Category: Ink Blending

Simon Says Stamp You Are The Best Floral

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back! The latest Simon release, Every Happiness, is live and I’m back with a project featuring the Chunky Ovals. This is a great essential set to add to your stash, as it provides another layer of color, dimension or texture to whatever project you might be working on! 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 working on the flowers and leaves first. I die cut the Rustic Layering Flower a few times from Neenah 110lb cardstock and did some ink blending on the pieces using Lilac, Periwinkle, Seafoam and Ocean. I did cut the centers from black cardstock before assembling the pieces together.

The Chunky Oval was cut, and I used the Bouquets set to stamp a subtle background using grey ink. The sentiment was stamped using VersaFine Onyx Black ink, heat set using clear embossing powder and trimmed out several times with the coordinating die cut.

The card base was black splattered before adhering the oval in place. The flowers and leaves were secured in place using liquid glue, as were some Surf Dazzling Gems, and the sentiment was added with foam tape to finish up.

That does it for this project! I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you’ll stop by the Simon website to check out the entire Every Happiness release! Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you have a fabulous day!

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Happy STAMPtember! It’s the best month of the year! I hope you’re excited for a month long celebration of new products, collabs and other special announcements! My project for today is featuring the new Party Gifts and Bows die set, and you can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Adulting is hard … that’s why we have coffee for the morning and alcohol for the evening. It’s called balance. Happiest Friday to you! I’m back with a project featuring rainbow Dewpierce Tiny Butterflies from @simonsaysstamp. Who doesn’t love a good rainbow card?! Hope everyone had an amazing day! When you find a cool patterned paper that does all the work! I had previously created these rainbow Dewdrop Daisies from @simonsaysstamp and couldn’t quite figure out what to do with them. So, I decided to quit fretting about it and just add them to a black background, and I like how the flowers popped against the black. I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday! Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday so far! I’m back with a project featuring the @simonsaysstamp A Little Artsy set. I didn’t want to cover up this fun patterned paper, so I opted to stamp the butterfly on acetate, which worked out well! The black ink dried back a little on the acetate, so I just traced on the back with a black Copic marker to darken it back up.

Simon Says Stamp Rainbow Oak Leaf

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back! I’m back today with a project featuring the new Oak Leaf stencils and die cut from Simon’s latest release, Every Happiness. I decided to give my oak leaf a rainbow spin, 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.

For this project, I decided that I didn’t want a boring, green leaf, so I pulled the rainbow colors for the ink blend on this one! The colors used were Bubblegum, Sweets, Sunbeam, Seafoam, Surf, Lilac and Orchid. Once done with the ink blending, I used the coordinating die cut to trim it out along with a black one. Those were adhered together using foam tape to create a shadow for the leaf.

My sentiment was stamped using VersaMark ink and heat set using white embossing powder. It was trimmed out several times for a stacked sentiment. The background panel was cut using the Nested Stitched Rectangles and some black splatter was added before adhering the strip of PET Tape along the side. The panel was adhered to a black layer for contrast, the leaf was added and the sentiment was glued in place to finish up this project.

Another project complete! This has been a fun release to play with! I hope you’ll swing by and check out the entire Every Happiness release! Until next time, have a great day and stay awesome!

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Happy STAMPtember! It’s the best month of the year! I hope you’re excited for a month long celebration of new products, collabs and other special announcements! My project for today is featuring the new Party Gifts and Bows die set, and you can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Adulting is hard … that’s why we have coffee for the morning and alcohol for the evening. It’s called balance. Happiest Friday to you! I’m back with a project featuring rainbow Dewpierce Tiny Butterflies from @simonsaysstamp. Who doesn’t love a good rainbow card?! Hope everyone had an amazing day! When you find a cool patterned paper that does all the work! I had previously created these rainbow Dewdrop Daisies from @simonsaysstamp and couldn’t quite figure out what to do with them. So, I decided to quit fretting about it and just add them to a black background, and I like how the flowers popped against the black. I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday! Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday so far! I’m back with a project featuring the @simonsaysstamp A Little Artsy set. I didn’t want to cover up this fun patterned paper, so I opted to stamp the butterfly on acetate, which worked out well! The black ink dried back a little on the acetate, so I just traced on the back with a black Copic marker to darken it back up.

Spellbinders Dear Santa Floral Letter

Hello Friends, and thanks so much for stopping by to check out today’s project! This one is featuring the Happy Post Envelope and Festive Floral Mix from the Spellbinders Dear Santa collection. I always enjoy working with florals from Spellbinders, and this project was no exception! Let’s go ahead and run through the details!

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

I began the project by die cutting my florals from Chiffon cardstock, and the various leaves from Sage and Forest cardstock. The envelope elements and my background were cut from Neenah 110lb cardstock. I did some ink blending on the flowers and leaves using Cherry Blossom and Pine inks. Once that step was complete, I assembled the flowers and set those aside.

My background panel was cut using the Nested Postage Labels and Tag and then embossed using the Scribbled Letter Embossing Folder. I thought that folder would pair well with the die cut letter that would be tucked into the envelope. Before adhering the background to the card base, I did give it a gold splatter treatment. At this point, I went ahead and cut the heart and the Noel sentiment from gold cardstock. The sentiment was also cut several times from Neenah so that it would be a bit more sturdy.

The envelope was assembled and adhered to the panel, and I began tucking in the flowers and leaves adhering those with liquid glue. The gold heart and sentiment were then added to finish up.

That does it for this project! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! I’m really loving this color palette, and might need to try it again on a different project! Thanks again for stopping by, and I hope you have yourself a wonderful day!

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Happy STAMPtember! It’s the best month of the year! I hope you’re excited for a month long celebration of new products, collabs and other special announcements! My project for today is featuring the new Party Gifts and Bows die set, and you can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Adulting is hard … that’s why we have coffee for the morning and alcohol for the evening. It’s called balance. Happiest Friday to you! I’m back with a project featuring rainbow Dewpierce Tiny Butterflies from @simonsaysstamp. Who doesn’t love a good rainbow card?! Hope everyone had an amazing day! When you find a cool patterned paper that does all the work! I had previously created these rainbow Dewdrop Daisies from @simonsaysstamp and couldn’t quite figure out what to do with them. So, I decided to quit fretting about it and just add them to a black background, and I like how the flowers popped against the black. I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday! Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday so far! I’m back with a project featuring the @simonsaysstamp A Little Artsy set. I didn’t want to cover up this fun patterned paper, so I opted to stamp the butterfly on acetate, which worked out well! The black ink dried back a little on the acetate, so I just traced on the back with a black Copic marker to darken it back up.

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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Happy STAMPtember! It’s the best month of the year! I hope you’re excited for a month long celebration of new products, collabs and other special announcements! My project for today is featuring the new Party Gifts and Bows die set, and you can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Adulting is hard … that’s why we have coffee for the morning and alcohol for the evening. It’s called balance. Happiest Friday to you! I’m back with a project featuring rainbow Dewpierce Tiny Butterflies from @simonsaysstamp. Who doesn’t love a good rainbow card?! Hope everyone had an amazing day! When you find a cool patterned paper that does all the work! I had previously created these rainbow Dewdrop Daisies from @simonsaysstamp and couldn’t quite figure out what to do with them. So, I decided to quit fretting about it and just add them to a black background, and I like how the flowers popped against the black. I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday! Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday so far! I’m back with a project featuring the @simonsaysstamp A Little Artsy set. I didn’t want to cover up this fun patterned paper, so I opted to stamp the butterfly on acetate, which worked out well! The black ink dried back a little on the acetate, so I just traced on the back with a black Copic marker to darken it back up.

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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Happy STAMPtember! It’s the best month of the year! I hope you’re excited for a month long celebration of new products, collabs and other special announcements! My project for today is featuring the new Party Gifts and Bows die set, and you can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Adulting is hard … that’s why we have coffee for the morning and alcohol for the evening. It’s called balance. Happiest Friday to you! I’m back with a project featuring rainbow Dewpierce Tiny Butterflies from @simonsaysstamp. Who doesn’t love a good rainbow card?! Hope everyone had an amazing day! When you find a cool patterned paper that does all the work! I had previously created these rainbow Dewdrop Daisies from @simonsaysstamp and couldn’t quite figure out what to do with them. So, I decided to quit fretting about it and just add them to a black background, and I like how the flowers popped against the black. I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday! Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday so far! I’m back with a project featuring the @simonsaysstamp A Little Artsy set. I didn’t want to cover up this fun patterned paper, so I opted to stamp the butterfly on acetate, which worked out well! The black ink dried back a little on the acetate, so I just traced on the back with a black Copic marker to darken it back up.

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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Happy STAMPtember! It’s the best month of the year! I hope you’re excited for a month long celebration of new products, collabs and other special announcements! My project for today is featuring the new Party Gifts and Bows die set, and you can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Adulting is hard … that’s why we have coffee for the morning and alcohol for the evening. It’s called balance. Happiest Friday to you! I’m back with a project featuring rainbow Dewpierce Tiny Butterflies from @simonsaysstamp. Who doesn’t love a good rainbow card?! Hope everyone had an amazing day! When you find a cool patterned paper that does all the work! I had previously created these rainbow Dewdrop Daisies from @simonsaysstamp and couldn’t quite figure out what to do with them. So, I decided to quit fretting about it and just add them to a black background, and I like how the flowers popped against the black. I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday! Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday so far! I’m back with a project featuring the @simonsaysstamp A Little Artsy set. I didn’t want to cover up this fun patterned paper, so I opted to stamp the butterfly on acetate, which worked out well! The black ink dried back a little on the acetate, so I just traced on the back with a black Copic marker to darken it back up.

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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Happy STAMPtember! It’s the best month of the year! I hope you’re excited for a month long celebration of new products, collabs and other special announcements! My project for today is featuring the new Party Gifts and Bows die set, and you can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Adulting is hard … that’s why we have coffee for the morning and alcohol for the evening. It’s called balance. Happiest Friday to you! I’m back with a project featuring rainbow Dewpierce Tiny Butterflies from @simonsaysstamp. Who doesn’t love a good rainbow card?! Hope everyone had an amazing day! When you find a cool patterned paper that does all the work! I had previously created these rainbow Dewdrop Daisies from @simonsaysstamp and couldn’t quite figure out what to do with them. So, I decided to quit fretting about it and just add them to a black background, and I like how the flowers popped against the black. I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday! Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday so far! I’m back with a project featuring the @simonsaysstamp A Little Artsy set. I didn’t want to cover up this fun patterned paper, so I opted to stamp the butterfly on acetate, which worked out well! The black ink dried back a little on the acetate, so I just traced on the back with a black Copic marker to darken it back up.

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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Happy STAMPtember! It’s the best month of the year! I hope you’re excited for a month long celebration of new products, collabs and other special announcements! My project for today is featuring the new Party Gifts and Bows die set, and you can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Adulting is hard … that’s why we have coffee for the morning and alcohol for the evening. It’s called balance. Happiest Friday to you! I’m back with a project featuring rainbow Dewpierce Tiny Butterflies from @simonsaysstamp. Who doesn’t love a good rainbow card?! Hope everyone had an amazing day! When you find a cool patterned paper that does all the work! I had previously created these rainbow Dewdrop Daisies from @simonsaysstamp and couldn’t quite figure out what to do with them. So, I decided to quit fretting about it and just add them to a black background, and I like how the flowers popped against the black. I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday! Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday so far! I’m back with a project featuring the @simonsaysstamp A Little Artsy set. I didn’t want to cover up this fun patterned paper, so I opted to stamp the butterfly on acetate, which worked out well! The black ink dried back a little on the acetate, so I just traced on the back with a black Copic marker to darken it back up.

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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Happy STAMPtember! It’s the best month of the year! I hope you’re excited for a month long celebration of new products, collabs and other special announcements! My project for today is featuring the new Party Gifts and Bows die set, and you can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Adulting is hard … that’s why we have coffee for the morning and alcohol for the evening. It’s called balance. Happiest Friday to you! I’m back with a project featuring rainbow Dewpierce Tiny Butterflies from @simonsaysstamp. Who doesn’t love a good rainbow card?! Hope everyone had an amazing day! When you find a cool patterned paper that does all the work! I had previously created these rainbow Dewdrop Daisies from @simonsaysstamp and couldn’t quite figure out what to do with them. So, I decided to quit fretting about it and just add them to a black background, and I like how the flowers popped against the black. I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday! Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday so far! I’m back with a project featuring the @simonsaysstamp A Little Artsy set. I didn’t want to cover up this fun patterned paper, so I opted to stamp the butterfly on acetate, which worked out well! The black ink dried back a little on the acetate, so I just traced on the back with a black Copic marker to darken it back up.

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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Affiliate links used at no cost to you. What does this mean? If you use the links within this post to make a purchase, I receive a small commission, which allows me to continue to post crafty content for your enjoyment. I truly appreciate your support!

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Happy STAMPtember! It’s the best month of the year! I hope you’re excited for a month long celebration of new products, collabs and other special announcements! My project for today is featuring the new Party Gifts and Bows die set, and you can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Adulting is hard … that’s why we have coffee for the morning and alcohol for the evening. It’s called balance. Happiest Friday to you! I’m back with a project featuring rainbow Dewpierce Tiny Butterflies from @simonsaysstamp. Who doesn’t love a good rainbow card?! Hope everyone had an amazing day! When you find a cool patterned paper that does all the work! I had previously created these rainbow Dewdrop Daisies from @simonsaysstamp and couldn’t quite figure out what to do with them. So, I decided to quit fretting about it and just add them to a black background, and I like how the flowers popped against the black. I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday! Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday so far! I’m back with a project featuring the @simonsaysstamp A Little Artsy set. I didn’t want to cover up this fun patterned paper, so I opted to stamp the butterfly on acetate, which worked out well! The black ink dried back a little on the acetate, so I just traced on the back with a black Copic marker to darken it back up.