Happy Birthday Card -- Simon Says Stamp Every Happiness Release

Hello, friends!  Today I'm sharing this card that features three of the awesome new products in Simon Says Stamp Every Happiness release!  I love this new Flourish Hummingbird die set and I've given it a lovely background with the Daisy Frame stamps set and Daisy Frame stencil set.

First I die cut the Flourish Hummingbird dies from white cardstock.  Then I used my blending brushes and a few different inks to color this beautiful bird!  I've linked the brushes I love and the inks I used in the list below.

After I glued the hummingbird layers together, I set it aside to work on the background made with the Daisy Frame stamp set and the Daisy Frame stencil set.  If you are a regular here, you may remember that, when possible, I like to stencil my image first.  I used ink blending brushes and some Pawsitively Saturated Inks (listed below) to color this easy image.  

Then I placed the stenciled panel into my MISTI.  I placed the Daisy Frame stamp over the stenciled image.  I took just a bit of time to get it aligned just right.  I've shared this tip before, but if you missed it, next I place a piece of acetate over the stenciled image.  I ink up the stamp with my black ink and stamp it onto the acetate.  It's super easy to tell if you have it aligned!!  I removed the acetate and stamp again.

The Daisy Frames stencils are a set of two and don't have openings to color the tiny flowers.  Which is certainly no big deal!  I just took a pink Copic to color those in.

Next I used the largest die from the Sparkler Scallop Frames set to cut this pretty stenciled panel to add a decorative edge.  I added foam tape to the back and adhered it to an A2 card base.

I stamped one of the sentiments in the Daisy Frame Stamp Set with black pigment ink.  I used my paper trimmer to cut it into a rectangle shape.  (There are coordinating Daisy Frame dies available.)  I popped it up on the card with foam adhesive.

Be sure to check out all of the other wonderful products available in the Every Happiness release!

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Do Frivolous Things - Always There Release by Simon Says Stamp

Hello crafty friends!  Today is the day for Simon Says Stamps' new release called Always There!  My card today features these products from this awesome release!

• Sunblush Flowers die set
• Sparkler Scallop Frames die set
• Dot Petal Pattern stencil
• Frankly, My Dear stamp set 

My first step was to make the stenciled background.  This is a pretty ombre texture paste background.  I tinted three dabs of texture paste by first smooshing Cheeky, Blush, and Pucker inks onto my glass craft mat.  After I mixed the inks into the paste I spread each shade through the Dot Petal Pattern stencil, darkest to lightest.  (All of the ink colors I used are in the list below.)

While that was drying, I die cut white cardstock with the dies in the Sunblush Flowers die set.  I used ink blending brushes and the same inks as above to color the flower die cuts.  To color the leaves I used Sprout and Fairway inks.  I adhered the layers together with glue.

Next I die cut vellum with a Sparkler Scallop Frames die.  Using my MISTI, after adding some anti-static powder, I stamped this sentiment from the Frankly, My Dear stamp set with clear embossing ink.  I added white embossing powder and heat set it.  You may think the sentiment looks a bit light, but in real life it’s just right and very easy to read.

Then I used a few drops of glue to adhere the Sunblush flowers and leaves to the vellum.  As you may know, it can be tricky to adhere vellum because it is semi-transparent and foam adhesive will show through.  Having the flowers on the vellum makes it easy to hide the foam adhesive by adding it directly behind the flowers.  I used some thick glue dots that I stretched out to be just under the top line of the sentiment.  Even in real life, I cannot see it!

I love the white embossed sentiment on vellum that allows the pretty pattern from the stencil to show through!  

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Be sure to head over the Simon's website to check out all of the other awesome products in this release!

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