Simon Says Make it Sparkle!

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the  Die Crazy Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too

This week the challenge is Make it Sparkle!

We are showcasing Technique Tuesday Products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

This is my take on the Make it Sparkle challenge.

I have used Technique Tuesday Cath Edvalson's Garden Flowers die set on my card. I decided to make a sparkly shaker card with the Garden Flowers die as the focal point. I die cut the outline of the flower using black glitter cardstock and the solid piece in watercolour paper. I watercoloured the solid die cut using orange and pink Zig Clean Colour brush pens. I layered the outline flower over the  solid flower. I also die cut  the sentiment from the Garden Flowers die set using watercolour paper and watercoloured using pink and orange Zig pens. 

Then I made a shaker box using Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set as the box frame. I adhered the acetate sheet on the inside of the frame. I stuck the flower die on the centre of the card front. Then added pink and white iridescent hearts from Martha Stewart around the flowers before adhering the  shaker box frame on the card front. I then adhered the sentiment die cut on the acetate sheet on the frame.



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Simon Says Stamp DieCember Card #2

Hi, Hello and Hiya everybody,

I am sharing a birthday card today with you using the new dies from Simon Says Stamp DieCember release.

I love the Single Roses die. Just very beautiful. I paired this die with Happy Birthday die to make my card. I have used sponging and watercolour techniques on my card.

I die cut the Single Roses die using watercolour paper and watercoloured the roses and leaves using Zig watercolour pens. Then I sponged Squeezed Lemonade and Spun Sugar on the card base on the top left corner. I adhered the roses and leaves using liquid glue to the middle of the roses and stalk end of the leaves. I love how the edges of the roses and ends of the leaves are raised on the card.

I die cut the Happy Birthday die using black cardstock three times, then stacked and glued them. I adhered the sentiment vertically on the right side of the card. I wanted the bold contrasting sentiment to be different than facing straight at you. Something out of the box. I love how it turned out. I then embellished my card with Clear Droplets, Ballerina Pink and Strawberry Burst Iridescent sequins from Pretty Pink Posh. Finally rounded the top left corner of the card.

All the new DieCember goodies are available for purchase at Simon Says Stamp Store. You also get a free wafer thin die free with purchase this month. Check out the code below.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

A Published card!

A quick post today! Did you pick up the new Australian Cardmaking Stamping and Papercraft magazine? There are plenty of new inspirations in the magazine under different themes and fantastic tutorials as well. Great issue!

I have couple of cards in the magazine and here is one for Diamonds and Gems theme.

I used Winnie and Walter's So Precious stamp set to white heat emboss the diamond images and watercolour them with Zig Clean Brush pens. The sentiment is from same stamp set with die cut "friend" using The Big, the Bold and  Friends cutaway also from Winnie & Walter. Embellished with the pretty Sparkly Clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

The magazine is now available for purchase at all Supermarkets and Newsagency. If you like to subscribe, CLICK HERE!

Thanks for sharing my excitement today with me!

Simon Says Stamp DieCember card - Hello!

Hello everyone,

Happy Sunday! Hope you are all enjoying your weekend. I am sharing a card using Simon Says Stamp DieCember release die called Stitched Whirl. This die has beautiful stitched swirls which gives the background subtle details. Love it.

I wanted to add more to just die cutting using the Stitched Whirl die. I wanted those swirls to be highlighted. So I die cut using watercolour paper and then did a rainbow colour on the die cut. Once dry, I die cut using the largest Stitched Rectangle die from Simon Says Stamp. Love the stitched details on the panel and the bright rainbow colours. To keep the background panel to be highlight of the card, I kept the sentiment simple by die cutting Simon Says Stamp Painted Hello in gold glitter cardstock. But the sentiment die cut was a tad small for the rainbow panel. So I decided to frame the sentiment by die cutting a white stitched frame using two Stitched Rectangle die from Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set. All the layers are adhered over a Fog card base using foam adhesives for dimension. Finally brought the card together with Pretty Pink Posh's 10mm and 4mm Sparkly Clear and 6mm and 4mm Gold sequins. Here are some side shots of the card which shows the stitched swirls on the rainbow panel.

All the new DiCember dies are available for purchase at Simon Says Stamp Store. You also get a free wafer die this month with the purchase. The code is WAFERDIE. 

Happy Shopping!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Have a lovely weekend.

Special Friends!

Welcome back to my blog. Today I have a non Christmas card which I enjoyed making. To be honest with you, I am now over making Christmas cards. I have posted all the cards I made and now done with them this year. Yay! So when I went into my craft room this morning, I wanted to enjoy the process of making something different. Not that I did not enjoy creating any of my cards, It is the feeling doing something different to what I have been making for past couple of months. Hope you know what I mean! :0

So this is my card I am sharing with you today.

I wanted to do a lot of sponging inks. I love the effect of sponging and blending colours. On this panel, I blended Gathered Twigs, Vintage Photo, Crushed Olive, Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon and Faded Jeans. I went back and forth a few times to get even blending. I then spattered clear water on the panel and mopped them off with a clean towel. One the left side of the panel, I stamped the Gentle Breeze stamp from Penny Black using Soft Olive, Cup o Joe and Forever New Hero Arts inks. This three layered stamping gives depth to the whole scene on the panel.

I have been hoarding this On Safari die set from Penny Black for a long time. I love them and have been thinking long and hard how to use them creatively. Although I have a few ideas in my mind, I thought the giraffe and elephant on this background would be perfect. So I die cut them out and sponged them with Ripe Persimmon distress ink. I adhered them on to the background panel next to each other like special friends. Thus the sentiment on the card from Mimi's Love stamp set also from Penny Black. I added jute twine with a bow to bring in some texture to the card and also tie in with the kraft card base.

 I love the inking of the background scene and how everything came together. I enjoyed making this card. Hope you like it. Here are all the three Penny Black products, I used to make my card. They are all available at Penny Black store.

   

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Have a lovely weekend!