SSS Splendor, Mixing and Matching Products

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Hi friends!  I've got a fun Easter card to share with you today featuring several products from the Simon Says Stamp Splendor release.

I started by spreading paste through my new Hippity Hoppity stencil over kraft cardstock.  The panel was then set aside to dry.

Next up, I stamped the large bunny from the Bunny Kisses set.  This is a four step bunny.  One stamp for the body, the second ear, ear and eye/nose details, and then the tail.  I stamped the body of the bunny with Flannel, but very lightly.  I actually used a blending brush to add color around the edges of the stamp, lightly tapering in as I wanted a very light coloring to the bunny.  I used Flannel for his second ear as well.

For the ear/face details and the tail, I used Cozy which is a more brown gray.

To add a little more depth and shading, I used colored pencils to accentuate the shaded areas a bit.  Once done, I fussy cut my bunny.

The grass was created using stamps from the Lots of Luck set.  These were stamped twice in Cabbage and Artichoke and then die cut.

The sentiment, also from Bunny Kisses, was white embossed on a strip of green cardstock.

Once I had all my pieces created, I simply adhered them to my card.  The stenciled panel was adhered directly to my card base, the grass pieces directly to my panel (using Sookwang tape), and the bunny and sentiment strip were popped up.

I really enjoy mixing and matching my supplies, so this was a fun one to put together, thanks for stopping by!

SSS Splendor Release, Hippity Hoppity

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Hi Friends!  The Splendor release from Simon Says Stamp is now live in the store!

I've got a couple designs in this release, including the Hippity Hoppity stencil that I am featuring today.  I thought the stencil paired perfectly with the Hello There Animals set from last month's release (if you're interested in that set, check this link as at the time of this posting the stamps/dies were on sale for less than the price of the stamp itself).

This first card almost didn't happen because it was a bit of a mistake.  I meant to spread white embossing paste over kraft cardstock, but I wasn't paying attention and accidentally used translucent embossing paste.

I decided to give it a go, and thought I would attempt the opposite effect and apply white pigment ink to the kraft cardstock.  Unfortunately this didn't have enough contrast for me as kraft cardstock seems to really absorb white pigment ink.  I set the panel aside for a while, but kept coming back to it and decided to try applying dye ink over top of the pigment.  I used Princess at the top and Heather at the bottom, and was finally happy with the result.  I did use very very damp cloth to buff away residual ink on the translucent embossing paste.

Next up I stamped and colored a couple bunnies from the Hello There Animals set and fussy cut them. They were very lightly colored with my cool gray Copics.  Thee one on the left was adhered directly to my stenciled panel (I used Sookwang tape to  adhere it), and then popped the other one up with foam tape.

The Happy Easter sentiment was die cut from white adhesive foam and adhered directly to the stenciled piece as well.

For this next card, I placed the Hippity Hoppity stencil at an angle to my panel and inked it up with Lime at the Top, and Sea at the bottom.  After removing the stencil, I used those same colors to very softly add a bit of color to the white space as well.

This time my bunny was colored with brown Copics (E11, E13, E15).  Similar to my card from a couple of weeks ago, I extended his face down a bit on the right using a journaling pen so that I could place him on an angle.

The sentiment, from the Spring in My Step, set was stamped with Versa Claire black ink and the bunny was popped up with foam tape.

That's all for me today.  Be sure to head over to the Simon store to check out the full release.  I'll see you back here tomorrow for a blog hop!