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Loving Thoughts Daisy card

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I am happy to be sharing a project featuring sentiments from the Simon Says Stamp Loving Thoughts stamp set and coordinating dies . I have used this sentiment with a lovely layered daisy stencil set. I began by placing a quarter sheet of white cardstock on a craft tacky mat to hold the stencil in place while I used distress oxide to apply ink with a blender brush.  I did not have to apply ink to the daisy head stencil. I wanted to leave it white. I then trimmed down the stenciled panel to fit an A2 size card base. I wanted to leave a white border and room at the bottom for a sentiment. I tied some burlap twine around the bottom part of the panel. I then stamped the sentiment in clear ink on white cardstock and and added gold embossing powder over it. After shaking off the excess and pouring it back into the container, I heat set the stamped sentiment and used the coordinating die to cut it out and added it to the bottom of the card using foam squares. I just love layering stencil s...
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Paper Artsy Quite Quirky

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 Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  Quite Quirky! We are featuring products from Paper Artsy . You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would to see what you make. As always just for entering you will be eligible for the drawing of a  $25 voucher to the Simon store! This week I am going out of my comfort zone and using a new medium. I am going to create two stenciled backgrounds using Paper Artsy Watermelon Chalk Acrylic paint and a sponge dauber. I just love the results! I made two cards two different ways. I started with an A2 white card base made from smooth white cardstock for both.  Chalk paint was a new medium for me so I did a little research on how to use it. I chose to stencil both cards using the chalk paint using a make up sponge. I found using a low tack adhesive spray helped keep the dainty stencil in place and prevented bleeding. Using a make up spon...
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Blossom Burst Thanks card

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I am happy to be sharing a project featuring the beautiful Blossom Burst embossing folder from the Simon Says Stamp Happy Camper release. I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then ran more white cardstock trimmed to fit the card base through the embossing folder. I colored each flower using gray, yellow and blue copic markers. I used the same the blue copic marker to colorr a piece of white cardstock to fit the shadow of the Thanks die. I then cut the Thanks from white cardstock 3 times for thickness that I adhered together with liquid glue. I stamped the sub-sentiment and die cut it using a sentiment strip die.  I hope you enjoyed the project I have made and got some inspiration. I have listed the supplies I used if you are interested. Thank you for stopping by and happy crafting! Supplies:
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Simon Says Stamp Happy Camper Blog Hop - Day 1

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I'm so happy to be participating in day 1 of the Simon Says Stamp Happy Camper Blog Hop.  This post will have lots of inspiration, giveaways and a special offer for this blog hop👇👇   The project I am sharing today features the new Confetti Butterflies embossing folder and the Confetti Butterflies coordinating die set. The base of this card is an A2 size cut from smooth white cardstock. I then cut another piece of white cardstock using a stitched rectangle die. I masked off each side of this panel with post-it tape and created a background with a polka dot stencil and distress ink. I then used the coordinating butterfly dies to cut several butterflies from white cardstock and then I placed them in the embossing folder and ran it through my die cut machine to add the wonderful texture to the wings. I colored the wings with copic markers. (I listed the colors below) I cut the bodies of the butterflies out of gold cardstock for a little shine. I also used gold embossing pow...
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Simon Says Stamp Happy Camper Release Day

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It's release day! I am sharing a project featuring the ILYSM die and coordinating stamps from the new Simon Says Stamp Happy Camper release .  Please click HERE if you would like to see the entire new release. This fun card came together so easy. I used a scalloped circle die to cut white flowers and a circle punch for the orange centers. I used a white gel pen and added a bit of detail to each flower. I then used a leaf die to add a green leaf to each flower. I used foam squares to adhered the flowers and leaves to a square panel of yellow cardstock which was trimmed to fit an A2 size card base. I then trimmed off the overhanging flowers and layered the yellow panel onto a coral panel and adhered that to the card base. Last, I cut the ILYSM letters from the die set 3 times from white cardstock and added them under the yellow floral panel. I used a phrase from the coordinating stamp set for my sub-sentiment. I hope you enjoyed the project I made and got some inspiration.  I...
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Penny Black Anything Goes

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Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~ Anything Goes! We are featuring products from Penny Black . You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would to see what you make. As always just for entering you will be eligible for the drawing of a  $25 voucher to the Simon store! This week I am featuring the adorable Ripple Circle Frames from Penny Black . I just knew I had to have this fun circle die set. For this project I will be using the frame to make a shaker element. I used dye inks and a stencil set to create a fun floral background on white cardstock. I trimmed it down to fit an A2 size card base with a bit of a white border. Next I cut one of the wavy circle dies three times from white cardstock and added a piece of acetate to create the frame for my shaker element. I adhered them all together with liquid glue and added foam strips to the back. I used clear and iridescent sequins...
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Hey Friend Birdie card

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Hello crafty friends! I'm a little late to the game sharing a project I made using the way cute Simon Says Stamp Birdies die set from the Friend Like You release . I just absolutely had so much fun die cutting these little cuties out that I had to share. I began by die cutting out all my little birdies and their parts from colored cardstock. I glued their bits together and set them aside. I then took a half sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 white cardstock and ran one side through a floral embossing folder for texture. I then die cut an arch from coral cardstock to fit the front of my card and provide a nice window to feature my birdies hanging out together! I used a white gel pen to add detail to the birdies and around the arch. I stamped the sentiments using a light brown inik and white embossing ink that I heat set on the bottom of the arch. I hope you enjoyed the project I have made and got some inspiration. I have listed the supplies I used if you are interested. Thank you for stopping by ...
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