Category: Mixed Media

Simon Says Stamp Hello Butterflies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Simon Says Stamp Butterfly Hugs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Together By Design Featuring Distress Oxides

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

This month’s featured brand:  Distress Oxides

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

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

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

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

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

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

Simon Says Stamp Thinking of You Whirl Butterflies

Hello Friends, and welcome back! I’ve had so much fun creating large watercolor panels with various stamping, drawing, splattering, etc lately! I made this panel using blues, greens and a little bit of pink, and I thought the Whirl Butterflies would be cool cut from it. Let’s go ahead and quickly run through the details.

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

The watercolor panel measures 9 x 12 inches, so I have lots to create cards with! I first added the watercolors to the panel beginning with one color and then adding the next color. I didn’t worry about drying the panel between applications, because I love when the colors blend together. Once I was satisfied with the colors, I let the panel completely dry before moving on to the next step.

I pulled some various stamps from Simon, as well as from Tim Holtz and randomly stamped onto the panel using Archival Black ink. I then took a stencil and added some white ink, but I think that got lost in the process, so I then took some blue and pink paint and applied that through the stencil. I took a Copic Multiliner and outlined most of the circles. You can’t really tell that on these particular butterflies, but you can on another project that I created. For even more interest, I did lots of splatter with Distress Oxide Sprays, black ink and gold ink.

The butterflies were cut from the watercolor panel, as well as from white cardstock, while the bodies were cut from black cardstock. Those were adhered together and foam tape was placed on the back. The panel was created using the Eyelet Layer Frames with more gold splatter to bring everything together. The sentiment was stamped, stacked and adhered to the panel using liquid glue, and the butterflies were added to finish up.

That does it for this project. I hope you like it! I still have quite a bit of panel left and plan to cut some stars from it for birthday cards perhaps. I also created another project using only the smallest butterfly, but you’ll see that some time down the road. Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a great day!

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

Simon Says Stamp Ride or Die

Hello Friends, and thanks so much for stopping by! The And Everything Nice release is live, and I’m back with a different project! I received the Angel Wings Stencil in my package, and the only thing that I could think was to pair it with a skull/skeleton. Don’t ask why, it’s just what happened! I have no explanation, so I just went with it!

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

I began this project by working on the wings first using grey, red and pink inks. I’ll list all of the supplies at the bottom of this post, if you’re interested at all. I pulled out a panel of watercolor paper and got to work on my inky background using various sprays.

I will add that I stamped some things onto this panel, but you can’t even really tell in the pictures. I think the black ink was absorbed into all of the sprays that I used. I also used some embossing folders from Sizzix, which aren’t even made anymore. I’m not very good at mixed media, so there’s that! I did use my sewing machine to sew a very crooked zig zag line down one side of the panel for some added interest.

I stamped the skull and skeleton using VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat set those using clear embossing powder. I added some shading using Copic Markers as well as adding some color to tone down the white using a water brush and Fawn ink. I fussy cut those pieces and added some metal gears using liquid glue.

The edges of the panel were distressed before adding the wings, skelton and skull with foam tape. The red heart was cut using the Clipping Heart die, and the sentiment was made on my computer. The inky panel was added to a black panel before being added to the card base to finish up.

I’ve said it before, I’m not very good at mixed media, but it’s fun to try! Maybe I’ll get around to using the Angel Wings Stencil for its intended purpose one day! Head on over to Simon’s website to check out the full And Everything Nice release! Thanks again for joining me, and I hope you have an awesome day!

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

Simon Says Stamp Happy Vintage Blooms

Hello and welcome back, Friends! Today’s project is featuring the new Vintage Blooms from Simon’s latest release, Moments In Time. This set has two larger blooms, but I opted to use just one for this project. Let’s run through the details!

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

I began by gathering a panel of watercolor paper and the inks that I wanted to use. This background was created by smooshing the ink onto my glass mat and adding a touch of water and painting it onto the panel. I wanted a nice wash of color that blended from a peachy color to a pink color. The inks that I used were Distress Oxide Saltwater Taffy and Kitsch Flamingo. I worked one color at a time, drying between the layers.

Once I was satisfied with the wash of color, I went ahead and stamped the florals onto the panel using VersaFine Clair Morning Mist. I really like this ink, because it’s dark, but not too dark like the Onyx Black. I heat set the images using Ranger Clear Embossing Powder and took the panel back to my work area. I wanted to darken the flowers and leaves so that they stood out a little more so I pulled out Distress Oxide Sprays in Broken China, Picked Raspberry, and Saltwater Taffy. I just put a few drops on my glass mat, and painted using a water brush this time. I also wanted some splatter so used the same sprays for that.

I dried the panel and trimmed it out using the Postage Stamp Edge Frames and adhered it to the card base using foam tape. The sentiment, which is from the Just Breathe set, was stamped onto black cardstock using VersaMark Ink and heat set using Detail White Embossing Powder. That was then trimmed out using the coordinating die, along with two more cuts. That was adhered with foam strips, and some clear drops were added to finish up.

That does it for this one! I don’t pull out my Tim Holtz inks too much, but I really enjoy it when I do! Maybe that should tell me something! Thanks for stopping by to check out this project, and I hope you have an amazing day! Don’t forget to stay awesome!

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

Simon Says Stamp 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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Simon Says Stamp Grateful For You Cosmos

Hello Crafters and welcome back! I’m participating in an Instagram Hop today to celebrate Simon Says Stamp’s latest release, Cheering For You. Head on over there to check it out and comment along the hop for your chance to win a $25 gift card! Today’s project is a mixed media-ish type, which I never do, but always love them when I’m done! It’s featuring a few new products from the latest release, so let’s go ahead and get into the details!

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

This background panel was left over from a previous ink smooshing session, so I pulled that out for this card. But, I’ll post how it was created just in case you feel inspired to create your own. I grabbed a piece of watercolor paper, and Distress Oxide ink pads in Saltwater Taffy, Crackling Campfire, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber and Evergreen Bough. I worked one color at a time by smooshing the ink pad onto my silicone mat, spritzing with water and swiping or dabbing my paper into the ink. I made my way through the colors, drying the paper in between each addition, so that the colors didn’t get muddled. Once I was satisfied with the additions of color, I took the panel to my splat box and splattered it with Distress Oxide Sprays in Saltwater Taffy, Crackling Campfire and Fossilized Amber.

Like I said, this panel was made a little while back, but I recently bought the new TH Distress Spritzs so I decided to splatter the panel with some of the Peacock Feathers Spritz, along with some black acrylic ink. The panel was trimmed down using the SSS Postage Stamp Edge Frames, and I did some stamping using a few TH Stampers Anonymous sets with Archival Black ink. I’ll link to those stamp sets below.

I die cut the SSS Cosmos Duo twice from black cardstock and used the Fossilized Amber Distress Spritz on one set. Once the pieces were dry, I adhered them together using liquid glue. I also die cut the You twice from black cardstock and once from black glossy cardstock and adhered those together as well. The small sentiment is from the You stamp set, and that was stamped onto black cardstock with VersaMark Ink and heat set using Ranger Princess Gold Embossing Powder.

I adhered the flowers to my panel with liquid glue and adhered my sentiments using SSS 3D Foam Strips for added dimension. This panel was then adhered to a black panel for contrast before being adhered to the card base.

That does it for this project! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Not sure why I don’t do this type of card more often, so maybe I need to work on that. Don’t forget to check out the Instagram Hop for your chance to win a $25 gift card at each stop along the hop! Thanks again for joining me for today’s project, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Simon Says Stamp Sending Thanks Butterflies

Hello and welcome back! Thanks so much for stopping by. Today’s card is a mixed media project featuring the new Whirl Butterflies from Simon’s latest release, Celebrate. I rarely make mixed media cards, even though I love the look of them. There’s a lot going on for this one, so let’s get right in to the details.

Main Products:

I began this project by pulling out a card from The Color Cubes for a bit of inspiration, a piece of mixed media paper, and Distress Oxide ink pads in Saltwater Taffy, Crackling Campfire, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber and Evergreen Bough. I worked one color at a time by smooshing the ink pad onto my silicone mat, spritzing with water and swiping or dabbing my paper into the ink. I made my way through the colors, drying the paper in between each addition, so that the colors didn’t get muddled.

Once I was satisfied with the additions of color, I took the panel to my splat box and splattered it with Distress Oxide Sprays in Saltwater Taffy, Crackling Campfire and Fossilized Amber. I let the panel dry before proceeding with adding some texture paste through the SSS Fading Tiny Dots Stencil. When the paste was dry, I outlined the circles using a Copic Multiliner pen. I also did some stamping on the panel using SSS Crackle Background, TH The Professor, TH The Professor 2 and TH Ultimate Grunge using VersaFine Onyx Black ink.

When the ink was dry, I used the SSS Postage Stamp Edge Frames to trim it down. I used the SSS Whirl Butterflies and cut those from aqua and black cardstock and glued those together offset just slightly. I wanted something different in the centers of the butterflies, so I opted to use gears for that. It’s a little weird, but I thought it added interest.

My panel was still missing something, in my opinion, so I used some 49 and Market Fabric Washi Tape and put a few pieces here and there on the panel. The butterflies and the sentiment were adhered to the panel using SSS 3D Foam Strips, and the panel was then adhered to a black panel for some added contrast.

That finishes up this project! I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope it inspires you to get crafty in your space! Like I said, I never make mixed media projects, but always enjoy the process! Don’t forget to stop by Simon’s website to check out the entire Celebrate release. Thanks again for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Simon Says Stamp Grungy You Did It

Hello Crafty Friends and thanks so much for stopping by! I’m participating in an Instagram Hop today to celebrate the newest Simon Says Stamp release, Yay You. There’s loads of inspiration and lots of chances to win a gift card by commenting along the hop, so be sure to check that out! I’m referring to today’s card as grungy because it mixes a lot of different elements, with a focus on the You Did It sentiment. So let’s get into the details!

I knew that I was wanting a funky background for this one, so I pulled out a panel of Mixed Media paper along with some Ranger Gloss Sprays in Lime, Lemon, Ocean, Turquoise, Fuchsia and Magenta and got to work adding colors and splatters while letting it dry between applications. Needless to say, this background took quite a while to make. I let it dry between applications because I found that if I didn’t, I was getting more muddy colors.

Anyhoo, once I was satisfied with the look of the background, I used the PinkFresh Studio Diagonal Stitched Rectangles to trim it down to smaller than an A2 card. I then popped it in the Misti for a little stamping using the Stampers Anonymous Glitch 2 set and VersaFine Onyx Black ink. Once the stamping was done, I heat embossed that using Ranger Clear Embossing Powder.

I die cut the SSS You Did It once from SSS Holographic cardstock and twice from black cardstock. I cut the shadow once from black cardstock as well, and adhered all of those together using liquid glue. That was then glued directly to the panel. For a little extra added interest, I added a tiny heart from Doodlebug Designs.

The assembled panel was then adhered to a black panel using foam tape before being adhered to the card base using SSS Dot Tape Runner. I had also splattered the card base using some of the gloss sprays.

That finishes up this project! I always love making mixed media type projects even though I don’t do them very often. It just feels so carefree and that’s super awesome! Be sure to check out the Instagram Hop for your chance to win a gift card! Who doesn’t love gift cards? Thanks again for stopping by and keep being awesome!

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