Simon Says Stamp Happy and Joyful Release

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Happy Wednesday!  It's release day at Simon Says Stamp.  The Happy and Joyful release has some really fun products including a couple of my designs:

Today I'm sharing a couple of cards using the Layered Alpha stencils.  I designed these quite a while ago and have been waiting impatiently for them, so I'm thrilled they are finally available.

For my first card today I inked up the stencils using Cadette, Sage, and Cappuccino Pawsitively Saturated ink.

I then fussy cut the letters that I wanted to use for my sentiment.

These were popped up with foam tape over a background created by stamping the Soft Plaid background on kraft cardstock with Latte.

Next up, my very first Christmas card for the year!  

The letters J, O, and Y are kind of in a column, so it was pretty easy to just ink those up, but it's also very easy to just mask off the letters you're wanting to use to save your cardstock too.

This time I used Marine, Sprout, and Guava ink.

The letters were again fussy cut, and for this card I adhered them directly to my panel.  A secondary sentiment was stamped beneath.

To add some texture and interest, I added some stars to the panel using the previously released Scattered Stars stencil with embossing paste, and I sprinkled some Prisma glitter over the starts while the paste was still wet for a little holiday sparkle.

The panel was then popped up over my card base.

That's all for me today.  Be sure to stop by Simon to check out the entire release, and I'll see you here tomorrow with some Happy and Joyful inspiration.