SSS Stay True

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I've got the quickest, easiest cards to share featuring my Stay True stamp set. 

I started by positioning my sentiments in my stamp positioner and then stamped them on two panels off watercolor cardstock with Versa Clair black ink.

Once that was done, I pulled out this set of watercolors from my stash. For this first card, after adding a wash of water, I painted light stripes of color in rainbow order. 

That is literally all. Let dry, adhere to card base, and done.

For the next card, after adding my wash of water, I watercolored using just the blue tone going dark around the edges and very light in the center.

After allowing the panel to dry, I added some soft inking around the edges using the Big Basket Weave stencil and Hickory Smoke distress ink.

These were so easy to make, perfect for mass producing!

SSS In My Heart Release, Stay True

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Hi all! It's a release day at Simon Says Stamp. I have a couple of new products in this month's In My Heart release. Today I'm sharing a couple of cards created with my newest sentiment set, Stay True.

This first card is very simple. I started by heat embossing the sentiment with copper embossing powder on a panel of white cardstock.

Next, I placed the Big Basket Weave stencil over top, inking it with Nutmeg ink, darker towards the edges and very lightly in the center of the panel. I removed the stencil, and added a bit of additional inking around the edges.  

I used some black watercolor to add a bit of splatter to my panel, and then a secondary sentiment, from the Stay True set, which was stamped with Versa Clair black ink on cardstock inked with that same Nutmeg color.

For my second card, I thought that it would be fun to pair this sentiment set which is bold and graphic, with a delicate/pretty element. 

The sentiments were stamped with Versa Clair black ink in the top right corner of my panel. Then I pulled out the Jaunty Stem dies. I love the lines of these flowers, and selected three colored cardstock scraps from my scrap bin. 

After die cutting, the flower pieces were adhered directly to my panel. I think they frame the sentiment perfectly, don't you? 

Be sure to head over to Simon to check out the full In My Heart release, and I'll see you back here tomorrow for a fun hop.