Category: Watercolor Cards

Simon Says Stamp Tattered Florals

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Happy Tuesday, Friends! I’m back with a collection of cards that I’m referring to as tattered florals. I love how these turned out with the soft pastel colors and worn edges of the petals! These are all @simonsaysstamp products, and you can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a fabulous day! Happiest Friday to you! I hope you’re having a wonderful day so far! I had some tidbits of this gorgeous, vintage inspired patterned paper leftover and decided to create some cards using the Artful Palette dies from @simonsaysstamp. I also used the stencils as a guide for the layout, because I’m just not that talented .. 🤪. I was quite amazed at how many cards that I created from these little scraps that I had leftover, plus it kind of made me look at my scraps a little bit differently knowing that I could create something beautiful from basically nothing. When the background does all the work, you only need a sentiment! I find this to be the case most of the time when working with @49andmarket washi tapes! They are perfect for creating super quick, yet beautiful cards when you’re needing to add to your stash. This particular washi tape has to be the prettiest that I’ve ever seen! 😍 If you haven’t checked them out, I highly encourage you to do so! Hope everyone has a fabulous day! Happy Monday, Friends! I recently created this dark, dramatic card using the Wild & Free product suite from @simonsaysstamp. I always love working with darker colors, but find that I don’t do it very often, so I might have to start mixing it in a bit more! You can find more details for this project over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a fabulous day! Hey There, Friends! This might be my last post for a while that features the Dewpierce Butterfly from @simonsaysstamp … or it might not! 🤣🤣. I’ve really enjoyed playing with this die, as if you couldn’t tell! I paired these butterflies with a couple of products from other companies that I think are super fun! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a wonderful day! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Today’s post is a pretty, pastel floral featuring the Graceful Flowers from @simonsaysstamp. I’m really loving the soft colors paired with the Seafoam cardstock! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co, along with more pics and a complete supply list! I hope you all have a fabulous day!

Simon Says Stamp Graceful Hugs

Hello Friends, and welcome back! Today’s post is a pretty, pastel floral featuring the Graceful Flowers stamp set that I picked up while I was at the CREATE event back in April. Let’s go ahead and run through the details!

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

I began this project by stamping the floral onto a panel of watercolor paper using VersaMark ink and heat setting that using white embossing powder. I then pulled the Bubblegum, Seafoam and Zest inks to do some simple watercoloring. I smooshed the ink onto my glass mat and added the ink to the image using a water brush. When done with that, I used the coordinating die to trim it out. I did add a little bit of black detail to the centers of the flowers using a Copic Multliner pen to bring out some of those details.

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

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

And, that does it for this project! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! I think this is a really pretty color combo and look forward to creating another project using them. Thanks again for joining me, and I hope you have an awesome day!

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Happy Tuesday, Friends! I’m back with a collection of cards that I’m referring to as tattered florals. I love how these turned out with the soft pastel colors and worn edges of the petals! These are all @simonsaysstamp products, and you can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a fabulous day! Happiest Friday to you! I hope you’re having a wonderful day so far! I had some tidbits of this gorgeous, vintage inspired patterned paper leftover and decided to create some cards using the Artful Palette dies from @simonsaysstamp. I also used the stencils as a guide for the layout, because I’m just not that talented .. 🤪. I was quite amazed at how many cards that I created from these little scraps that I had leftover, plus it kind of made me look at my scraps a little bit differently knowing that I could create something beautiful from basically nothing. When the background does all the work, you only need a sentiment! I find this to be the case most of the time when working with @49andmarket washi tapes! They are perfect for creating super quick, yet beautiful cards when you’re needing to add to your stash. This particular washi tape has to be the prettiest that I’ve ever seen! 😍 If you haven’t checked them out, I highly encourage you to do so! Hope everyone has a fabulous day! Happy Monday, Friends! I recently created this dark, dramatic card using the Wild & Free product suite from @simonsaysstamp. I always love working with darker colors, but find that I don’t do it very often, so I might have to start mixing it in a bit more! You can find more details for this project over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a fabulous day! Hey There, Friends! This might be my last post for a while that features the Dewpierce Butterfly from @simonsaysstamp … or it might not! 🤣🤣. I’ve really enjoyed playing with this die, as if you couldn’t tell! I paired these butterflies with a couple of products from other companies that I think are super fun! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a wonderful day! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Today’s post is a pretty, pastel floral featuring the Graceful Flowers from @simonsaysstamp. I’m really loving the soft colors paired with the Seafoam cardstock! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co, along with more pics and a complete supply list! I hope you all have a fabulous day!

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.

Here is a list of designers participating this month:

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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Happy Tuesday, Friends! I’m back with a collection of cards that I’m referring to as tattered florals. I love how these turned out with the soft pastel colors and worn edges of the petals! These are all @simonsaysstamp products, and you can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a fabulous day! Happiest Friday to you! I hope you’re having a wonderful day so far! I had some tidbits of this gorgeous, vintage inspired patterned paper leftover and decided to create some cards using the Artful Palette dies from @simonsaysstamp. I also used the stencils as a guide for the layout, because I’m just not that talented .. 🤪. I was quite amazed at how many cards that I created from these little scraps that I had leftover, plus it kind of made me look at my scraps a little bit differently knowing that I could create something beautiful from basically nothing. When the background does all the work, you only need a sentiment! I find this to be the case most of the time when working with @49andmarket washi tapes! They are perfect for creating super quick, yet beautiful cards when you’re needing to add to your stash. This particular washi tape has to be the prettiest that I’ve ever seen! 😍 If you haven’t checked them out, I highly encourage you to do so! Hope everyone has a fabulous day! Happy Monday, Friends! I recently created this dark, dramatic card using the Wild & Free product suite from @simonsaysstamp. I always love working with darker colors, but find that I don’t do it very often, so I might have to start mixing it in a bit more! You can find more details for this project over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a fabulous day! Hey There, Friends! This might be my last post for a while that features the Dewpierce Butterfly from @simonsaysstamp … or it might not! 🤣🤣. I’ve really enjoyed playing with this die, as if you couldn’t tell! I paired these butterflies with a couple of products from other companies that I think are super fun! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a wonderful day! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Today’s post is a pretty, pastel floral featuring the Graceful Flowers from @simonsaysstamp. I’m really loving the soft colors paired with the Seafoam cardstock! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co, along with more pics and a complete supply list! I hope you all have a fabulous day!

Together By Design Featuring Altenew

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:  Altenew

Here is a list of designers participating this month:

Jessica:  www.lovenotesbyjess.com/blog;  @jessica.vasher

Jean:   www.studio-jd.com;  @jean.studiojd

Maggie: www.schoolhousestamps.blogspot.com; @teacher11494

Tracy:  https://redsas.co;  @redsas

I began my project by creating a large watercolor panel with various greens. The panel also features some stamping, splattering, stenciling and doodling. I made a video of one of my previous panels, if you care to check it out. Once I was done creating that, I die cut several leaves from the panel using the Leaf Mix Die Set from Altenew. My background features a Seafoam panel that was stamped with the Leaf Canopy using VersaMark ink and heat set using clear embossing powder.

I needed a frame, so I had to use one from Pinkfresh, and that was cut once from the same Seafoam cardstock and twice from white cardstock. Those were adhered together and then adhered to the stamped panel. I also die cut some of the leaves from gold for an additional layer.

While I was cutting from gold, I cut the sentiment, which is from the Slim Sentiments Die Set, once from the gold and twice from white cardstock. This is a very long sentiment, so I did some cutting and snipped everything off except thank you so much portion.

The leaves were adhered to the frame using liquid glue, and the sentiment was tucked in before adding some gold metallic pearls to finish up.

That does it for this project! I hope you’ll swing by and check out the other designers posts and give them some love! Join us next month for a new featured brand!

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Happy Tuesday, Friends! I’m back with a collection of cards that I’m referring to as tattered florals. I love how these turned out with the soft pastel colors and worn edges of the petals! These are all @simonsaysstamp products, and you can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a fabulous day! Happiest Friday to you! I hope you’re having a wonderful day so far! I had some tidbits of this gorgeous, vintage inspired patterned paper leftover and decided to create some cards using the Artful Palette dies from @simonsaysstamp. I also used the stencils as a guide for the layout, because I’m just not that talented .. 🤪. I was quite amazed at how many cards that I created from these little scraps that I had leftover, plus it kind of made me look at my scraps a little bit differently knowing that I could create something beautiful from basically nothing. When the background does all the work, you only need a sentiment! I find this to be the case most of the time when working with @49andmarket washi tapes! They are perfect for creating super quick, yet beautiful cards when you’re needing to add to your stash. This particular washi tape has to be the prettiest that I’ve ever seen! 😍 If you haven’t checked them out, I highly encourage you to do so! Hope everyone has a fabulous day! Happy Monday, Friends! I recently created this dark, dramatic card using the Wild & Free product suite from @simonsaysstamp. I always love working with darker colors, but find that I don’t do it very often, so I might have to start mixing it in a bit more! You can find more details for this project over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a fabulous day! Hey There, Friends! This might be my last post for a while that features the Dewpierce Butterfly from @simonsaysstamp … or it might not! 🤣🤣. I’ve really enjoyed playing with this die, as if you couldn’t tell! I paired these butterflies with a couple of products from other companies that I think are super fun! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a wonderful day! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Today’s post is a pretty, pastel floral featuring the Graceful Flowers from @simonsaysstamp. I’m really loving the soft colors paired with the Seafoam cardstock! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co, along with more pics and a complete supply list! I hope you all have a fabulous day!

Simon Says Stamp Watercolor Wild Rose

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Simon Says Stamp 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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Happy Tuesday, Friends! I’m back with a collection of cards that I’m referring to as tattered florals. I love how these turned out with the soft pastel colors and worn edges of the petals! These are all @simonsaysstamp products, and you can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a fabulous day! Happiest Friday to you! I hope you’re having a wonderful day so far! I had some tidbits of this gorgeous, vintage inspired patterned paper leftover and decided to create some cards using the Artful Palette dies from @simonsaysstamp. I also used the stencils as a guide for the layout, because I’m just not that talented .. 🤪. I was quite amazed at how many cards that I created from these little scraps that I had leftover, plus it kind of made me look at my scraps a little bit differently knowing that I could create something beautiful from basically nothing. When the background does all the work, you only need a sentiment! I find this to be the case most of the time when working with @49andmarket washi tapes! They are perfect for creating super quick, yet beautiful cards when you’re needing to add to your stash. This particular washi tape has to be the prettiest that I’ve ever seen! 😍 If you haven’t checked them out, I highly encourage you to do so! Hope everyone has a fabulous day! Happy Monday, Friends! I recently created this dark, dramatic card using the Wild & Free product suite from @simonsaysstamp. I always love working with darker colors, but find that I don’t do it very often, so I might have to start mixing it in a bit more! You can find more details for this project over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a fabulous day! Hey There, Friends! This might be my last post for a while that features the Dewpierce Butterfly from @simonsaysstamp … or it might not! 🤣🤣. I’ve really enjoyed playing with this die, as if you couldn’t tell! I paired these butterflies with a couple of products from other companies that I think are super fun! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a wonderful day! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Today’s post is a pretty, pastel floral featuring the Graceful Flowers from @simonsaysstamp. I’m really loving the soft colors paired with the Seafoam cardstock! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co, along with more pics and a complete supply list! I hope you all have a fabulous day!

Simon Says Stamp Love You Watercolor Hearts

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back! Happy Valentine’s Day to you as well! I made several cards for today’s post using some watercolor hearts that I made using various Simon products. 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 taping down a large panel of watercolor paper, adding different shades of reds, pinks and an aqua color, which ended up making the purple color. I let the panel dry and used a stencil with various circles to add some white ink. Once those were dry, I outlined them with a Copic Multiliner and did some stamping using a couple of background stamps and VersaFine Onyx Black ink. I was unable to locate one of the stamps that I used, but any text stamp would work just fine. Once I was satisfied with the stamping, I did some gold splatter for added interest.

I pulled several heart die cuts, along with several other design die cuts and cut those. I was unable to find some of the die cuts that I used as well, and I apologize for that, but just use what’s already in your stash. I did edge some of the hearts with a gold leaf pen for some added interest and splattered my card bases and panel with black and gold acrylic inks. Some of the hearts were adhered using foam strips, while some were just glued directly to the panel or card base. The sentiments were cut from several different strip sets and adhered with glue or foam tape.

That does it for this post! I hope you like all of the cards as much as I do. I really had a lot of fun creating all of these projects, and am itching to create another watercolor panel to play with. I’ll list all of the products that I used below, just in case you’re interested. Thanks again for stopping by, and I hope you have an awesome day!

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Happy Tuesday, Friends! I’m back with a collection of cards that I’m referring to as tattered florals. I love how these turned out with the soft pastel colors and worn edges of the petals! These are all @simonsaysstamp products, and you can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a fabulous day! Happiest Friday to you! I hope you’re having a wonderful day so far! I had some tidbits of this gorgeous, vintage inspired patterned paper leftover and decided to create some cards using the Artful Palette dies from @simonsaysstamp. I also used the stencils as a guide for the layout, because I’m just not that talented .. 🤪. I was quite amazed at how many cards that I created from these little scraps that I had leftover, plus it kind of made me look at my scraps a little bit differently knowing that I could create something beautiful from basically nothing. When the background does all the work, you only need a sentiment! I find this to be the case most of the time when working with @49andmarket washi tapes! They are perfect for creating super quick, yet beautiful cards when you’re needing to add to your stash. This particular washi tape has to be the prettiest that I’ve ever seen! 😍 If you haven’t checked them out, I highly encourage you to do so! Hope everyone has a fabulous day! Happy Monday, Friends! I recently created this dark, dramatic card using the Wild & Free product suite from @simonsaysstamp. I always love working with darker colors, but find that I don’t do it very often, so I might have to start mixing it in a bit more! You can find more details for this project over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a fabulous day! Hey There, Friends! This might be my last post for a while that features the Dewpierce Butterfly from @simonsaysstamp … or it might not! 🤣🤣. I’ve really enjoyed playing with this die, as if you couldn’t tell! I paired these butterflies with a couple of products from other companies that I think are super fun! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a wonderful day! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Today’s post is a pretty, pastel floral featuring the Graceful Flowers from @simonsaysstamp. I’m really loving the soft colors paired with the Seafoam cardstock! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co, along with more pics and a complete supply list! I hope you all have a fabulous day!

Simon Says Stamp Hello Sunflower

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Happy Tuesday, Friends! I’m back with a collection of cards that I’m referring to as tattered florals. I love how these turned out with the soft pastel colors and worn edges of the petals! These are all @simonsaysstamp products, and you can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a fabulous day! Happiest Friday to you! I hope you’re having a wonderful day so far! I had some tidbits of this gorgeous, vintage inspired patterned paper leftover and decided to create some cards using the Artful Palette dies from @simonsaysstamp. I also used the stencils as a guide for the layout, because I’m just not that talented .. 🤪. I was quite amazed at how many cards that I created from these little scraps that I had leftover, plus it kind of made me look at my scraps a little bit differently knowing that I could create something beautiful from basically nothing. When the background does all the work, you only need a sentiment! I find this to be the case most of the time when working with @49andmarket washi tapes! They are perfect for creating super quick, yet beautiful cards when you’re needing to add to your stash. This particular washi tape has to be the prettiest that I’ve ever seen! 😍 If you haven’t checked them out, I highly encourage you to do so! Hope everyone has a fabulous day! Happy Monday, Friends! I recently created this dark, dramatic card using the Wild & Free product suite from @simonsaysstamp. I always love working with darker colors, but find that I don’t do it very often, so I might have to start mixing it in a bit more! You can find more details for this project over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a fabulous day! Hey There, Friends! This might be my last post for a while that features the Dewpierce Butterfly from @simonsaysstamp … or it might not! 🤣🤣. I’ve really enjoyed playing with this die, as if you couldn’t tell! I paired these butterflies with a couple of products from other companies that I think are super fun! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a wonderful day! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Today’s post is a pretty, pastel floral featuring the Graceful Flowers from @simonsaysstamp. I’m really loving the soft colors paired with the Seafoam cardstock! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co, along with more pics and a complete supply list! I hope you all have a fabulous day!

Simon Says Stamp Delicate Blossoms

Hello Friend, and thanks for joining me! Today’s project is featuring the new Delicate Blossoms stamp from Simon’s latest release, Happy Camper. There’s a fun Instagram Hop going on over there, so be sure to check that out, as Simon is giving away a $25 gift card at every stop along the hop. Let’s go ahead and run through the details.

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

I began this project by stamping the image onto a panel of watercolor paper using VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat setting it using clear embossing powder. I then went to work using pan watercolors to color the image. I’m not even going to lie, this process too me almost an entire day! I’m very slow and I wanted to make sure that I had some depth to the flowers and leaves.

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

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

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

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Happy Tuesday, Friends! I’m back with a collection of cards that I’m referring to as tattered florals. I love how these turned out with the soft pastel colors and worn edges of the petals! These are all @simonsaysstamp products, and you can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a fabulous day! Happiest Friday to you! I hope you’re having a wonderful day so far! I had some tidbits of this gorgeous, vintage inspired patterned paper leftover and decided to create some cards using the Artful Palette dies from @simonsaysstamp. I also used the stencils as a guide for the layout, because I’m just not that talented .. 🤪. I was quite amazed at how many cards that I created from these little scraps that I had leftover, plus it kind of made me look at my scraps a little bit differently knowing that I could create something beautiful from basically nothing. When the background does all the work, you only need a sentiment! I find this to be the case most of the time when working with @49andmarket washi tapes! They are perfect for creating super quick, yet beautiful cards when you’re needing to add to your stash. This particular washi tape has to be the prettiest that I’ve ever seen! 😍 If you haven’t checked them out, I highly encourage you to do so! Hope everyone has a fabulous day! Happy Monday, Friends! I recently created this dark, dramatic card using the Wild & Free product suite from @simonsaysstamp. I always love working with darker colors, but find that I don’t do it very often, so I might have to start mixing it in a bit more! You can find more details for this project over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a fabulous day! Hey There, Friends! This might be my last post for a while that features the Dewpierce Butterfly from @simonsaysstamp … or it might not! 🤣🤣. I’ve really enjoyed playing with this die, as if you couldn’t tell! I paired these butterflies with a couple of products from other companies that I think are super fun! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a wonderful day! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Today’s post is a pretty, pastel floral featuring the Graceful Flowers from @simonsaysstamp. I’m really loving the soft colors paired with the Seafoam cardstock! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co, along with more pics and a complete supply list! I hope you all have a fabulous day!

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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Happy Tuesday, Friends! I’m back with a collection of cards that I’m referring to as tattered florals. I love how these turned out with the soft pastel colors and worn edges of the petals! These are all @simonsaysstamp products, and you can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a fabulous day! Happiest Friday to you! I hope you’re having a wonderful day so far! I had some tidbits of this gorgeous, vintage inspired patterned paper leftover and decided to create some cards using the Artful Palette dies from @simonsaysstamp. I also used the stencils as a guide for the layout, because I’m just not that talented .. 🤪. I was quite amazed at how many cards that I created from these little scraps that I had leftover, plus it kind of made me look at my scraps a little bit differently knowing that I could create something beautiful from basically nothing. When the background does all the work, you only need a sentiment! I find this to be the case most of the time when working with @49andmarket washi tapes! They are perfect for creating super quick, yet beautiful cards when you’re needing to add to your stash. This particular washi tape has to be the prettiest that I’ve ever seen! 😍 If you haven’t checked them out, I highly encourage you to do so! Hope everyone has a fabulous day! Happy Monday, Friends! I recently created this dark, dramatic card using the Wild & Free product suite from @simonsaysstamp. I always love working with darker colors, but find that I don’t do it very often, so I might have to start mixing it in a bit more! You can find more details for this project over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a fabulous day! Hey There, Friends! This might be my last post for a while that features the Dewpierce Butterfly from @simonsaysstamp … or it might not! 🤣🤣. I’ve really enjoyed playing with this die, as if you couldn’t tell! I paired these butterflies with a couple of products from other companies that I think are super fun! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a wonderful day! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Today’s post is a pretty, pastel floral featuring the Graceful Flowers from @simonsaysstamp. I’m really loving the soft colors paired with the Seafoam cardstock! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co, along with more pics and a complete supply list! I hope you all have a fabulous day!