The Simon Says Stamp August 2017 Card Kit, Together, is now available!
You can pick up the August 2017 card kit HERE for just $29.95 + shipping. Or if you’d like to receive this kit and future kits for only $24.95 + shipping per month, you can SUBSCRIBE HERE. When you subscribe you will receive kits delivered to your door automatically.
I'm always needing cards with a more masculine feel and this thank you card would work for a man or a woman! A Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Ink Pad is included in the August Kit, and I paired this awesome new ink with Faded Jeans and Broken China Distress Oxide Inks over mint cardstock for a unique take on inking a background.
Instead of inking over a white or light background, I decided to first stamp a piece of the Mint Cardstock included in the August Kit with the Lattice Grid Background Stamp. The image was embossed with white embossing powder.
Cracked Pistachio, Faded Jeans, and Broken China Distress Oxide Inks were applied over the stamped and embossed background for embossed resist. The background was spritzed with water from a Distress Sprayer and blotted dry with a paper towel. The background was trimmed to 3" x 5 1/2" and adhered along the right side of a white top fold card base. A thin strip of the Slate Cardstock from the kit was adhered to the left of the inked background.
A greeting from the You + Me Stamp Set was stamped on Slate Cardstock with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder before being die cut with a Basic Rectangles Die. The greeting was adhered to the card with foam adhesive.
I finished the design with Nuvo Crystal Drops in Midnight Blue, Sea Breeze, and Caribbean Ocean adhered over the background design.
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
To watch the creation of this simple inked background card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
S U P P L I E S
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G I V E A W A Y
Simon Says Stamp has generously offered me the opportunity to give a away August 2017 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit to one lucky recipient!
Please leave a comment on this blog post in the "Comments" section below today's post by Monday, July 17th, 2017, 11:59 p.m. CST for a chance to win this incredible kit!
Beautiful ink blending, Nichol and I love the added touch of the nuvo crystal drops to finish off the card. 🙂
Posted by: Rinda K. | July 14, 2017 at 03:49 AM
Oh my, those colours! Swoon!
Posted by: Marianne | July 14, 2017 at 05:40 AM
Love, love, love that card! Thank you for this chance!
Posted by: Siobhan Burtlow | July 14, 2017 at 06:12 AM
Love, love, love that card! Thank you for this chance!
Posted by: Meghan G | July 14, 2017 at 07:24 AM
I really must use the distress oxide inks over colored card stock. Beautiful card!
Posted by: LaNell | July 14, 2017 at 07:51 AM
Love the colours!!!
Posted by: Louise Thomas | July 14, 2017 at 07:52 AM
Gorgeous design...LOVE your videos!!!
Posted by: Lee-Ann Kubinec | July 14, 2017 at 08:29 AM
What an awesome giveaway. I love their kits and all the pretty goodies.
Posted by: Elizabeth Dewett | July 14, 2017 at 09:02 AM
Awesome giveaway! I love Simon Says Stamp!
Posted by: Debbie | July 14, 2017 at 09:45 AM
Hi, The colors blended beautifully on that colored cardstock! I don't think I ever thought of doing that! Great Job!
Posted by: Angie F | July 14, 2017 at 09:59 AM
Great card!! I would be thrilled to win this kit:)
Posted by: Carolee McCaslin | July 14, 2017 at 11:39 AM
Such a wonderful card and card kit!!
Posted by: Ashlee Diane | July 14, 2017 at 11:40 AM
Oh I love your card and this awesome card kit! Thanks for the chance to win it:)
Posted by: Caitlin Rebecca | July 14, 2017 at 11:42 AM
Always love everything you do Nichol and follow your blog daily!
Posted by: Maddie M | July 14, 2017 at 11:51 AM
Oh my!!! Such awesome card!!! Love the amazing combo of colours!!! Beautiful kit!!!
Posted by: Arianna Barbara | July 14, 2017 at 11:58 AM
Amazing blending of colors and great design!!!
Posted by: Kailash | July 14, 2017 at 12:17 PM
Fantastic card!! I love the distressed background you created, the colors are just lovely!! Awesome kit this month.
Posted by: Amy Vitriani | July 14, 2017 at 01:21 PM
I like how you just did a geometric pattern- very striking and any man would love to receive this.
Posted by: Marcia Scantlin | July 14, 2017 at 06:23 PM
Love the new kit!
Posted by: Leahmarie | July 14, 2017 at 08:02 PM
Your card is gorgeous! I love the colors and the Nuvo Crystal drops you've applied. Really lovely.
Posted by: Cynthia B. | July 14, 2017 at 11:01 PM
Simple yet beautiful card! It's really difficult to make masculine cards!
Posted by: Patrícia M | July 15, 2017 at 01:37 AM
Fabulous card! Love the colors & the crystal drops add a wonderful element. Thanks for sharing your techniques.
Posted by: B Soo Hoo | July 15, 2017 at 08:01 AM
I love the look you created on this card.gorgeous kit ...love the colour combinations.
Posted by: Mary-Anne V. | July 15, 2017 at 09:12 AM
Love the inky background and how you let it take center stage!
Posted by: Sue McRae | July 15, 2017 at 10:26 AM
Love all Simon products . I am a huge fan and you are an amazingly talented crafter . Awesome card kit xxx
Posted by: Jean Dodd | July 16, 2017 at 12:48 AM