Cheering Thanks for You

 Welcome class!

I have another card using new products from this month's Simon Says Stamp Cheering for You release--this time focusing on the acetate cards and the new Pawsitively Saturated Ink cubes....hooray for releasing Cubes in colors previously released....I've been not-so-patiently waiting for these to add to my collection!

So here's the lesson plan:

1.  Stencil the things! I used a pale blue color for my base that helped the colors pop.  I also doodled on them with white gel pen (I'm an Arteza pen user).

2.  Die cut the things!  I stacked my thanks die cut and blended the lightest and second lightest greens in the set on top so that it had an ombre vibe.  I also blended a few shades of the blues in this ink set onto the flowers before I assembled the card.

3.  Put everything together!  I put a die cut on each side of the acetate to keep it looking clean. 

4.  Accessorize with Splash Drops, putting larger ones in the middle of each of the flowers. 

Product Line Up:

• Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Inks:  
• Simon Says Stamp A2 Acetate Cards
• Simon Says Stamp CZ Designs Scripty Thanks Die
• Simon Says Stamp Mosaic Tulips Stencil Set
• Simon Says Stamp Rainbow Splash Splash Drops
• Simon Says Stamp Fine Floral Stem Dies 

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!

Rediscovery Hop--Summer in Snowflakes!

Welcome class!

I'm here participating in this month's Rediscovery hop over on IG!  The theme for this month is summer cards, or to use stencils.  I went with the stencil option and made this fun fold Christmas card!

So here's the lesson plan:

1.  Pick your colors.  My favorite came back here:  Snow Cone and Cotton Candy from Taylored Expressions.

2.  Emboss the things!  I used the Noel Print background stamp from Hero Arts and embossed it with clear embossing powder.  This white cardstock layer is 4 x 5 1/4.  

3.  Stencil the things! I used Picket Fence mini paper pouncers to help me with this detailed Taylored Expressions Winter's Beauty snowflake stencil right on top of my text background.

4.  Cut the white layer in half so you have 2 pieces that are 2 x 5 1/4.

5.  Fold the things.  The card base is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2.  Crease each side of the cardstock at 2 1/4 to make the gate opening.  If this looks familiar, I watched a recent Jennifer McGuire video where she made a card in this format and I had to get going and make my own before I finished watching!

6.  Assemble your card!  Glue your embossed and stenciled pieces onto your flaps with the edge lined up to the middle so that you have a border surrounding it.  Take your sentiment (mine is from Concord and 9th's Holiday Sayings and cut out of white glitter cardstock) and mount it on a 1 x 2 piece of cardstock that is folded in half.  This allows your sentiment to float!

Product Line Up:

• Concord and 9th Holiday Sayings Dies
• Hero Arts Noel Prints Background Stamp
• Picket Fence Studios Mini Pouncers
• Simon Says Stamp Clear Detail Embossing Powder
• Versafine Clair Nocturne (Black) Ink Pad
• Simon Says Stamp White Glitter Cardstock

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!

 

Just a Note about the Cheering for You Release

Welcome class!

I've got another card for you using products from the new Cheering for You release from Simon Says Stamp!  This one combines two new products--the Music stamp set and A2 acetate cards...let's find out about it!

So here's the lesson plan:

1.  Pick your colors.  I went with black and gold for the neutrals, and Kitch Flamingo, Abandoned Coral and Fossilized Amber.

2.  Stamp the things!  I stamped the background panel first, then blended over it with the Distress Oxide colors.  I spritzed a little Picked Raspberry and Fossilized Amber Distress Spritz over the panel too (trust me, it's there....hard to see in this pic!)

3.  Emboss the things on the acetate panel!  Don't be afraid to use your powder tool all over before you emboss on acetate so you can avoid all the strays.  Make sure to completely heat up your heat tool for about 45 seconds, and then keep it moving while the powder is melting to avoid heavy warping. 

4.  Die cut the things!  I used CZ Design's Just a Note sentiment because it fit the music note theme of the set I was sent.

5.  Assemble the card.  This is actually technically a trifold card as the note card on the inside is glued in with the fold line on the RIGHT side.  I watched a Jennifer McGuire video that gave me the inspiration for how I put this together. 

 Product Line Up:

• Simon Says Stamp Music Stamps
• Simon Says Stamp A2 Acetate Cards
• Simon Says Stamp CZ Just a Note Die
• Simon Says Stamp Thank You Background
• Simon Says Stamp Gold Glitter Cardstock
• Distress Oxide:  Kitch Flamingo
• Distress Oxide:  Abandoned Coral
• Distress Oxide:  Fossilized Amber
• Simon Says Stamp Clear Detail Embossing Powder
• Versafine Clair Nocturne (Black) Ink Pad

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!

 

Cheering For You...With Music!

Welcome class!

I'm bringing some inspiration to you today using products from the new Cheering for You release from Simon Says Stamp!  I'll be featuring the new Music stamp set this month, and here's one of the cards I made with it!

So here's the lesson plan:

1.  Pick your colors:  I used my go to rainbow of colors from Concord and 9th for the cardstock strips, but I used a rainbow of Pawsitively Saturated Inks for the hearts (colors linked below).

2.  Stamp the things!  Since I was going to be using water I used Tim Holtz Watercolor panels for this. Emboss the things!

3.  Make the watercolors run.  So I smooshed my ink pads on my glass mat to get the color and I put a small drop of water in each heart.  I highly recommend embossing your image if you try this as the embossing makes a little pool so your water and color stay where you want them to.  I then picked up a small amount of ink on my damp brush and dropped it in the pool in each heart.  I then took a CLEAN brush and made a small water color trail coming from each heart.  Next, I dropped a small amount of ink in each one with my brush and it followed the water trail, so it went exactly where I wanted it to go!

4.  Cut on a diagonal.  

5.  Frame your image with 1/8 inch cardstock strips.

6.  Admire your handiwork!

Product Line Up:

• Simon Says Stamp Music Stamps
• Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Inks: Pink Blooms
• Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Inks: Red Berries
• Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Inks: Orange Leaves
• Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Inks: Yellow Sunsets
• Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Inks: Green Meadows
• Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Inks:  Blue Skies
• Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Inks: Purple Fields
• Simon Says Stamp Clear Detail Embossing Powder
• Versafine Clair Nocturne (Black) Ink Pad
• Tim Holtz Watercolor Panels
• Concord and 9th Cardstock

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!

 

A Sunny Thank You

Welcome class!

I have a sunny Thank you card using some old and new products from Simon Says Stamp...and as you'll see here a lot of old products from my stash too!

So here's the lesson plan:

1.  Pick your colors.  I used the Yellow Sunsets Pawsitively Saturated ink cubes from Simon Says Stamp, along with Taylored Expressions Snow Cone and Cotton Candy.

2.  Stamp the things!  Die cut the things!  Ink blend the things!  Emboss the things!

3.  Assemble the things and accessorize with Starshine embellishments!

Where did the clouds and cloud border come from?  Class, I do not know.  I store my die cuts in clear pockets by category and for those, I got rid of the original packaging so I can't trace it back to a single manufacturer. 

 Product Line Up:

• Simon Says Stamp Sunny Smiles Stamps
• Simon Says Stamp Starshine Embellishments
• Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Inks: Yellow Sunsets
• Simon Says Stamp CZ Designs Scripty Thanks Die
• Simon Says Stamp White Fine Embossing Powder
• Simon Says Stamp White Glitter Cardstock

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!

Rainbow Flower Power!

Welcome class!

Today I'm posting some card I made back when I was on my Simon Says Stamp Flower Power kick a few weeks back.  I made so many different ones that I didn't want y'all to get bored with them being all you'd see.  Variety is the spice of life!

So here's the lesson plan--Card 1:

1.  Pick your colors.  I went with a rainbow blend using all Concord and 9th products:  Dragonfruit, Poppy, Clementine, Buttercup, Sprout, Aqua Sky, Blueberry and Fig. 

2.  Stamp the things!  Emboss the things! Stencil the things! Die cut the things--both flowers and rectangle bars from the sentiment set!

3.  Carefully space out all the cardstock bars.  I can't believe that they all spaced evenly on here.  

4.  Stamp the sentiment (from Simon Says Stamp Airy greetings).

5.  Assemble and embellish with Starshine embellishments!

So here's the lesson plan--Card 2:

1.  Pick your colors.  I only used three colors for this one, seen in the photo:  Pawsitively Saturated Inks in Taffy, Citrine and Ocean.

2.  Stamp the things! Emboss the things!  Stencil the things!  I stenciled a second flower so that I could die cut it out and pop it up with that sentiment in the middle!

3.  Ink splatter the background so that it isn't as stark with just the flowers and the white space.  

4.  Assemble!

EXTRA CREDIT!

On the first card, I went back with a black detail Copic pen and added some doodles to the flower centers and it just made them pop.  Highly recommend doodling on sold images such as these.  

Product Line Up:

• Simon Says Stamp Flower Power Stencil
• Simon Says Stamp Flower Power Stamps
• Simon Says Stamp Flower Power Dies
• Simon Says Stamp Airy Greetings Stamps and Dies
• Simon Says Stamp Starshine Embellishments
• Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Inks: Pink Blooms
• Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Inks: Yellow Sunsets
• Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Inks: Blue Seas
• Simon Says Stamp Clear Detail Embossing Powder
• Simon Says Stamp White Fine Embossing Powder
• Versamark Ink Pad
• Versafine Clair Nocturne (Black) Ink Pad
• Concord and 9th Cardstock

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!

 

Lazy Crafting--LOL!

Welcome class!

So I had the Daisy stencil on my desk from my last card, and since it was already there I made another card with it.  Lazy crafting for the win!

So here's the lesson plan:

1.  Pick your colors.  This one uses Taylored Expressions Snow Cone, Cotton Candy, Kiwi and Lime Zest, along with some Lemon Meringue enamel dots for the flower centers. 

2.  Stencil the things!  I stenciled on both the white layer and only did the flowers on the blue layer.  When each is cut in half they line up perfectly!

3.  Die cut the things!  Emboss the things!

4.  Assemble the card.  I did a layered sentiment on this one using the Oversized Hey Hi Hello dies and the Sentiment Additions set, both from Waffle Flower

Product Line Up:

• Waffle Flower Crafts Daisy Background Stencil Duo
• Waffle Flower Sentiment Additions Stamps and Dies
• Waffle Flower Oversized Hey Hi Hello Print Dies
• Simon Says Stamp White Fine Embossing Powder
• Versamark Ink Pad

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!