Sooner rather than Later: SSS Splendor Release Blog Hop, Day 1

Friday, February 16, 2024

SSS Splendor Release Blog Hop, Day 1

*This post contains affiliate links to Simon Says Stamp.

Happy Friday! Today I'm participating in a blog hop celebrating the Simon Says Stamp Splendor release! You should have arrived here from my good friend Cheiron Brandon's blog.

As with all good hops there are prizes to be won. Simon is giving away a $25 credit to the store at every stop along the hop. All you have to do to be entered to win is leave a comment on this post. In addition, they have a fun promotion going on this weekend, you can receive the Margot Tile embossing folder pictured above free with any purchase of $25 or more this weekend using code MRGT.

OK, on to my cards. Today I'm showing off my new Lucky You designs. There is a stamp set with coordinating dies as well as a standalone set.

This first set of cards was a two-fer and also features the previously released Linking Lucky Clovers die set.

I started out creating the card on the left. I stamped and gold embossed the Lucky You sentiment on a panel of chartreuse cardstock. Then, I die cut the Linking Lucky Clovers die several times from both a darker green and Gold Matte cardstock.

I arranged the outline pieces in the darker green around my sentiment, adhering them, and then inlaying the clovers from the Gold Matte cardstock. I love all the shine from the Gold Matte, but it was making the gold embossed sentiment look kind of dull, so I ended up adding the Lucky You die in Gold Matte as well. This was adhered slightly offset from the embossed sentiment. I really love the look and will be definitely doing this again with some of my other sentiments.

After I finished this card, I figured I would make a second since I had a full set of the opposite pieces used for the first card - the Gold Matte outlines and the dark green clovers.

To switch things up a bit, this time I oriented the card vertically and went with just the die cut sentiment to save some time. The sentiment was adhered first, and then the other pieces were arranged around it.

For this next card I wanted to feature one of the clover stamps from the Lucky You stamp set. This was stamped many many times on a very light chartreuse cardstock in a darker green and then die cut.

I then adhered these to a white panel with foam tape in a nice tight pattern. You could definitely just stamp these to create the pattern, but I'm not great at stamping in straight lines, and I also really like the dimension that was created.

I used the Lucky You sentiment dies as well as a sentiment from the Lucky You stamp set.

Next up, I pulled out the previously released Shamrock background (one of my all time favorites).

I started by inking up a panel using Cabbage at the Top, and Artichoke at the bottom. Then I stamped the background using Artichoke at the top, and Kale at the bottom.

The sentiment was die cut from Gold Matte cardstock, and the shadow piece from white cardstock. This was inked with Kale. The sentiment pieces were adhered together and the popped up with foam tape.

A secondary sentiment, from the Lucky You stamp set was embossed in gold and the popped up as well.

Finally, a super quick and easy one layer card.

Here I simply embossed the sentiment in gold on a piece of soft gray cardstock, and then embossed a second sentiment using Peeled Paint Distress Embossing Glaze.

So easy, but perfect for mailing and just a fun card that works for both girls and guys.

That's all I have to share today. Your next stop on the hop is Dilay Nacar, and the full hop list is below in case you need it. Don't forget to leave a comment here to be entered to win that $25 credit to the Simon store. Good luck and happy hopping!