Let's Celebrate!

 My Simon Says Stamp September Card Kit arrived yesterday!  Here's a card that uses one of the patterned papers and one of the stamps.

supplies: white cardstock, heart dp from Sweet Rush collection, Let's Celebrate clear stamp, colored with markers, adhesive foam squares

I simply chose some marker colors to match the hearts and used them to color the sentiment before cutting it out and popping it above the card.  

This kit is full of everything you'll need to make birthday cards: this month we get sequins, a triangle tray to hold them, a happy birthday die, a sheet of glitter paper and another of Holographic Rainbows metallic, plus a pretty large floral 3D embossing folder!  A great value, as always!

Thanks for stopping by today - enjoy your weekend!

Spellbinders Fall Label Motif

 Here's my first card for fall, featuring Spellbinders new Fall Label Motif dies!

supplies: Cream, Surf Blue, beige, and white cardstock and copper metallic kraft cardstock, Fall Label Motif dies, distress inks to color, sentiment from Newton's Nook Autumn Newton, Falling Leaves embossing folder

Isn't this grid-work pretty?  I cut it this time from copper metallic paper.  The fall leaves, berries, etc were cut from white cardstock then colored with distress inks before assembling into my little groupings.

This die set is part of a 4-season collection by Becca Feeken called.Seasonal Label Motifs.

Many thanks to Spellbinders for sharing these dies with me!

Simon Says......Christmas

Welcome to our weekly challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Blog!

 Our theme this week is Christmas, and the team is playing with Spellbinders products!  You don't have to use this brand to enter our challenge, but if you have any of their products, we'd love to see you using them also!

supplies: Cream, Lipstick Red, Green Apple, Peacock Teal, Green Leaf, Schoolhouse Red, and Audrey Blue card, gold glitter cardstock, Spellbinders Be Bold Color Block Christmas dies, Holiday Blooms (poinsettia) and Winter Welcome Sled (pine sprigs) dies

I took "colorblock" to heart, and cut this die from 6 different cardstocks.  After paper-piecing the big Christmas, I cut the "Merry" and the centers of the poinsettias from  glitzy gold, then used Cream cardstock for the poinsettias and for the card base.  This makes a slimline card that measures 8 3/4" X 3 3/4" that will easily fit into a business envelope.

 Now it's your turn!  We have a $25.00 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!

Santa Lane Christmas Kit

 Hello!  Today I have a bunch of cards that I made using Spellbinders Santa Lane Mega Christmas Kit.  This kit is full of beautiful papers, ephemera, cardstock, prefolded cards in 2 sizes, envelopes, a sweet stamp set, and dies - in short, everything you need to make Christmas cards, even adhesives!.  

Today's first 5 cards are made from the papers, ephemera,  puffy stickers, and various embellishments.  I'm not going to list supplies as I usually do - just know that everything you see (except for the rectangle and circle dies) comes from the kit - it was so fun to put these together, and I have LOADS more supplies yet to play with!

This next card shows you the adorable Santa made from the dies in this kit.  Also included with him are dies for a sled, a snowman, gifts, and Santa's bag, but I'll use them another time. 

And finally, I wanted to show you some of the stamps in the stamp set in this kit.  It is mostly sentiments, along with this darling little deer, plus some snowflakes and stars.

As you can see, you can make elegant cards right through to clean and simple ones, and it contains something for everyone's taste!  This kit is a Limited Edition, so don't wait too long if you want it.  

Spellbinders Tinsel Time Collection

 Spellbinders is releasing a new collection today called Tinsel Time.  I have 4 cards for you showcasing 2 glimmer plates and a stamp set from it.  My cards today are holiday-related but I think you'll be able to see that these new products can be used for many occasions.

First up, the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Plate.  It makes a really elegant design when paired with gold foils.

supplies: Doll Pink and Gold Metallic cardstock, Dazzling Diamonds glimmer plate, Aura glimmer foil, Mix & Match Holiday Greetings and Holiday Blooms dies

And a 2nd version in cream and gold.

supplies: cream, gold and green kraft metallic cardstock, Dazzling Diamond glimmer plate, Elegant Holiday Glimmer Sentiments foiling plate, Speckled Aura glimmer foil, Layered Poinsettia dies, large cream pearl

And here is the other glimmer plate, called Starburst.  The first thing I thought of was snowflakes when I saw it, so I foiled it in silver on navy cardstock first.

supplies: Soft Navy and silver metallic cardstock, Starburst Glimmer Plate, Silver glimmer foil, Mix & Match Holiday Greetings sentiment die, Simon Eliza Snowflake die

This would work for fireworks, too, I think!  

Here's another card that gives me a '50s vibe!   I foiled it in Magenta foil over kraft card, and I used the new Lots of Wishing You Sentiments stamps and matching dies on it.

supplies: kraft and Doll Pink cardstock, Starburst Glimmer Plate and Magenta glimmer foil, Wishing You Sentiment stamps and matching dies, Doll Pink ink, circle die

Many thanks, as always, to Spellbinders, for allowing me to play with these fun products!

More Floral Arch cards

 Here are 2 more cards using The Greetery Arches suite.  

For the first one, I used the same exact colors as my card HERE, but this time I die-cut the design out around the outer edges and added it to a brown tone-on-tone plaid background.  I was going for a fall feel this time.

supplies: white cardstock, brown plaid from Lawn Fawn's Perfectly Plaid pad, The Greetery Floral Arches stamp/stencil set and matching die, Sea Shore and Golden Sunset mini ink cubes, Dark Chocolate mini ink cube, Arched Sentiments stamp set and matching die, Memory Box Fairy Jewels

Betsy gave us extra flowers, so this time I used those around the sentiment, and added aqua jewels, too.

Next, I switched to more spring-like colors and made a birthday card.

supplies: white and orchid pink card, The Greetery Floral Arches stamp/stencil set and matching die (for largest flower), Spring Bouquet greens and Cherry Blossom pinks mini ink cubes, Arched Sentiments stamp set and matching die, pale green adhesive jewels

The main panel is almost one layer, except for the largest flowers and the sentiment, to which I added extra die-cuts, to make them stand out a bit more from the base.  It's a subtle dimension, but still a flat card for mailing.

Hope your weekend is a great one!  Our weather has turned beautifully cooler here, more like June than August, and I'm SO enjoying it!

A Simple Birthday Card

 August is a big month in my family for birthdays, so I'd best get going!  This one is for my purple-loving sister.

supplies: white, and shades of purple and green cardstock, Altenew Mini Flower Cluster dies, Simon Joys of Spring sentiment, an old Sizzix embossing folder

After constructing 2 sets of the flower clusters and leaves, I embossed the lower 2/3 of a card panel, then stamped my sentiment.  Then I added the flowers, and put the whole panel onto a card base.  

You could make a whole set of these, just varying the flower colors and sentiments!

Simon Says......Summertime Blues

Welcome to our weekly challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

Our theme this week is Summertime Blues, and the team is featuring My Favorite Things products.  You don't have to use this brand to play along with our challenge, but if you do have any of their products, we'd love to see them used.

I used a variety of MFT products and my favorite color of blue to make my card this week.

supplies: white, blue, and kraft cardstock, cloud and blue woodgrain dp from Happy Patterns paper pad, Doodlebug grass and petite patterns dps, Home Tweet Home birdhouse and Heartfelt Fence dies, Lawn Fawn vine and flower dies, Simon Beautiful Butterflies sentiment, Spellbinders Sweet Birds on a Branch dies

Now it's your turn!  We have a $25.00 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!

Floral Arch Hello

 Betsy has done it again with her latest release which included these Floral Arches and Arched Sentiments!  Here's my first play with them.

supplies: white and Audrey Blue cardstock, The Greetery Floral Arches stamp/stencil set and matching die (to cut out arch), Sea Shore and Golden Sunset mini ink cubes, Dark Chocolate mini ink cube, Arched Sentiments stamp set and matching die, Memory Box Fairy Jewels, adhesive foam

I stencilled and stamped the arched floral design on an A2 panel of white cardstock, then trimmed it very slightly so that I could mat it with an Audrey Blue panel.  I cut out the arch from the stamped panel, and stamped the arch on the blue one, then popped up the white panel above the blue one.  To finish I stamped and die-cut the sentiment, and popped it also, then added 4 tiny jewels to the centers of the biggest flowers.

I wanted to use colors that would work for late summer into fall, and I really like this aqua and gold/orange combo! 

Thanks for stopping by - enjoy your day!

Garden Note

 Playing today with my old favorite Flower Garden cover die.

supplies: white and Cotton Candy cardstock, Hero Arts Flower Garden cover die, Simon Stitched Oval die, Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments stamp and matching die, enamel dots

I found these already-colored scraps in my basket; they were cut apart from the Flower Garden cover die at some time in the past.  So today I just affixed them to an oval with a sentiment and put it over a fresh cutting of the Flower Garden die, then backed it all with pink.  

This card makes me happy - hope it does the same for you!  Thank you for coming by today.

A Mix of New Things

 Today's card is a real mix of some new-for-me items that just recently came to live with me.  

supplies: white and Surf Blue cardstock, Simon's Picnic Floral embossing folder, Pink Fresh Studio Ornate Oval Frame, Sending Phrase Builder dies, Joyful Bouquet stamps and matching die, markers to color

I played a few days ago with the largest floral from the Joyful Bouquet set, but there are also 6 little sprigs in that set that can be colored.  Today I did just that, coloring them in warm tones, then adding 2 of them to this pretty frame and putting everything over a floral embossing folder.  The scale works well, and I like the blue mixed with the warm colors.

I think this works for the current Pink Fresh August Challenge, so I'll try my luck there!  It is called Beautiful Backgrounds.

Hope you're enjoying your Sunday, many thanks for stopping by today!

For My Sister

 Here's a card that I made for my sister's birthday yesterday.

supplies: white cardstock, Pink Fresh Studio Stitched Scallop Rectangle die, Stitches Background die, Joyful Bouquet stamp and matching die, markers to color, Hero Arts sentiment from Sending Love Mail, fishtail die from Boutique Accessories, small adhesive foam squares

I've had the matching die from when I bought the washi tape from the Joyful Bouquet suite, so I decided I "needed" the stamp set so that I could make my bouquet and little swags different colors.  I popped the frame, bouquet, and sentiment above the stitches background for a bit of dimension, and Simon's new little adhesive foam squares were the perfect size to do so!

I think this works for the current Pink Fresh August Challenge, so I'll try my luck there!  It is called Beautiful Backgrounds.

Hope your weekend is a lovely one!  Thanks for stopping by!

Simon Says.......Emboss It!

Welcome to the new challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog!

 The theme this week is "Emboss It!", and the team is featuring Tim Holtz products.  I took this as my cue to grab his 3D Impresslits Floral Frame.

supplies: Simon Cream and Slate cardstock, Tim Holtz Floral Frame 3D Impresslits die/embossing folder combo and a Small Talk sticker, silver metallic watercolor, (retired) Hero Arts Old Letter Writing background, clear embossing powder, purple ink and a blending brush, Picket Fence Studios Lavendar Frame sprigs, Zig markers and water to color them, adhesive foam

I began by cutting/embossing the frame from Slate cardstock - this tiny folder does both at the same time.  Then I wet my finger and applied some silver pearlescent paint to it to help bring out the details.  These lavender sprigs were the perfect size to put into the frame.  I made a background with an embossed script and found a combination of purple inks to compliment the lavender, scruffed up the edge of the panel with my finger nail, and then popped up the frame and added one of Sir Tim's stickers.  

Now it's your turn!  We have a $25.00 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!

Spellbinders Glimmer of the Month Kit for August: Illustrated Floral and Solid

 This month's kit is exciting to me because we get a pretty spray of flowers and matching die, a solid oval glimmer plate, and 2 sentiments that can be foiled, with dies to cut them out.  Here are my 2 cards using these new supplies, and black foil.

supplies: white and black cardstock, black and white Petite Patterns floral print, Spellbinders August Glimmer of the Month kit, black foil, Glimmer Hot Foil system, Platinum 6 machine

Did you know that you can get black foil?  That's useful for floral sprays like this that you want to be the center of your design; see my 2nd card.  This foil is not as metallic as most others, but it is shiny, so it's still a nice option for our foiling.

So for this card, I foiled the spray and one of the sentiments with black foil.  I set aside the floral image that resulted for my 2nd card, and placed the "used" black foil over the oval foiling plate and foiled again.  That foiled panel was trimmed to a smaller rectangle, matted in black, then placed onto the floral print background, along with the foiled sentiment which I trimmed out with its matching die.

For my 2nd card, I used the matching floral die to cut out the previously foiled floral spray and colored it with markers.  That was attached to a pretty lacey oval and then adhered to my card base which was inked in an oval shape.  To finish I just added a fussy-cut stamped sentiment.

supplies: white cardstock, August Glimmer of the Month floral spray, matching die, and black foil, Picot Petite Oval die, a retired sentiment from Tammy Tutterow's Tiny Sentiments

You can find all the information you'll need HERE to get this fun kit for yourself.  You'll have until August 28 to join the club, and you can "unjoin" at any time!  And don't forget that each month you'll also get a roll of glimmer foil!

Thanks for stopping by today - beginning of a new week AND a new month!  Enjoy!