Simon Says Stamp Moments in Time Release!

 Hey friends!  Popping in to share four cards that I made with a stamp set from the new Simon Says Stamp release called Moments in Time.    Simon was so generous and sent me the super versatile Banner Greetings stamp set.  Let's have a look at what I made.

First up is a sympathy card.  The stamp set has two different banners and then sentiments that fit inside. I used the Simon Says Stamp Etched Eucalyptus Wreath and the Blossom Swag embossing folder.  After embossing my panel I splattered it with watered down Bundled Sage distress ink.  The wreath was die cut from a mint green cardstock and vellum, layered and then adhered to the card front.  I stamped the banner and sentiment and trimmed it out.  I wish I had placed the banner a little bit differently, but overall happy with the design. 

I went with a more monochromatic look for this card.  I think it is perfect for a guy or a gal.  I die cut the Etched Berry Branch from dark gray cardstock and adhered it to a panel of light gray cardstock that I embossed with the Simon Says Stamp Geometric Lattice embossing folder.  The sentiment and banner were stamped on the same light gray cardstock as the embossed panel, trimmed out and adhered.  

This card happened because I already had the two little buttercups diecut!  I just needed to put them together, add some patterned paper, the sentiment and I was done.  I did add a little bit of interest by embossing the patterned paper panel with another Simon Says Stamp embossing folder.  I like the subtle look

This final card didn't start out being my favorite, but once I had it all put together I love it!  I started by stenciling a panel of white cardstock with a poppy stencil from Simon Says Stamp.  I used Candied Apple distress oxide ink.  I then die cut the panel with the Simon Says Stamp A2 Nesting Frames die set.  I die cut a panel of white carstock and adhered the frame.  I then die cut additional panels to fit behind the inner panel so that it would be slightly popped up from the frame.  I adhered that to my white panel.  Then I die cut the flower (SSS Sunrise Stem) from white cardstock, inked up just the flower with Candied Apple and adhered the pieces to my card front.  I stamped the banner and sentiment, trimmed it out and then inked up the banner with the residual ink on my blending brush.  The banner was adhered and I was done.  I like the rather striking and unusual look of this card. 

Well, that's it for me.  Don't forget to check out the release.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

wishing you lots of happy...

 Hello!  Spring is on the way and today I have a very spring like card to share with you!  I will be sending this card off to the following challenges:  Color Hues (white and green), Just Us Girls (dies/birthday), and Inkspirational (CAS).   Let's have a look at what I made.

At some point in the last several months I purchased the super sweet Chickadee Gathering embossing folder and die set from Simon Says Stamp, got it home and then promptly forgot about it.   It was sitting in a storage container on my desk waiting to be found and thankfully that happened as I was looking for just the right product to use for the Color Hues challenge!   I die cut some green patterned paper from 49 and Market with the chickadee dies, placed the cuts in the embossing folder and embossed them.  I then die cut a white panel of cardstock and embossed it with the folder.  I added two shades of green ink to my little chickadees and then adhered them to the embossed panel with thin foam squares.  The sentiments are from the Simon Says Stamp EZ Strips Happy Birthday stamp and die set.  I adhered the sentiments with thin foam squares, as well, and then added tiny green gems to finish things off.

Well, that's it for me.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

clean and simple birthday cards...

 Hello!  Popping in today with two cards for several different challenges.  Both cards ended up being very clean and simple and birthday cards.  Let's have a look at the first one. 

This card is for Freshly Made Sketches and Color Throwdown.  I wanted to use some of my stash that hadn't been out in a while.  I pulled out the Simon Says Stamp Fab Flower die set and to my surprise I had a set of the solid and outline flowers in brown in the envelope!  With that I had a start on this card.  I die cut the flowers from Hero Arts Peony Pink cardstock and another flower from PaperTrey Ink Dark Chocolate and then layered the flower as you see on the card.  Pulled out my oldie, but goldie Swiss Dot embossing folder for the background.  The sentiment is one from the EZ Strips Birthday stamp and die set from Simon Says Stamp.  I thought it would be fun to attach the sentiment as you see and I'm glad I did.  I really like it.  I added gems to the center of the flowers.  The gems are dark brown and pink, but only the brown one looks brown.  I adhered the panel to my cardstock base and I was done!

On to the next card!  This one is for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge (have a heart) and the JUGs challenge to use a die (heart).  

Again, I used an older product on this card, the Simon Says Stamp Deco Heart die set. I had some scraps of cardstock in shades of blue on my desk so I used those for the heart.   Just like the first card I didn't want a plain background so I pulled out the Simon Says Stamp Blossom Swag embossing folder to add the interest.  I placed the heart on its side inside the swag and then added the sentiments, also from the EZ Strips Birthday stamp and die set.  Those two products are really getting a work out, lol!  I really like how this card turned out.   

Well, that is it for me!  Thanks for stopping by and have a wondeful day!

It's DieCember!

 Hello!  Happy first day of December (what???!! where did the year go??!!) and the first day of Simon Says Stamp DieCember!  Today I have two cards to share that I created with the new Scripty Thinking of You die that Simon Says Stamp generously sent to me.  If you make it to the end of the blog post you will find information on how you can get a free Simon Says Stamp product (value $24.99) for a qualifying purchase.  Now, let's have a look at what I created.

This first card is super simple.  I die cut a piece of patterned paper and then embossed it with the super pretty Blossom Swag embossing folder.  I added this to a dark red cardstock base.  The Scripty Thinking of You die consists of the words (all one piece!) and a shadow die.  I die cut the words die from the same dark red cardstock I used for the base three times, adhered them together and then added it to my card front.  While the card is very simple I think the neutral embossed background allows the sentiment to really shine.

With Thanksgiving behind us we are now into the Christmas season.  I know that some people aren't necessarily in the mood for Christmas, but want to be remembered.  I thought that a "thinking of you" card with a Christmas theme would be perfect.  I used papers and ephemera from the 49 and Market Evergreen Season collection for my card.  I even used some of the paper to die cut out the words and shadow.  I layered a frame from one of the ephemera packs on die cut patterned paper.  I then popped up my sentiment in the center.  Some laser cuts were tucked into opposing corners and a sentiment from an older (but favorite) Simon Says Stamp set was added down below.  I kept the sentiment small to keep the emphasis on the "thinking of you".  I love how this turned out.  Going to add this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes.

Now for the information I mentioned at the start of my post.   This offer is good only on December 1, 2024 until 11:59 pm EST. 

If you want to see the entire DieCember release, please click the Simon Says Stamp affiliate link in my sidebar.  Any purchases made using my affiliate link are truly appreciated.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

you got this...

 Hello!  Popping in with a quick share of a card that I made for Freshly Made Sketches and Color Throwdown.   I will also add this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.  Let's have a look at what I made.

I used products from two different Simon Says Stamp card kits.   The sentiment and the die cut flowers are from one kit and the embossing folder is from another.   I believe the kits are the August and June kits, but I'm not entirely sure, lol!  Anyway.  I did some inkblending on the die cut flowers using Pinkfresh Studio Lemon Whip and Sparkling Rose inks.  I used Pinkfresh Studio Grassy Knoll for the stems.  I adhered the flowers together using thin foam squares and liquid adhesive.   The little "string" tied around the flowers is from the Greetery and was die cut from patterned paper, as was the green love and the strip along the side.  All the papers are from P13's the Four Seasons: Summer 6x6 pad.   For a little more interest I embossed the white panel using and embossing folder from the Simon Says Stamp June kit.  I finished with a sentiment from the August kit stamp set and a few little sequins in green, yellow and pink.

That's it for me.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Joyeux Noel...

 Hello!  Hope you are staying cool in your part of the world.  It has been pretty warm in my corner of the world, but things are supposed to cool down a bit this week.  I hope so!   Anywhoo, I have a card to share for Freshly Made Sketches and Color Throwdown.  Let's have a look.

In a recent order from Scrapbook.com I got the super cute and very tiny Waffle Flower die and stencil set called Postage Poinsettia so I just had to use it.  And given that the CTD colors are red, yellow and green it was absolutely perfect for the challenge.  I stenciled it three times, stamped each one with postage images from the Waffle Flower Postage Collage stamp set and then die cut each one with the matching die.  I embossed a white cardstock panel with the Simon Says Stamp Holly Branch embossing folder and then used my Waffle Flower 0+ blender brushes to add green to the holly leaves and red to the berries.  I turned the sketch on it's side to create a landscape card rather than a portrait one and attached the three "postage stamps" using thin foam squares.  I finished with the sentiment that I found in my stash that I foiled several years ago using red foil.    Now I have one more Christmas card to add to my small stash!

Well, that's it for me!  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

Let's Celebrate You!

 Hello!  I'm popping in with a pretty and romantic looking card that I created for Freshly Made Sketches and JUGs challenges.   Let's have a look at what I created.

Lately, Simple Stories has had several paper collections that I have really, really liked and so I have picked up a couple of them.  The most recent is the Simple Stories Simple Vintage Spring Garden.  I got the 6x8 paper pad and a pack of ephemera because the pieces in it are just so beautitful!  I used both to create my card today.   Another thing I have been into lately is adding texture to my cards.   Like alot of papercrafters I have more than several embossing folders, but I don't often use them.  They are perfect for adding texture and so I used the Simon Says Stamp Blossom Field embossing folder to emboss the pink gingham paper I chose from the pad.  I added more texture by applying Glossy Accents in certain spots on the flowers, butterfly and bees and then covering the Glossy Accents with Distress Rock Candy glitter.   The glitter is very subtle, but pretty.

In this photo you can see the Rock Candy glitter a little bit better.  I adhered the background with double sided tape and then added the flowers, butterfly and bees with different heights of foam squares.  I finished with a sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Sweet Birthday stamp set.  

That's it for me!  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Simon Says Stamp Celebrate Release!

 Hello!  Simon Says Stamp's Celebrate release is now available on their website!  Simon Says Stamp was so kind and sent me a new stamp set called Simple Wedding Wishes.  I created two cards using this sweet set.  You can find the entire release here.  

I was in an "aqua state of mind" when I made both cards, lol.   It all started with this card when I decided to create a simple watercolor background using a Nuvo Aquaflow pen in the color Aqua!  I stamped the background using the Simon Says Stamp Heart to Heart background stamp on watercolor cardstock using watermark ink and the heat set with white embossing powder.  I got the panel wet, scribbled on some color and then blended it out.   While the panel dried I heat embossed a sentiment from the CZ Designs/Simon Says Stamp You Did stamp set on vellum.  That was die cut with the Simon Says Stamp A2 Nesting Frames die set.   The embossed panel was die cut and then I added a frame that I die cut from the dark aqua cardstock using the second largest A2 Nesting Frames die.  I used liquid adhesive to adhere my vellum panel to the hearts panel.  I finished with two sentiments from the Simple Wedding Wishes embossed in white on the dark aqua cardstock. 

On the first card my aqua had a more green hue to it.  With this card I went with a more blue aqua.  I started by die cutting the light aqua blue panel with a rectangle die and the embossing the panel with the Simon Says Stamp Blossom Field 3d embossing folder.  I used the little vellum frame that was left over after I die cut the vellum panel on the first card for this card to frame up my little bundle of flowers that I made using the Simon Says Stamp Flower Bundle die set.  I used kraft cardstock for the wrapper and vellum for leaf stems.  I used a soft green for the other stems and more blue aqua for the flowers.  I finished with the sentiment from the Simple Wedding Wishes.  

Make sure to check out the release over on the Simon Says Stamp website.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

you are loved...

 Hello!  I'm popping in with a card for several challenges:  Freshly Made Sketches, Color Throwdown and the Tic Tac Toe challenge.   I don't think I have ever participated in the Tic Tac Toe challenge, but when I saw Lisa from My Paper Tales' card for the challenge I had to play along!  This is what I created:

The CTD colors this week are so bright and pretty.  I mean who doesn't love pink, yellow and green together?  It just says spring and so does the pretty You Are Loved stamp and die set from PaperTrey Ink.  It was one of my purchases when I won a gift certificate during the February release.   I used Pinkfresh Studio inks to do all of the stamping.   For the tic tac toe portion of the challenge I went with the bottom row of foliage, embossing and critter.  My critter is the tiny dragonfly perched on the wreath.  Hope that is sufficient!  I hadn't originally planned to emboss the background, but like I said I was inspired to do it because of Lisa.  I used a Simon Says Stamp embossing folder Blossom Field for the background.   The FMS layout calls for a square, but I rarely do square cards so I went with my usual A2 size.   

Well, that's it for me.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

turquoise flower...

 Hello!  Popping in with a card for a few challenges:  Freshly Made Sketches, Color Hues and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.  Couldn't resist the lovely Color Hues combo so I pulled out a pretty Memory Box floral die and made this:

Memory Box recently came out with 6x6 pads of beautiful color coordinated cardstocks.  I used the Lagoon and Greenery 6x6 pads to die cut my flower and leaves from.   The arched die cut is also from Memory Box.  After I die cut it from white cardstock I die cut it in half for the split element from the FMS layout.  After adhering all the pieces of the flower together I layered everything to a white cardstock panel that I embossed with a sweet floral embossing folder from Simon Says Stamp.  The embossing folder is a 3d one, but I ran it through my die cutting machine with only the embossing folder and my base plate.  The image was embossed, but not deeply and I really liked it.  I finished the card with a new Open Studio Greeting Tab Happy Birthday sentiment and some turquoise fairy jewels.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Blue Christmas...

 Hello, hello!  Boy it sure has been awhile since I last posted.  To be honest I haven't really felt like making cards lately.   I have been doing alot of stitching, though, lol!   But, I have made a card for the following challenges:  Paper Players, Freshly Made Sketches and Color Throwdown.   Also adding this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge to use dies.

I used the Fresh Air Holiday Tree set from the Simon Says Stamp October release for my blue and aqua card.  I learned that the best way to get all the layers correct is to die cut the tree image and then line up all the layers.  Works like a charm!  I started with a really light aqua ink and unfortunately you really can't see it in the photo.  The next layer is more of a true aqua and the final layer is a dark blue.  I used Altenew Fresh Inks Dew Drops and Aqualicious for the aqua layers and Pinkfresh Studio Stargazer for the dark blue.  There are two additional layering images in the set.  One adds a garland and the other little dots.  I went with the little dots layer.  I used watermark ink, applied gold embossing powder and heat set.  The star was also embossed in gold.  The sentiment was stamped in the Stargazer blue.  Die cut the star and sentiment with dies from the set.  I embossed dark blue cardstock with a Simon Says Stamp snowflake embossing folder and then swiped the top of the piece with gold ink before adhereing it to my white cardstock rectangle.  I layered on the rest of the elements and then added the panel to a white cardstock base.  Clean and simple!

Thats it for me!  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

More Christmas cards...

 Hello!  Popping in with a couple more Christmas cards to share.  The first card is for the Paper Players challenge to create a clean and simple card with a tag on it.  I also used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches so will post it there.  Take a look.

I made the tag several years ago for Ellen Hutson's annual Christmas tag challenge.  I used one of her stamp sets for the images.  I don't know which one because I was too lazy to dig through everything and find it, lol!  Anyway, I stamped a starry background on watercolor paper and then did a galaxy background with watercolors.  I die cut the tag from that and then added a little snowy hill for the deer to stand on.  The deer was stamped, embossed and then watercolored, too.  Die cut with the matching dies.  I stamped and embossed the moon on vellum.  Die cut it and then added some sparkle with glitter glue (I think!)  Finished with the sentiments and some sparkly eyelash twine.   For the sketch I added some strips of patterned paper from La La Land Crafts that went well with my tag.  The back panel was embossed with a Simon Says Stamp snowflake embossing folder.   Adding this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge to make it sparkle.

My second card is for the Color Throwdown challenge and I used a Stampin Up! stamp and die set that I recently purchased.  Take a look.

I stamped the sentiment using Memento Pear Tart and then applied the same ink to white cardstock to create matching cardstock.  That was die cut with a Memory Box arched die.  The smaller arched die was cut from dark green cardstock and stamped with an image from the stamp set using a dark green ink.  I adhered the sentiment and then added the little pine branches that I die cut from black metallic cardstock using a die from the coordinating Stampin Up! die set.  The little berries were also die cut from the cardstock that I created with the direct to paper inking.  I added some glossy accents to them for a little shine.

That's it for me.  Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

SSS Season of Wonder Release!

 Hello!  Hope your October is off to a great start.  Simon Says Stamp has a new release called Season of Wonder now available in the shop.  You can see the full release here.   Simon was so kind and sent me the super pretty layering stamp set called Fresh Air Holiday Tree.  Take a look at what I made.

What do you think of my pink tree?  This is actually the third card I made with the stamp set.  Sadly, the first card didn't make the cut.  I used distress inks in Spun Sugar, Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry.   After I stamped all the layers, I decided that I wanted to add some embossing, but I had removed the final layering stamp from my stamping tool.  Then I remembered that you can add embossing powder to distress ink before it completely dries.   So, I applied some SSS Rainbow Sparkle embossing powder, created a mess removing the excess and then heat set it.   The embossing powder only stuck in random sections of the top layer.  That happened to be the Picked Raspberry and I love how it deepened the color in some areas.  I die cut the piece and adhered it to a panel of light pink cardstock that I embossed with a Simon Says Stamp snowflake embossing folder.  I then added some Tim Holtz Idea-ology mirror stars.  The sentiment is from a different Simon Says Stamp set called Holiday Gift Giving.  I tried using the sentiments from the Fresh Air Holiday Tree set, but the sentiments are curved and when I stamped one of the sentiments on the first card panel, I made I just didn't like the look.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink (after trying it in Picked Raspberry) and then die cut it with the matching die.  I love this tree in pink!

For this card I used traditional Christmas colors when stamping my trees.  I used Altenew Fresh inks in Evergreen, Forest Glade and Frayed Leaf.   There are two additional layers in the stamp set that will add the tiny ornaments or a scalloped banner.  I added the small ornaments on both trees with dark red ink and then added Stickles in Frosted Lace on top.   The sentiment is also from the Holiday Gift Giving set, as well.  This time I stamped it in the red I used for the ornaments and then die cut it with the matching die.  The Holiday Gift Giving set has a stamp that creates the look of falling snow.  I stamped that at the top of the panel with watermark ink, added the Rainbow Sparkle embossing powder (that time I didn't make a mess, lol!) and heat set it.  The stars were stamp with Altenew Fresh ink in Sunray.  Adhered my panel to a white cardstock base with foam tape and then added the sentiment.   Two Christmas cards down... more to come, lol!

Affiliate linked products used:

Fresh Air Holiday Tree stamp set

Fresh Air Holiday Tree stamp and die set

Fresh Air Holiday Tree die set

Season of Wonder Release 

Holiday Gift Giving stamp set

Holiday Gift Giving die set

Holiday Gift Giving stamp and die set

Altenew Frayed Leaf Fresh Ink

Altenew Forest Glade Fresh Ink

Altenew Evergreen Fresh Ink

Altenew Sunray Fresh Ink

Simon Says Stamp Faceted Snowflake Embossing Folder

VersaMark Watermark Ink

Spun Sugar Distress Ink

Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink

Picked Raspberry Distress Ink

VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne Ink

MISTI Stamping Tool

Spellbinders Platinum 6

Hope you will check out the release.  Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Simon Says Stamp Dear Friend Release!

 Hello!  Hope your week is going well.  There is a new release available on the Simon Says Stamp website and it is amazing!  Please check it out the Dear Friend release here.  Simon was so kind and sent me the lovely Fancy Hello die to create with.  I have two cards to share so let's have a look. 

The first card features the Fancy Hello die against a background created with the Simon Says Stamp Folk Art Flowers background stamp.  I have had this background stamp for awhile and thought it was perfect to use with the die.   The flowers pop out so you can ink up the leaves in one color and then stamp.  Place the flowers back into the background, ink them up and then stamp again.  It was a little tricky, but I got it done, lol!  I die cut the Fancy Hello from Simon Says Stamp glossy black cardstock multiple times and adhered them together.  The shade portion of the die set was cut from vellum so you can still see all the stamping in the background.  I finished with a sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Sunflower Garden stamp set and lots of yellow Nuvo drops.  I'm going to pop this card into the challenge at We Love Stamping as it fits the theme of "in the garden". 

For the second card I used the Simon Says Stamp Terrace Floral embossing folder and die combo.  I embossed the background on watercolor cardstock and then watercolored the image that you can cut out with the matching die.  The backround was embossed a second time in white and then I added the die cut piece.  It doesn't look like it, but I did die cut the hello from dark brown cardstock.   I cut several hellos, adhered them together and then added them to the card front.  

Here is a list of all the Simon Says Stamp products used to create my cards with affiliate links.  Using my links allows me to earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Please know that I truly appreciate it when you decide to use my links. 

Dear Friend release

Hello Fancy die

Terrace Floral Embossing folder/die cut

Folk Art Flower stamp

Sunflower Garden stamp set

Glossy Black cardstock

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!