Tag: card-making

Simon Says Stamp Hi There Blooms

Hello Crafty Friends, and thanks for stopping by! I’m back today with a post featuring the Sunflower Blooms and Chunky Ovals from Simon’s latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to go in a pink/purplish direction with my sunflowers for this one, so let’s go ahead and go through the details!

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

I began by die cutting the florals and leaves from Neenah 110lb cardstock. Normally, I probably would have cut these from colored cardstock, but I was borrowing my friend’s die while she was visiting and I didn’t know what I was going to be making at the time. So, I just felt that I would have more options if they were cut from white cardstock. I did some ink blending on the flowers and leaves using Carnation, Lilac, Orchid, Aspen and Pine. For the centers of the flowers, I just used a black Copic marker to color those.

Once everything was ink blended, I went ahead and assembled the flowers and figured out the rest of my design. I stamped the floral from the Beautiful Flowers set onto a panel of black cardstock, using VersaMark ink and heat set that using clear embossing powder for a tone on tone effect. I then used the Chunky Ovals to trim it down, along with a panel of Lavender cardstock. My sentiment was stamped using VersaMark, heat set using white embossing powder, and trimmed out several times.

I went ahead and black splattered my card base, adhered the ovals and began securing the leaves with liquid glue, while the flowers were adhered using foam tape for added dimension. The sentiment was also added with foam tape, and some clear gems were added to finish up.

That does it for this project! I really love using dark colors sometimes, and I thought this dark background would pair well with the dark centers of the flowers. Thanks so much for joining me, and I hope you have yourself a wonderful day!

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Happiest Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!

Simon Says Stamp Amazing Petals

Hey There, Crafty Friends! Thanks so much for stopping by to check out today’s post featuring the new Tissue Petal Stems from Simon’s Every Happiness release. I borrowed this set from a friend, but I might just have to add it to my cart, because I love how they turned out! Let’s 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 floral pieces lots of times from Neenah 110lb cardstock. Like I said, I borrowed this from a friend and had no idea at the time how I would be using it, so I thought it best to just cut from white cardstock. I did some ink blending on the pieces using Cheeky, Zest, Honey and Cabbage. Once I was done with the ink blending, I went ahead and assembled the flowers.

The background panel was created using Teal Topaz cardstock along with the Crimped A2 Rectangles and some gold and white splatter. The sentiment was stamped with VersaMark ink, heat set with white embossing powder and layered up. I glued my flowers in place, after much playing around with placement, and added the sentiment with foam tape to finish up.

That does it for this project! I really love yellowish orange flowers against the teal background! Have you checked out the Every Happiness release yet? I’d love to know your favorites! Until next time, have a fabulous day, and don’t forget to stay awesome!

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Happiest Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!

Simon Says Stamp Happy Daisy Frame

Hey There Friend! Welcome back to my blog! So glad you stopped by to check out today’s project featuring the Daisy Frame stamp and stencil combo from Simon’s latest release, Every Happiness. 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 Daisy Frame using VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat setting it with clear embossing powder. I was in a little bit of a color funk that day, so a friend suggested that I use Terra Cotta, Brick, Artichoke and Aegean, so that’s what I did, and I’m quite happy with the end result! Thanks Jean! After I was done with the ink blending, I used the new Chunky Ovals to trim out the stamped image. I should also add that I colored the tiny yellow flowers with a Copic marker.

I used a larger oval to cut a black mat for a bit of contrast. I’m sure there are die cuts for this stamp set, but I did not receive those and had to improvise with what I had. The sentiment was stamped onto black cardstock using VersaMark ink and heat set using white embossing powder. It was then trimmed out several times with the coordinating die.

My background was created using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder on a panel of Desert Storm cardstock. My stamped image got a dose of gold splatter before adhering all of the layers together. The sentiment was added, as well as some gold metallic pearls to finish up.

That does it for this project! Lots of new products used on this one! I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you’ll swing by and check out the entire Every Happiness release! Thanks for joining me, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Happiest Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!

Simon Says Stamp Flower Puff Thanks

Hello Friends, and thanks for joining me! Today’s project is featuring the new Flower Puff Embossing Folder, as well as the Paper Cut Word Mix 1. Once I figured out the elements that I wanted to use, this card came together pretty quickly. Let’s run through the details!

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

Like I said, once I figured out the elements, this one came together quickly. Now with that being said, I’m one of those people that can mull over elements for a REALLY long time! This is my downfall in card making! Do you do the same thing, or are you a quick crafter? Anyhoo, I began this project by embossing the folder onto a panel of Neenah 110lb cardstock. I then used Aspen, Sage, Sky, Dusk and Sunbeam to do the ink blending. That seems like a lot of colors, and I won’t disagree with you there! I was having an issue because I wasn’t loving my blend. To correct this, I ended up blending some green over the blue area and blending some of the blue over the green area. That seemed to smooth it out enough for me to move on.

I die cut the Lush Leaves from black cardstock, and cut some flowers from the Hanging Leaf Ring set from Matte Silver cardstock. The sentiment was also cut from the same silver and black cardstock, as was the shadow portion. Before proceeding, I used a brayer and added some white ink to the raised portions of the panel, splattered it with some blue ink, as well as some silver ink.

The leaves and flowers were glued in place and the sentiment was added using foam tape. To finish up, I did add some black gems to the centers of the flowers.

That finishes up this project! Don’t forget to check out the entire Every Happiness release! I appreciate you 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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Happiest Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!

Simon Says Stamp 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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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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Happiest Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!

Simon Says Stamp 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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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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Happiest Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!

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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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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Happiest Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!

Simon Says Stamp Pastel Birthday Wishes

Welcome back, Friends! Thanks so much for stopping by to check out today’s project featuring the new Tall Happy Cover from Simon’s latest release, Shine On. This was a quick project, so let’s get into the details.

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

The background for this project was a super quick watercolor background in softer tones that I splattered in the corresponding areas with Dina Wakely Gloss Sprays. The sprays that I used were Magenta, Lemon, Turquoise and Eggplant. I was unable to find all of the sprays on the Simon website, so I’ll link to a similar product. The panel also got a good dose of white splatter since I was cutting the Tall Happy from white cardstock.

The sentiment was stamped using VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat set using clear embossing powder for the first time. The second and third times, it was stamped using VersaMark ink and heat set again with the same clear powder. By doing this three times, it gave a super smooth, glossy finish. You may be asking why I stamped with the VersaMark for the second and third times, and that’s because I find that when heat embossing, my paper warps ever so slightly and then the stamped images don’t line up exactly. By stamping it with the VersaMark ink, you can’t even tell. Just a little hack that I like to use when I’m heat embossing an image several times. The sentiment was trimmed out several times as well to create that stacked sentiment look that I love.

The Tall Happy was glued atop the watercolor panel, that panel was then adhered to a black panel for contrast and the sentiment was glued in place to finish up.

That does it for this one! I hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to swing over and check out the entire Shine On release! I’d love to know your favorites! Thanks again for joining me, and I hope you have a fabulous 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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Happiest Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!

Simon Says Stamp Best Fish

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Happiest Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!

Simon Says Stamp Circle Thanks

Hello Friends, and thanks for joining me! Today’s post is featuring the new Circle Frames from Simon’s latest release, Shine On. I love geometric shapes, so I got right to work creating a couple of cards using this set! Let’s go ahead and go through the details!

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

A while back I was creating fun watercolor backgrounds for die cuts, and I had a panel left over, and I thought it would be cool to create a geometric card using that. Someone had asked me to make a video of the process for creating the watercolor background, and you can view it here, if you’re at all interested. I began by pulling the smaller die cuts from this set and cutting them from the watercolor panel and from some black cardstock. This die set is a great value, because there are ten die cuts in this set, so definitely check that out!

Once I had all of my pieces cut, I played around with the placement on a panel that I had cut using the A2 Nested Stitched Rectangles. Before adhering anything to the panel, I gave it a dose of black splatter, and gave my solid black pieces a dose of white splatter.

The sentiment was stamped using VersaMark ink, heat set using white embossing powder and trimmed out several times for that stacked sentiment look that we all love. This sentiment is from the XL Greetings 3 set, but I haven’t been unable to locate it on their website, unfortunately, but any sentiment you have would work just fine! My splattered panel was adhered to a black panel for contrast using foam tape, while the circles and sentiment were secured with liquid glue.

That does it for this project! A simple yet fun project! I hope you stop by and check out the entire Shine On release, as there’s lots of fun stuff to peruse! Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Happiest Friday to you! I hope everyone has had a great week! Today’s project is featuring the Sunflower Blooms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I chose to use a different color palette for the sunflowers because, why not?!?! I kind of like the pink and purple against the black background! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Happiest Friday, Lovelies! I hope you’re not sick of the florals, because I just can’t help myself! This one is using the Bellflower Blossoms from @simonsaysstamp latest release, Every Happiness. I felt like this stencil needed some grounding, so I opted to loosely scribble around the images. The other products used are oldies but goodies! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. Have a great Friday! Sending you a Bedazzled Hello this morning! This project is using the new Bedazzled Embossing Folder and the Paper Cut Word Mix set from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. I pulled my color inspiration from The Color Cubes, because I was feeling a little stuck in my color rut, and I quite like how this one came out! You can find more deets for this project, as well as others, over on my blog at redsas.co. Yesterday on the @simonsaysstamp YouTube live with Heidi, she commented on how many gorgeous florals are in the new Every Happiness release, and I couldn’t agree more! So today, I’m continuing on with the florals using the Tissue Petal Stems! I actually borrowed this set from my friend, @teacher11494 who also creates gorgeous floral cards, and decided that I needed to purchase it for myself! Because, who doesn’t need another floral added to their stash, am I right?! There’s a blog post over at redsas.co with all of the info, if you happened to be interested. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the Every Happiness release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope your weekend was amazing! It’s the start of a new week, and I’m back with a project featuring several new products from @simonsaysstamp Every Happiness release. This new Daisy Frame is so pretty and the Chunky Ovals are a must have staple to add to your stash! You can find all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you all have an awesome day!