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Simon Says Stamp Double Plaid Floral

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back to my blog! I’m so glad that you stopped by to check out today’s project featuring the new Double Plaid Cover, as well as the new Rustic Layering Flower. These new products are from the STAMPtember release, and I had a blast making this card, so let’s get into the details!

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

I began this project by pulling an inspiration card from the Color Cubes, just to get some color variety going on. Once I decided on a color combo that I liked, I die cut the Rustic Layering Flower three times from aqua, orange and pink cardstock. This flower has several pieces so I did some ink blending on those pieces before assembling them. The ink colors that I used were Carnation, Sweets, Ocean, Cantaloupe and Sherbet.

For some additional flowers and leaves, I used the Fine Floral Stem for some light blue flowers, as well as the Budding Branches for some white leaves. I have to say that the Budding Branches is by far my most used leaf set from Simon! I did die cut the centers of the flowers from gold cardstock to pull the elements together.

Moving on to assembly .. I splattered my card base using black acrylic ink before adhering the Double Plaid Cover with foam strips. I arranged the flowers and leaves and adhered those using a combination of liquid glue and foam strips to provide support where necessary. I always have to add embellishments to the “buds” of the leaves, because I just think it’s so awesome and so pretty!

I stamped the sentiment, which is from the Mix & Match Butterflies set, using VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat set that using Ranger Clear Embossing Powder. I used the coordinating die to cut it several times for a stacked look. The sentiment was glued directly to the panel to finish up.

That does it for this project! I’m sorry if you’re sick of florals, but I literally can’t help myself! Florals and leaves are my jam! Don’t forget to check out the entire STAMPtember release, as well as all of the collaboration sets happening all month long! Thanks again for joining me, and have yourself a wonderful day!

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Spellbinders Picture Perfect Pumpkin Patch Large Die of the Month

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back! It’s the 6th of the month and that means the new Spellbinders Clubs are released to NON Club Members! The Clubs are a super, great value, and I hope my card today inspires you to check them out, if you’re not already a club member.

Here’s a little bit about how the Clubs work ..

  • On the 6th of the month, Non-Club members can join the club and get this month’s Club product(s) at the reduced Club Member price with free shipping.
  • On the 27th of the month, registration for this month’s club products closes.
  • On the 10th of the next month,  Club products become available to everyone without requiring a Club membership; however, they are available at regular price and there is no free shipping. If a product is sold out, it will be re-ordered.

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

For this month’s Large Die of the Month Club, which is titled Picture Perfect Autumn, I created a fun pumpkin patch scene. So, let’s run through the details for this one! I knew going in to this project, that I wanted a rolling hills type of scene with some sunflowers and a pumpkin patch, so I started the die cutting process. I used blue, brown, green, kraft, orange, yellow and white cardstock colors for all of the die cutting of the various pieces for the scene.

Once all of the cutting was done, I did some ink blending on the pieces using SSS Pawsitively Saturated Inks in Honey, Clay, Pearfection, Field, Morning and Mocha. I then assembled the flowers and the pumpkins using liquid glue. For the assembly of the card, I worked my way from the top to the bottom of the card, securing pieces with glue and tucking items between the layers as necessary. The sentiment was added to the top of the card with foam strips for a little bit of dimension.

That does it for this project! Are you a die cutting fan or not? I’d love to know in the comments! Personally, I absolutely love die cutting! Whoever came up with the idea of die cutting is the cat’s meow in my opinion. Thanks so much for stopping by, and don’t forget to check out all of the Clubs over on the Spellbinders website. I hope you have an awesome day!

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Simon Says Stamp Crimped Floral Thanks

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back to my blog! Today’s project is featuring two new products from Simon’s STAMPtember release, the Crimped Floral Embossing Folder and the Simple Thanks. Let’s not waste any more time, and get right into the details!

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

I began this project by embossing a panel of Neenah 110lb cardstock using the new Crimped Floral folder, and then went to work ink blending the panel on the de-bossed side. The inks used were SSS Pawsitively Saturated Inks in Lilac, Orchid and Amethyst. I’m not sure what this technique is called, but I then used a black ink pad to rub across the flat side of the panel, leaving the purple visible. Is it called like a “black-out” technique?! I have no idea!

I then trimmed the panel down and adhered it to a black panel using foam tape for added dimension. I cut the Simple Thanks once from silver cardstock, twice from black cardstock, and I cut the shadow portion twice as well. Those pieces were all adhered together using liquid glue before before being glued to the panel. I thought the card needed a little bling, so I added some PFS Purple Gems to the centers of the flowers.

That finishes up this one! It was a super simple card, but I like how it turned out! I haven’t tried the “black-out” technique before, but I’m pretty sure I’ll be doing it again. Don’t forget to check out the entire STAMPtember release over on Simon’s website. Thanks again for stopping by, and have yourself a wonderful day!

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Simon Says Stamp Floral Birthday Love STAMPtember Blog Party

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back! I’m so happy that you joined me for today’s HUGE STAMPtember blog party! Each stop throughout the party has a STAMPtember promotion, so you’ll want to check those out for sure! You can start your party experience here or by heading to Simon’s blog. My project is featuring the new Rustic Layering Flower in aqua tones with a hint of grey. This is such an awesome release, with so many more things coming during the month, so stay tuned for all of the excitement! Let’s go ahead and go through the details for my project!

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

I began this project by pulling an inspiration card from The Color Cubes, and then I ink blended a panel of Neenah 110lb cardstock using SSS Pawsitively Saturated Ink in Mist and Raindrop. Those two colors seemed to match the color palette best. Once the ink blending was complete, I cut the Rustic Layering Flower twice from that panel. I do a little more ink blending in the center of the flowers for more depth before assembling the flowers using liquid glue.

Now that I had the flowers, I had to decide on the rest of the card! I opted to go with the Whirl Diamond Plate for my background, and I cut a bunch of leaves from grey cardstock using the Budding Branches. In laying out the card, I decided that I needed one more small flower, so I cut that and assembled it as well.

I splattered my card base using TH Distress Oxide Spray in Hickory Smoke before adhering the background panel. I began adhering the grey leaves in place first using liquid glue, trimming down as necessary. Once I was happy with the leaf placement, I adhered the flowers using foam strips.

For the sentiment, I used the Mix & Match Butterflies set and stamped that using VersaFine Onyx Black and heat set it using Ranger Clear Embossing Powder. I trimmed it out using the coordinating dies, and made two additional cuts for a stacked sentiment. That was then adhered using foam strips as well. To finish up, I added some Surf Dazzling Gems and some silver metallic pearls to the “buds” of the branches.

That does it for this one! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! I always love working with die cut flowers, so this card was totally in my wheelhouse! Don’t forget to head on over to Simon’s website to check out the entire STAMPtember release! Thanks again for stopping by, and have a wonderful day!

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Spellbinders Happy Little Moments

Hello Crafters, and welcome back! Thanks for stopping by! Today’s project is featuring the new Spellbinders All Season Spring BetterPress plate. This is a cute little set that features several sentiments suited for spring time cards. And the best thing, it’s a single plate and die set that creates multiple sentiments at once! Such a game changer for me! Let’s run through the details for this one, shall we?

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

To be honest, I’ve been struggling with different color combinations lately. I find a combo that I like, and it’s hard for me to break away from that one. So, I pulled a few cards from the Color Cubes and settled on this combo which features aqua colors with sage green colors, and it’s beautiful. I began my project by gold foiling the Spellbinders Cosmos Backdrop BetterPress plate and using the coordinating stencil to add the color.

The inks that I used were PinkFresh Studio Eucalyptus, Paradise, Atlantis and Sweet Mustard. Once the ink blending was complete, I used the Spellbinders Nested Postage Labels & Tag set to trim it down. While I was foiling the panel, I went ahead and gold foiled the Spellbinders All Season Spring BetterPress plate as well, and trimmed that out using the included die. I did cut it several times for a stacked sentiment.

I felt that the panel needed some additional elements, so I used the Spellbinders Delicate Butterflies and cut three of those from gold cardstock. The butterflies were adhered with liquid glue, while the sentiment was adhered using foam strips for added dimension.

That does it for this one! I hope you enjoyed this project! Don’t forget to stop by the Spellbinders website to check out all of the fun things for August! Thanks again for joining me, and I hope you have an awesome day!

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Spellbinders Best Friends

Hello Crafty Friends! I’m so glad that you stopped by! The Spellbinders August releases are live, and I’m back today with a card featuring the new All Seasons Spring BetterPress Press Plate. Let’s not waste time and go through the details!

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

I look for any reason to create with Spellbinders flower sets, so having a new sentiment set was all I needed to pull them out. The Spellbinders All Season Spring set is great because it’s a single plate and a single die, so you’re able to create multiple sentiments in one pass! I love this so much, because it allows you to add so many sentiments to you stash for those times when you don’t have much time to create.

I began this card by pulling an inspiration card from the Color Cubes and die cutting a bunch of flowers and leaves from aqua, various shades of blue, yellow and black cardstock using several sets from Spellbinders. I’ll link to those sets below for your reference. Once those were cut, I did some ink blending on the flowers using SSS Pawsitively Saturated Inks in Seafoam, Morning and Dusk, before adhering the pieces together using liquid glue.

For my background panel, I used the Spellbinders Fluted Classic Rectangles and splattered that with black acrylic ink. While that was drying, I prepared my sentiment by using BetterPress Black Ink onto Grey BetterPress Paper. I did cut the sentiment several times for a stacked sentiment for added dimension.

I began adhering the leaves to my panel using glue, along with the lower level flowers. Once I reached the main flowers, those were adhered with foam strips, as well as the sentiment. To finish up, I did add some clear drops for a little shine.

That does it for this one! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! I really can’t get enough of creating beautiful flowers! Thanks again for stopping by, and don’t forget to head over to the Spellbinders site to check out all of the new August releases! Have yourself a wonderful day!

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Spellbinders All Seasons Floral

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back! The Spellbinders August release is live, and there’s some awesome stuff to peruse! Today’s card is featuring the new All Seasons Spring BetterPress Plate, and if you know me, you know that I’m going to pair it with florals! So, let’s run through the details.

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

When I was thinking about this card, I wanted to do a monochromatic color scheme, so I went with black, white and grey. I love the look of white flowers with grey shading, so that’s what I set out to do! I used the Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms set and cut a bunch of the flowers from Neenah 110lb cardstock, and I cut the centers and foliage from black cardstock.

I used SSS Pawsitively Saturated Ink in Earl to do the ink blending on the flowers, and when that was complete, I assembled the flowers using liquid glue. I created the background panel by using gravel cardstock and the Spellbinders Argyle Plaid 3D Embossing Folder, and splattered that with some black acrylic ink.

While the panel was drying, I inked up the All Seasons Spring Press Plate using the BetterPress Black ink onto a panel of Pebble BetterPress Cardstock. That was then cut using the included die. I did cut it a second time from Neenah 110 and adhered those pieces together for a stacked sentiment. This particular sentiment is a very long sentiment, and I didn’t like the way it looked on this particular card, so I ended up cutting it into two pieces so that it would fit better.

My embossed panel was then adhered to a black panel for contrast, and I began gluing in the bottom layers first, which included the smaller flowers and the foliage. I adhered the top flowers with foam strips, as well as the sentiment. I had a few leaves left over, so I secured those in place where needed. To finish up, I added a few clear drops.

That does it for this project! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! I really love this color combo from time to time, as a change from the pastel flowers. Don’t forget to head over to the Spellbinders website to check out all of the fun, new August products! Thanks again for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful 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 You Are Amazing

Hello Friends, and welcome back! Thanks so much for stopping by to check out today’s project! This project is featuring the new You die and You stamp set from Simon’s latest release, Cheering for You. Let’s go ahead and roll through the details!

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

I really like creating backgrounds with single dies, and Simon’s new You die was perfect for this technique! I began this project by die cutting the new SSS You a bunch of times from Neenah 110lb cardstock. I also die cut the SSS Divine Peony and did some ink blending on that using SSS Pawsitively Saturated Ink in Morning and Galaxy.

Once the ink blending was complete, I assembled the florals using liquid glue, and then decided that I wanted the leaves to be black, so I went back and cut those. To begin assembly, I cut a panel of Neenah 110lb cardstock using the PFS Diagonal Stitched Rectangles and splattered it using black acrylic ink. When that was dry, I began adhering the You die cut to cover the panel and trimming off the excess.

I adhered the leaves in place and then adhered the larger flower using SSS 3D Foam Strips for added dimension. The card was missing something, so I cut the You from black cardstock and adhered that using foam strips, and that brought things together, in my opinion. I then used the new SSS You Stamp set and stamped the sub-sentiment using VersaFine Onyx Black ink, heat set that using Ranger Clear Embossing Powder and adhered it with the same foam strips.

Once everything was complete, I adhered the panel to a black panel for contrast using SSS Dot Tape Runner, and then everything was adhered to the card base to finish up.

That does it for this card! I love creating my own backgrounds using die cuts, and I love creating beautiful flowers, so this card was right up my alley! I hope you enjoyed it! Thanks again for stopping by, and don’t forget to check out the entire Cheering for You release over on Simon’s website! Have yourself a wonderful day!

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Simon Says Stamp Hello Leaf Border

Hello and welcome back to my blog! I’m so glad that you stopped by to check out today’s project featuring the new Arching Leaf Border from Simon’s latest release, Cheering For You. I’ve been stuck on color combinations lately, so I took inspiration for this project from the Color Cubes. So, let’s get into the details!

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

I began this project by die cutting the Leaf Border from Neenah 110lb cardstock, die cutting the SSS Beautiful Buttercup from two shades of purple cardstock and die cutting the extra leaves from the border set from a peacock type color. I pulled some inks that I thought matched my inspiration, which you can see slightly in the photos. The inks that I used were PFS Tidal Pond, Opulence and Lush Forest. The border was ink blended with the Tidal Pond and a little bit of the Lush Forest, while the flowers were ink blended using the Opulence.

Once the ink blending was complete, I assembled the flowers using liquid glue and decided on a background. I ended up choosing a dark green panel and splattered it quite liberally with gold acrylic ink. When that was dry, I glued the border in place and then adhered the flowers using foam strips. The darker leaves were tucked in where needed and secured with glue.

Now that I had the card layout, I needed to find a sentiment that would fit! I landed on the SSS Hello Dies and cut that once from gold cardstock and twice from black cardstock and adhered all of those together for that stacked look. I went ahead and glued that atop the panel before adding some PFS Gold Metallic Pearls to bring everything together.

That does it for this project! I hope you enjoyed it! This is a weird color combo, but I quite like how this one came out! According to the Color Cube inspiration, my green layer actually should have been a dark teal color, but I didn’t notice that until it was too late. Oh well, what’s the saying, there are no mistakes in art. I’m just going to go with that! Thank for joining me today, and I hope you have an awesome day!

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