SSS Happy Camper, ilysm Take 3

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Hi all, I have a very simple one layer card to share today.  I started with a panel of blue cardstock that I randomly stamped using the images from my Dreamy Leaves set with Night ink.

After using my heat gun to ensure that all the ink was dry, the ilysm sentiments were gold embossed, and the finished panel was adhered to my card base.

That's all, so quick and easy.  I love the tone on tone look with dark colors, don't you?

SSS, More Dreamy Leaves

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Hi friends!  Today I'm sharing a fun monochromatic card featuring my Dreamy Leaves set.

These leaves were pretty quick and easy to create.  

I started by clear embossing the leaves on some chartreuse cardstock.  I made one each of the four large leaves and two each of the smaller four leaves.  The leaves were then inked with Sprout with some darker areas inked towards the center of the leaves using Field.  

The completed leaves were then die cut using the coordinating dies, and arranged on a panel of that same chartreuse cardstock.

The sentiment, from my Plant Sentiments set was stamped with Versa Clair black ink on a piece of the same chartreuse cardstock.  I the swiped the Field ink over another piece of that cardstock to create a mat for the sentiment and the completed sentiment piece was then adhered with foam tape.

A lot of steps, but overall pretty easy to complete.

SSS Be Bold, Appreciate You

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Hi friends!  I have a pretty quick and easy card to share today using some of the products from the recent Be Bold release.  

It's mostly quick and easy because the background panel was premade/inked.  Because I only do it every so often, when I pull out my Distress products and get inky, I tend to make a whole batch of backgrounds at once.  These don't all get used right away, so I generally have a little pile to pull from when I'm creating at a later date.

I didn't want to use a plain cardstock or simple inked background, I wanted a little more texture and interest, and this pre-inked panel was just right.

I also wanted to keep the stamping pretty simple, so I placed the panel in my stamping platform and then arranged the four smaller leaves from the Dreamy Leaves set in the bottom right quadrant.  You can see what it looks like below...I inserted a piece of solid cardstock so it's easier to see.

The leaves were stamped with Versafine and them embossed using Broken China Distress Embossing Glaze.  I then turned my panel 180 degrees and repeated the process.  I now had two embossed quadrants diagonal from one another.

Once that was done, I turned the panel 90 degrees so that the bottom right quadrant was one that didn't have any stamping/embossing in it yet.  I cleaned off my stamps with stamp cleaner (important so that you don't accidentally transfer some of the Versamark when you're placing the stamps), and arranged them in that quadrant.  Then I stamped/embossed, turned the panel 180 degrees, and stamped and embossed in the final quadrant.

The completed panel was popped up with foam tape, and I finished things off with the Appreciate You sentiment die which was cut from Matte Silver cardstock, adhered to the shadow die cut cut from green cardstock, and then popped up with foam tape.

That background piece really did most of the work for me on this one.  I'm running low on my pre-inked panels, so it might be time to get messy again!

SSS Be Bold, Crocus Row

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Hi friends, today I'm sharing a card created using several different mediums.  I suppose you could call it mixed media, but for me somehow if you don't use paint, it doesn't count.

Anyway, I started by embossing a panel of Neenah Solar White cardstock using the Crocus Row embossing folder.

I then colored the flowers and greens using Copics.  I used V12, V15, V17, and BV11 for the flowers, and G24 and G28 for the greenery.

I then went in with several Prismacolor pencils to add a bit more texture and detail.

Once that was done, I used a brayer to add ink to my embossing folder, using Morning for the sky and Pearfection for the grass.  The embossed/colored panel was then carefully placed back into the embossing folder and I ran it through my die cutting machine again to color the background portions of the panel.

I wanted a little more texture in the grassy areas, so I used the brayer to add a bit more color to the those sections.

A sentiment from the Dreamy Leaves set was added to complete the card.

This was a fun one to create, I hadn't had my pencils or a brayer out in a while and it was fun to just play and experiment a little.

Hope you like it, have a great day!

SSS Be Bold Blog Hop, Day 1, Dreamy Leaves

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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