Sooner rather than Later: SSS Celebrate Blog Hop

Friday, April 19, 2024

SSS Celebrate Blog Hop

*This post contains affiliate links to Simon Says Stamp.

Happy Friday! Today I'm taking part in Day 1 of a two day blog hop featuring the new Celebrate release from Simon Says Stamp. You should be arriving here from Mindy Eggen's blog.

All good hops involve prizes and there are lots to be had along the way as Simon is giving away a $25 credit to the store at each stop along the hop. To be entered, just leave a comment. Super easy. In addition, you can received the die shown above with any purchase this weekend using code GHBD.

OK, onto my cards. I have a few more cards featuring my new Organic Leaves background to share today.

My first card was the easiest to create.

I took a panel of watercolor paper and painted it with three shades of green. I didn't wet the paper beforehand, but did let the colors bleed together.

Once the panel was dry, I ran it through my diecutting machine with a piece of printer paper over it to help flatten it out a bit. Then it was placed in my stamping platform and stamped with Versa Clair black ink. I stamped it a couple times to make sure I got full coverage.

The panel was mounted to my card base with foam tape, and over that I added the You Matter sentiment which was die cut from Champagne Matte cardstock. This was also popped up with foam tape.

My next card is similar, but this time I used Copics as my coloring medium.

This stime I started by stamping the background with Gina K Black Amalgam ink because it's Copic friendly.

Then I colored the background slowly moving from reds to yellows using the negaive spaces between leaves as a guide. I used R39, R29, R24, YR07, YR04, and Y17.

Once the coloring was complete, I put the panel back into my stamping platform and stamped again with Versa Clair black to really sharpen and deepen the black.

The Fancy Thanks sentiment was cut once from Matte Gold cardstock and three times from black. These were adhered together and then to my colored panel. I added a secondary sentiment from the Reverse Foundations Sentiment Strips set which was popped up with foam tape.

My last card is a little more experimental.

I started by inking up a panel of watercolor cardstock with three Distress inks: Kitsch Flamingo, Lumberjack Red, and Uncharted Mariner.

I think spritzed my background stamp with water, placed the panel in my stamping platform and stamped. This essentially removed the inking in the stamped areas.

To get better definition in some of the negative spaces, I colored along the lines with some Distress Watercolor Pencils: Kitsch Flamingo, Barn Door, and Prize Ribbon from Set 2. I then used a paintbrush with water to define those lines and spread the color out a bit.

When I was happy with the panel, I spritzed it with some water, dried it, and the splattered a bit of gld paint on top. The panel was then adhered to my card base with foam tape.

The Hugs & Kisses sentiment was cut from Matte Gold cardstock and adhered to a shadow piece that I die cut from cardstock, inked with those same Distress colors I used for the background and spritzed with water.

The completed sentiment piece was popped up with foam tape and I added some sequins from the Candy Hearts mix to finish things up.

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

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