Welcome to the July 2022 edition of my Simon Says Stamp monthly series, Making the Cut! This series featuring all things die cutting. This month I am sharing a set of 8 cards and envelopes using the new Orange Blossoms Stencil/Die and Flowers For You Stamps/Dies. Mass producing cards that can be used for multiple occasions is my favorite thing right now. I love creating a bunch of cards while I have all the supplies out and available!
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Watch the creation of these orange blossoms cards with matching envelopes from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
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Welcome to the Altenew Spring Garden Collection Blog Hop!
Today I am sharing a trio of floral cards featuring easy foiling and/or stenciling as well as how I created two coordinating foiled and stenciled envelopes to perfectly match the foiled flower cards!
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Watch the creation of these easy foiling cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
SPRING GARDEN FOILED AND STENCILED CARDS AND/OR ENVELOPES
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$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 05/01/2022 for a chance to win.
Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 05/03/2022.
Hello friends! Today I'm sharing this trio of simple stripes cards featuring new Lawn Fawn Dies paired with components from the Simon Says Stamp July 2021 Card Kit, Garden Greetings. The Simple Stripes dies are amazing for creating perfectly striped backgrounds quickly and easily! Florals from the Garden Greetings Stamp Set were stamped on the backgrounds with embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing ink before adding ink to each stripe for embossed resist. The Pinkfresh Studio Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers are the perfect size for sentiments on cards!
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V I D E O T U T O R I A L
Watch the creation of these simple stripes garden greetings cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The card was finished with gems and a heart accent.
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Watch the creation of this Paint-A-Flower Chamomile card with matching envelope from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
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The flowers and teacup image and greetings from the Paint-A-Flower Chamomile Stamp Set was stamped on a 4" x 5 1/4" panel of Bristol Smooth Cardstock with clear embossing ink and het embossed with white embossing powder. The image and background was colored with the following Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and a water brush pen:
Teacup: Persian Blue, Light Blue, Light Green, Yellow Green
The panel was adhered to a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel of Lawn Fawn Noble Fir Cardstock. A small blue heart accent was adhered under the greetings for a bit of embellishment.
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$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 04/27/2021 for a chance to win.
Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 04/30/2021.
Welcome to the August Edition of Making the Cut, my monthly video series at Simon Says Stamp! This month I am sharing a trio of modern squares backgrounds cards created with Basic Squares Wafer Dies. I love finding ways to take basics from my stash and using them in fun and unusual ways! Something as simple as a square is instantly transformed when tipped at an angle and inlaid for a stunning pattern! Pop a gorgeous floral die and sentiment strip on top and you have beautiful cards for any occasion!
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Watch the creation of these die cut cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
THE BACKGROUNDS
All three backgrounds were created exactly the same with the Basic Squares Wafer Dies. Six squares were die cut and then five squares were die cut again with the next smallest square, essentially giving you five frames and a square. The center of each top fold card base was found with a ruler and I placed a small pencil mark there. Taking the largest frame, I adhered it to the top of the card and trimmed the excess. The next large frame was adhered next to it on a side and the excess trimmed. The excess pieces were then used to fill in the bottom and other side of the panel. The rest of the frames/squares were adhered the same way until the entire background was finished.
Inlaying the squares/frames gives you a nice flat panel, perfect for embellishing, isn't too thick, and is easy to mail. I don't recommend placing squares one on top of another as the layers get super thick, making them difficult to trim with scissors or a paper trimmer and you won't be left with a flat surface to embellish.
Once the background was assembled, Stick It Adhesive was adhered to both sides of a piece of Neenah 80 lb. Cardstock. A Crocus Flowers die was die cut from the cardstock, the backing paper removed from the floral, and adhered to the front of the card. Another Crocus Flower was die cut from a separate piece of smooth white cardstock. The backing paper was removed from the flower on the front of the card and the other die cut adhered on top. The flower was also die cut from Simon Says Stamp Lavender Cardstock and Hero Arts Palm Cardstock. The flower pieces were inlaid into the design.
Once the background was assembled, Stick It Adhesive was adhered to both sides of a piece of Neenah 80 lb. Cardstock. A Dahlia Stem was die cut from the cardstock, the backing paper removed from the floral, and adhered to the front of the card. Another Dahlia Stem was die cut from a separate piece of smooth white cardstock. The backing paper was removed from the flower on the front of the card and the other die cut adhered on top. The flower was also die cut from Simon Says Stamp Cotton Candy Cardstock and Lawn Fawn Cilantro Cardstock. The flower pieces were inlaid into the design.
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Happy new Simon Says Stamp Release Day, friends! The Let's Connect Release is live and now available. It's so, so good! Some of my favorites from the new release? The Rainbow Card (see below), the Stencil Layering Rainbow, Let's Connect Stamps and Dies, and Let's Connect Word Dies. I created this clean and simple set of rainbow shaped cards (I always love a good shaped card, don't you?) and added stamped greetings from the Hello Sunshine Stamp Set. I created this set of cards so I had as little waste as possible from all this die cutting! Let's get started making bright and happy cards!
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Watch the creation of these rainbow shaped cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
Sentiments from the Hello Sunshine Stamp Set were stamped on the sunshine and on a cloud with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
Each rainbow was assembled on a card base as shown. I recommend adhering one of the clouds first, then the rainbow rays, and finally the other cloud if inlaying all the components. If adhering the clouds with foam adhesive like I did, I used the clouds as a guide, adhered the rainbow rays, assembled and adhered the sunshine, and finally adhering the clouds with foam adhesive for a bit of depth and dimension!
The Mini Hearts were adhered to the open space on each card as shown.
Funfetti Hearts were added to each card to finish the designs.
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Today I'm featuring three brand new products from the Hero Arts 2020 Catalog on a brand new card plus if you keep on scrolling I'm sharing my 2020 Catalog cards! That's 5 cards today, y'all! The new catalog release products are so, so good! Keep on reading to see my coloring die cuts with Copics card and video.
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Watch the creation of this Hero Arts new product card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The background was created by stamping the new Greenhouse Peek-a-Boo Cling on smooth white cardstock with the Hero Arts Embossing & Watermark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. Hero Hues Green Apple and Key Lime Fizz Reactive Inks were applied to the center of the panel but not all the way to the edge. Excess ink was removed from the embossed areas with a dry rag.
Sentiments from the Florals Lavender Bunch Stamp Set were stamped on Pitch Black Cardstock with Hero Arts Embossing & Watermark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The sentiments were trimmed into strips and adhered to the card background with foam adhesive. The watering can and tulips were glued in place and Nuvo Crystal Drops in Morning Dew were applied to the finished panel for dew drops.
This card features lots of Hero Hues cardstock die cut with and then stamped with the new No Trespassing Stamp & Cut Set. The new Square Infinity Dies were also used to fill in some of the spaces! Love having squares in all the sizes!!!
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This amazing Triangle Turnabout makes the most lovely quilted looking geometric backgrounds! In fact, this was my first attempt at a Turnabout from Concord & 9th and I. Am. Hooked!
I created multiple backgrounds however I only finished one of the cards. I'm working with limited supplies while I'm out of town at craft retreat with friends! Look for more examples of these finished cards on my Instagram and social media platforms next week!
For the healing hugs card I stamped The Stamp Market Citrine, Leafy, Cactus, and Emerald Isle inks to create the tone-on-tone green background. I trimmed the background down to 4" x 5 1/4" and mounted it on a white top fold card base.
A sentiment from the Healing Hugs Stamp Set was stamped on Emerald Isle Cardstock with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The sentiment was die cut with a Sentiment Labels Die, trimmed down, and adhered below the die cut layered sentiment.
Hearts from the Healing Hugs Stamp Set were stamped in the open spaces to finish the cards.
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Today I'm sharing two cards created with new flower die cuts from the release, colored in with Copic Markers. I am a huge fan of coloring in all white die cut pieces with any kind of coloring medium. I'll be sharing one card created with an all over flower background and one card with a flower garden border. I'm using the new Sunflower Stem, Daisy Stem, Cosmos Stem, Stripe Jumble Background, and Thanks and Encouragement Mix Set. Don't forget to scroll down and leave a comment for a chance at an incredible giveaway from Simon Says Stamp as well as links to the artists participating in today's hop! Let's get started!
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Watch the creation of these copic colored die cut flowers cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
Both of my cards feature floral designs. The first card has an all over cosmos background and the second a flower border. Create lots of sentiments at once with the amazing new Thanks and Encouragement Mix Stamps and Dies Set. Stamp blocks of all kinds of greetings and die cut with the coordinating dies. Use the sentiments you want for the cards you're making and save the extras for your next project!
I die cut the Cosmos Stem multiple times from smooth white cardstock and colored the flowers in with the following Copic Marker color combinations:
Pink: RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09
Orange: YR02, YR04, YR07
Yellow: Y11, Y08, Y19
Stems: YG21, YG17
The flowers were adhered all over a white top fold card base. A stamped and embossed sentiment from the Thanks and Encouragement Stamp Set was adhered with foam adhesive to the background. The card was finished with Nuvo Crystal Drops in Carnation Pink, Ripened Pumpkin, and Dandelion Yellow.
For my second card I die cut several Sunflower Stem, Daisy Stems, and Cosmos Stems, and colored them in with the following Copic Marker color combinations:
Orange cosmos: YR02, YR04, YR07, YG21, YG17
Yellow daisy: Y11, Y08, Y19, YG21, YG17
Pink cosmos: RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09, YG21, YG17
Sunflower: YR30, YR31, YR24, E55, E57, YG21, YG17
Purple daisy: BV0000, BV11, BV13, BV17
The flowers were adhered to a white top fold card base as shown.
The Stripe Jumble Background was stamped on white cardstock with black ink, trimmed into a thin strip and adhered along the bottom edge of the card as shown. A black cardstock strip was adhered along the top edge.
Stamped and embossed sentiments from the Thanks and Encouragement Stamp Set were adhered to the design as shown. The card was finished with Nuvo Crystal Drops in Carnation Pink, Ripened Pumpkin, and Dandelion Yellow.
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Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop. Winners will be chosen over the weekend and posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 31st of July. Winners can email SSS to claim his/her prize.
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Welcome friends! I'm so glad you're joining me today.
Back in December I created some gift tags combining The Stamp Market Little Letterboards (my favorite!) with some large faces created with Mama Elephant Santa/Elf Favor Bag Add On. You can see that project HERE. Ever since then I've had ideas swirling in my head to combine the Simon Says Stamp Big Picture Book animals with the Little Letterboards and today I'm sharing my first cards using this idea!
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To watch the creative of these big picture book bears with little letterboards cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The backgrounds of my cards were created from Honey Bee Stamps Great Outdoors woodgrain patterned paper. With the die cuts taking up so much of the front of the card I wanted to have something subtle in the background that wasn't "flat" but that didn't overwhelm the cut bears and letter boards. Woodgrain or tone-on-tone patterns are always my go-to for this.
The Stamp Market Little Letterboards were die cut from Lawn Fawn white Neutrals Cardstock (frame) and Hero Hues Pitch Black Cardstock (letterboard). The frame was adhered to the backing as shown. The letters were die cut from 15 different colors of cardstock and a rainbow of letters were used to build the sentiments on the letter boards! Any leftover letters can be saved and used on additional projects! I'm a big fan of this technique as you don't have to follow a set pattern and can mix and match the letters for bright and colorful greetings!
A heart accent from Honey Bee Stamps adorns each letter board greeting.
A stamped phrase from The Stamp Market Bear Hugs Stamp Set was stamped on smooth white cardstock with black dye ink, trimmed into a thin strip and adhered to the letter board with foam adhesive.
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