Sheepie Card

Good morning! Today is one of my sweet nieces birthdays - her SECOND actually! Still hard to believe how the time has flown. Here is the card I made for her using some previously released stamps from Simon Says Stamp - there's a bit of a story to it if you read on! :)

We celebrated last night, and totally managed to nail the perfect gift! Since she was itty bitty, her favorite stuffed animal has been a little stuffed "sheepie" that she carries everywhere, and it has been WELL loved, and kind of worn out, although Mommy has managed to rework it a bit to make it last longer! As we were shopping yesterday, we found a SUPER cuddly, and HUGE sheepie! I wasn't sure how she would feel about it - and I didn't want to replace her beloved stuffed animal, but I think the picture speaks for itself: 

Oh man...that picture totally melts my heart every time I look at it! Love that little girl! The little sheep from Melody's Easter was perfect! I colored it up, and added a little flower from the same set to make it a bit more girlie!

For the card I started by blending some distress inks on the card base to make a pretty background, then added some water splatters and white paint splatters. Added a part of a doily, trimming it to fit perfectly, some jute twine, a sentiment from SSS Sketch Ranunculus stamp set (such beautiful sentiments in this stamp set!) - and finished off with a few sparkling clear Pretty Pink Posh sequins!

I'm linking this up with Virginia's View Summer Challenge All About Colors:

Also linking this up with this weeks Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:

Here are links to the products I used on this including affiliate links where possible. Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!!!

https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product.aspx?id=343884 Simon Says Clear Stamps SKETCH RANUNCULUS SSS101626 My Favorite Simon Says Stamp WHITE CARDSTOCK 120 LB Base Weight 12 Pack RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad CRACKED PISTACHIO Ranger TDP46776 Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad SCATTERED STRAW Ranger TDP40149 Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad SPUN SUGAR Ranger TDP40194 Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965 Copic Sketch Marker W00 Warm Gray Grey Copic Sketch Marker W1 WARM GRAY No. 1 Copic Sketch MARKER W3 WARM GRAY Grey *Copic Sketch Marker W5 WARM GRAY NO.5 Medium Blend Blending Copic Sketch MARKER W7 WARM GRAY NO. 7 Copic Sketch Marker RV10 PALE PINK Pastel Light Copic Sketch Marker RV21 LIGHT PINK *Copic Sketch Marker YR31 LIGHT REDDISH YELLOW Pale Cream Subtle Light Pretty Pink Posh SPARKLING CLEAR MIX Cupped Sequins May Arts IVORY Twine String Burlap *Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Dimensional Adhesive *3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4"" Adhesive Glue Gun *Scrapbook Adhesives 3D 217 WHITE FOAM Squares Adhesive Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE Glue Adhesive Paint INK41511 Jillibean Soup WITTY WHITE Happy Hues Acrylic Paint JB0588 Ranger Inkssentials MINI MISTER Spray Bottle Tool IMMR13593 http://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product.aspx?id=338252 Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad VF-82

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Butterfly Anniversary

Good morning! Stopping by with a card I made a little while ago as a special request for a friend. It was for a 75th Anniversary, and needed to have coral and teal and butterflies on it. I was flipping through what I had looking for a good butterfly image, when I found this one from Unity - only it had an extra butterfly over the heart. An anniversary card with three butterflies just seemed weird, so I was going to move on, when my daughter asked why I didn't just take that butterfly off! Brilliant! A bit of masking later, and it was a perfect image!

I used watercolors to color in the image - layered color on for lots of pretty texture and adding splatters, then added Glossy Accents over the butterflies - that was totally the right way to embellish them - they just pop off the card!

Added a jute twine bow, popped it up with foam over a woodgrain paper layer, and that was that!

Here are links to the products I used on this including affiliate links where possible. Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!!!

Butterflies and Sunbeams {august 2015 sentiment kit} %u2013 Unity Stamp Co | Unity Stamp Co Love is a Magical Thing {November 2015 Sentiment Kit} %u2013 Unity Stamp Co | Unity Stamp Co Wplus9 SUNSHINE LAYERS Designer Dies WP9D-109 *Ranger WATERCOLOR PAPER Inkssentials Surfaces ISW39532 Simple Stories BASICS 6 x 6 Snap Paper Pack 2853 *Sakura KOI MEDIUM WATERBRUSH Water Brush Watercolor #6 Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36 COLOR SET *Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Dimensional Adhesive May Arts IVORY Twine String Burlap WHITE FUN FOAM 12 Pack 118711 9 x 12 Scor-Tape 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape *Neenah Classic Crest **110 LB** SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White 660425

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You are Amazing Flamingo

Good morning! I'm back with another card today using the new Among the Stars release from Simon Says Stamp! I played a lot with the pineapple from the Warm Weather Stamp Set with Matching Dies before - but today I finally popped out that little flamingo that was calling my name too and put together this bright happy card! Doesn't it just scream summer to you?!?!?

I did some ink smooshing on the background with distress inks - originally I was going to do a blue background, but as I was looking through my distress inks, and pulling out Abandoned Coral for the flamingo - Twisted Citron just practically jumped out at me! Totally had to use it for the background, and SOOO glad I did it that way!

The sentiment is from another set I loved and only recently got my hands on called Sketch Ranunculus - I loved the sentiments on it and have a feeling they will be super versatile! Added some Pretty Pink Posh sequins, jute twine, a scallop border and some pretty pattern paper along the bottom, and popped up the flamingo using clear foam adhesive so it wouldn't show!

Here are links to the products I used on this including affiliate links where possible. Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!!!

Simon Says Stamps And Dies WARM WEATHER ANIMALS Set261WWA Among The Stars Simon Says Clear Stamps SUMMERTIME ANIMALS SSS101614 Among The Stars Simon Says Stamp WARM WEATHER ANIMALS Wafer Dies SSSD111588 Among The Stars Simon Says Stamp WAVY SCALLOP STITCHES Wafer Dies s290 Splash of Color *Ranger WATERCOLOR PAPER Inkssentials Surfaces ISW39532 Imaginisce SUNNY 6x6 Paper Pad 400801 Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad VF-82 *Sakura KOI MEDIUM WATERBRUSH Water Brush Watercolor #6 MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Whole Kit and Kaboodle RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad TWISTED CITRON Ranger TDP47322 RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad ABANDONED CORAL Ranger TDP46769 Pretty Pink Posh SPARKLING CLEAR MIX Cupped Sequins *Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Dimensional Adhesive Kool Tak 144 PADS Clear Foam Adhesive May Arts IVORY Twine String Burlap Scor-Tape 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape *Neenah Classic Crest **110 LB** SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets Jillibean Soup WITTY WHITE Happy Hues Acrylic Paint JB0588 Ranger Inkssentials MINI MISTER Spray Bottle Tool IMMR13593 We R Memory Keepers Cropadile CORNER CHOMPER 70904-6 Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White 660425

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