Thanks for everything

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using all Simon Says Stamp products except for the ink and glitter. Simon Says Stamp's current Flickr challenge #117 is 'Let's Color'. It's really hard to see all the beautiful sparkle on my card but trust me it's there.

I started by die cutting my panel using a stitched rectangle die. I then went on to blending 2 different colours of distress oxide inks to create the background. I then taped my stencil to the panel and applied Nuvo glitter paste being careful to leave the centre part mostly free of glitter.

I die cut the sentiment 4 times with white cardstock and glued them together. The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set

Simon Says Stamp Swirls and Dots stencil

Simon Says Stamp Painted Thanks die

Simon Says Stamp Thanks stamp set

Distress Oxide inks - Cracked Pistachio, Squeezed Lemonade

Nuvo Moonstone glimmer paste

Time to purr-ty

Hi everyone,

I have a card to share today that I am entering in the Newton's Nook Inky Paws Color Challenge #91 where the theme is to use the colours white, gray, black and pink. Details can be found on their blog here.

Here's my card.

I started by blending the colours onto a piece of cardstock using Newton's Nook Confetti stencil.

Once I was finished with that I used a rounded rectangle die from Hero Arts to cut out my panel.

I set that aside and went onto to stamping and copic colouring my kitty with pinks and greys.

I rounded the corners on the card base and ink blended the edges with Distress ink and then added my panel with foam tape.

I foam mounted the kitty image to my card and stamped the sentiment and embossed with white embossing powder.

Added some sequins and some white gel pen accents and that completes my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Newton's Nook Designs Confetti Stencil

Newton's Nook Designs Newton's Birthday Balloons

Hero Arts Rounded Rectangle Infinity die set

Copics

Distress ink Spun Sugar

Hero Arts Soft Granite Shadow ink

Hero Arts Black ink

Caffeinated Cats

Hi everyone,

Today I have 2 cards that I created using Newton's Nook Designs Caffeinated Cats and various products from other companies.

For my first card I stamped the image and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I ran the piece through my diecutting machine to add a border to the card.

I then went on to water colouring the image with Inktense Watercolour ink pencils and added shading around the image with a light grey colour.

I mounted the piece onto a card base to which I had adhered a piece of black and white polka dot paper. Stamped the sentiment and white heat embossed. Added the sentiment to my card with foam tape and added some crystals to finish the card.

For my second card I blended Distress Oxide ink to a die cut panel and stamped the image with black ink. The sentiment was stamped in black ink onto a die cut piece using a Sunny Studio Stamp circle die.
Mounted the whole panel with foam tape to a card base to which I had adhered a piece of turquoise cardstock.

Well that's it for my cards and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Newton's Nook Designs Caffeinated Cats stamp set

Newton's Nook Designs Newton Loves Coffee stamp set

MFT Dienamics Inside & Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle die

Lawn Fawn Outiside in Stitched Scallped Rectangle Stackables die

Sunny Studio Stamps Fancy Frames-Circles die set

Derwent Inktense Watersoluble Ink Pencil set

Distress Oxide Ink - Twisted Citron

Studio Katia April Crystals

Bunny joy

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card using some Distress Oxide inks, Neat and Tangled's Geometric Circles Stencil and the cute Bubble Over With Joy stamp and die set from My Favorite Things. I just love this cute little set.
As the current Wednesday challenge over at Simon Says Stamp is 'Anything Goes' I will be adding my card. You can find details of their challenge here.

I started by diecutting my panel with a Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle die. I then taped my stencil to it and blended the background with Squeezed Lemonade and Picked Raspberry.

I stamped the bunny and coloured with Copics. Stamped the sentiment from the same set directly to the card and added some enamel drops from Freckled Fawn.

Well that completes my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Neat and Tangled Geometric Circles Stencil

MFT Bubble over With Joy stamp and die set

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die

Distress Oxide - Squeezed Lemonade, Picked Raspberry

Freckled Fawn Enamel Dew Drop stickers.

Valentine cards

Hi everyone,

I have a few more Valentine cards to share just in time for this weeks' Simon Says Stamp 'Have a Heart' Wednesday challenge which can be found on their blog here and also for Simon Says Stamp Flickr challenge #115 where the theme is 'All My Love'.

For my first card I used a floral stamp set from Studio Katia and some gold embossing powder. I applied distress ink and blended it in.

My second card uses MFT die-namics with Neenah desert storm cardstock for the frame. I blended two different distress inks for the base of the card and die cut Lawn Fawn hearts in red, ink and gold sparkle cardstock. I die cut the xoxo with red cardstock and applied to the centre.

For my third card I used a piece of patterned paper for the base and die cut the centre with an MFT circle shaker die and added shaker pieces cut from Shimmer Sheetz in pink and purple and added some clear confetti pieces. Die cut the hugs several times and glued them together. Added Nuvo shimmer pen over the die.

Hope you enjoyed these cards today and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Studio Katia Floral Trimmings stamp set

Simon Says Stamp Small Heart Doily die

Simon Says Stamp Painted Hugs die

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set

MFT Die-namics Stitched Basic Edges die set

MFT Die-namics Horizontal Collage Cover die

MFT Die-namics Peek-a-Boo Circle Window die

Lawn Fawn Scripty XOXO die

Lawn Fawn Happy Happy Happy Add-on stamp set

Lawn Fawn Mini Pop Up Box die set (Heart die)

Distress inks

Distress Oxide inks

Love You

Hi eveyone,

Today I have another Valentine's Day card to share with you.  This card is also perfect for the current Simon Says Flickr challenge where the theme is 'All My Love'. I have also been busy making slider cards with some Lawn Fawn products which I will be sharing later.

I started off by die cutting my quilted background. As all of the little holes didn't quite cut all the way through I ended up by poking only select ones out from around the card leaving the centre piece intact and taping them down on the back side of the card so they wouldn't fall out later.

I layered the panel onto a red card base. I die cut the love sentiment from some red glitter cardstock and stamped the sentiment on a piece of black cardstock and then heat embossed it with white embossing powder.

Before adding my sentiments to the card I added some red paint splatters as I thought the centre was just too white.

I added my sentiments with some foam tape and then wrapped a piece of red and white twine across the top of my card.

Well that's it for this card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn Quilted Backdrop die

Lawn Fawn Scripty Love die

Simon Says Stamp You 3x4 sentiment set

Red glitter cardstock

Martha Stewart red and white twine

Gansai Tambi red watercolour

Valentine's Hugs are the Best

Hi everyone,

Hope you are all back in the swing of things after the holidays and are busy crafting again.

I seem to be in the Valentine mode right now creating cards for Valentine's Day.
There is also the current Simon Says Stamp Flickr challenge where the theme is to 'Stencil It' so I decided to use a Tim Holtz for this theme.

I started by taping a Tim Holtz Hearts stencil to a piece of cardstock. I added a layer of Deco Foil transfer gel to the stencil and set it to dry. Once dry I cut a piece of Gina K. Fancy Foil to the size of my piece and ran it through my laminating machine. It's hard to tell from the photo but there is a really nice glittery sparkle to this foil.

I die cut a circle from the piece and then die cut a larger circle in white with a stitched circle die and then and added it to the base. I popped up the heart circle piece with some foam tape and applied it on top.

The hugs die was cut 3 or 4 times from black cardstock and the pieces glued together for some dimension.

I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of black cardstock and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

I cut a frame from a scalloped rectangle die and added it around my piece.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Hearts stencil

Simon Says Stamp Painted Hugs die

Simon Says Stamp You 3x4 stamp set

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Circles die set

MFT Die-namics Stitched Rectangle Scallop Frame die set

MFT Die-namics Stitched Circle Scallop Frame die set

Gina K. Radiant Red Fancy Foil

Simon Says Stamp white embossing powder

Royal Sovereign laminating machine

Sugar Script Hugs

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using a Simon Says Stamp stencil (which is one of my favourite ones) and Distress Oxide ink. Entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Flickr challenge where the theme is 'Stencil It'.

This was actually quite a quick card to make. I adhered the stencil to a piece of cardstock and blended Picked Raspberry Distress oxide ink over top. I ran the piece through my diecutting machine using a Wonky rectangle die . The 2 piece hugs sentiment set from Birch Press Design was die cut with pink cardstock and a piece of vellum.

I adhered my stencilled panel to a piece of pink cardstock and mounted it to my card base. The hugs were adhered with foam tape for a little added dimension. I then added some crystal accents and that completes my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Swirls and Dots stencil

Birch Press Design Big Hugs Sugar Script dies

MFT Die-namics Stitched Wonky rectangle die set

Distress Oxide ink in Picked Raspberry

Lucy's Cards Little Things Diamonds - Dewdrops

Foil Hearts

Hi everyone,

Well I'm off to a bit of a slow start for 2019 but I'm hoping to improve on that and create more often.

Anyways for today's card I created a foil hearts background using a Simon Says Stamp stencil and some deco foil. I just love working with foil and my laminator. The possibilites are endless as to what you can foil. I'm adding this card to the Simon Says Stamp Flickr challenge #114 where the theme is to 'Stencil It'.

I started off by creating my foil background using some Summer Rainbow Deco foil with some transfer gel and my stencil. I love all the different colours of hearts that you get from his foil.

I stamped the sentiment on the background piece and die cut the larger sentiment twice and adhered it to my card. I added a sheet of foam to my background and mounted that to a piece of black cardstock cut slightly larger. I used a Hero Arts Infinity die on both the background and black piece and used a corner punch to round the corners of my card base.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Falling Hearts stencil

Simon Says Stamp Sending and Wishing Stamps and die

Hero Arts Rounded Rectangle Infinity die set

Thermoweb Deco Foil Summer Rainbow transfer sheets

Thermoweb Deco Foil transfer gel

Happy New Year 2019

Hi everyone,

Happy New Year to you all. I wish nothing but Health, Happiness and lots of Kindness for a brand new year.

I have 2 cards that I created to celebrate the occasion with all the glitz and glitter.

For my first card I adhered a piece of Kraft Goil Foil cardstock from Echo Park to my card base.
Then I went on to diecutting the tri window cover from some gold glitter cardstock. I adhered a piece of acetate to the back of the die and created a shaker card by adding some little gold stars.
I stamped the 'happy' sentiment onto a piece of black cardstock and heat set with gold embossing powder. Used the matching die to cut it out.

The 'New Year' was also gold embossed onto a piece of black cardstock.

I adhered the panel with strips of foam tape and that completes this card.

 

For my second card I did the reverse of the first card by using the remaining rectangles from die cutting the first card and die cut the frame with the Kraft Foil cardstock.

I used a large sentiment which was die cut from black and gold shiny cardstock. Adhered the 2 pieces slightly offset and then added some black stars for a little interest.

I had fun making these and it was like creating 2 cards for one. By the way I gave the first card

to my Zumba teacher.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the New Year!

Supplies:

Mama Elephant Tri Window Cover die

MFT Die-namics Celebrate die

Lawn Fawn Happy, Happy, Happy add on stamps die

Echo Park Kraft Gold Foil paper