go ahead and get into the details.

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

I began this project by stamping the Groovy Daisies onto a panel using VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat embossing it using clear embossing powder. I knew that I wanted to double heat emboss, and when I do this, I stamp the second time with VersaMark ink and heat again using clear powder. I do this because, during the heating process, I find that the paper warps a tiny bit and if I stamp again in black, it can sometimes be slightly off. By stamping the second time with VersaMark, you don’t notice that.

I really love how the ink blending turned out using Bubblegum, Lilac, Marine and Seafoam inks. Once done with the ink blending, I trimmed the panel down using the new A2 Nested Stitched Rectangles, and mounted it onto a black panel for contrast. The sentiment was cut once from Matte Silver cardstock and twice from black cardstock, while the shadow portion was cut four times. All of those were adhered together using liquid glue for a stacked sentiment. I added some matte silver pearls to the some of the flowers to finish up.

That does it for this one! I hope you like it, and I hope you’ll stop by and check out the entire Beautiful Moments release! Thanks again for swinging 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 Floral Love & Hugs

Hello Friends and welcome back! I hope you’re enjoying STAMPtember so far! Today’s post is featuring the new Stitched Flowers Embossing Folder, so let’s go ahead and get into the details!

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

I began this project by embossing a panel of black cardstock in the folder and trimming it down slightly smaller than an A2 card. I then used these super awesome metallic rub-ons to add the gold color to the panel using my finger. There are lots of fun colors in this palette, and I really want to try another one in a different color.

Once I was done with the rub-ons, I die cut the sentiment once from black glossy cardstock, once from black and once from a scrap of cardstock that would coordinate with the metallic. I also cut the shadow portion twice and stacked all of those together.

My panel was adhered to a black panel for contrast, the sentiment was adhered using foam strips and some black gems were added to the centers of the flowers to finish up.

That does it for this one! I hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to head over to Simon’s website to check out the entire STAMPtember release, and stay tuned for tomorrow as we are having a huge blog celebration! Thanks again for joining me, and I hope you 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!

Simon Says Stamp Envelope Grid

Hello and welcome to STAMPtember! There’s a huge Blog Party happening today to celebrate the launch of STAMPtember, and everyone participating has a graphic for you to claim a free gift with purchase, or a free gift with a certain dollar amount, so join the scavenger hunt for all of the deals!

Over the last couple of months, I have created cards by taking the smallest die from a set and repeating the pattern. Today’s card is another example of this. While I love this new Mail Call set, I thought it would be cute to grid an envelope grid, so let’s go through the deets!

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

I began this project by die cutting the envelope several times from quite a few different colors of cardstock. I wasn’t sure how many I would need, so I just went ahead and cut a bunch. I then added these tiny heart stickers, which are from Doodlebug Designs, that I’ve had forever.

The background was created using the new A2 Postage Rectangles along with some black splatter. The sentiment was stamped using VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat set using clear embossing powder. I trimmed it out several times using the coordinating die to create that stacked sentiment that we all love.

I decided on the sentiment placement and adhered that with foam strips, while the envelopes were adhered with foam tape. A super simple card, but I love the way it turned out, and I’m so glad that I took the time to do all of the die cutting.

That does it for this project! Do you like creating grids or repeat patterns on cards? Don’t forget to check out the entire STAMPtember release over on Simon’s website, and stay tuned all month for those long awaited collaboration sets! Thanks for stopping by, 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!

Simon Says Stamp Hummingbird Hugs

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back! I’m back today with a project featuring the new Brilliant Hummingbird from Simon’s latest release, Friend Like You. 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 die cutting the Brilliant Hummingbird, the Delicate Wildflowers and the Dainty Floral Vine all from Neenah 110lb cardstock. I went ahead and pulled Heather, Honey, Pearfection, Seafoam and Gravel inks to do all of the ink blending on these elements. Once I was done, I assembled the hummingbird and flowers and set those aside while I worked on the rest of the card.

I used the new A7 Rectangles and cut a panel of Neenah that got gold splattered. I also used two of the rectangles to cut a gold frame that would go around the outside of splattered panel that I just cut. I glued the gold frame in place and then began gluing the leaves in place.

The sentiment was stamped with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed using Detail White Embossing Powder. I trimmed that out three times for a stacked sentiment. The sentiment, flowers and hummingbird were adhered using foam strips for some added dimension and some gold pearls were added for some shine to finish up.

That does it for this project! I don’t often enjoy making A7 cards, but sometimes the extra space is nice. I hope you have an awesome day, and don’t forget to check out the entire Friend Like You release.

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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 Love & Hugs Botanical

Hello Friends, and welcome back to my blog! The latest Simon release, You Are My Favorite, is live and I’m back with a project featuring the new Big Botanicals. Let’s go ahead and get right into the details since this one had lots of steps.

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

I began this project by putting a panel of mixed media paper in my splat box and adding Distress Oxide Sprays and Spritzes until I was satisfied. The sprays used were Wilted Violet, Villainous Potion, Prize Ribbon and Rustic Wilderness. The Spritzes used were Wilted Violet, Twisted Citron and Peeled Paint. I did dry my paper between layers of color so that I could build upon each other.

Once satisfied with the panel, I stamped one of the florals from the Big Botanicals set onto the panel using VersaFine Onyx Black and heat set it using Ranger Clear Embossing Powder. I did use a couple of the other elements from the stamp set and added those as well. I also used the TH Stitches set for some other added elements. I also used the TH Digits stencil along with some Ranger Translucent Crackle Paste to add some texture.

I set that aside to dry while I worked on the other elements for the card. I stamped the sentiment, which is from the Mix & Match Butterflies set, onto black cardstock using VersaMark ink and heat set that using Simon Detail White Embossing Powder. It was trimmed out using the coordinating die several times for a stacked sentiment. I used the Stitching Butterflies set to cut and assemble one of the butterflies to add once everything was dry.

For even more texture, I used the TH Paper Distress tool to rough up the edges of the panel, and I used a water brush to paint the floral and dry it with paper towels to lift some of the ink from those areas. My panel was adhered to the card base with foam tape, while the butterfly and sentiment were adhered with foam strips.

That does it for this project! I hope you enjoyed it! I never do mixed media projects because I’m not very good at them, but I enjoy them just the same! Don’t forget to check out the entire You Are My Favorite release over on Simon’s website! Thanks again for joining me, and I hope you have an awesome day!

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