Simon Says - Hoppy Birthday

Hello my friends, Spring has definitely arrived in my little corner of the planet, blue skies and warm sunshine for a week or so and I've been spending lots of time tidying up in the garden, getting ready for planting up lots of pots with summer colour and giving the lawn it's first haircut of 2025. But I did manage to sneak into the cubbyhole and make some cute Spring birthday cards using Simon Says Hoppy Birthday 4" x 6" stamp set, the co-ordinating dies, the beautiful Argyle Builder set of stencils and pastel shades of Distress Oxide inks.

I die-cut Distress Watercolor card using Simon Says Postage Edge Wafer dies to create 2 - 3.1/2" x 4.3/4" panels.

I used Simon Says Argyle Builder set of 3 stencils to colour the panels with Spun Sugar, Cracked Pistachio and Scattered Straw Distress Oxide inks, applied with Simon Says Round Detail Blending Brushes and used Simon Says Intense Black ink with the third stencil to add the stitched detail.

I inked the floral cluster from Simon Says Hoppy Birthday 4" x 6" stamp set, inked with Simon Says Intense Black ink and stamped on to the panels. I stamped the bunny and heart from the stamp set on to a scrap of Distress Watercolor card, inked with Spun Sugar and Scattered Straw Distress Oxide ink, stamped the floral cluster over the bunnies and die-cut using the matching Hoppy Birthday set of water dies. I coloured a scrap of Distress Watercolor with the same Distress Oxide colours, stamped the sentiment and die-cut.

I trimmed Mini Pom Poms to create a flat back and fixed to the bunnies using Distress Collage Medium

I fixed the bunnies, sentiments and hearts in place with Simon Says 3D foam squares, matted the panel on to white card, trimmed to 3.1/2" x 4.3/4"", matted again on to Cotton Candy and Lemon Chiffon Simon Says Cardstock trimmed to 3.2/4" x 5" and fixed to A2 white card blanks. To finish I added Ranger Glossy Accents to the hearts.

Hugs Kath xxx