Simon Says Add Shimmer!

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Animal Magic Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is

ADD SOME SHIMMER 

We are showcasing Lindy's Gang 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. The lovely people at Lindy's Gang sent all of the DT a parcel of samples to use, thank you so much, we really appreciate them!

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

I love Lindy's Gang products. I received the Mermaid Seashells Magical set. Gorgeous watercolour pigments in cute jars. Love the intensity of the colours and shimmer in them. Thanks you so much for the lovely products. Appreciate your generosity. This is my first time using such pigments and had great fun with it. I made couple of cards using them.

For both my cards, I used Simon Says Stamp Leaves cling background stamp. I put a pinch of the powders from the Mermaid Seashells Magical set on my watercolour palette and added few drops of water to make a viscous paste so I was able to brush the colours using watercolour brush on to the leaves background stamp. I used Azure Sea Asters, Cocklebells Corall, Glory of the Sea Gold and Sea Mint Green pigments. I randomly applied the colours and blended them. Since I was using them for the first time, I was slow in applying. The colours dried on me but I was able to bring them back by spritzing water on them as they are watercolours. I stamped on Strathmore watercolour paper. Wow! That was gorgeous to see the colours with shimmer.  There was enough pigment on the stamp that I spritzed water on it to stamp on another watercolour paper. The impression was softer than the first which you can see on my second card. I thihnk if you like a softer look, you can go for another impression. There is enought pigment to get three images with just one application.

I also sprayed clear shimmer on the both the panels to get extra shine on them. Once dry, I die cut the panels using Thanks Scallop border die from Simon Says Stamp. I die cut one panel horizontally and the other vertically. Since the border die has the sentiment already diecut on them, I didn't feel the need to add more sentiment. You could add a secondary sentiment if you like. For my horizontal card, I stamped the same leaves stamp using Simon Says Stamp embossing ink to get tone on tone background on the brown card base. I adhered the stamped die cut panel on the top of the card base, used natural twine to tie a bow and embelished with Rose Gold sequins.

For my second card, I used the the vertical stamped and die cut panel. You can see he colours are much softer than the previous card. This is second generation stamping. I love this because you can see some areas with intense colour and fading to the soft. Love that effect which also adds to the texture of the panel.

I actually made this card first. So I adhered the panel on the brown card base. After adhering I felt the base below the stamped panel felt a bit plain. That is the reason I stamped the Leaves image with embossing ink to get the tone on tone effect for the previous card.  Just a variation. I like both though.



I did exactly the same for this card as well. Used the natural twine to tie a bow on top of the card front and embellished with Rose gold sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

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You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

No backlinking allowed, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw

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Hello Flamingo! Simon Says Stamp Among the Stars release!

Hello everyone, I am sharing a card I made using the flamingo background stamp set from Among the Stars collection released by Simon Says Stamp.



I love flamingos and they are trendy at the moment. I can see them everywhere. In the newly released collection there is a beautiful flamingo background stamp which I have used on my card.

I wanted to see pink flamingos and so used Simon Says Stamp Teenie Bikini, Hero Arts Fresh Peach and Soft Cantaloupe ink in ombre to ink the stamp and stamp on Neenah Solar white cardstock panel. I used MISTI to stamp so I could double stamp to get even coverage. Then I used Simon Says Stamp largest Stitched Rectangle Die to die cut the stamped panel.

For the focal point, I die cut a circle out of pink vellum paper. The sentiment is Painted Hello die from Simon Says Stamp which I die cut three time and stacked glued them for dimension. The feathers and twigs are from Oh Happy Day stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. I gold heat embossed them on vellum cardstock and die cut them out using coordinating dies. I them adhered these behind the Hello die cut sentiment which is adhered on the vellum circle and the whole cluster is adhered to the stamped panel using foam adhesives. Finally embellished with gold sequins from Little Things by Lucy Bright Copper collection.

I absolutely love this stamp set. I made lots of background panels using various techniques using this background stamp. Hoping to use them and make more cards. Will share as soon as I make them. Hope you like this card.

You can get all the new stamp set and dies from Among the Stars collection at Simon Says Stamp Store.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Simon Says Animal Magic!

Hello, all! Welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

Thank you for joining us for the Father's Day/For A Guy Challenge! We loved seeing your fun and innovative designs this week! Please join us this week for our brand new challenge!

We will be back soon with the name of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher.

This week the challenge is...

ANIMAL MAGIC

We are looking to the animal kingdom for inspiration for our 'Animal Magic' projects! From butterflies to buffalos, kittens to kingfishers, we will be looking forward to see which animal you choose for your project!

Many of us have fur babies that are very much a part of our family and we would love to know what little critters live with you! Maybe you could add photo's of them on your post too!

We are showcasing Paper Smooches 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 Animal Magic challenge.

I have used We Adore You stamp set from Paper Smooches to make my card. My card is nearly one layer. I stamped the focal point image using Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink and stamped the rest of the background with the same image with Simon Says Stamp Fog ink. I copic coloured the focal image and outlined the background images using C1 marker. I grounded the focal image and adhered the sentiment strip using foam adhesives.



I embellished with Rose Gold 6mm and 4mm sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and adhered the panel on brown card base.



I tried to colour the dog image on my card similar to my dog colour.  This is Charlie, my third child. Totally pampered pooch at home. We love him and cannot imagine life without him.

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting!

Follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram:

Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there, too!

There are fabulous Give Aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog , if you haven't subscribed by email you may want to so you don't miss out.

You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

No backlinking allowed, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw

Let's Chat!

Hello and welcome back! Today I have a rainbow card to share with you. It is project using Taylored Expressions Rainbow Brights pattern paper pack. This card invites all of us to talk about all things important to humanity. From respect and love for each other, to attitude towards each other, to truth and reality, to be able to accept each other irrespective of one's belief in terms of faith or orientation, to using force and violence, to protecting our planet and animals....... I can go on and on. I believe in knowledge and education is the key. The coloured chairs represent people. We are all different people and we need to chat about living together in peace.  So let's chat!



Back to how I made this card, I wanted use the beautiful rainbow striped pattern paper from Rainbow Brights pattern paper pack as an accent on my card. The pattern paper by itself is beautiful but bright and busy, so I used very little of it on my card. But you can see how couple do stripes of the pattern paper makes the colours of the chair pop and brings the card together.  I have a picture tutorial of how I made my card. Sit back and enjoy!

I stamped eight chairs from Sit and Chat stamp set on white cardstock, Coloured them all in rainbow colours using Copic Markers. Did the same with the cushions. I die cut all of them out using coordinating dies.  This card is six by four and half inches. It is not a normal size card because I wanted to showcase all the chairs without over crowding them. I trimmed a white cardstock panel which is six by four inches upon which I foam mounted the chairs and flush glued the cushions on the chairs. On the card front, I adhered two strips of the rainbow striped pattern paper on top and bottom. I love this paper so much that I want to save them, hence I did not glue down the paper on the entire card front. ;) The strips are good enough. I hoard things I love. Just saying! Then I adhered the chair panel on top of the card front using foam adhesives. Now you can see how the rainbow pattern paper accents the rainbow chairs and makes the colours pop! The sentiment is from the same stamp set white heat embossed on Oreo cardstock and die cut using Say What? Conversation Bubbles die. I think the black speech bubble sentiment ties in with the black outline from the chairs.

Hope you like my card and inspiration behind the card.  All the supplies I used to make this card are from Taylored Expressions and are listed below.

Card Supplies:

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