Happy Wednesday, friends! Today I'm joining a few friends for the Simon Says Stamp August Card Kit Mini Blog Hop! The August Card Kit is so good that we came up with a few more fun ideas to try with your kit!
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
Watch the creation of this clear embossed resist slimline card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
CLEAR EMBOSSED RESIST
This technique is going to work best with a stamp positioner tool like the MISTI.
I first put the sun rays image from the Hello Sunshine Stamp Set in the MISTI and stamped it on a 3 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of smooth white cardstock with Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Ink. Without removing the stamp, I cleaned it really good and then stamped right over the colorful stamping with a clear embossing ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder over the top. This "seals" in the color and will create a barrier for the stenciling I'm going to do over the top of the design.
The strip was mounted on black cardstock and adhered to a 3 1/2" x 8 1/2" slimline card base. Simple strips from a Bar-B-Cute Patterned Paper were trimmed and adhered along the edges of the design for a pop of color.
M O R E I N S P I R A T I O N
Here are more cards I created with the Simon Says Stamp August 2020 Card Kit:
(Click HERE for the original blog post and video for these Foursquare BBQ Cards!)
(Click HERE for the original blog post and video for these clean and simple picnic parade slimline cards!)
S U P P L I E S
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project(s). Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
While I created birthday cards with these supplies, these designs could just as easily be used for a thank you card, anniversary card, sympathy card, etc. I love a design that can be used for multiple occasions!
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
Watch the creation of these elegant foiled floral birthday cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The flowers and leaves were layered and adhered to the large foiled sentiment as shown. The flower centers were finished with Honey Bee Stamps Log Cabin Gems.
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project(s). Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
The August kits are now here! While supplies last for new members. US shipping included in cost. If you sign up in August you will receive the August kit. Available August 1-31st.
This month's "Around The World" Card Kit includes a 6x6 paper pad, clear stamps, an adorable die set, tons of embellishments, and more!
Check out our NEW MONTHLY CARD KIT EXTRAS if you want just purchase select items from the kit or need more embellishments. You can shop the store or add to your cart at the club checkout.
Membership Includes:
A Monthly Card Kit Containing: Dies, Clear Stamp Set, Die Cut Shapes, Paper, Envelopes & Embellishments. Contains at least 200+ pieces and will create 10+ complete cards. $60 Value!
Project Inspiration: Each kit will feature project ideas with at least one detailed how-to instruction tutorial each month.
Member Benefits & Savings:Receive exclusive member pricing in the Spellbinders store. Plus receive access to deals, savings, and gifts - only available to members.
Ten cards with one kit? Yes, please! The supplied to make many, many more than just the 10 cards (using the card bases and envelopes)? Double yes! And my favorite part of this month's kit? The exclusive globe dies. I mean, c'mon! They are so, SO good!!!
The components from the exclusive dies included in the kit were die cut from white, light blue, and gold mirror cardstock. The cardstock for the scene was colored in with with following Copic Markers:
Palm Trees: YG21, YG25, YG17, E55, E57
Sand: E53, E55, E57
Water: BG11, B13
Sailboat: YR30, YR31, B34, B37
The globe was assembled and adhered above the glimmered greeting as shown. An Around The World die cut was adhered to the design with foam adhesive.
The components from the exclusive dies included in the kit were die cut from navy, light blue, and gold mirror cardstock. The globe was adhered to the card center as shown.
An Around The World die cut greeting was adhered to the design with foam adhesive. A flag banner was adhered behind the airplane.
A sentiment from the stamp set included in the kit was stamped on white cardstock with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with Antique Gold Embossing Powder.
An Around The World patterned paper from the kit was trimmed to 4" x 5 1/4" and the globe die was die cut from the panel. The globe, outline, and stand were die cut from gold mirror cardstock and assembled as shown. The panel was backed with a clear piece of acetate and then framed out with foam adhesive. The shaker "well" was filled with sprinkles and then backed with another piece of patterned paper.
The airplane was die cut from navy cardstock and embellished with a brown heart accent.
A greeting from the More Sentiments Glimmer was foiled on the navy cardstock with Gold Foil and die cut with the coordinating strip die before being adhered to the background.
The Die D-Lites Bold Type Smile Etched Dies was used to die cut navy and gold mirror cardstock cardstock from the kit and adhered above the foiled sentiment.
An Around The World patterned paper from the kit was trimmed to 4 1/4" wide and cut at an angle. A navy strip was used to add separation between the pattern and the card base.
An Around The World patterned paper from the kit was trimmed to 4 1/4" wide and cut at an angle. A gold mirror strip was used to add separation between the pattern and the card base.
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project(s). Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
Hello friends! Today I am thrilled to be joining Altenew for the Craft-A-Flower Daisy Release Blog Hop! You should be arriving from Laurie Willison's blog. For my cards today I created a one layer background with stenciling and glimmer foiling that perfectly compliments the gorgeous die cut layered daisies, die cut scripty sentiment, and stamped phrase. Let's get started!
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
Watch the creation of these craft-a-flower daisy die cut cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
For the mint background card, Pinkfresh Studio inks in Mint and Meadow were applied inside the rectangle stencil. The light color was applied all over and the darker color around the edges only. A Spellbinders Essential Glimmer Rectangles Glimmer Plate was used to glimmer Cobalt Blue Foil on the background to decorate the inked edge!
The flowers were shaded with R30 and R32. The flower center was shaded with E44, E47, and E49. The flowers and leaves were adhered to the card as shown.
The flowers were shaded with Y15 and Y18. The flower center was shaded with E44, E47, and E49. The flowers and leaves were adhered to the card as shown.
Funfetti hearts were added to the cards to finish the designs.
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project(s). Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog for a chance to win.
We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below.
Happy Fri-yay! Welcome to the Simon Says Stamp Let's Connect Release Blog Hop Day 1. Today I'm so excited to share this trio of funny toilet paper cards featuring lots of new stamps and die from the release. The We're Like Toilet Paper Stamp Set and coordinating dies were used throughout all three cars. The Interactive Toilet and Toilet Paper Slider created interactive elements on two of the three cards. The awesome Detail Petal Plate was used as a background for all three designs. I love how it almost gives that "quilted" toilet paper look! Let's get started creating these funny cards!
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
Watch the creation of these funny toilet paper cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The Interactive Toilet was die cut from smooth white cardstock, silver foil cardstock, and Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass Cardstock. The toilet background was adhered directly to the card base above the sentiments. The layering pieces were adhered on top of the background design with foam adhesive. Shading was added with C00 and C2.
The images were adhered with foam adhesive as shown and the panel was secured to a white top fold card base to complete the card.
TOILET PAPER SLIDER CARD
The Toilet Paper Slider was die cut from smooth white cardstock. The images were shaded with COO and C2 Copic Markers. The slot was die cut from the gray background panel. Be sure you take into consideration hiding the slider when designing your card. (I talk about this int the video.) Foam adhesive was placed on the background panel. The foam adhesive helps the slider move easier.
Before placing the slider in place greetings from the We're Like Toilet Paper Stamp Set were stamped on the toilet paper. I had to alter the greeting to make it fit the portrait style of my design. The slider was put in place and the roll was adhered over the slider with foam adhesive along the tops and sides.
Toilet Paper Rolls: C00, C2, Colorless Blender, R00, E55, E57
Hearts: R24, R29, R39
A greeting from the We're Like Toilet Paper Stamp Set was stamped on Lawn Fawn Black Licorice Cardstock using clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The sentiment was die cut with the stamp set's coordinating die. The sentiments and images were adhered to the background with foam adhesive.
S U P P L I E S
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project(s). Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
We’re giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from the blog comment section. Simon Says Stamp will choose winners over the weekend and post on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 12th of August. Winners can email SSS to claim his/her prize :)
Happy new Simon Says Stamp Release Day, friends! The Let's Connect Release is live and now available. It's so, so good! Some of my favorites from the new release? The Rainbow Card (see below), the Stencil Layering Rainbow, Let's Connect Stamps and Dies, and Let's Connect Word Dies. I created this clean and simple set of rainbow shaped cards (I always love a good shaped card, don't you?) and added stamped greetings from the Hello Sunshine Stamp Set. I created this set of cards so I had as little waste as possible from all this die cutting! Let's get started making bright and happy cards!
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
Watch the creation of these rainbow shaped cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
Sentiments from the Hello Sunshine Stamp Set were stamped on the sunshine and on a cloud with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
Each rainbow was assembled on a card base as shown. I recommend adhering one of the clouds first, then the rainbow rays, and finally the other cloud if inlaying all the components. If adhering the clouds with foam adhesive like I did, I used the clouds as a guide, adhered the rainbow rays, assembled and adhered the sunshine, and finally adhering the clouds with foam adhesive for a bit of depth and dimension!
The Mini Hearts were adhered to the open space on each card as shown.
Funfetti Hearts were added to each card to finish the designs.
S U P P L I E S
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project(s). Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
Exclusive Larger Set of Versatile Dies that cut, emboss, deboss and stencil. Double the size of the Small Die Set! $40 Value!
Project Inspiration: Each kit will feature project ideas with at least one detailed how-to instruction tutorial each month.
Member Benefits & Savings:Receive exclusive member pricing in the Spellbinders store. Plus receive access to deals, savings, and gifts - only available to members.
I love that even with a 3D club kit, you can create a more one dimensional project, like a card! I wanted to show the versatility of the kit as well as show how to assemble the 3D components in my latest video. I created a mini easel with canvas to decorate my craft room. How cute would these be as place settings for a craft retreat or get together with friends?!!!! I also took many of the dies from the kit, pairing them with the Crafty Sentiments Hot Foil Plates and Craft Happy Stamp and Die Bundle to create this rainbow of paint tubes card! No matter what you make, you're going to love this month's Large Die of the Month Club Kit!
THE EASEL
The long piece from the 3D Still Life Easel & Canvas Kit was die cut 5 times from gray woodgrain cardstock and assembled according to the video instructions. The "metal" piece at the top of the easel was die cut twice (one for the front and one for the back) from Silver Mirror Cardstock. The piece was secured to the top of the main frame on the front and back. The two pieces for the front were cut smaller according to video directions and adhered to the easel (be sure not to adhere the top piece until you decide on portrait or landscape format for your "canvas". The leg and stabilizer piece were adhered the the back of the easel.
The paint tube, paint splatter, brushes, and palette were die cut from many FSJ cardstocks, assembled, and adhered to the canvas before being adhered to the easel.
Glossy Accents was applied to the paint palette and paint splatter for a glossy, raised finish.
The paint tubes and paint splatter were die cut many, many times from smooth white cardstock and an entire rainbow array of FSJ Cardstock. The images were adhered to the design around the circle as shown.
The paint palette and paint brushes were were die cut, assembled, and adhered to the design as shown. Glossy Accents was applied to the paint.
A greeting from the Craft Happy Stamp and Die Bundle was stamped on Black Licorice of Cardstock with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The phrase was trimmed into a strip and adhered to the design with foam adhesive.
S U P P L I E S
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project(s). Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
Happy Monday and welcome to the August My Monthly Hero Blog Hop!
Today I am sharing a trio of cards using lots of My Monthly Hero stamps and dies add ons! The add ons are so, so good, y'all! My cards feature simple stamped and embossed backgrounds with all three of the new August Release Bold Prints Backgrounds (you're going to want them all, they're so awesome!), Copic Coloring Die Cuts (Bird House Fancy Die, Greetings From Stamp & Cut, August Word Fancy Die), and new stamped and colored images from the Lounging Pups Stamp Set! I hope these Staycation themed products and projects inspire you to create some fun cards this month! L
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
Watch the creation of these staycation cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The August Word Fancy Die was die cut from smooth white cardstock and colored with Copic Markers in YG25, YG17, G28, E55, E57, YR31, YR23, R35, R37, R59, B34, and B37. The die was cut three more times from smooth white cardstock and stacked one on top of another before being adhered to the card as shown.
The Lounging Pups Stamp Set image was stamped on smooth white cardstock with Hero Arts Itens-ified Ink and colored in with Copic Markers in R35, R37, R59, B34, B37, Y08, B00, and B01. The image was die cut with the coordinating Lounging Pups Die and adhered to the panel with foam adhesive.
The Greetings From Stamp & Cut Die was die cut from smooth white cardstock and colored with Copic Markers in R35, R37, and R59. The die was cut three more times from smooth white cardstock and stacked one on top of another.
The Lounging Pups Stamp Set images were stamped on smooth white cardstock with Hero Arts Itens-ified Ink and colored in with Copic Markers in E53, E55, E57, B34, B37, YG25, YG17, R35, R37, and R59. The images were die cut with the coordinating Lounging Pups Die.
The Greetings From Stamp & Cut Die was die cut from smooth white cardstock and colored with Copic Markers in B34, B37, YR31, and YR23. The die was cut three more times from smooth white cardstock and stacked one on top of another.
The Bird House Fancy Cuts Dies were die cut from smooth white cardstock and colored in with Copic Markers in YR31, YR23, E55, E57, B34, B37, R35, R37, and R59. The house and stand were both die cut three more times from smooth white cardstock and adhered one on top of another. The bird house and bird were assembled and adhered to the card as shown.
The design was finished with crystal clear heart accents.
S U P P L I E S
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project(s). Click the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
We will give away one $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, August 9th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
Hello friends! I am so super excited to share this fun interactive beach scene card featuring all kinds of awesome dies from Lawn Fawn and showcasing the brand new Magic Iris Camera Add On! If you're crazy about the original Magic Iris from Lawn Fawn you're going to love this latest add on! It turn the Magic Iris into the most perfect camera! I decided to turn this camera into a fun beach scene that is not only on the camera but continues when you open the iris. So much fun!!!
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
Watch the creation of this interactive magic iris camera beach scene card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The images for the camera fit were adhered to the front camera scene.
The Magic Iris was die cut and assembled according to the video directions and adhered to the background.
THE INSIDE OF THE MAGIC IRIS
The fish, seaweed, and bubbles were adhered to the inside of the Magic Iris. Nuvo Crystal Drops is Ebony were added to the eyes and Glossy Accents was applied to the bubbles.
S U P P L I E S
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project(s). Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
Happy Saturday! I've got a fun stencil + watercolor technique for you today that features a beautiful little vellum window over the top of the background as to still showcase the background behind. I'm using the Poppy Bouquet Stencil with Distress Oxide Ink and Karin Brushmarker Pro Markers to create my own custom background! Let's get started!
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
Watch the creation of this vellum window thanks card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
Karin Brushmarker Pro Markers in 051 Orange Red, 213 Cocoa, and 281 Olive Green were used with a Medium Water Brush Pen to paint over the stenciled design! I love how this gives a watercolored stenciled look so quickly and easily!
The background was die cut with a Basic Rectangles Die and then adhered to a white side fold card base. The frame die cut with an A2 Thin Frames Die and adhered over the background to give it an elegant "framed up" look.
THE SENTIMENT
A vellum rectangle was die cut from vellum using a smaller Basic Rectangles Die. An A2 Thin Frame was die cut from gold mirror cardstock and adhered over the top. Not only does this give an elegant look but it's a great place to hide adhesive when adhering to the background panel.
Alphabet letters from the Rounded Alphabet Small Dies were die cut from gold mirror cardstock and adhered to the vellum rectangle to spell the word, "thanks".
A greeting from the Window Frames Stamp Set was stamped on smooth white cardstock with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder before being die cut with a Nested Banners Die. The banner was adhered with foam adhesive below the die cut greeting.
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project(s). Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
