Simon Says Stamp Sketch Ranunculus - Birthday Ranunculus

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Here is a new card using for the umpteenth time this beautifdul stamp set from SSS. I love it so much I always come back to it! Again, trying a new color combo by adding blue to my favorite ink colors.

I first white heat embossed the flowers on watercolor paper, then I painted them using distress inks and finally cut a rectangle in the pattern I had just created.

I die cut the happy birthday sentiment one time in my pattern paper and also three times in white cardstock. I adhered my pattern paper on some grey paper, glued the three white sentiments together, glued my pattern paper sentiment on top and then adhered everything in place.

Finally I glued in place the little bits of pattern paper (into the y or the b for example), and added some sequins to finish the card.

SUPPLIES

- the "Sketch Ranunculus" stamp set by Simon Says Stamp

- large stitched 4 bar rectangles by Lawn Fawn

- watercolor paper by Canson

- versamark ink by Tsukineko

- white embossing powder by Aladine

- distress inks by Tim Holtz: picked raspberry - broken china - mustard seed

- painted happy birthday die by Simon Says Stamp

- black paper by Simon Says Stamp

- sparkling clear sequins by Pretty Pink Posh

Simon Says Stamp Spring Flowers - Blue Blooms

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Back to watercoloring, my favorite! I really love the embossing resist technique. It's quick and easy and the colors stay into the lines!

Started by white heat emboss the images and then colored them.

For this card, I wanted something different. I usually use pink, reds or yellows for flowers but this time I went for blues and kaki, which I think look pretty good! :-)

Once dry, I die cut a rectangle to kind of frame my flowers, and adhered my pannel on some grey dark grey cardstock.

Added my sentiment using black ink, sprayed some gold ink and glued clear droplets to finish the card.

SUPPLIES

- the "Spring Flowers" stamp set by Simon Says Stamp

- the "Wild Beauty" stamp set by Simon Says Stamp

- watercolor paper by Canson

- versamark ink by Tsukineko

- white embossing powder by Aladine

- distress inks by Tim Holtz: tumbled glass, salty ocean,

- clear droplets by Pretty Pink Posh

- large stitched 4 bar rectangles by Lawn Fawn

- dark grey paper by Simon Says Stamp

- gold ink by Mister Huey's

- memento tuxedo black ink by Tsukineko

Avery Elle Tweet Tweet - Tropical birdies

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Here is a new card using this cute little guys! They're so fun and any color combo is possible, there's no limit!

I started with my background. I wanted a bright and kind of fluffly sky so I die cut a cloud border in some random paper to make a stencil and applied distress ink to form the clouds, repeating the same thing up to the top. And I die cut a rectangle in the cloud pattern I had just created.

Then I stamped with black ink all the images I needed to build my scene and colored them with copic markers. Again, I'm not very comfortable with copic markers but I think my little birds look cute anyway! :-) Applied some glossy accents on their beak and draw white dots on their belly.

Glued the branches with some strong glue and adhered the birds on top with 1mm foam dots. And added some sequins to finish the card.

SUPPLIES

- the "Tweet Tweet" stamp set by Avery Elle

- copic markers: R35 - R46 - YG06 - YG11 - YR15 - Y15 - Y17 - B000 - B02

- watercolor paper by Canson

- white paper by Neenah

- large stitched 4 bar rectangles by Lawn Fawn

- puffy cloud borders by Lawn Fawn

- distress ink by Tim Holtz: tumbled glass

- glossy accents by Ranger

- white gel pen by Uniball

- sparkling clear sequins by Pretty Pink Posh

Altenew Way Too Sweet - Birthday Card

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Here is a card I made to celebrate the National Ice Cream Day. Again with my favorite technique: heat embossing + watercolors.

First white heat embossed the popsicles on watercolor paper and framed them with a scalloped die. Rainbow colored the images with distress inks and added coordinated enamel dots.

Adhered my watercolor paper on a cute polka dot paper, and added the die cut word celebrate.

And finally stamped my sentiment with black ink inside the card.

SUPPLIES

- the Way Too Sweet stamp set by Altenew

- happy birthday sentiment by Simon Says Stamp

- distress inks by Tim Holtz: seedless preserves, salty ocean, mowed lawn, spices marmalade, candied apple

- watercolor paper by Canson

- black & white polka dot paper by Simple Stories

- celebrate die by Waffle Flower

- enamel dots by My Mind's Eye

- versamark ink by Tsukineko

- white embossing powder by Aladine

- scalloped stitched borders by Lawn Fawn

Lawn Fawn Life is Good - Summer card

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Had a lot of fun making this summer card! This set from Lawn Fawn is really cute! I'm not very comfortable with copic markers, but I think it's not that bad!

I first die cut three rectangles in watercolor paper. I kept one to make the sky and cut the other two to make the sea and the sand. Colored each piece with distress inks and added some water drops.

I stamped all the images with black dye ink and colored them with copic markers, trying as much as I could to stay into the lines! Then I die cut everything with my big shot and adhered the pieces onto my beach scene.

I stamped some birds and added some clear droplets to finish the card.

SUPPLIES

- the Life is Good stamp set by Lawn Fawn

- distress inks by Tim Holtz: scattered straw + gathered twigs (for the sand), peacock feather (for the sea), tumbled glass + salty ocean (for the sky)

- copic markers: YG11, YG06, E35 E37, W1, W2, RV14, R35, Y17, 715, B02, B000

- memento tuxedo black ink by Tsukineko

- watercolor paper by Canson

- 80lb white paper by Neenah

- simple stitched hillside borders by Lawn Fawn

- stitched scalloped borders by Lawn Fawn

- large stitched 4 bar rectangles by Lawn Fawn

Simon Says Stamp - Summer Wreaths

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Here are two cards simply made by stamping and coloring but I really enjoyed created them.

For the one on the left I traced a circle with a pencil and stamped the images all around the line. And for the one on the right I traced three different circles: small, medium and large, and stamped the images starting from the larger one to the small one in the middle.

Used copic markers to color them. Added glitter on the pink flowers and glossy accents on the bubbles and finally glued some sequins here and there.

SUPPLIES

- the Hello Friends stamp set by Simon Says Stamp

- 80lb white paper by Neenah

- memento tuxedo black ink by Tsukineko

- sparkling clear sequins by Pretty Pink Posh

- glossy accents by Ranger

- wink of stella clear glitter by Zig

- black & white diagonal paper by Studio Calico

- copic markers: RV14 - Y17 - YG11 - YG17 - B000 - YR61

SSS July Card Kit - Handwritten Floral Greetings

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Back to watercolors! Love this stamp set so much I wanted to use it with my new favorite distress ink: candied apple.

First white heat embossed the flowers and leaves on watercolor paper, and colored them with distress inks. Adhered it on black cardstock, and finally added some tiny black drops and sequins.

SUPPLIES

- the Handwritten Floral Greetings by Simon Says Stamp

- distress inks by Tim Holtz: candied apple, mowed lawn, black soot

- sequins by Pretty Pink Posh

- versamark nk by Tsukineko

- white embossing powder by Aladine

- watercolor paper by Canson

- black paper by Simon Says Stamp

Lawn Fawn - Summer card

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Something a little bit different as I didn't use distress inks on this card! I wanted to use my copic markers in a simple way so there is no shading.

I first draw a circle with a pencil using a cup. Then I stamped different images in the circle with black ink and colored them with copic markers. Added a little bit of glitter on the seashells and starfish.

Heat embossed my sentiment with gold embossing powder. And then, to stick to my beachy summer theme I glued a bunch of clear droplets to make the illusion of water drops on my paper.

SUPPLIES

- the Life is Good stamp set by Lawn Fawn

- white paper by Stampin Up!

- memento tuxedo black ink by Tsukineko

- copic markers

- versamark ink by Tsukineko

- gold embossing powder by Aladine

- 4mm and 6mm clear droplets by Pretty Pink Posh

- wink of stella clear glitter by Zig

Altenew - Birthday card

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Had so much with these cute cupcake stamps. When I saw them, I immediatly thought about the boutique Magnolia Bakery in New York City and decided to build an awning like I did for my three little ice cream card.

First I white heat embossed the cupcakes on watercolor paper. Decided to stamp them up and down to add some fun, and colored them with ditress inks. I cut a rectangle and then a scalloped border in the cupcake pattern to create my awning.

Adhered my awning on white paper. Then I die cut the word celebrate and heat embossed my sentiment with gold embossing powder. Added gold glitter on the pink cupcakes, and some sequins to finish my card.

SUPPLIES

- the Way Too Sweet stamp set by Altenew

- watercolor paper by Canson

- white paper by Stampin Up!

- black paper by Simon Says Stamp

- distress inks by Tim Holtz: candied apple, picked raspberry, squeezed lemonade, spun sugar, antique linen

- versamark ink by Tsukineko

- white and gold embossing powders by Aladine

- clear gold highlight embossing powder by Wow!

- celebrate die by Waffle Flower

- gold & sparkling clear sequins by Pretty Pink Posh

- large stitched 4 bar rectangles by Lawn Fawn

Avery Elle - Rainbow birds

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I've been seing a lot of rainbow themed cards lately, so I wanted to give it a try too! So here is a card I made using the fun Tweet Tweet stamp set by Avery Elle.

I heat embossed the birds with translucent powder, then I colored them using distress inks. It was so much fun making them in rainbow colors, I think they're very cute!

On each one I added a dot of black gel pen to make their eye pop a little more, and also added some  clear glitter to make their little belly shine!

Glued the watercolor paper on some pretty black & white paper and glued everything on a green cardstock. Then I added some sequins to finish the card.

SUPPLIES

- the Tweet Tweet stamp set by Avery Elle

- watercolor paper by Canson

- ultra fine translucent embossing powder by Hero Arts

- distress inks by Tim Holtz Ranger: seedless preserves, salty ocean, tumbled glass, mowed lawn, mustard seed, spiced marmalade & fired brick

- black & white paper by Basic Grey

- green cardstock by Bazzil

- memento tuxedo black ink by Tsukineko

- sparkling clear sequins by Pretty Pink Posh

- black gel pen by Sakura

SSS July Card Kit - Handwritten floral greetings

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Here is a new card using the Simon Says Stamp July card kit. I used the same technique I've been using for a few weeks now: watercolor paper + heat embossing + distress inks. I think it's my favorite technique!

Supplies I used:

- The July card kit by Simon Says Stamp: the Handwritten floral greetings stamp set, the watercolor paper and the grey cardstock)

- Distress inks by Tim Holtz Ranger: picked raspberry, carved pumpkin, squeezed lemonade & mowed lawn

- Sparkling clear sequins by Pretty Pink Posh

- Versamark ink by Tsukineko

- Gold and white embossing powder by Aladine

- Vellum by Canson