Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Rainbow Unicorns and Glitter.

This week Simon Says Stamp wanted a bit of sparkle for the Wednesday Challenge. I used the My Favorite Things Magical Unicorn stamp set to make a rainbow of unicorns to go with the sentiment in the set. I added a bit a sparkle with my Spectrum Nior Sparkle Pen and the clear Copic Atyou Spica Glitter Pen in Clear. 

 The sparkle is a bit hard to see in the photos but I added a stripe of glitter along the top and bottom of the background panel that I created with Distress Oxide Inks with the Spectrum Noir pen.

 I used the Copic Atyou clear glitter pen to add sparkle to the unicorn horns, they were colored with copic markers. 

 Thank you for stopping by to take a look!

SSS Wednesday Challenge - Showers or Flowers

For this week the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is Flowers or Showers, so I went with flowers! Unfortunately my paper cutter needs a new blade so forgive my fuzzy edges, :(. 

I used the beautiful flowers from both Simon Says Stamps Spring Flowers and More Spring Flowers sets. I heat embossed them on gray card stock with clear embossing powder. 

Then I went to town with my Distress Oxide inks, I first colored all of the flowers in with pretty heavy coat, then while it was still wet I sprinkled each of the colors all over the image. I did some partial drying then splashed on some clear water mixed with shimmer. Then picked up some color with a paper towel. 

I came back in with a light gray Copic marker to add some shading. I used the smile die from the My Favorite Things Sending Smiles set. I also used their Stitched Basic Edges to cut the panels for the top, bottom and center. 

I adhered everything to a pale purple card base and added a few sequins to finish it off!

 Thank you for coming over to take a look! 

This car was totally inspired by a card that Michelle from @CraftCradle created!

SSS Wednesday Challenge: Happy Birthday!

This week the theme for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is Happy Birthday! I thought I would share a card using the Simon Says Stamp April Card Kit. I love this kit so much, I keep going back to that silly penguin. 

I used pattern paper from my stash with a bunch of numbers and bright colors. I added a birthday cupcake in the penguins arms by masking his flipper and colored it with Copics.

I used some alpha stickers to spell out most of the sentiment, the birthday part was created with a vintage label maker that belonged to my Grandmother.

 I added google eyes to the penguin, fussy cut him out and then put him on an action wobble from the kit. I used a colored pencil to add a bit of shadow to the letters to help them pop from the orange background.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! 

Wood Hello Spring Flowers.

I found this pack of adhesive backed wood veneer at Target on clearance, and I wondered if I could die cut it. Well it turns out it cuts beautifully!

I stamped the two main flowers with the Simon Says Stamp Spring Flowers set and heat embossed them with silver embossing powder, then I stamped the other flowers and leaves in versamark ink, I really like the watermark on dark grey paper. 

For the hello die cut I sort of lightly tapped it with the versa mark pad toward the middle and applied more pressure toward the bottom. When I applied the embossing powder I also brushed some away towards the middle leaving heavy cover toward the bottom of the word. This give it a dipped in silver look. 

I originally put it on a black background but that wasn't quite right, so kind of pounced the embossing powder around the edge of a white panel and sprinkled the embossing powder around the edges. The lighter coating created this bumpy almost hammered look.

I am extremely happy with the way this card turned out. I appreciate you stopping by to take a look! 

I am submitting this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge! 

Oh Happy Day! Cling Wrap Smooshing.

For this weeks challenge Simon Says Stamp said Any Thing Goes!  I decided to pay with my new Distress Oxide inks again, this time I tried the cling wrap technique.

I smooshed several colors on cling wrap, spritzed it a bit to get it wet then pressed it down on some water color card stock and mushed it around. I let it dry over night, which was hard because I really wanted to mess with it. But I did not, and I was glad the effect is really striking.

I cut a strip from the panel I made, die cut the words and some hearts from the remainder. I used the Oh Happy Day and the Holiday Shapes Hearts & Stars dies from Simon Says Stamp. I added a strip of glitter card stock then stacked a piece of Neenah white to adhere the die cuts to. I stuck them down with a glue pen and I was done!

Thanks for stopping by to look! 

Distress Ink Multi-Level Die Inlay!

For the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge we were asked to use more than one die or punch. I used two, the Simon Says Stamp Chevron Background die (I don't think they sell it anymore) and the Lil' Inker Hello die.

I used Distress ink and smooshing to create the main panel on Distress water color paper. I then used the chevron background die to cut the water color panel and some teal card stock.

I put the the teal card stock panel on my card base and then attached the water color panel on top. I then adhered the negative pieces in their places without the teal card stock under them so they are recessed from the rest of the image. If you try this with a die with a lot of similar shapes be sure to do a better job than I did keeping them straight. I spent way too much time trying to get them back where they went!

I cut the "hello" from the same teal card stock, added a bit of shimmer with my Wink of Stella pen and then adhered it on top. 

Thanks for taking a look!