Simon Says Stamp Various Stamp Sets - Hello Fall

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Here is a new card celebrating the arrival of fall.

To create this card, I used three different stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. I first treated some watercolor paper with a powder tool, stamped all the images and white heat embossed everything.

I framed my pannel by die cutting it using a scalloped rectangle. Then I painted everything using autumn related distress inks.

Once everything dry, I adhered my pannel with double sided tape on some brown cardstock to flatten it down a little more. I used my Misti tool to stamp my sentiment in brown dye ink. Again, I used double sided tape to adhere my scalloped pannel on a brown cardstock base.

I used my crop-a-dile corner chomper tool to round the corners of my card, and glued a bunch of clear droplets to finish my card.

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SUPPLIES

- "Wild Beauty" + "Sketch Ranunculus" + "Handwritten Floral Greetings" stamp sets from SSS

- scalloped rectangles stackables from Lawn Fawn

- distress inks from Tim Holtz: spiced marmalade, rusty hinge, mowed lawn, walnut stain, candied apple, mustard seed

- dark chocolate premium dye ink from SSS

- versamark ink from Tsukineko

- white embossing powder from Aladine

- watercolor paper from Canson

- brown cardstock from Stampin Up!

- clear droplets from Pretty Pink Posh

Lawn Fawn Halloween Card - Happy Haunting

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First Halloween card ever, and I had so much fun making it! We don't really celebrate Halloween in France, but I think it's a fun holiday and I love Lawn Fawn's halloween products!

I started by creating the sky. To match the theme I blended pink with violet distress ink on watercolor paper and sprayed clear water all over it to create some kind of a gloomy background.

I die cut one stitched rectangle in the watercolor paper, another one in black cardstock to create a forest border, and two others to create hills that I colored using green distress ink and sprayed with clear water.

I stamped the house and two trees on watercolor paper using black waterproof ink, colored them using distress inks and cut them using the coordinating dies.

To add a little more interest and to make the illusion of a big property, I die cut several times the gate and glued the pieces together to make it pop.

I adhered everything together to build my scene, stamped my sentiment and some bats and glued a few sequins to finish the card.

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SUPPLIES

- "Happy Haunting" stamp set from Lawn Fawn

- large stitched 4 bar rectangles from Lawn Fawn

- forest border die from Lawn Fawn

- simple stitched hillside border die from Lawn Fawn

- distress inks from Tim Holtz: picked raspberry, seedless preserves, crushed olive, hickory smoke, squeezed lemonade, walnut stain

- black dye ink from Hero Arts

- black cardstock from Simon Says Stamp

- sparkling clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh

Holiday Card Series 2016 - Snow & the City

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When it comes to holiday cards, I always like to create ones using city skyline dies. I think it comes from my love of traveling. For this one, I chose New York City, one of my favorite places in the world.

In order to make my skyline pop from the scene, I cut it four times in black cardstock using the New York skyline die from My Favorite Things, and glued the pieces together. What an awesome die, I love it! I need to get my hand on the London and Paris sets!

I created my sky using four different colors, and made the snow using white embossing paste and a product that I really love: a falling snow stencil from Simon Says Stamp. I got it last year and I think I will use it over and over through the years.

To add my sentiment, I placed my skyline in my Misti tool, treated it with an anti-static powder tool, stamped the sentiment with versamark ink, applied silver embossing powder and heat set it everything.

Once the snow dry, I glued my New York skyline, and to add a little more interest, I tied a knot at the top using three pieces of silver thread. I adhered my pannel on silver glitter paper, and glued everything on a white card base using double sided tape.

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SUPPLIES

- New York skyline die from My Favorite Things

- black cardstock from Simon Says Stamp

- falling snow stencil from Simon Says Stamp

- distress inks from Tim Holtz: tumbled glass, broken china, chipped sapphire, black soot

- embossing paste from

- sentiment from the Lan Fawn "Home for the holidays" stamp set

- versamark ink from Tsukineko

- silver embossing powder from Aladine

- silver glitter paper from Heidi Swapp

- silver thread from my stash

- 110lb white cardstock from Neenah

Holiday Card Series 2016 - 'Tis The Season

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Here is a new shiny holiday card using one of my favorite sets of this year: "Retro Ornaments" from Avery Elle. I love vintage decorations, especially Christmas one, so I was thrilled when I received this set!

I knew I wanted something very very very glittery and shiny so I decided to use violet and pink to color the ornament.

I started with a stitched rectangle cut into watercolor paper. I treated it with my antistatic powder tool to avoid any embossing powder to stick where it shouldn't. And then I stamped the images using versamark ink. I applied some glittery silver powder on top and heat set everything.

I painted my vintage ornament using distress inks and shimmering silver watercolor paint and then, because we never get enough sparkles, I added a touch of clear glitter.

To make the illusion of a hanging ornament, I pierced two little holes and used silver thread to tie a knot. And again, I thought that it wasn't shimmery enough, so I adhered my pannel on silver glitter paper. Then I glued and secured everything using double sided tape.

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SUPPLIES

- "Retro Ornaments" stamp set from Avery Elle

- large stitched 4 bar rectangles die from Lawn Fawn

- watercolor paper from Canson

- versamark ink from Tsukineko

- metallic platinium sparkle embossing powder from Wow!

- distress inks from Tim Holtz: wilted violet, picked raspberry

- iridescent shimmering watercolor paint from Creative Expressions: silver lustre

- silver glitter paper from Heidi Swapp

- silver thread from my stash

- 110lb white cardstock from Neenah

Simon Says Stamp Sketch Ranunculus - Thank You

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A little pause in my holiday card series to present this bold thank you card. I used one of my favorite stamp set with my favorite technique: Sketch Ranunculus from Simon Says Stamp and watercoloring.

First I cut a stitched rectangle in watercolor paper and then used my Misti tool to stamp my sentiment right in the middle with waterproof black ink.

I treated my watercolor paper with a powder tool to avoid any embossing powder to stick where it shouldn't. I stamped the flowers and leaves with versamark ink and gold heat embossed the images.

I colored all the elements using distress inks, and splattered them with black acrylic paint to add some interest to my flowers and leaves.

With double sided tape I glued my pannel on gold mirror cardstock and then I adhered the whole pannel on a white card base. Finally added a lot of clear sequins to make the card more sparkling.

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SUPPLIES

- "Sketch Ranunculus" and "Big Scripty Greetings" stamp set from Simon Says Stamp

- versamark ink from Tsukineko

- gold embossing powder from Aladine

- black dye ink from Hero Arts

- distress inks from Tim Holtz: shabby shutters, crushed olive, abandoned coral, tumbled glass

- watercolor paper from Canson

- gold prismatic cardboard from Maildor

- black acrylic paint from Pebeo

- sparkling clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh

Holiday Card Series 2016 - Holiday Cheer

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Here is another holiday card using three different stamp sets from Simon Says Stamp and a stitched scallop border from Pretty Pink Posh.

First I cut two stitched rectangles: one in watercolor paper, one in craft paper, and then I cut two stitched scallop borders from the craft paper.

On the watercolor paper I stamped a bunch of presents that I colored using cold distress inks and shimmering silver paint so that my little character would stand out later.

I stamped my sentiment on the bottom craft border, and stamped the cat and his presents on watercolor paper with waterproof black ink. Again I painted them using distress inks and shimmerings paint but I wanted my cat to be the focal point so I painted his scarf and the presents in red ink.

I adhered my craft borders on my gift pattern paper with foam dots. I fussy cut my little character and his presents and glued them also with foam dots.

I adhered everything with double sided tape on white cardstock and added some sparkling clear sequins to finish my card.

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SUPPLIES

- "Gifts of love", "Baby Party Animals" and "Merry Everything" stamp sets from Simon Says Stamp

- scallop borders die from Pretty Pink Posh

- large stitched 4 bar rectangles from Lawn Fawn

- distress inks from Tim Holtz: tumbled glass, weathered wood, candied apple

- shimmering watercolor paint from Creative Expressions: silver lustre

- watercolor paper from Canson

- craft paper from my stash

- 110lb white cardstock from Neenah

- black dye ink from Hero Arts

- sparkling clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh

Holiday Card Series 2016 - Joy to the World

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Starting my Holiday Card Series 2016 with these cute little caroling critters from Avery Elle.

First I used my Misti tool to stamp all the characters on watercolor paper with waterproof black ink, colored them using a bunch of distress inks, and then die cut everything with my Big Shot using the coordinating dies.

To frame my little scene I used the largest die from the Avery Elle Postage stamp die set on some Lawn Fawn paper, and to add interest to the background I die cut a forest border and two hillside borders from Lawn Fawn.

I used distress inks to create the sky and then adhered my borders. I used regular adhesive and foam dots to glue my little characters in place.

Then I adhered the whole pannel on a white base. I stamped my sentiment and musical notes in black ink and glued some sequins to finish the card.

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SUPPLIES

- Caroling Critters stamp set from Avery Elle

- Postage stamp die set from Avery Elle

- Forest border die set from Lawn Fawn

- Let's bokeh in the snow stripe paper from Lawn Fawn

- Distress inks from Tim Holtz: candied apple, weathered wood, black soot, scattered straw, antique linen, picked raspberry, vintage photo, hickory smoke, squeezed lemonade, broken china, rusty hinge, salty ocean, tumbled glass

- watercolor paper from Canson

- 110lb white cardstock from Neenah

- black dye ink from Hero Arts

- memento tuxedo black ink from Tsukineko

- sparkling clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh