SSS Just a Note Reease, Plant Sentiments

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It's release day at Simon Says Stamp!  There are so many fun things in this release, I had a great time creating for it.  I have two new sets in this release, surprisingly both sentiment sets since I don't do pure sentiment sets all that often.

Today I'm showcasing Plant Sentiments.  For my first card I pulled out the Sunflower Fields stencil set.

I went with some nontraditional sunflower colors: Cheeky, Aspen, Sage and Cappuccino, keeping the inking pretty light.

The sentiment was stamped on some white cardstock, and I added a kraft mat before popping it up over my stenciled panel.  Super easy.

I pulled out another oldie but goodie stencil, Peonies and Leaves, for this next card.

I started out by heat embossing my sentiment in white on a panel of kraft cardstock.

Then, I cut a small piece of masking paper and placed it over my sentiment.

The stencils was laid over top and I spread embossing paste through it, removing the making paper at the same time that I removed the stencil.

Once the panel was dry, I trimmed it down and adhered it to my card base.

My final cafd uses the new Layered Sunflowers stencils in a different way.  

I stenciled just the petal layers, but they are somewhat offset.  I used Sunbeam for one layer, and Citrine for the other.  Then, I flipped both lengthwise and repeated.  I was actually trying to create one whole flower by lining up the two layers.  I somehow managed to get them offset.  

I still liked the resulting print and wanted to use it, so I used one of the Nested Dome Arches to cut a window in the stenciled panel, and popped this up over my card base.

I added a sentiment from Plant Sentiments, as well as Winsome Branch die cut from kraft cardstock and a few sequins for sparkle.

That's all for me today.  Be sure to stop by Simon to check out the full release.

I'll see you back here tomorrow for Day 1 of the Just a Note Blog Hop.