SIMON SAYS STAMP THIS IS THE LIFE | FEEL BETTER SOON CARD (giveaway)

I shared a sneak of today's card share weeks ago on Instagram and I finally got around to finishing up the card this week!

I wanted to create a soft elegant feel with the design by combining the SSS Bouquet of Flowers Stencil with the butterflies from the SSS Butterflies Stamp Set and a greeting from the SSS More Sketchy Banners Stamp Set.

I started by applying Distress Inks with Ink Daubers through the SSS Bouquet of Flowers Stencil on Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper. I like using Daubers with stencils because the smaller foam applicator allows for a bit more control where the ink is applied. They're reusable too. I label mine and keep them in a sponge storage box making it easy to use them over and over again.

I spritzed the design with a Mini Mister filled with water to lightly waterspot the design.

The stenciled flowers were so pretty but I wanted to distress them up a bit. I applied Spun Sugar Distress Ink, Picked Raspberry Distress Ink, Bundled Sage Distress Ink and Forest Moss Distress Ink to the MFT Romantic Script Background Stamp. I stamped it off once on a scrap piece of paper and then stamped the entire thing over the stenciled flowers for a lighter second generation stamped background.

I added a decorative edge to the right side with the SSS Brackets Craft Die and matted the edge with some SSS Cotton Candy Cardstock die cut with the same die. I die cut the front panel of my card with the decorative edge as well and rounded all four corners of the card with a Corner Chomper.

I stamped the greeting from SSS More Sketchy Banners Stamp Set with Versamark and heat embossed the greeting with gold embossing powder. I die cut the design with the coordinating SSS Sketchy Banner Die and adhered the banner to my card.

I stamped the butterflied from SSS Butterflies Stamp Set using Distress Inks (I applied two colors of ink to the butterfly before stamping). Because these are Distress Inks and they work with water I immediately used the Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Marker to smooth out the Distress Inks and blend them before the ink dried. The result is pretty blended glittery butterflies.

I finished the card with some pearl gemstones.

(Click SSS = to purchase from Simon Says Stamp, EH = to purchase from Ellen Hutson, MFT = to purchase from My Favorite Things, SB.COM = to purchase from scrapbook.com, AZ = to purchase from Amazon) 

Simon Says Stamp MORE SKETCHY BANNER GREETINGS sss101410 This is the Life SKETCHY BANNERS Simon Says Clear Stamps BUTTERFLIES Simon Says Stamp PETITE BUTTERFLIES Craft Dies sssd111374 This is the LIfe My Favorite Things Cling Background Stamp, Romantic Script BG Romantic Script Background Simon Says Stamp Stencil BOUQUET OF FLOWERS ssst121354 This is the Life Tim Holtz Spun Sugar Distress Ink Distress Ink Pad, Spun Sugar @ellen Distress Ink Pad, Picked Raspberry @ellen Picked Raspberry BARN DOOR DISTRESS INK Distress Ink Pad, Barn Door Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad BUNDLED SAGE Green Ranger TIM27102 Distress Ink Pad, Bundled Sage Distress Ink Pad, Forest Moss @ellen Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad FOREST MOSS Green @simon Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS Ink Blending Tool, 1 Round American Crafts Zing! GOLD METALLIC Glitter Embossing Powder @simon ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker Zig Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Tip Marker Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# COTTON CANDY CC16 Neenah Solar White Cardstock Bazzill 21 LB VELLUM 8.5" x 11" White 25 Sheets @simon Distress Watercolor Cardstock Tim Holtz DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger Doodlebug Gold Dots Sprinkles Assortment Sizzix Big Shot Cutting and Embossing Die-Cut Machine Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Powder Blue & Teal @simon SIMON SAYS STAMP BRACKETS Corner Chomper Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper Tool Ranger Mini Mister, Individual @ellen Inkssentials Mini Mister (Lot of 3) Tsukineko Ink Pad 10 SPONGE DAUBERS Rubber Stamp Tsukineko Rubber Stamp Ink Pad 6 SPONGE DAUBERS Tsukineko STORAGE BOX Sponge Daubers Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Powder Bag Hero Arts Heat Tool Milwaukee Model 1400 Heat Gun

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• "It's 5:00 Somewhere" Card feat. Adult Beverages Stamp Set and Dies (video)
• "With Sympathy" Card feat. Friendly Flowers Stamp Set and With Sympathy Craft Die
• "Best Birthday Fishes" Card feat. SSS Best Fishes Stamp Set and Dies and Wave Stencil
• "I'm So Proud of You" Card feat. SSS Ice Cream Parade Die
• "You Are Pawsome" Card feat. SSS You Are Pawesome Stamp Set and Cat and Dog Pawesome Dies
• "Keep Swimming" Card feat. SSS Best Fishes Stamp Set and Dies and Wave Stencil (video)
• "Ruff Day" Card feat. SSS You Are Pawsome Stamp Set (video)

Want to win a couple of the Simon Exclusive Products I used for todays card? I have an extra stamp set of the SSS Butterflies Stamp Set and an extra of the SSS Sketchy Banner Dies for one lucky blog reader!

Just leave a comment on this blog post by Friday, August 15, 2014, 11:59 p.m. CST for a chance to win.

Good luck!