You Are My Favorite Blog Hop - Day 2

Hi my friends, welcome to my stop on Day 2 of the Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop for the You Are My Favorite Favorite release.  I'm thrilled to be joining lots of talented friends and designers to share inspiration using products from this fabulous release and you can check out all the products in the release HERE.

Simon Says Stamp has a blog hop exclusive give-away, the Sunny Fern Emboss and Cut folder will be automatically added to your cart that contains $30 or more of You Are My Favorite release products! This gift with purchase will expire 4/27 at 11:59 pm EDT or while supplies last.

Simon Says are also giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop so make sure you leave a comment on each participant's blog to be in with a chance of winning. The winners will be chosen and posted on Simon Says Stamp Blog on Wednesday April 30th, and if you are a lucky winner, you can e-mail Simon Says Stamp to claim your prize. 

I created a Spring themed card using the beautiful Big Botanicals 6" x 8" stamp set with two of my favourite Distress colours, Bundled Sage and Dusty Concord.

I trimmed Distress Watercolor card to 4" x 5.1/4", smooshed Bundled Sage and Dusty Concord Distress Oxide ink pads on to the craft mat on my White Glass Media Mat and spritzed with water. I dragged the panel through the inks, dried and tapped back in to pick up the remaining ink droplets repeatedly until I was happy with the background.

I stamped the large tulip image, moths and small icon images from the Big Botanicals 6" x 8" stamp set, inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne and Dusty Concord Distress Oxide inks. I coloured the tulip image using Dusty Concord, Villainous Potion and Bundled Sage Distress Oxide inks and a Distress Detailer Water Brush.

I stamped the sentiment banner from the stamp set on to a scrap of Distress Watercolor card, inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink, coloured the centre with Dusty Concord Distress Oxide ink using the Distress Detailer Waterbrush, stamped the sentiment and fussy cut to leave a small white border around the edge. I fixed in place popped up on Simon Says Foam Squares and added the second sentiment using Simon Says Bold Birthday Acetate Sentiment Strips.

I re-stamped the tulip image, coloured as before, fussy cut and fixed in place with Simon Says Thin Foam Squares to create dimension.

I dragged the Versafine Clair Nocturne ink pad along the edges of the panel and fixed to an A2 white card blank. To finish I added Simon Says Pawsitively Black Dazzling Gems.

If you arrived from the very talented Caryn Davies,  you are in the right place but if you happen to get lost along the way, the list of participants below will help you get back on track.

Simon Says Stamp Blog  
Nina-Marie Trapani
Suzy Plantamura
Laura Bassen
Cathy Zielske
Nichol Spohr
Amy Rysavy
Debby Hughes
Heather Ruwe
Bibi Cameron
Sandi MacIver
Alberto Gava
Caryn Davies
Kath Stewart (You are Here)
Revati Panickar
Carol Hintermeier

You'll find more inspiration from the release on Simon Says Stamp You Are My Favorite Gallery HERE and if you make anything with the release, we would love you to share with us all in the Gallery. There is also more fabulous inspiration for you from Day 1 of the Blog Hop HERE. In the meantime, I'm off to make myself a cuppa, find a comfy sofa and enjoy an afternoon of blog hopping and being inspired by all the makes.

Hugs Kath xxx