SSS Cheering For You Release

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It's time for another release from Simon Says Stamp!  I'm sharing a card featuring my newest sentiment die/coordinating stamp set, Cheering You On, paired with the new Bubble Rings embossing folder.

I started by embossing a panel of watercolor cardstock.  This was colored with Tim Holtz watercolor pencils.  I channeled my elementary school art class using three primary colors for the main circles:  Tumbled Glass, Fossilized Amber, and Kitsch Flamingo.  Note that I only have two sets of watercolor pencils, so am using the closest colors that I have.  After coloring those areas, I used a wet brush to smooth out and the color.

Where the circles overlapped, I used a coordinating color - Spiced Marmelade for where pink and yellow overlapped, Twisted Citron for yellow and blue, and Shaded Lilac for blue and pink.  Again I used a wet brush to smooth out the color.

The panel was set aside to dry, while I did a bit of die cutting.  The shadow piece was cut from black cardstock and the sentiment itself from white.  The sentiment doesn't cut as a single piece, but is quite easy to assemble.  I used a secondary sentiment from the coordinating stamp set embossed on a black strip to complete the thought.  Both the sentiment pieces were popped up with foam tape and I also added a black mat to the card.

There's so much good stuff in this release, so be sure to head over to Simon to check out the full Cheering for You release.  I'll see you back here tomorrow for a blog hop where I'll be sharing some cards created using my new Monstera stencil set.