SSS Sunny Vibes Blog Hop

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Happy Saturday!  I'm hopping with Simon today celebrating the new Sunny Vibes release.  You should be arriving here from Keisha Charles' blog.  There are lots of prizes to be had on the hop.  Simon is giving away a $25 store credit to one commenter on every stop along the hop.  In addition, with any purchase of $50 or more, you can get the above stamp/die set for free using code HELLO.

OK, let's get on to the projects.  Today I'm featuring the new Tin Roof background stamp.  I've created a couple cards using a very simple inking technique that gives a grid based background a quilted look.

For this frst card, I stamped the background on a light peach piece of cardstock using Allspice ink.  I then used a scrap piece of cardstock as a mask, placing it along the diagonal and added some Paprika ink using a small blending brush.  This step was completed all along the panel.  I then turned the panel and repeaed the procedure in the other direction.  By doing this you are essentially inking two adjoining sides of each of the squares.  The trick is to not over ink and focus the inking right along the pattern line. 

To add some sparkle and interest, I adhered some flat sequins in the corners of each of the squares using the Candy Hearts mix.  I think this gives it almost an upholstered look.

The Fancy Thanks die was cut from Matte Champagne cardstock and I swiped Allspice ink over white cardstock for the shadow piece.  These were adhered together and then popped up with fam tape.

Next I thought I would create a Christmas card.  This time I started with a panel of white cardstock, stamped with Grass ink, and then added the inking using Lime ink.

For my sentiment, I pulled out the Joyful die.  The shadow piece was die cut from white cardstock and a scrap of green cardstock that I had.  I then took the white piece and die cut the sentiment itself from the center of it adhering the remaining outlined piece to the green shadow piece.

I then cut the sentiment itself from red cardstock, and inlaid the j, y, f, and l.  The o and u from the previous die cutting were inked with Lime and then inlaid as well.  The finished piece was then popped up with foam tape.

I added a secondary sentiment from the Joyful Greetings set which was white embossed and also popped up with foam tape.

That's all from me, but there is so much more to see.  Your next stop is Heather Ruwe's blog, and I have the full hop list below if you need it.  Don't forget to leave a comment to be entered to with the $25 from my blog.  Winners will be announced on the Simon blog next week.  Happy Hopping!

Simon Says Stamp Blog 

Laura Bassen

Cathy Zielske

Nichol Spohr

Barbara Tarayao

Mindy Eggen

Emily Midgett

Yana Smakula

Keisha Charles

Miriam Prantner

Heather Ruwe

Bibi Cameron

Lea Lawson

Bobbi Lemanski

Jennifer Kotas