STAMPtember® Exclusive with My Favorite Things!

Hello! Today I have a couple of cards to share that I created with the new exclusive STAMPtember® stamp set designed by My Favorite Things for Simon Says Stamp!

I love great sentiment stamp sets (especially thank you themed!) so I was super excited to see this awesome new exclusive set. I love the mix of the painted font paired with the type font.

I decided to create two cards using only the Thanks for Being There stamp set, ink and some hearts and sequins. Sentiments are a great way to add a design to a card to create a graphic, clean and simple look! ;)

I kept both cards fairly simple and used only Sea Glass and Black ink on both of them. I added the type sentiments in different ways but kept the feel of the cards pretty similar. 

For the Thank You card, I stamped the 'I can always count on you' sentiment repeatedly in diagonal lines on the bottom area of the card. I then stamped the larger Thank You in black ink above the repeated stamping and added a black and pink strip of cardstock in between. I love the pop of colour the pink adds to the card.

I stamped the heart from the stamp set underneath the paper strips and added a clear sequin (with silver stickles in the center) to the side of the heart.

For my Thanks card, I created a heart shaped mask and then I repeatedly stamped the 'Your compassion touched my heart' sentiment inside the heart area. Once I had it fully stamped, I used an ink blending tool to pull in the same colour from the outer edges of the heart to the center to really define the heart shape.

Once I had the heart done I removed the mask and stamped the large thanks directly over top. I love how bold it is against the inked heart background.

To add a little more dimension and detail to the card, I diecut some hearts from black cardstock and adhered them to the card. I covered them with a clear wink of stella glitter marker and then with glossy accents.

To complete the card, I added a strip of black and green cardstock to the side of the stamped panel and then adhered it to a white top-folding card base.

I love stretching my sentiments sets to not only be the actual sentiment on the card but to also be a design element. Text looks so clean and graphic on a card, especially with a mix of type and script fonts.

Make sure to check out the Simon Says Stamp blog to find out more about this awesome collaboration and to see more fun ways to use this exclusive stamp set! ;)

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Merry Christmas | Mixing Old & New Products

Hello! Today I have a card to share that mixes both older Simon Says Stamp products with the new Holiday Frames die that just came out for the STAMPtember® release! It's so easy to forget about older product we have when new stuff is exciting and fun, so I like to take some time to see what newer stuff would work well with older stuff.

I love the polaroid looking frame in the holiday frames die set, but rather than put an actual image behind it, I decided to use the Furry Christmas stamp set that was released a couple of years ago. And I have to admit, I am totally in love with how it turned out lol!! ;)

I coloured the stamped image with Copic markers and then tucked it behind the diecut frame. For a little bit of fun, I let the dogs antlers and the dog and cats tails stick out from behind the frame. Almost makes it look like they're actually behind there! ;)

I added Sea Glass cardstock under the frame behind the animals to make them stand out from the frame and also make the diecut word Christmas stand out. I love how well it matches the Lawn Fawn patterned papers and the colours I used for the cat's scarf.

To complete the card, I added some glitter and glossy accents to the antlers, hat and noses and also stamped an additional sentiment on the diecut piece. I thought the From all of Us sentiment from the the From Us stamp set worked perfectly with this, so I cut it apart so I could stamp it in a line under the other words.

I layered some patterned paper and vellum in the background and then added the frame with foam adhesive for some added dimension. A diecut red heart covered with glitter and glossy accents completed the sentiment. ;)

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Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® Blog Hop!!

Hello and welcome to my stop on the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® blog hop! I am so excited to be here sharing some of the newest products on a fun holiday card that I created!

I love the Road Trip stamp and die set that were released a couple of months ago as part of the This Is The Life release, so when I saw that there was a coordinating holiday stamp set coming out to go with it, I was a bit excited lol!! I love that the trees can sit on the top of the station wagon! ;)

When I started my card, I created the station wagon first and then built it from there. I stamped and copic coloured the car a beige colour and then I added a piece of wood design patterned paper for the side panel. To make it look even more realistic, I added some textured Goosebumps to it. It gives it the perfect amount of texture and shine to make it look like real wood!

Once I had the car done, I stamped and coloured the larger tree to go on top. I knew as soon as I saw the tree that rather than stamp it straight, I wanted to bend the top of it so it would hang down in front of the window lol! Totally a Griswold car happening here! ;)

Once the tree was coloured and cut out (there are matching dies but I didn't use them since I stamped the tree different than the actual stamp), I glued it on top of the car and then added some twine around the whole thing to make it look like the tree was tied down to the car. ;)

I also added some white Ranger Texture Paste to the top parts of the tree to mimic snow. I love that the texture paste gives both texture and dimension.

To create the rest of the scene, I stamped some more trees (all straight), coloured them and then added them to the background to look like the tree lot. I put three of them under a vellum piece to mute them (and the sky patterned paper) and then added one on top of the vellum. The one on top also has some of the texture paste on it to look like snow.

I diecut the road with the On The Road die and just used the road portion of it for the car to drive on. To make it look like a snow covered road, I added Unicorn White pigment ink with a sponge dauber in random areas on the road. I love how realistic it looks!!

To complete the card, I added some of the birds from the stamp set and also stamped the greeting "Home for the Holidays" along the bottom.

I love love how fun these stamps and dies are and how they remind you of holidays spent as a kid. So excited to make more holiday cards like this that are sure to bring smiles and bring back memories!

Giveaway

Simon Says Stamp is giving away a prize pack of a selection of items from our STAMPtember® giveaway stash at each stop on the hop! That's 19 chances to win!! Awesome, right?! Just leave a comment on this post by 6pm EST on Thursday September 11/14!!

Now who's ready to keep hopping!?! The next stop on the hop is my amazingly talented friend Teri Anderson! Happy Hopping!! ;)

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