Bold Floral Window Trio - Simon Says Stamp

 Hello! I've got a fun trio of floral cards to share today, mostly using dies from Simon Says Stamp, with a bit of simple stamping for the sentiments! These cards turned out very different than I expected when I started, but I love how sometimes that is how things work out, right?

I actually die cut all the flowers from Charming Flower Stem die set, originally planning to cluster them all onto one card. I cut and assembled them with Green Apple, Green Leaf, Lavender, Royal Purple, Lemon Chiffon, Sunshine, Audrey Blue, and Peacock cardstock. But once I got that far, I couldn't quite get them arranged in a way that I liked, so I decided to go back to one of my favorite things, and make a set of cards instead. They needed something else to pair with them, so I pulled out my Window Trio die to create a focal point to tuck the flowers into. For some reason, I decided to pull out some black cardstock, and see how that looked - instead of a more neutral color like I normally would have grabbed. I'm SOOO glad I did - I love the striking effect it gives! I used foam strips to pop the windows and flowers up off the background for dimension, tucking an extra bit of foam adhesive under the flowers to pop them up double, and tucked the bottom end of the stem inside the window frame. I added a touch of coordinating ink blending in each corner of the cards using Surf, Zest, and Violet inks, and a few coordinating Dazzling Gems in Butter, Surf, and Lilac, and added some Nuvo glitter drops to the centers of the flowers. Finished off with stamped sentiments from the Be Patient stamp set on each one - the perfect touch of encouragement! Here is a closer look at this bold trio of cards:

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STAMPtember Rainbow Splash Release - Bonus Excitement for Me

Hello everyone! Today I'm SUPER excited to share with you a fun new Rainbow Splash release from Simon Says Stamp! Why is this so exciting for me you might ask? Well...many of the sets releasing were designed by someone very special to me - my oldest daughter, Katie! She graduated with a graphic design degree earlier this year, and did her internship (which was her final class) with Simon Says Stamp. During that time, she did some stamp designing. Neither of us were sure when they would release - and it was an amazing surprise when they arrived in our mailbox and I opened the package!

I have a video on YouTube that Katie and I filmed together, introducing the sets, and showing the cards that I created. You can watch it in HD on YouTube HERE, or watch it right here on my blog:

And here is a closer look at all of the cards I shared in the video. I've linked all the supplies for these cards at the bottom of this post as well:

For all these sports theme cards, I used A2 Postage Rectangles in different colors of Simon Says Stamp cardstock, and die cut a rectangle with Wonky Rectangles to fit over the top of it. This provided a fun canvas to add all the fun sport theme elements over the top! I stamped every single image from each stamp set, used the coordinating stencils to color, and die cut with the coordinating dies. Each element is popped up with foam, and I added sentiments from each set as well - the only element I didn't use every single item on! Here are lots more photos of these finished cards - scroll further down to see some floral samples:

Next up, I used Enchanted Blooms and Scandi Flora Motif on each of these two cards:

For this first one, I used the Scandi Flora Motif with white embossing paste on a white cardbase. For the next one, I used it with coordinating inks in a random pattern on the cardbase. For both cards, I heat embossed the main floral image, and did some emboss resist ink blending over the top. Used some Rainbow Splash cardstock to add some pops of coordinating color! Here are more photos of both the floral cards:

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They Really Do Exist - Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember This Calls for Confetti exclusive

Good morning! I'm back to share a card using the next of the special STAMPtember collaborations throughout the month! Each collaboration is with one of your favorite companies, is limited edition, and only available while supplies last. When it's gone, it's gone! Today's special release is from This Calls for Confetti: 

Today's card was VERY unexpected for me! I don't create Halloween cards, so I usually skip the sets that are specifically for that purpose. It was fun to take this one, stretch it out of the box, and come up with a VERY different card design! And it's a shaker too, just for extra fun! I live in the Pacific Northwest, and Bigfoot is a bit of a legend around here, so this card makes me laugh a bit extra! I used Woodland Treescape die to create the main focal point of my image and shaker element. I used a bit of Honey ink on my cardbase and the individual trees, otherwise there is just lots of white space on this card. I filled the shaker with Trinity Stamps Sparkle Stars for some subtle sparkle, and heat embossed the main image with clear embossing powder after stamping for extra shine. Sentiment was stamped, trimmed into a thin strip, and tucked under one side of the window. Here is a closer look at this finished card:

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