Cozy Polar Wishes

Welcome class!

I have another card coming your way with the Polar Christmas set which is a part of the new Sweet Wishes release at Simon Says Stamp!  I was inspired by a card that was made by Cindy Norberg (@crncards on IG) from last month's Stamptember collabs.  I made sure to tweak things a little bit and changed the orientation from horizontal to vertical, used different shades of blue, and added a few extra penguins for fun.  I love how Instagram is full of great inspiration that you can use to come up with variations on creativity that other people have shared!  Have you ever found a card that sparked your creativity on Instagram, or another sharing platform?

So here's the lesson plan:

1.  Pick your colors.  I used the Blue Skies assortment of inks from Simon Says Stamp:  Marine, Cadette and Royal.  I did the top layer of the snowflake stencil in a super light layer of Marine, then the three colors of inks one right after another.

2.  Stamp the things!  I stamped the inks in Versafine Clair Nocturne and embossed them with clear ink.  Color the things!  I actually reached for my Copic markers for the first time in a long time to color the scarves in rainbow shades.  Splatter the things!  I used a fan brush I dipped in my Black Soot Distress Oxide spray bottle and splattered it over my stenciled panel (the stencil is Simon's Snowflake Stripes).  Die cut the things!  I used the Cozy Wishes die from Simon for the main sentiment in matte silver cardstock.

3.  Assemble!  I popped up the penguins with foam tape along the right side of the card, and accented the die cut sentiment with a Reverse Winter Sentiment Strip from the new release as well.  A few Starshine embellishments do the final trick and we have a card!

Product Line Up:

• Simon Says Stamp Polar Christmas Stamps
• Simon Says Stamp Snowflake Stripes Stencil
• Simon Says Stamp Reverse Winter Sentiment Strips
• Simon Says Stamp Cozy Wishes Wafer Die
• Simon Says Stamp Starshine Embellishments
• Simon Says Stamp Matte Silver Cardstock
• Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink:  Blue Skies
• Simon Says Stamp Clear Detail Embossing Powder
• Versafine Clair Nocturne (Black) Ink Pad
• Ranger Distress Oxide Spray:  Black Soot

The above links are affiliate links, which just helps me fund this hobby at no additional cost to you and create more lesson plans and creativity for all of you--I appreciate your support!

Class dismissed!