SSS Rotating Quadrants/Geometric Builder Circles Mashup

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I'm interrupting my STAMPtember postings for a card that has been percolating in my head since my Rotating Quadrants background was released.

I had planned to make this card during that release, but I could not find my Geometric Builder Circles dies.  I even started questioning if I actually owned the dies, or had just used them at someone's house.

Luckily, I had to do some cleaning the other day and unearthed my Geometric Builder Circles dies!  (They were absolutely NOT where they were supposed to be.)

I started by stamping my background with Celery ink and then trimming it down.

Then I die cut the circle die that creates quadrants with a slightly darker shade of green.

These were adhered over my stamped background.

I adhered this piece to a black mat that showed only on the top and bottom edges.

The You Matter die was cut four times from black cardstock, adhered together and then to the stamped panel,

A secondary sentiment from the Reverse Yay Sentiment Strips was popped up just under the sentiment die to finish things off..

This was really fun and easy card to create.  It would be great for mass production and you could create it in a variety of different shades.  

So glad I finally found my dies and was able to bring this to life!

SSS Buckeye Leaf

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It's been pretty warm in Virginia lately, so I'm channeling some cooler weather with today's card.

I started by stamping my Rotating Quadrants background in Flannel on some white cardstock and trimming that down to create my. background panel which was stitched onto my card base.

Then I die cut the Buckeye Leaf from Neenah Solar White cardstock and colored it with Copics using E77, E09, YR09, YR04, Y19, Y15, and Y13.

To add a bit of drama to the card, I added not one, but two layers of foam adhesive, and then positioned the leaf in the center of my card.

I used a simple Reverse Sentiment Strip for the sentiment which was also popped up with two layers of foam tape.

To finish things off, I added a trio of clear sequins.

I love how the oranges really pop against the soft gray background!

There's a new release coning from Simon on Thursday.  See you back here then for some new release fun!

SSS Out of This World Blog Hop, Rotating Quadrants

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Happy Friday!  Today I'm participating in Day 1 of a two day blog hop celebrating the new Out of This World release.  

All good hops have prizes and Simon is giving away a $25 credit to the store to one commenter at each stop along the way, so be sure to leave a comment to be entered to win.

Today I'm featuring my new Rotating Quadrants background.

For this first set of cards I used the newest set of Pawsitively Saturated Ink Cubes.

I masked each quadrant off with Post-It tape, inked, stamped with one color, masked the next quadrant, inked and stamped with the next color, etc.  

For the first card I used the Celery, Limelicious, and Pearfection inks.  I then pulled out a journaling pen and doodled around each of the quadrants twice.

The sentiment is from the Yay You set  It was stamped and die cut and then popped up with foam tape.  I added a secondary sentiment from the Reverse Yay sentiment strips.

The second card uses the Sprout, Fairway, and Field cubes.  I used the same technique, but this time I shifted my 'quadrant' over by a half, so the composite shape I was inking up was more of a football shape vs. a square.  I again used the journaling pen to emphasize the shapes, and this time finished it off with a sentiment from the Big and Bold set.

One of the things I love about geometric designs is that you can see so many things and patterns in them.  At one point when I was looking at the background I saw peppermints.  This made me think Christmas, so for this next card I simply inked up the background with Cherry ink, trimmed it down, and added a Christmas sentiment with the Joyful die.  

The sentiment was die cut from Matte Gold cardstock and adhered to a white shadow piece.  The entire sentiment was then popped up with foam tape, and for some extra festive fun I added a smattering of clear sequins.

Finally, a fun, messy, inky card.

For this card I inked up the background with several Distress Inks:  Faded Jeans, Dusty Concord, and Chipped Sapphire.  My background was in my stamp platform, so I inked up different areas with the different colors, stamped, added another color in another area of the stamp, stamped, etc.  The colors were stamped and blending together until I was happy with the result.

I then removed my paper and added a bit of texture by spritzing it with water.  I should have used my heat gun to dry the water immediately to get a crisper look to the splatters because I was using regular cardstock vs watercolor paper, but live and learn.  

After the panel was dry, I added some gold splatter using Hero Arts Gold Glimmer Metallic Ink.

I chose the Hi There die for the sentiment, cutting the sentiment itself from Matte Gold, and the shadow from a piece of cardstock that I had inked up with those same Distress colors.  The finished piece was popped up with foam tape, and I finished the card off with some gold sequins.

That's all I have for you today, but the hop is definitely not over.   I have the list below for your viewing pleasure:

Simon Says Stamp Blog
Caly Person
Cathy Zielske
Jennifer McGuire
Debby Hughes
Barbara Tarayao
Amy Rysavy
Keisha Charles
Anna-Karin Evaldsson
Heather Ruwe
Cheiron Brandon
Emily Midgett
Miriam Prantner
Kulbir Kirkland
Natasha Vacca
Jessica Vasher

Thanks so much for stopping by, and enjoy the rest of the hop!