Simon Says - Hello Sunshine

Hello my friends, well here we are at the last day of April already and I'm sharing another card made with the Celestial Wishes stamp set included in the Simon Says May Card Kit. The kit is still available to buy at time of writing or if you wish you can purchase individual items from the kit HERE. In a way this is a wishful thinking kind of a card because after weeks of non stop rain, wind, hail and even snow, I'm definitely ready to say hello to some sunshine.

I smooshed the Iced Spruce Distress Oxide ink pad on to my craft mat on my Glass Media Mat and spritzed with water to create a light neutral background. I inked the leaves from the Celestial Wishes stamp set with the same ink pad, spritzed with water and stamped along the bottom of the panel.

I stamped the circle and sunburst from the stamp set, inked with the Zest Mini Pawsitively Saturated Ink cube included in the kit.

I tapped Zest, Terracotta and Mocha Pawsitively Saturated inks on to the dragonfly stamp from the card kit using Simon Says Round Detail Blending Brushes and stamped on to Distress Watercolor card.

I fussy cut the image and fixed to the panel with Distress Collage Medium, applying the adhesive to the body only and pulled up the wings to create dimension.

I die-cut the word Hello from Distress Watercolor card using Simon Says C Designs Hello wafer die and coloured as before with Zest and Terracotta Pawsitively Saturated ink cubes.

I die-cut the word twice more and layered to create dimension. I die-cut the shadow from Simon Says Vellum and fixed the die-cut word in place with Distress Collage Medium.

I decided that the circle sun didn't stand out on the panel so I re-stamped it on to a scrap of Distress Watercolor card, inked with Zest Pawsitively Saturated ink and shaded one side with Terracotta.

I die-cut the circle using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Stacked Circle Thinlits.

I fixed the circle and word die-cuts to the panel using Distress Collage Medium and added splatters of the Terracota Pawsitively Saturated ink.

To finish I trimmed the panel to 4" x 5.1/4", matted on to an A2 white card blank and added a word sticker from my stash and Simon Says Pawsitively Dazzling Gems, also included in the kit.

Have fun with whatever you're making

Hugs Kath xxx

Simon Says - Feminine

Hi Everyone...welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Thank you for joining us for last week's challenge and we hope you can join us this week too because

and the theme for this week is...

FEMININE

I created cards with a feminine theme using 49andMarket Spectrum Gardenia Classic papers for the backgrounds, Sizzix/49andMarket Painted Pencil Butterflies stamps and dies and Hello You Sentiments, decorated with Tim Holtz/Sizzix Vault Boutique Thinlits and Idea-ology Snapshots Vol 2.

I trimmed papers from 49andMarket Spectrum Gardenia Classic Collection to 3.1/2" x 6" and fixed to white card blanks covered with Distress Black HeavyStock.

I stamped the splatter and dots image from Sizzix/49andMarket Hello You Sentiments stamp set, inked with Peeled Paint and Dusty Concord Distress Oxide inks and Black Soot Distress Archival ink.

I die-cut the doily 3 times from Distress Watercolor card using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Vault Boutique Thinlits.

I die-cut the frame using the Vault Boutique Thinlits from Distress Black HeavyStock and the photos from Ideaology Snapshots Vol 2 to fit the frames.

I fixed the doilies to the card panels with Distress Collage Medium and added the frames and photos.  I die-cut the frames again from Distress Grey Two Tone Woodgrain card and fixed on to the original frames slightly offset to create a shadow.

I stamped the sentiments from Sizzix/49andMarket Hello You Sentiments stamp set, inked with Black Soot Distress Archival ink on to the card panels. I also stamped the sentiments on to Distress Black HeavyStock, inked with Distress Embossing ink, sprinkled with Simon Says White Detail Embossing Powder, heat set, trimmed and fixed to the panels with Distress Collage Medium.

To create the butterflies, I spritzed the solid image butterfly from Sizzix/49andMarket Painted Butterflies stamp set with water, dipped the Peeled Paint Distress Watercolor Pencil in water, scribbled the colour over the stamp, stamped on to Distress Watercolor card and dried. I repeated with the second layering image also coloured with the Peeled Paint Distress Watercolor Pencil. I stamped the third layering stamp, coloured with the Wilted Violet Distress Watercolor Pencil and dried. To finish I stamped the outline image on top, inked with Black Soot Distress Archival ink. I played around with a combination of the two colours to create 3 butterflies.

I die-cut the butterflies with the die that is included with the stamps and fixed to the panel with Simon Says Black foam squares to create dimension.

You can find all the products I used over at Simon Says Stamp, just click on the links below

Why don't you pop over to the Monday Challenge Blog and check out the amazing creations from my very talented Design Team mates and as always you have until Monday 8am Ohio time...1pm UK time...2pm CET to join in with the chance to win a $25 voucher to spend online at Simon Says Stamp

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please add #sssmchallenge to your entry uploads so we can see them on there too

I look forward to seeing what you create this week...

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx

Sizzix + 49andMarket

Hello my friends, Sizziz and 49andMarket have come together and released a fabulous collection of stamps and dies which are right up my mixed media street and combined with 49andMarket Spectrum Gardenia Classic papers as ready made backgrounds, I had a fun time creating a trio of easy peasy, quick to make, encouragement cards.

I used 49andMarket Spectrum Gardenia Classic 6" x 8" papers trimmed to 3.3/4" x 5.1/4" and stamped the images from Painted Pencil Butterflies 666634, die-cut with the dies included with the stamp set and stamped the sentiments from the Hello Sentiments stamp set 666630

I'll be back soon to share more makes with other products from the release. Have fun with whatever you're making.

Hugs Kath xxx

Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous - Abstract Florals

Hello my friends, I'm back to share a trio of cards I made for the YouTube Live launch of Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous new stamps and stencils using Abstract Florals. I love the bold statement these beautiful images make on a card and decided to keep the background fairly simple using Alcohol Inks.

I trimmed Ranger White Yupo to create 3 - 4" x 5.1/4" panels, stamped the images and sentiments from Abstract Florals, inked with Black Soot Distress Archival ink, sprinkled with Ranger Black Embossing Powder and heat set. The Yupo is a plastic substrate and is prone to warping when heated, so I made sure my heat gun was good and hot and kept it moving until the powder melted.

I added drops of Dijon and Moss Alcohol inks with a little Blending Solution to the felt pad on a Mini Round Blending Tool and pounced on to the panels.

I matted the panels on to Distress Black HeavyStock trimmed 1/8" larger and added dots to mimic the dots around the images using a Sakura Black Glaze Pen.

To finish I matted the panels on to top and side folding A2 white card blanks.

Hugs Kath xxx

Simon Says May Card Kit - Thank You

Hello my friends, I'm back to share another card with the products from Simon Says Stamp Celestial Wishes May Card Kit using the Celestial Wishes stamp set and Warm Tones Pawsitively Dazzling Gems. You can check out the contents of the kit or if you wish, purchase individual items from the kit HERE.

This was such an easy quick one layer card that I forgot to take step-by-step photos during the making process. I trimmed Neenah 110lb white card included in the kit to 4" x 5.1/4", stamped the large leaf image from the Celestial Wishes 6" x 8" stamp set repeatedly down the left side of the panel, inked with Celery, Pearfection and Field Pawsitively Saturated Inks from the Green Meadows Mini Ink Cube set. I spritzed the stamp each time with water before stamping to create a watercolour effect.

I stamped the dragonfly and sentiment from the stamp set, inked with Simon Says Intense Black Ink, smooshed Pearfection and Field Mini Ink Cubes on to my Glass Media Mat, spritzed with water and added splatters.

I smooshed the Pearfection and Terracotta Pawsitively Saturated Mini Ink cubes on to my Glass Media Mat, spritzed with water and used a small watercolour brush to colour the dragonfly.

I added the gold gems from the Warm Tones Pawsitively Dazzling Gems, also included in the kit.

To finish I matted the panel on to Simon Says Green Leaf cardstock trimmed 1/8" larger and fixed to an A2 White card blank.

Have fun with whatever you are creating.

Hugs Kath xxx