You're Unbe-LEAF-able!

 Hello everyone!  I am sharing my card that I made for the Inspired By Challenge!   I had SO MUCH FUN creating this card!  First off, I got all inky with my surgical gloves and many different Distress Inks!  I did a lot of ink smooshing!  I have not done this in such a long time!  I trimmed down a 3.5 inch square of watercolor cardstock and then got to inking, spritzing and smooshing!  

I knew I wanted several different colors of leafs.  So I paired three different colors of Distress Inks to create burgundy, orange, yellow, green and brown leaves.  I would ink, spray, splatt and dry the squares with my heat gun.  I repeated this till I got some light and dark areas.   I then splattered with some dark brown watercolor.    

I had some large leaves and smaller leaves and went with the smaller leaves.   I popped up each leaf with foam tape.  I then added a sentiment from The Greetery with the Way to Grow stamp set.   I used a die cut flag from Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Die.  

Come join us at the Inspired By Challenge!!! 

Stamptember Exclusive with Reverse Confetti

 Hello!  I am joining in with the fun this month with the Simon Says Stamp and Reverse Confetti collaboration set called Fa La La Trees for Stamptember.   

I love when a set allows you to get creative and with these sets that you can build as you like, there are so many possibilities.   I have a much different card that I will be sharing later!   

For this slimline design, I stamped out the striped tree and then with the outline repeating the pattern across the panel.   I then stamped separately, the tree with the branches and used a dark and light green ink.  I hand trimmed the trees out.  I then turned the slimline panel upside down and added the green trees with foam tape.   

I layered the panel onto some aqua cardstock and then added crystal sequins to mimic snow.   I stamped a sentiment and white embossed it and trimmed it down to a small strip and layered across my trees.   

Hop along over to Simon Says Stamp to see what other designers have in store for you! 

STAMPtember & SugarPea Designs Everyday Home

Happy Stamptember!  The fun is still going strong at Simon Says Stamp.  Today, I am sharing a card using the card collaboration for Simon Says Stamp and SugarPea Designs.   

Wendy has created these great stamp sets that let you share a homey scene.  She has a couple of them already in the SugarPea Designs collection and this is a new one to add to the mix!  I love the blanket ladder and bench!  So homey!   This one is called Everyday Home!   

I went with some turquoise blues and mustards.   These colors scream fall to me!   I would love to have this little set up in my hallway!  I just love all the details that she has added including some hooks to hang the plant or hat from! 

You can only get this special stamp set at Simon Says Stamps available now!  

SSS and SugarPea Designs Collab stamp set 

SSS and SugarPea Designs Collab stamp and die set

Happy shopping! 

 

STAMPtember & Reverse Confetti Autumn Blessings

Hello!  I am so happy to be sharing this exclusive stamp set that is being offered by Simon Says Stamp for the Stamptember Collaboration with Reverse Confetti called Autumn Blessings.   How beautiful is this fall inspired set!  

I stamped the image and then colored with my Copic markers using yellows, reds and oranges for a fall flower bouquet.  I just love the scripty font of the greetings in this stamp set.  I stamped it onto the Reverse Confetti Three Tags Confetti Cuts and tied it around the card with some hemp twine. 

To create my card panel, I used the Reverse Confetti Double Stitched Window Cover panel die cut from Rust cardstock.   I stamped the panel with the Background Builder stamp set.  I love a great big polka dot panel!  I used Rust ink to stamp the circle stamp out repeatedly over the card panel.  

Here are the links to get this new stamp set!  These stamp sets can go quickly!  I hope you love it as much as I do!   

Simon Says Stamp Stamptember Reverse Confetti Stamp and Die set

Simon Says Stamp Stamptember Reverse Confetti Stamp set

Happy Stamptember!!  I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Whimsy Stamps - Stamptember - Happy Pugmas

Hey there!  Happy Stamptember!  Whimsy Stamps has this super cute holiday set called Happy Pugmas that they created for Stamptember!  This set is only available through Simon Says Stamp! 

I had so much fun coloring these little pugs!   I stamped them onto Neenah cardstock and then colored with my Copic markers.   I trimmed all of the images out.  I could not help myself but stamp and color each of the pugs!   They are all decked out for the holidays.  

I used the Slimline Pillows die for my card panel.  I also die cut it out with red and green cardstock and then stamped the die cuts with the Buffalo Plaid Background stamp with matching ink.   

For the sentiments, I used the Comic Speech Bubbles Die set - it went perfect with the scene that I created.  I then added some finishing touches with my white gel pen and Christmas Red Stickles.   

Head over to the Simon Says Stamp and get it fast before it is gone!   I hope you have a wonderful crafty day!  

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Tricia 

 

SugarPea Designs - Simon Says Stamptember

Happy Stamptember peeps!   Isn't it one of the most wonderful months of the year!   There has been so much inspiration and one fabulous month long release!    I am sharing the SugarPea Design and Simon Says Stamp collaboration stamp and die set called Nordic Village.

This set is super adorable, I just love the cute little houses that you create a snowy village scene!  I had visions of a Swedish Ski destination with lot's of snowy hills and trees!   I love the church and all the different trees that come with the set!  I decided to make a slimline card for my scene and have really steep slopes for skiing!   

I started by ink blending with Distress Ink Oxides in Pine Needles, Evergreen Baugh and Cracked Pistachio.   Once it was completely dry, I stenciled on some white embossing pasted with the Falling Snow Stencil.   I used the Card Front Element Builder with one of the border dies and created by ski slopes.   To the very bottom panel, I stamped Merry Christmas from Nordic Village in red ink and then stamped the from Our Home to Yours in black ink just below it.   I took a red and white tiny strip of Spots & Stripes in Brights and added it to the bottom of the card panel.   

I stamped all my images out using the collaboration Nordic Village onto watercolor cardstock and clear heat embossed them.   I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers to color the images.   I stamped out some of the trees with the Pine Needles Distress Oxide ink.   All the images were then die cut with the Nordic Village die cuts.    The final measurements of the card are 3 3/4 inches by 8 1/2 inches.

That is it for me today!    Remember, this stamp set is a limited release - so hurry to get the SugarPea Designs and Simon Says Stamp Collaboration before it sells out!    

Happy Stamptember! 

Stamptember - Reverse Confetti

Hey there!   I am celebrating today with Simon Says Stamp and Reverse Confetti with this exclusive stamp set called Wonderful You.   You can only get this stamp set while supplies last at Simon Says Stamp during Stamptember! 

It is a beautiful set and I decided to make a fall inspired card and used some Spiced Marmalade and Tattered Rose along with Peacock Feathers Distress Inks.   The stamp set comes with the line image as well as stamps to "fill in" the line image and they are colored to make it super easy for you to know where to stamp them.    I wanted a loose look with the stamping so I sprayed a fine mist of water onto the inked stamp before stamping.   I did use my stamp positioner to stamp and repeat to get a bold look. 

   I flicked black paint onto the panel and once it was dry, I trimmed it down and then tied some twine around the panel.   I layered it with another panel of RC Aqua cardstock.    There are three sentiment stamps in Wonderful You and it is in a beautiful script that matches some of the other stamps sets from Reverse Confetti. 

 I had some light peach card stock that I die cut with the Triangles Cover Panel.  This is one of my most favorite Cover Panels from Reverse Confetti.  It has such wonderful stitching details.  Although in my card today, it is mostly covered up! 😊  I placed it onto a white card base and added some crystal sequins to finish it off.   

Hope over to the Simon Says Blog and check out the Exclusive Reverse Confetti stamp set made for Stamptember! I hope you have a wonderful day!

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Something New

I am playing along with the Simon Wednesday Challenge - Something New.   I have the You Make My Heart Spin and Handwritten Happiness.   I had yet to ink them up so I pulled them both out and got to stamping!    I used Mermaid Lagoon and Tumbled Glass.   I then used a mixture of Perfect Pearls and flicked it onto the card panel.   The panel was trimmed with a Blueprint that has been retired! 

I stamped the images on Neenah Solar White and then trimmed them out.     I added Snow Drifts and layered them to the card with foam tape.   

I added details with my White Sakura Gel pen and several sequins from Pretty Pink Posh in Marshmallow.    I white heat embossed the sentiment from Handwritten Happiness.   

I hope you have a wonderful day!   Thanks for visiting me!!!  

Beary Big Adventure - Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Stamp Challenge

Happy Almost Friday!   I played along with the Simon Says Wednesday challenge with add a sentiment!    I really was not sure what exactly that meant other than have a sentiment on your card!   I did my favorite coloring with my Copic markers and ink blending a background.  I did stamp and heat embossed the sentiment to make it really stand out on the card!    Walking on the edge people!  

I love this bear from the Beary Big Adventure stamp set from My Favorite Things.   It is just adorable  and fun to color.   The main panel and ground were ink blended with Distress inks and then I spritzed them with a Stampin UP Spritzer.   I know that it is retired but Tim Holtz came out with one.  I still love using it! 

I missed posting my card for the challenge but thought I would still share!   Thanks for stopping by! 

Celebrate your Day - Reverse Confetti STAMPtember Exclusive!

Hello Everyone!  Simon Says Stamp is celebrating Stamptember and I am very excited to share a card with the Exclusive Reverse Confetti Stamp Set called  - Celebrate Your Day!    It has some fantastic sentiments and a really cool focal image that you can use to frame the Celebrate sentiment!   

This is a limited set and only available while supplies last!   The other super part of the stamp set that I am so excited about is that 100% of the profits from this stamp set will go to support The Pink Fund!   The Pink Fund offers financial support to those who need it during Breast Cancer treatments.    I want to thank Simon Says Stamp for being so supportive of this cause and donating the proceeds!   

So to celebrate  - I made a PINK birthday card!  I stamped the striped frame banner in Reverse Confetti Coral Ink and then stamped the word Celebrate in Abyss ink onto white cardstock and layered it with some navy cardstock.   I love how the Celebrate sits right into the stripes and has additional space for you to add any of the other sentiments from the stamp set.    

I stamped and loosely colored with my Copic markers the monster from the new Monsterous Stamp set and die cut it out with the matching Confetti Cuts.   The balloons and party hat are from the Monkey Business Stamp set.   I used the new Leaf Lattice Cover panel and die cut a panel from Flamingo cardstock and then layered it on a Stone cardstock base.  The sunburst is from the new Boo To You circle Confetti Cuts die set.     

I hope that I have inspired you to get this stamp set while it lasts and support the PINK FUND!   

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