SSS Be Bold Blog Hop, Day 1, Dreamy Leaves

 *This post contains affiliate links to Simon Says Stamp.

Hi all!  I'm taking part in Day 1 of a two day blog hop celebrating the Simon Says Stamp Be Bold release.

You should be arriving here from Keisha Charles' blog.

There are some great prizes to be had along the way.  Simon is giving away a $25 credit to the store at every stop along the hop.  All you have to do to be entered is leave a comment.  In addition, use code GREEN all weekend for $7 off any purchase of $40 or more.

Today I'm showing off my new Dreamy Leaves stamps.  There are also coordinating dies available.  The set includes eight leaf images, and I used them all on this card.  I arranged the stamps over my black panel using my stamping platform, inked with Versamark, and then gold embossed.

I love how striking this look is, and it's so simple to achieve.

I used one of the sentiments from the set, also embossed in gold and then die cut using the coordinating dies.  A Gold Matte mat finished things off.

Does this second card look familiar?  I still had all the stamps in place on my stamping platform, so I figured I would create a second card.  This time I stamped on watercolor paper and clear embossed.

Once the embossing was done, I added color using my Gansai Tambi watercolors moving from blue to green to yellow.  I let the panel dry, trimmed it down, and then mounted it to my card base using foam tape.

A sentiment strip from the Reverse Sunshine and Rainbows Sentiment Strips set was popped up over top with foam tape.

Isn't it amazing what a change in orientation and medium does to a card?

Last up I did some coloring.

I started by stamping the four larges leaves with Gina K Black Obsidian ink.  Then I colored with Copics using BG05, BG09, BG45, and BG49.

I placed my colored panel back into my stamping platform and stamped again this time using Versa Clair Nocturne.  This just crisps up and sharpens the lines.

The leaves were then die cut using the coordinating dies, and I colored the edges/outside the lines with my black Copic marker because I wanted the background to be completely black.

I also die cut an extra one of each of the leaves in black which I adhered the colored leaves to for just a bit of depth.

The sentiment, also from the set, was embossed in white on the panel, and then I adhered the leaves.

That's all for me today, but there is lots more to see.  Your next stop on the hop is Heather Ruwe and I have the full list below for you.  Don't forget to leave a comment to be entered to win a $25 store credit.  Happy hopping!

Simon Says Stamp Blog
Nina-Marie Trapani
Suzy Plantamura
Barbara Tarayao
Kristina Werner
Cathy Zielske
Keisha Charles
Miriam Prantner
Heather Ruwe
Cheiron Brandon
Tina Smith
Jean Doeringsfeld
Emma Williams
Bobbi Lemanski
Jennifer Kotas
Barb Engler