Timeless Tulips & Froggy Friends Birthday Cards with Amy

Hello everyone! Amy here to share with you a card I made using the Timeless Tulips and Color Me Happy stamp sets. This was only my second time using a layering set, but after making this card I've become a fan of the style.

As I mentioned before, I don't make cards with layering stamps. Therefore, I don't own any dye inks with coordinating colors, or that will produce a crisp stamped image. However, I do have a whole collection of Distress inks and I thought I'd give them a try. The images can be crisper and stamped better but I think they still turned out pretty, do you agree?

The sentiment says "You color my world" so I wanted this card to be colorful. I used various Distress Inks to stamp all different style tulips you find in this set, along with three stems and leaves. Next, I fussy cut them out. Then, I stamped three stems and leaves again, this time directly onto front panel, leaving space between them. At this point I also stamped the sentiment and added the cute little bugs. Finally, I adhered the other stems and leaves in the open spaces. I added foam adhesive behind all the tulip buds and added them to the front panel.

I really enjoyed working with the Timeless Tulip stamp set; it produces really pretty flowers. It also inspired me to pick up some dye inks that are meant for layering. I can't wait to try them out with this stamp set again. Maybe I can share those with you next time. 

I also created a cheerful and fun birthday card I made by combining three stamp sets together: Froggy Friends, Turtley Awesome, Easter Wishes. These adorable critters are here to wish someone a very Hoppy Birthday.

To create my front panel, I used a cloud stencil to color the background using Distress ink in Stormy Skies. I also colored the die cut hill using Twisted Citron and added it to the front panel using foam adhesive (for dimension).

To add the party hats to the turtles and the chicks for a cleaner and more seamless look, I used the masking technique. Masking is a simple technique where you cover a stamped image so that the other images may be placed over it. First, I stamped the party hat on masking paper and cut it out. Next, I stamped a couple of hats on white card stock. I adhered the mask over the corresponding images. Then, I stamped the the turtles and the chicks over each hat. Finally, I stamped the rest of the images I used on the card and colored them with Copic markers.

Isn't the frog on this card the cutest thing? His expression just makes me smile. Since this frog is a jumping image, I thought it would be clever to make him wobble. So I made my own wobble spring using some craft wire and tape.

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Turtley Awesome Birthday Shaker Card With Lexa

Hello everyone! Lexa here today with a card starring Turtley Awesome. It's a mini stamp set but not less cuter than other ones. Both turtles are looking at each other, absolutely versatile for any occasions. As for my card today, I mixed it with Easter Wishes to build up the scene around the turtles.

I created a three windows shaker card with different colors, and I blended the background with Salty Ocean, Wild Honey, and Twisted Citron Distress Inks. I choose matching sequins for each window. I stamped all my images with Versafine black ink and watercolored them with Distress Markers. After I finished with the coloring, I die cut all of the images using the coordinating Turtley Awesome dies and Easter Wishes dies. 

The turtles are wearing birthday hats and one of them carrying present on his back. Adorable! I also add googly eyes for both of them. I adhere the shaker panel on a piece of 4.25" x 5.5" patterned paper with matching colors. Here's a closer look.

That's all for today, thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Daffodil Dreams Birthday Card with Vanessa

Hi there! Vanessa here with a card to bring you into mood for spring! The snow melted and I already spotted some green buds peeking out in my patches. But until the daffodils are in full bloom it'll take some time, so for now I made a card with Daffodil Dreams.

I first inked the card base with light green ink and added ink droplets. Then I trimmed a panel of cardstock slightly smaller than the card, die-cut a circle from it and adhered it to the card. I stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment onto the bottom right corner using silver embossing powder. 

Now I stamped the flowers and leaves, die-cut them with the coordinating Daffodil Dreams dies and added some details to the flower with an orange pen. I adhered the die-cuts onto the card, using foam tape for some dimension, and finished the card off with clear sequins.

I love the new layered stamps! How about you? Thank you for visiting today!

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A Sneak Peek of Four Spring Cards Created For Simon Says Stamp

Hello there!  It's Mendi here today popping in with some cards I created for the Simon Says Stamp blog.  I'm just sharing a peek here so I hope you will stop by to see them all fully revealed.  ;)

Spring Critter Rainbow Birthday Card

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Tulip & Daffodil Spring Bouquet Thank You Card

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So happy God Made Us Friends Spring Flower Border Card

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I'm Sorry... That Sucks Vacuum Card

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Thanks so much for taking a peek.  I hope you will stop by the Simon Says Stamp blog to say hi!  :)

  

Easter Wishes Easter Animals Card with Lindsey

Hi, Lindsey here today sharing an Easter card using the new and adorable Easter Wishes stamp set and dies. I love the sweet little animals in this set, so of course I had to feature them on my card. Let's get started on how this card came together.

I began with an A2 sized card base cut from a light yellow card stock. I then cut a smaller stitched rectangle to build my scene on. I stamped my sentiment in the center of the stitched rectangle, and then I used a circle stencil and some lavender ink to create the dotted background. I used a strip of green paper cut with a grass border to ground my scene. 

After I had the background prepared, I stamped and colored my images using Copic markers and cut them out using the coordinating Easter Wishes dies. Then, I just had to build my scene. I attached the stamped images with adhesive and foam tape. To help tie in the lavender, I backed my stitched rectangle with some lavender card stock.

I love how this card turned out and the soft colors are perfect for spring. I hope you enjoyed the results and will give this adorable set a try. I can't wait to see what you guys create. Thanks for reading and have a great day!

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Friends & Family Poem Card with Emily

Hi, Emily here. Today, I'm featuring the Friends & Family stamp set and coordinating Friends & Family Word Dies. 

I wanted to create a longer verse or poem with the sentiments so I stacked two sentiments which would normally be used separately. The first scripted "friends" word was stamped in a slightly darker grey ink than the second and the leaves were stamped in an even lighter shade of grey. 

The sponging of the background panel matches the teals used in the flowers in the split laurel. Thanks so much for stopping by!

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