Playing with some Oldies

I saw a card on Instagram recently that made me remember a card wrap die from Simon Says Stamp, and I wanted to play with it once again.   In the past I've used it to make only square cards, but I thought Sharyn's card was interesting in an A2 size.  I also incorporated some old washi tape into the design.

Here it is all put together, with the wrap around a green card base.

supplies: white, green, pink, and peach cardstock, Simon Modern Flowers Card Wrap, a large circle die, Pink Fresh Studio Joyful Bouquet washi tape, Simon Says Stamp Pretty Bows die

And here it is when you slide the card out from the wrap.  On the front of the card I used some smaller elements of the same washi set, and a Spellbinders banner sentiment foiled in gold to bring out the gold foiling on the washi.

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I wanted to line the lacy details, so I cut out a big circle in pink, cut it in half, and glued it under the lacy parts of the wrap.  Then I glued the washi bouquet to that, and a bow.  I trimmed my A2 card just a bit in width to make it very easy to slide the wrap over it.  

This was fun to put together, and makes for something just a bit different!

It's almost September!  Enjoy your week!

Simon Says..........Wedding/Anniversary

Happy Wednesday - welcome to our challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!

Our theme this week is Wedding/Anniversary, and we're using Simon Says Stamp exclusives for our cards this week. 

Here's my card.

supplies: Tonic White Pearlescent and silver pearl cardstock, vellum, Modern Flower Card Wrap, Love Is background cling, Congratulations clear stamp sentiments, Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder and VersaMark ink

Here's a little photo journey to show you the way this card was put together.  I cut 2 4" wide rectangles of white pearlescent card and die-cut the Modern Flower Wrap from each end.  Starting with a 4" X 8" silver pearlescent card, I scored it to make a 4" square card, stamped the Love Is background on the front, and embossed it in Liquid Platinum.  Inside, my sentiment is "Wishing You Lots of Happily Ever After", from the Congratulations clear stamp set.  I also made a vellum band using another of the sentiments from the same set.

The stamped card was glued to one of the die-cut panels, and then that panel was attached to the 2nd die-cut panel, turned 90 degrees from the first.  

Then I used the vellum band to wrap the entire card.  It was mid-May when I made my card, and we just happened to have some Lilies of the Valley in our gardens to use for a pretty prop!

Now it's your turn!  We have a $50.00 gift certificate 

to the amazing Simon Says Stamp store for 1 lucky random winner of this week's challenge!  I can't wait to see what you all make this week!

Simon Says........It's Our NINTH Birthday!

Happy Wednesday!  Welcome to another challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!

Our theme is Happy Birthday!  Of course we'll be highlighting our own Simon Says Stamp products!

My first card uses this lovely Modern Flowers Card Wrap die, along with some Distress Oxide inks.  I love the intricacy of this design!

supplies: white, black, and Green Apple card stock, Bristol paper, Modern Flowers Card Wrap die, sentiment from Brush Stroke Messages, flowers and leaves are Tammy Tutterow's Bitty Posies dies, Picked Raspberry and Carved Pumpkin distress oxide inks, sponging tool, white embossing powder, pearls

I cut the die twice from white cardstock, then put the halves together over a panel of sponged oxide inks and covered the seam with a sentiment strip.   I used some leftovers from that inked panel to cut my bitty posies.  

Next I used the die to wrap a simple top-folding white card and embellished it with some ribbon and a Prima rose:

supplies: white and rose card stock, Modern Flowers Card Wrap die, Big Scripty Greetings sentiment, Altenew Puffy Heart ink, Prima rose and leaves from Rose Quartz collection, Kaiser pink pearls, pink satin ribbon

I used the die to cut each end of a long rectangle; the die also embosses a fold line to make the wrap.  The wrap is tied together in the front with a bow by threading the ribbon through an opening on each side of the lacy half-circle.  Then I attached the flower and leaves.  The wrap is loose enough to allow the card to be pulled out and put back.  Wouldn't this make a lovely wedding card when cut from a metallic cream paper?

Now it's your turn!  Heidi has provided NINE $50.00 gift vouchers 

to the amazing Simon Says Stamp store for 9 lucky random winners of this week's challenge!

Is she generous or what?  We thank you for supporting this challenge, and this is one way we can thank you.  As always, you can enter 5 times, as long as they are NEW creations.  Good luck!

And a little reminder that we have a DT Call ongoing through April 13 at 9:00 am EST!