SSS Shine On, Boom Take 2

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I've  got another Boom card to share today. This time I also pulled out the coordinating dies.

The thunder bolt and Boom sentiment were embossed on black cardstock using Ranger Glow in the Dark embossing powder and die cut. The die for the thunderbolt with the shadow, is actually an exact die cut, so doesn't have any give to it. Because the embossing has a little bit of a raised profile, I could line the die up exactly. You could also die cut the piece, place it back into the panel that you die cut it from, and place both into a stamping platform, using that to line up the stamping.

I wanted a really bold pop art look for this card, so I paired the embossed/die cut pieces with this deep teal cardstock. The secondary sentiment was stamped directly on the colored cardstock. A black mat was added, and I popped up the die cut pieces over top.

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SSS Shine On, Boom One Layer Cards

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Hi friends! I'm really excited to share today's cards because I feel like I never get to make true one layer cards and these are just that. They feature my new Boom suite of products for Simon Says Stamp. Today's cards feature the stamp set, as well as the coordinating stencil.

The first card used both the stencil and stamp set. I really wanted to include a stencil with these products because the images are large, solid shapes. I'm a big fan of Simon's Pawsitively Saturated inks. They work very well for large, solid images, but I know there are a variety of inks out there and if yours sometimes stamp a little unevenly, the stencils allow you to get a nice even layer of color. They are also the exact same size as the stamped images, so the coordinating dies work perfectly with the stencils.

The light blue thunderbolt was inked with Marine using the stencil, and then the dark thunderbolt was stamped with Royal.

The sentiments were then added using Versa Clair black ink.

For this next card, I used a variety of greens: Celery, Sprout, and Fairway, this time stamping both of the bolts around my sentiments.

The simplest card in the bunch, this time I stamped the thunderbolt with Watermelon ink, and used the smaller Boom sentiment. 

Finally, I stamped the large thunderbolt with Bubblegum, and the shadow image with Peony.

I'm really thrilled with how quick and easy these were to create. For someone who struggles with white space and creating true one layer cards, this set really makes things easy!