Simon Says Stamp April Card Kit - Fun with Stamping

Hello!!

I'm back with day two of my Simon Says Stamp card kit posts using the April Simon Says Stamp card kit - Everyday Happy.




I decided to use just stamps from the kit (rather than any of the patterned papers) to create two card designs. One more on the 'girly' side and the other a little more 'graphic.'

Grateful For Your Friendship 




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A little about the card

- First things first, I am not a huge fan of this much yellow. I love it as an accent colour but don't normally use it a a card base. But I liked it for this card because it's bright and fun and helps the stamping stand out. And the fact that it's spring here and its cold and snowing made me want to go a little brighter and 'sunnier!' LOL!

- The middle panel with all the coloured flowers was stamped in Neenah Solar White cardstock using Hero Arts shadow inks. They matched the colours in the kit perfectly!! Once I had them all stamped (which I'll admit took a little while) I added black enamel accents to the center of each flower. I then bordered it against black so it would stand out against the white.

- To create the sentiment, I cut apart one of the sentiments from the kit and rearranged it how I wanted it to look on the card.

- I cut apart one the note cards that came in the kit to use under the stamped panel. I love the look of the scalloped edge and just think it adds to the card.


I'm Grateful For You





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A little about the card

- I decided to keep this one very simple and just do a little stamping against a white card base. The black mat under the stamped panel helps it stand out and the white notecard makes it look clean and graphic.

- I used the long triangle border stamp from the kit and repeatedly stamped it on a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock.

- I cut apart the stamped piece and stamped the sentiment (that I used on yesterdays card) in the middle and then adhered the stamped pieces on either side of it. (Its a little crooked which I have to admit drives me crazy, but what's done is done lol!!)


GIVEAWAY!!!

Unfortunately, the April kit is now sold out but you have a chance to win one just by leaving a comment here on my blog.
Leave your comment by Thursday April 4/13 and I will draw a random winner to win the kit!!
A huge thanks to Heidi and Simon Says Stamp for providing a kit to one of my blog readers. ;-)

To ensure that you don't miss out on future kits, you can sign up for a subscription here. This will ensure that you always get the kit each month!!

Thanks for stopping by!
I'll be back tomorrow with my last card and a video!

Steph ;-)
 

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30 comments:

  1. Luv your cards! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  2. Love the clean and crisp look of your cards. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win.

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  3. I enjoyed reading how you put these super cards together! Great job!

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  4. Great cards! I'm going to try stamping my own BGs using some smaller stamps. ;-)

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  5. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! I would rather make my own backgrounds always and this Rocks!!! xoxoxo

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  6. Awesome cards! I really like the colours as well.

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  7. Thanks for the inspiration - looks like another great kit!
    Sandra ltb

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  8. Took me a minute to realize you made your own patterned paper. Wow!

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  9. I love the card with triangles! So awesome!

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  10. Lovely cards! I love how you made your own patterned paper backgrounds!

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  11. Love the yellow card with all the flowers! The triangles are amazing! I know it took a long time to do all the stamping but the results are amazing! Don't worry about the sentiment being crooked that's what makes it homemade!!

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  12. Love the yellow card with all the flowers! The triangles are amazing! I know it took a long time to do all the stamping but the results are amazing! Don't worry about the sentiment being crooked that's what makes it homemade!!

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  13. What beautiful cards! They really warm the heart and put a smile on my face!!

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  14. Love that you made your own backgrounds - so pretty! Thank you for the inspiration - I just might try this myself:)

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  15. Wow, amazing stamping!! The flowers look like pattern paper :)

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  16. Love Love Love the graphic card!
    And the flower stamped card is Great; I thought it was one of the patterned papers!!!

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  17. Pretty cards! Love that little flower you used and the color combo!
    Great kit... lots of fun stuff!

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  18. What a great flower background, at first I thought it was patterned paper. I think the triangle card would be great for a guy.

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  19. Love the cards...beautiful work!!! Thanks for sharing

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  20. Love the cards...beautiful work!!! Thanks for sharing

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  21. love the colours in these cards...this kit looks fun.

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  22. I love your different takes on the kit; the yellow, teal, and black look lovely together as a floral pattern or geometric shapes. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  23. I like the new comment you made by cutting apart the original stamp.

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  24. OMG ... the time it took to stamp your border on the first card was definitely worth it! You did a great job. I LOVE IT.

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  25. love how you stamped your own background! gives me tons of inspiration! :)
    shari

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  26. Great ideas for both cards... great inspirations.

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