Category: Ink Blending

Simon Says Stamp Grungy Dewdrop Daisy

Hi Friends! Thanks for joining me! Today’s project is featuring the new Dewdrop Daisy from Simon’s latest release, Shine On. I had this background lying around from a previous project, and I thought that I could give the daisy a grungy feel for all of these components to work together! Let’s go through the deets!

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

As I said, I already had this background panel, which was created using Distress Oxide Sprays, inks and paint. I die cut the panel using the Sparkler Scallop Frames and did some stamping, stenciling and splattering on it. The daisy was die cut from cream cardstock and ink blended using Distress Oxide Salvaged Patina, Walnut Stain and Peeled Paint.

My background panel was adhered to a black panel for contrast, the stem was glued in place, while the flower and sentiment were adhered with foam tape to finish up.

That’s it for this one! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Make sure to check out the entire Shine On release for a look at all of the new goodies! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have an amazing day!

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Happiest Monday to you! I created this card a little while back with some extra Birdies, from @simonsaysstamp, that I had in my stash. I also had this fun sentiment hanging around, which is from a STAMPtember 2025 set, so I was quite pleased to find these items a home! I hope everyone had a great weekend, and I hope your Monday is off to a great start! Sometimes quick cards that use up some scraps are just the way to go! This one was created using the Circle Frames and the Chill Vibes stamp from @simonsaysstamp in a fun orange and yellow color palette. Hello and Happy Monday to you! I had this background sitting around and decided to add more grunge to it, along with a grungy Dewdrop Daisy, which is from the @simonsaysstamp Shine On release. You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have yourself a wonderful day! Happy Tuesday, Friends! I’m back today with another project featuring the Tall Happy Cover die from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. Watercolor, splatter and die cutting … three of my faves! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day! Hello Friends! Here’s a fun fish card using the Fun Fish Embossing Folder and dies from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. I tried several things when creating this card, and just wasn’t happy with any of it, until this card came to be. You can find all of the details on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have a fabulous day! Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I’m back with a project featuring the new Circle Frames from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. As always, there’s lots more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have an awesome day, Friends!

Simon Says Stamp Best Fish

Hello and welcome back! Today’s post is featuring the new Fun Fish Embossing Folder and cutting dies from Simon’s latest release, Shine On. To be honest, I was having a hard time getting any good ideas with the project. I tried doing the “blackout” technique twice and those looked terrible, so rather than just throw the panel away, I decided that I would just do die cutting to cover it all up! Let’s go through the details!

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

I began by embossing the panel with the folder and using Night ink for the “blackout,” because I wanted it to be blue like the ocean, obviously. I did end up splattering the panel with a little water to get that blotchiness that you see, as well as some white splatter. Before doing all of the fish die cutting, I did try some ink blending on the fish, but it just was not working out, like I said.

I die cut the fish, popped them into the folder, embossed them and then did the ink blending on those using Carnation, Zest, Sprout and Seafoam inks. Once they were all done, I glued them into their coordinating spots on the panel, trimming off the excess. The panel was then adhered to a black panel before being adhered to the card base.

The sentiment was stamped using VersaMark Ink, heat set using white embossing powder and trimmed out several times. The sentiment was adhered using foam tape, and I added tiny black gems for the eyes of the fish to finish up.

That does it for this project! I was really worried that I had wasted this panel, but am proud of myself for pulling something together! Has that ever happened to you? You’re ready to throw it in the trash, but try one last ditch effort and it ends up working out? Thanks again for joining me, and I hope you have an amazing day!

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Happiest Monday to you! I created this card a little while back with some extra Birdies, from @simonsaysstamp, that I had in my stash. I also had this fun sentiment hanging around, which is from a STAMPtember 2025 set, so I was quite pleased to find these items a home! I hope everyone had a great weekend, and I hope your Monday is off to a great start! Sometimes quick cards that use up some scraps are just the way to go! This one was created using the Circle Frames and the Chill Vibes stamp from @simonsaysstamp in a fun orange and yellow color palette. Hello and Happy Monday to you! I had this background sitting around and decided to add more grunge to it, along with a grungy Dewdrop Daisy, which is from the @simonsaysstamp Shine On release. You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have yourself a wonderful day! Happy Tuesday, Friends! I’m back today with another project featuring the Tall Happy Cover die from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. Watercolor, splatter and die cutting … three of my faves! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day! Hello Friends! Here’s a fun fish card using the Fun Fish Embossing Folder and dies from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. I tried several things when creating this card, and just wasn’t happy with any of it, until this card came to be. You can find all of the details on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have a fabulous day! Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I’m back with a project featuring the new Circle Frames from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. As always, there’s lots more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have an awesome day, Friends!

Simon Says Stamp Glowing Daisies

Welcome back to my blog! Today’s project is featuring the Dewdrop Daisy from Simon’s latest release, Shine On. I had seen a photograph of a flower on Instagram that had these stunning colors, and I decided that I was going to try to recreate it with some ink blending! Let’s go ahead and run through the details for this one!

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

I began by die cutting a bunch of times from Neenah cardstock. The flower has two layers when assembled, but I opted to add an additional layer for more fullness. The ink colors that I used for the flowers were Carnation, Heather and Morning. I started with the Carnation in the center of each piece and then added the Heather just outside of that, and then added the Morning on the ends of the petals. Once done with that ink blending, I glued the pieces together and added the black center piece using foam tape.

My background was created using a plum colored cardstock that was silver splattered before adding the Whirl Diamond Plate that was cut from Moonflower cardstock. If there are flowers, you know that I have to have lots of leaves! I die cut the Budding Branches several times from Lavender cardstock, as well as from matte silver cardstock. The edges of the lavender leaves were ink blended with some Iris ink for some depth and dimension.

I began the assembly by arranging the flowers and securing the purple leaves first and then the silver leaves, just slightly offset so that you could get a glimpse of everything. The flowers were secured with foam tape for added dimension. The sentiment was stamped onto the same plum cardstock using VersaMark ink and heat set using silver embossing powder. It was trimmed out several times, adhered together and then secured to the card front. Because the Budding Branches have spaces for “buds,” I always like adding embellishments there. I added purple crystals to the purple “buds” and matte silver pearls to the silver “buds” to finish up.

That does it for this beauty! When I showed my friend this card, her reply was, “those flowers are glowing,” hence the name of the post! I thought this was a really gorgeous color combination and enjoy putting this card together. Don’t forget to check out the entire Shine On release over on Simon’s website. Thanks again for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Happiest Monday to you! I created this card a little while back with some extra Birdies, from @simonsaysstamp, that I had in my stash. I also had this fun sentiment hanging around, which is from a STAMPtember 2025 set, so I was quite pleased to find these items a home! I hope everyone had a great weekend, and I hope your Monday is off to a great start! Sometimes quick cards that use up some scraps are just the way to go! This one was created using the Circle Frames and the Chill Vibes stamp from @simonsaysstamp in a fun orange and yellow color palette. Hello and Happy Monday to you! I had this background sitting around and decided to add more grunge to it, along with a grungy Dewdrop Daisy, which is from the @simonsaysstamp Shine On release. You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have yourself a wonderful day! Happy Tuesday, Friends! I’m back today with another project featuring the Tall Happy Cover die from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. Watercolor, splatter and die cutting … three of my faves! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day! Hello Friends! Here’s a fun fish card using the Fun Fish Embossing Folder and dies from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. I tried several things when creating this card, and just wasn’t happy with any of it, until this card came to be. You can find all of the details on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have a fabulous day! Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I’m back with a project featuring the new Circle Frames from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. As always, there’s lots more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have an awesome day, Friends!

Simon Says Stamp Amazing Floral

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back! I recently ordered the Wild & Free Flowers product suite and promptly made a card with it using some darker colors. 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 stamping one of the florals onto a panel of Neenah cardstock using VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat setting it with clear embossing powder. I then used the stencils to do some ink blending using Seafoam, Surf, Ocean, Sprout, Fairway and Field. Once that was complete, I used the coordinating dies to trim out the image.

I knew that I wanted a dark background, so I pulled some Forest cardstock and cut a panel of that using the Sparkler Scallop Frames with a good dose of white splatter. I also cut another panel of Forest cardstock for the other background. The sentiment was stamped using VersaMark Ink, heat set using white embossing powder and trimmed out several times for a stacked sentiment.

The splattered background was adhered to the other Forest background using foam tape for a bit of added dimension, while the flower was adhered using thin foam squares, and the sentiment was glued directly to the panel. I added some dew drops to finish up.

That does it for this project! I hope you like it! I really love working with darker colors, but don’t do it that often, so maybe I need to mix that in a bit more! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Happiest Monday to you! I created this card a little while back with some extra Birdies, from @simonsaysstamp, that I had in my stash. I also had this fun sentiment hanging around, which is from a STAMPtember 2025 set, so I was quite pleased to find these items a home! I hope everyone had a great weekend, and I hope your Monday is off to a great start! Sometimes quick cards that use up some scraps are just the way to go! This one was created using the Circle Frames and the Chill Vibes stamp from @simonsaysstamp in a fun orange and yellow color palette. Hello and Happy Monday to you! I had this background sitting around and decided to add more grunge to it, along with a grungy Dewdrop Daisy, which is from the @simonsaysstamp Shine On release. You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have yourself a wonderful day! Happy Tuesday, Friends! I’m back today with another project featuring the Tall Happy Cover die from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. Watercolor, splatter and die cutting … three of my faves! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day! Hello Friends! Here’s a fun fish card using the Fun Fish Embossing Folder and dies from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. I tried several things when creating this card, and just wasn’t happy with any of it, until this card came to be. You can find all of the details on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have a fabulous day! Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I’m back with a project featuring the new Circle Frames from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. As always, there’s lots more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have an awesome day, Friends!

Simon Says Stamp Friendly Butterflies

Welcome back crafty friends! So glad you stopped by to check out today’s project featuring the Dewpierce Butterfly once again. I’ve had so much fun creating with this die, and it’s probably getting about time to put it away for a little bit, and move on to something else! Anyway, let’s go ahead and run through the details for this one!

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

I began this project by die cutting the butterflies from yellow and black cardstock and ink blended the edges using Honey ink. Those were assembled and set aside while I worked on the rest of the card. The background panel was actually a panel that I already had in my stash which had yellow splatter on it, so I just added some black splatter.

I die cut the filmstrip from black, added the PET Tape to the panel and then secured the filmstrip over the tape with liquid glue. The sentiment was stamped using VersaMark ink, heat set using gold embossing powder and trimmed out three times for a stacked sentiment.

The splattered panel was adhered to a black panel with foam tape for contrast, the sentiment was glued in place, as were the butterflies to finish up.

That does it for this project! Do you ever have panels lying around and feel a sense of accomplishment when you can finally find it a home?! That was my feeling with this one! And, I just love the butterflies AND the PET Tape. Thanks again for joining me, and I hope you have a fabulous day!

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Happiest Monday to you! I created this card a little while back with some extra Birdies, from @simonsaysstamp, that I had in my stash. I also had this fun sentiment hanging around, which is from a STAMPtember 2025 set, so I was quite pleased to find these items a home! I hope everyone had a great weekend, and I hope your Monday is off to a great start! Sometimes quick cards that use up some scraps are just the way to go! This one was created using the Circle Frames and the Chill Vibes stamp from @simonsaysstamp in a fun orange and yellow color palette. Hello and Happy Monday to you! I had this background sitting around and decided to add more grunge to it, along with a grungy Dewdrop Daisy, which is from the @simonsaysstamp Shine On release. You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have yourself a wonderful day! Happy Tuesday, Friends! I’m back today with another project featuring the Tall Happy Cover die from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. Watercolor, splatter and die cutting … three of my faves! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day! Hello Friends! Here’s a fun fish card using the Fun Fish Embossing Folder and dies from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. I tried several things when creating this card, and just wasn’t happy with any of it, until this card came to be. You can find all of the details on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have a fabulous day! Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I’m back with a project featuring the new Circle Frames from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. As always, there’s lots more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have an awesome day, Friends!

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 Monday to you! I created this card a little while back with some extra Birdies, from @simonsaysstamp, that I had in my stash. I also had this fun sentiment hanging around, which is from a STAMPtember 2025 set, so I was quite pleased to find these items a home! I hope everyone had a great weekend, and I hope your Monday is off to a great start! Sometimes quick cards that use up some scraps are just the way to go! This one was created using the Circle Frames and the Chill Vibes stamp from @simonsaysstamp in a fun orange and yellow color palette. Hello and Happy Monday to you! I had this background sitting around and decided to add more grunge to it, along with a grungy Dewdrop Daisy, which is from the @simonsaysstamp Shine On release. You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have yourself a wonderful day! Happy Tuesday, Friends! I’m back today with another project featuring the Tall Happy Cover die from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. Watercolor, splatter and die cutting … three of my faves! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day! Hello Friends! Here’s a fun fish card using the Fun Fish Embossing Folder and dies from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. I tried several things when creating this card, and just wasn’t happy with any of it, until this card came to be. You can find all of the details on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have a fabulous day! Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I’m back with a project featuring the new Circle Frames from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. As always, there’s lots more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have an awesome day, Friends!

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 Monday to you! I created this card a little while back with some extra Birdies, from @simonsaysstamp, that I had in my stash. I also had this fun sentiment hanging around, which is from a STAMPtember 2025 set, so I was quite pleased to find these items a home! I hope everyone had a great weekend, and I hope your Monday is off to a great start! Sometimes quick cards that use up some scraps are just the way to go! This one was created using the Circle Frames and the Chill Vibes stamp from @simonsaysstamp in a fun orange and yellow color palette. Hello and Happy Monday to you! I had this background sitting around and decided to add more grunge to it, along with a grungy Dewdrop Daisy, which is from the @simonsaysstamp Shine On release. You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have yourself a wonderful day! Happy Tuesday, Friends! I’m back today with another project featuring the Tall Happy Cover die from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. Watercolor, splatter and die cutting … three of my faves! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day! Hello Friends! Here’s a fun fish card using the Fun Fish Embossing Folder and dies from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. I tried several things when creating this card, and just wasn’t happy with any of it, until this card came to be. You can find all of the details on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have a fabulous day! Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I’m back with a project featuring the new Circle Frames from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. As always, there’s lots more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have an awesome day, Friends!

Simon Says Stamp Black Out Peony

Hello Friends, and welcome back to my blog! Today’s project is once again featuring the Peony and Bells Embossing Folder and Die from Simon’s latest release, Always There. Let’s 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 the folder onto a panel of Neenah 110lb cardstock and ink blending using Bubblegum, Carnation and Celery inks. Once satisfied with the ink blending, I used a black ink pad to rub over the raised portion of the panel.

The sentiment was stamped onto black cardstock using VersaMark ink and heat set using white embossing powder. I used the coordinating die to trim it out three times for a stacked sentiment.

The sentiment and dew drops were secured with liquid glue to finish up this project. A super simple project, but I love the look of the black next to the pink and green!

Thanks for stopping by to check out this project! Be sure to check out the entire Always There release over on Simon’s website. Have yourself an awesome day!

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Happiest Monday to you! I created this card a little while back with some extra Birdies, from @simonsaysstamp, that I had in my stash. I also had this fun sentiment hanging around, which is from a STAMPtember 2025 set, so I was quite pleased to find these items a home! I hope everyone had a great weekend, and I hope your Monday is off to a great start! Sometimes quick cards that use up some scraps are just the way to go! This one was created using the Circle Frames and the Chill Vibes stamp from @simonsaysstamp in a fun orange and yellow color palette. Hello and Happy Monday to you! I had this background sitting around and decided to add more grunge to it, along with a grungy Dewdrop Daisy, which is from the @simonsaysstamp Shine On release. You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have yourself a wonderful day! Happy Tuesday, Friends! I’m back today with another project featuring the Tall Happy Cover die from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. Watercolor, splatter and die cutting … three of my faves! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day! Hello Friends! Here’s a fun fish card using the Fun Fish Embossing Folder and dies from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. I tried several things when creating this card, and just wasn’t happy with any of it, until this card came to be. You can find all of the details on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have a fabulous day! Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I’m back with a project featuring the new Circle Frames from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. As always, there’s lots more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have an awesome day, Friends!

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 Monday to you! I created this card a little while back with some extra Birdies, from @simonsaysstamp, that I had in my stash. I also had this fun sentiment hanging around, which is from a STAMPtember 2025 set, so I was quite pleased to find these items a home! I hope everyone had a great weekend, and I hope your Monday is off to a great start! Sometimes quick cards that use up some scraps are just the way to go! This one was created using the Circle Frames and the Chill Vibes stamp from @simonsaysstamp in a fun orange and yellow color palette. Hello and Happy Monday to you! I had this background sitting around and decided to add more grunge to it, along with a grungy Dewdrop Daisy, which is from the @simonsaysstamp Shine On release. You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have yourself a wonderful day! Happy Tuesday, Friends! I’m back today with another project featuring the Tall Happy Cover die from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. Watercolor, splatter and die cutting … three of my faves! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day! Hello Friends! Here’s a fun fish card using the Fun Fish Embossing Folder and dies from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. I tried several things when creating this card, and just wasn’t happy with any of it, until this card came to be. You can find all of the details on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have a fabulous day! Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I’m back with a project featuring the new Circle Frames from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. As always, there’s lots more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have an awesome day, Friends!

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 Monday to you! I created this card a little while back with some extra Birdies, from @simonsaysstamp, that I had in my stash. I also had this fun sentiment hanging around, which is from a STAMPtember 2025 set, so I was quite pleased to find these items a home! I hope everyone had a great weekend, and I hope your Monday is off to a great start! Sometimes quick cards that use up some scraps are just the way to go! This one was created using the Circle Frames and the Chill Vibes stamp from @simonsaysstamp in a fun orange and yellow color palette. Hello and Happy Monday to you! I had this background sitting around and decided to add more grunge to it, along with a grungy Dewdrop Daisy, which is from the @simonsaysstamp Shine On release. You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have yourself a wonderful day! Happy Tuesday, Friends! I’m back today with another project featuring the Tall Happy Cover die from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. Watercolor, splatter and die cutting … three of my faves! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day! Hello Friends! Here’s a fun fish card using the Fun Fish Embossing Folder and dies from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. I tried several things when creating this card, and just wasn’t happy with any of it, until this card came to be. You can find all of the details on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have a fabulous day! Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I’m back with a project featuring the new Circle Frames from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Shine On. As always, there’s lots more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have an awesome day, Friends!