Tag: HappyBirthday

Simon Says Stamp Birthday Gifts

Hello Crafty Friends, and Happy STAMPtember! I hope you’re excited for a month long celebration featuring new goodies from Simon, as well as fun collaborations from other companies and a few other surprises along the way! My project for today is featuring the new Party Gifts and Bows die set, 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.

I began this project by die cutting the gifts from pastel aqua, pink and yellow cardstock scraps, while cutting the bows from gold cardstock. For some added interest, I did splatter the gifts with some gold acrylic ink before assembling the pieces. The sentiment was stamped using VersaMark ink and heat set using white embossing powder onto black cardstock.

The background was cut using the Teardrop Pinpoint Frames, and the gifts were adhered atop that using a combination of liquid glue and foam tape. The sentiment was glued in place to finish up.

A super simple project for today! This set is a good addition to your stash, as it could be used for birthday or Christmas, if you used different colors. You could even use it for Valentines or baby cards if you opted to used some patterned paper. Just a few ideas to get your creative juices flowing! Stay tuned all month long for lots of STAMPtember surprises! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have an awesome day!

Supply List

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!

Latest Posts

Latest Instagram Posts

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

Simon Says Stamp 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!

Supply List

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!

Latest Posts

Latest Instagram Posts

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