Hello! Today was the next installment of the amazing Create Together classes with Simon Says Stamp - and this one featured the fabulous Cathy Zielske as the instructor (you can catch the replay HERE!)! I thought it would be fun to create a little additional inspiration, featuring some of the items from the kit, and mixing in a few little extras to stretch the supplies and give a different look. I love how these have a Vintage feel, but with a modern twist with the brighter colors and light airy tones!
I started off with the beautiful Festive Bough Pattern stencil. I used ink colors from the kit - Cabbage, Artichoke, Surf, and Ocean, then added a few additional colors - Rhubarb, Apple, and Cranberry. I used two tones of ink for most of the stencil layers to add shading and depth - the only exception was the layer with the berries, which obviously were a bit small for that! I took that panel, and trimmed it in half diagonally so I could create two cards with one panel. I added some soft ink blending around the edges using Latte ink to soften the colors and add the vintage feel. I stamped the White Christmas Text background stamp on my white cardbases in that same Latte ink, then used it to blend around the edges yet again to pull it all together. I added the stencil panels, and used thin foam adhesive strips just along the diagonal edge, and adhesive tape for the rest of it - this helped that part pop up and have a little extra dimension (I left one of the foam pieces with it's backing until I tucked the tag in). Once those two pieces were adhered together, I added a healthy dose of White Splatter Medium to the entire panel for even more vintage goodness! While that dried, I die cut some Nested Tags, and used the leftover ink on my brushes to add a bit of color to them. The sentiments are from Making Spirits Bright, stamped in Ocean and Cranberry ink for the large ones, and black for the secondary. I adhered everything together using foam adhesive as needed, added a twist of Vivant gold cord to the top of the tags, rounded off one corner on each card, and finally, added a little row of Dazzling Gold Gems along the diagonal edge! Here are more photos of these two cards:
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