Welcome to the Simon Says Stamp Reason To Smile Blog Hop! The release has stamps, dies, embossing powders, and even FELT! Yes, felt :) Made in Italy, It's the most perfect felt for die cutting!
I stamped and embossed the beautiful floral and butterfly images from the Friendship Blooms Stamp Set and watercolored the images with Distress Inks. I textured tone-on-tone background made with Embossing Paste and the Simon Says Stamp Grid Stencil. An embossed greeting on vellum is understated yet elegant.
To create the tone-on-tone textured background, I die cut a stitched rectangle from smooth white cardstock using the largest SSS Stitched Rectangle Die. I masked off the edges of the panel from the stitching line to the edge of the panel using post it tape. I applied white embossing paste over the SSS Grid Stencil using a palette knife. I let the embossing paste sit for about an hour while I did something else and then I removed the post it tape.
I stamped the florals and butterfly from the Friendship Blooms Stamp Set on watercolor cardstock using Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I applied Squeezed Lemonade and Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks using water and a paintbrush. The leaves and stems were colored with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks and the butterfly with Picked Raspberry and Seedless Preserves Distress Ink. The embossing helps keep the ink inside the lines. Once the ink was completely dry I die cut the pieces with the coordinating Friendship Blooms Dies.
The florals were arranged on the textured panel using liquid adhesive.
I stamped the greeting from the Friendship Blooms Stamp Set on vellum using Versamark Ink and heat embossed the greeting with white embossing powder. I trimmed the vellum into a strip and secured the strip over the panel with the Tiny Attacher.
The panel was secured to a top fold card base with foam adhesive and the design finished with a scattering of Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear sequins.
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
To watch the creation of this floral prayers card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
S U P P L I E S
The letters below the thumbnails below link to stores where you can purchase the products shown in this post and video: SSS = to purchase from Simon Says Stamp, EH = to purchase from Ellen Hutson, SB.COM = to purchase from Scrapbook.com. Affiliate links used.
S H O P P I N G
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G I V E A W A Y
Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a Simon Goody Bag valued at approximately $50 on every stop of the hop. Leave a comment on each stop along the hop for more chances to win. The winners will be drawn this coming Tuesday, February 23.
K E E P H O P P I N G
The next stop on the hop is the incredible Nina Marie Trapani.
Wonderful card! this stamp set is my favorite can wait to have it!Love the soft look of the card! Have a great day!
Posted by: Alexandra | February 19, 2016 at 07:20 AM
my daffodils are about to flower, some are already but i love how they announce spring and your card is exactly the same, bright and cheerful and happy
Posted by: Maaike | February 19, 2016 at 07:21 AM
I am loving the white outlines on the images. Your daffs are fabulous! I am enjoying all the new products.
Posted by: Jan Elmore | February 19, 2016 at 07:42 AM
Like the arrangement & the way the Daffodils look cut out w/ the background. Have a BEE-utiful day!
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBeew"
Posted by: Melissa SunshineHoneyBee | February 19, 2016 at 07:52 AM
Love the background you created with embossing paste!
Posted by: Marie | February 19, 2016 at 07:56 AM
Beautiful card!! I love the background
Posted by: Patricia | February 19, 2016 at 07:56 AM
So so pretty, great background and dimension!
Posted by: Autumn | February 19, 2016 at 08:01 AM
Wow Nichol, your card is so beautiful. Thanks for the wonderful video as well!
Posted by: Andrene | February 19, 2016 at 08:03 AM
Great card, warm and bright!
Posted by: Olya | February 19, 2016 at 08:07 AM
What a pretty daffodil!
Posted by: Heidi | February 19, 2016 at 08:07 AM
Your watercoloring is beautiful! Those daffodils really have me drooling.
Posted by: Cyndie | February 19, 2016 at 08:08 AM
Love watching your videos...beautiful card...
Posted by: scrappergirl56 | February 19, 2016 at 08:08 AM
Gorgeous card, Nichol. LOVE how you made the textured background, it really made the flowers POP:)
Posted by: Dee Earnshaw | February 19, 2016 at 08:09 AM
Gorgeous card!!
Posted by: Mel H | February 19, 2016 at 08:10 AM
Love your card. They are so beautiful.
Posted by: Susan K Shelbrock | February 19, 2016 at 08:12 AM
The textured background was a perfect choice for this card... Looks just lovely behind the flowers! :)
Posted by: Erica Feltis | February 19, 2016 at 08:16 AM
The daffodils are gorgeous and I love the embossing paste in the background.
Posted by: Jackie | February 19, 2016 at 08:16 AM
Nichol! Love your card! The grid behind the daffodils had me stop in my tracks...love that idea so much! Thank you!
Posted by: heidi crowl | February 19, 2016 at 08:19 AM
Wow Nichol, your card is so beautiful. Thanks for the wonderful video as well!
Posted by: meghan | February 19, 2016 at 08:19 AM
Oh wow! It's beautiful!!! <3
Posted by: Arianna Barbara | February 19, 2016 at 08:20 AM
Beautiful background. Feels like lattice in your garden.
Posted by: Patti McDowell | February 19, 2016 at 08:27 AM
Absolutely love the daffodils!
Posted by: theCook | February 19, 2016 at 08:31 AM
Beautiful spring card. Daffodils tell us spring is here!
Posted by: Brenda in in | February 19, 2016 at 08:32 AM
Absolutely adorable...thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Simona Rebecchi | February 19, 2016 at 08:33 AM
Love how the background stencil compliments your beautiful daffodils arrangement!
Posted by: Lai-Yoke van der Wal-Chow | February 19, 2016 at 08:42 AM