Hello friends! Simon Says Stamp has a brand new release out today called Rain or Shine! We definitely have the rain part going on here in the Pacific Northwest. Hopefully the shine part will show up soon, lol! Simon Says Stamp was so kind and sent me the sweet Farm Life stamp set to create with. Let's have a look at what I made.
Hey there! Hope you had a great week! I'm popping in with a thank you card that I made with the super fun Simon Says Stamp January card kit called Snow Much. I used the layout from Freshly Made Sketches for my card so I will be posting it there, as well as over at Inspired By challenge which just so happens to be about snowmen! And since I am using new products for my card I will be adding it to the gallery at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge. I started by stamping one of the snowmen from the set on white cardstock with VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink and then colored him with Prisma color pencils. Once I was done I trimmed him out. I die cut papers that are from with AJVD Stitched Dot Rectangle dies and layered them on a light blue cardstock base (cardstock from the kit). The sentiment was stamped on the top rectangle using VersaFine CLAIR Twilight ink. Strips of coordinating cardstock were adhered to the card front. I coiled a length of silver thread on the strips and then adhered the snowman on top using foam tape. 
Hello! The weekend is here! I hope you have some fun plans. I'm popping in with a couple of cards that I have made over the last few day. First up is a card for Freshly Made Sketches. I recently ordered a few things from Honey Bee Stamps and received a little card with my order that can be colored. I decided to try my hand at coloring with grays using the card. I pulled out my Prisma Color pencils and found three compatible grays and got to coloring up the flowers. Once I finished with the flowers I found a green that was in the gray family, as well and a light yellow that I toned down even more with a white pencil. I trimmed the panel just a bit once I was done. I adhered some black cardstock that I embossed with an embossing folder to a light gray cardstock base and then added my panel. I have to admit that I really pleased with how things turned out!
The second card is for Color Throwdown and CAS(E) this Sketch. When I saw the CTD color palette I immediately thought of one of the Starbucks Christmas mugs that you can find in their stores. They are so pretty and feature I stylized poinsettia on them so I decided to make a poinsettia for my card. I just love poinsettias! I pulled out my AJVD Poinsettia die set to create the poinsettia using red and aqua cardstock. Once the flower was created I added strips of silver glitter cardstock to a white cardstock base. I placed my flower on the card where I wanted it and then placed my sentiment stamp. The flower was removed, the sentiment was stamped using VersaFine CLAIR Tulip ink and then I adhered the flower. Love the super clean and simple design.
Hello there!! I have a little card to share that I made with a fun stamp set from MFT called Meant to Bee. I have had my eye on this stamp set ever since it came out a few months ago and finally got the chance to make it mine! Sadly, the dies were sold out, but it was super easy to just fussy cut the images. I stamped the images on some PTI rustic white cardstock and then colored them with the Prisma pencils you see in the photo. I really like how the little bee hive turned out. I can definitely see some improvement in my coloring skills... practice, practice, practice!! I cut down another piece of rustic white cardstock and ink blended some Wild Honey distress oxide ink onto the panel. Once that was done I placed the panel into a honey comb embossing folder and did some partial embossing in the ink blended area. The panel was then die cut with an AJVD rectangle die. The sentiment was stamped on a scrap of rustic white and trimmed out. I adhered everything as you see and then finished the card off with pale yellow Pretty Pink Posh sequins. The layout is based on the current MFT sketch so I will be linking up there, as well as over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge. It is anything goes this time around. 
