STAMPTember, Dimensional Tree

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Today I'm sharing a couple cards created using my new Dimensional Tree die. This die doesn't actually cut out a whole shape, rather it cuts out three sides of the horizontal stripes of a tree, alternating the end that is not cut, creating a really cool dimensional effect.

For this first card, I simply die cut a dark green piece of cardstock, embossing a sentiment from the Peaceful Trees set in gold beneath it.

I carefully folded the layers up. The non-die cut ends are scored, so this is easy to do. The entire piece was then adhered to a panel of Gold Matte cardstock, so you can see the gold peeking through beneath the tree layers. I love this simple elegant look.

For the next card, I die cut a piece of white cardstock. Each of the tree sections was then masked off, and I inked them using Sweets, creating a blend from dark to light, darker at the scored end.

The sentiment is from my Holly Jolly set, and I added pink glitter cardstock beneath the tree as well as some Cottontail embellishments to add a little sparkle to the card.

This die is a great price point, and allows you to make some really striking cards very quickly!

STAMPtember, Wavy Rainbow Cover

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Today I'm sharing a couple of cards created using my Wavy Rainbow coverplate from the STAMPtember release. 

For my first card, I die cut the cover using white cardstock, and then colored the rainbow pieces with Copics. I used shading to create more movement/dimension in the waves. 

For the white space, I added just a touch of gray shading (C0 and C1) to make the colors pop more.

The sentiment is from my Positive Thoughts set which was actually designed with this coverplate in mind. It was stamped with Versa Clair black ink, die cut, and popped up with foam adhesive.

For my next card, I again die cut the coverplate using white cardstock.

This time, the pieces were inked with a blending brush. I used Cantaloupe, Honey, Orchid, Peony, and Lilac. 

Instead of using the frame, I simply popped each of the rainbow piece up with foam adhesive.

The Good Vibes sentiment was die cut from white cardstock, inked with Lilac, and adhered to a white shadow piece. Once complete this was adhered with another layer of foam tape.

This is a really fun one to work with, hope you enjoyed the cards!

STAMPtember, Modern Star Quilt Stencils

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Happy Friday! I've got a couple of cardst to share today featuring my Modern Heart Quilt stencils from the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember release.

There are two stencils in this set which create the star pattern. The stencils create every other row of the stars, so to get the full design, you'll ink both, then shift them down, and ink again. 

For this first card, I inked the stars using Dusk and Night ink on light blue cardstock.

To add some extra texture and dimension, I added a bit of shading using Prismacolor Pencils (one dark and one light).

The Hi There sentinent was also inked/colored with the darker pencil, and then adhered to a shadow piece cut from the same light blue cardstock.

The stars in my second card were inked with Watermelon and Lucky.

I swiped the Watermelon ink pad across a piece of white cardstock and die cut the Joyful sentiment, adhering it to a white shadow piece, and added a couple secondary Reverse Sentiment Strip sentiments to finish things off.

I also added a green mat to my stenciled panel to set it off a bit.

That's all for me today, hope you have a great weekend!

STAMPtember Fractile Snowflake

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Today I'm sharing a couple of cards created using my Fractile Snowflake products. The stencil set includes six stencils and a mask. Five stencils work together to create the full snowflake image, and there is also a solid snowflake and mask.

I started by die cutting the snowflake and placing it on a sticky mat. The stencils were then centered over top of the die cut snowflake. I inked four layers of the snowflake using Morning, Sky, Dusk, and Shark inks. For one snowflake, I used Stardust Stickles for the final layer, and for the other, I used Silver Lunar Paste for the final layer.

For my background panels, I placed the mask around the edges of the panel, and added soft inking, using Shark for one, and Sky for the other.

The die cut snowflakes were adhered with foam tape, and then I added silver embossed sentiments from my previously released Holiday Messages set which were die cut and adhered with foam tape as well.

Thanks for stopping by!

STAMPtemer Blog Party Time!

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It's the second day of STAMPtember, and Simon Says Stamp is hosting a blog party!

This is different from a blog hop where there are stops linked to one another.  Instead, everyone is linked to the Simon Says Stamp blog, and there are links to all the participants from there.  There are A LOT of participants, so be prepared for a ton of inspiration!

There are all sorts of prizes sprinkled throughout the party stops, my prize is the above stamp/die set that you can get free with any $30 order using code MBLM.

OK, on to the inspiration. Since this is a party, I thought I would feature my new party themed products: Celebrate, Party Streamers, and Background Streamers. First up Background Streamers, which is a set of two stencils that layer rogether to create a dimensional background.

For this first card, I used Bubblegum and Sweets. Bubblegum was used for the front/lighter portions of the design, and Sweets for the inside/darker portions. I inked with a large blending brush, and then went in with a smaller one, using the same ink color, to darken up the edges to create moe dimension.

For the sentiment, I die cut the shadow piece from my Celebrate dies in white. I then swiped the Sweets inkpad over white cardstock, and die cut the sentiment itself from that. A Reverse Sentiment Strip finished things off.

For this next card, the background was created using Bubblegum and Sweets again along with Heather and Violet. 

Starting with the lighter/front stencil, I randomly inked Bubblegum and Heather, then placed the second stencil over top, and inked the darker shades based on where the lighter shades had been inked.

I also added some very soft pink inking around the edges of my panel to soften it a bit.

After inking some white cardstock with the same colors, I die cut the Cheering You On sentiment, adhered it to a white cardstock shadow piece, and added a Reverse Sentiment Strip.

Next up the Party Streamers dies. These mimic the stenciled background, but are a bit thinner. In many ways they are bigger, curvier versions of my Ribbon Quilt dies.

I chose two shades of teal, and two shades of yellow, and created several streamers in each color family. The die set includes the large streamer base, and then two sets of pieces that create the lighter/front version, one set runs in one direction, and the other the opposite.

For my cards I mixed up the orientation as well as the sentiment, using my Celebrate sentiment for the vertical card, and Yay You for the horizontal card.

These are pretty easy to put together, and easily mass producible. 

That's all for me today, be sure to head over to the Simon Blog to check out all the creators participating in the party!

STAMPtember is here!

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Happy first day of STAMPtember! The STAMPtember release is live and available in the Simon Says Stamp store, and it's packed with all sorts of goodness. I'm excited to have many of my designs in the release and will be sharing samples with you throughout the month.

Today I'm showing off one of my new coverplates, Peace Joy Love. Christmas is my very favorite holiday to design for, and this cover plate scratches so many of my design itches. It's bold, graphic, a little geometric, and so easy to use.

I started by diecutting the plate from black, Gold Matte, light green, dark green, red, and pink cardstock, and then randomly inlaying pieces of the Gold Matte and colord cardstocks to create my design. 

I had plenty of leftover pieces, so I took the dark green background piece, and inlaid light green, red, and pink pieces into that. This time instead of working randomly, I alternated the pieces in a particular order.

Since there were STILL pieces left, I thought I would mix thing up. This time instead of inlaying pieces, I simply adhered them onto wide strips of Starlight cardstock. 

I also changed up the order, so the words graduated in size from top to bottom, and adhered the strips to a light green mat.

Before I sign off, I wanted to share with you the rest of my designs in the STAMPtember release:

Quilted Modern Star

Background Streamers

Party Streamers

Christmas Tree Halves

Wavy Rainbow

Celebrate

Dimensional Tree

Candle Cover

Fractile Snowflake

That's all for me today. Be sure to head over to Simon to check out the full release, and I'll see you back here tomorrow for a fun blog party!

SSS Glow On

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I've got a bright and sunny card to share today.

When I saw the Glow On dies that were released a couple of months ago, I immediately thought of my Retro Wreath stencils.

There are four stencils in this set, and they were inked up with Butter, Melon, Cantaloupe, and Sunbeam.

The sentiment was cut from a gold cardstock and mounted on a white shadow piece, and I used a soft yellow for the card base to add another sunny color to the mix.

Super easy, and love being able to mix my old and new products!