STAMPtember Collaboration - Gina K Designs

Hello - and HAPPY STAMPtember - a month long party by Simon Says Stamp to celebrate all things stamping. 

Today we are getting to see the second of the special SUPER SECRET collaboration stamp sets that will be happening throughout the month! Today we have...Gina K Designs with a BEAUTIFUL winter theme stamp set!

I love the elegant winter feel this stamp set has - absolutely GORGEOUS! I created this nearly one layer card with a stamped top border with this stunning set!

I started by stamping the larger size snowflakes from the set directly on my cardbase, then added the bows stamped over the top to mimic the look of ornaments hanging down.

Next, I filled in the background with the smaller snowflakes stamped in the same colors, and then filled in with the mid-sized ones stamped in soft gray ink for a subtle fill in of the background.

Finally, added a good sprinkle of Pretty Pink Posh silver jewels over the background, and stamped and heat embossed a sentiment in white on a strip of black cardstock, then popped it up with foam adhesive on the background. Easy peasy, and so cool and wintery, don't you think?

Here is a closer look at this gorgeous stamp set:

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Botanical Frame Cards - Pinkfresh Facebook Live Cards

Good morning! Yesterday the day for our weekly Pinkfresh Studio Facebook Live! If you missed the Live video and want to take a peek, you can find it on the Pinkfresh Facebook Page - this week's video is available HERE. As always, there was one giveaway for someone who watched live, so make sure and pop in each week to win that live giveaway - 10 AM Pacific time on Thursday morning!

I also always try to post info here the next day on the card (or cards) we make - for those that aren't on Facebook or maybe didn't see it over there. So without further ado, here is sort of a look at the cards we created yesterday - we used some different colors and sentiments, so you may want to check out the replay of the video!

Each of these cards use one of the new Frame Builder Botanical series - die cut simply from white cardstock and mounted over some bright pretty colored cardstock. Added a sentiment heat embossed in white on vellum, then a few jewels to finish them off!

This first one uses Frame Builder: Botanical Ovals die set.

Next up, Frame Builder: Botanical Triangle die set.

One of my favorites - Frame Builder: Botanical Rectangle die set.

The super fun and versatile Frame Builder: Botanical Diamond die set - can work as both a square and diamond shape.

And finally - Frame Builder: Botanical Circle Die Set.

Which die is your favorite? And if you watched the live video - would love to hear what color combo was your favorite!

I love making sets of cards!

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You Are Strong - Simon Says Stamp Rest and Refresh Release Blog Hop Day 1

Good morning! I'm super excited today to be hopping along for Day 1 of a 2 day Blog Hop to celebrate the Fabulous NEW Rest and Refresh Release from Simon Says Stamp!!! Make sure and check out all the inspiration with this new release AND link up your creations as you receive your orders HERE in the Gallery created just for this release! And check out the graphic below for a coupon code for a free gift through Sunday, June 9th, 2019 as well (code expires at 11:59 PM EST)!!!

Today I'm sharing this card I created using the beautiful new Your Light Stamp Set and some Distress Oxide Inks!

I love the nautical theme to this stamp set, but wanted to use some brighter fun beachy colors for my card. I heat embossed the lighthouse image in white on a panel of white cardstock, then die cut a Nested Circle from another panel of paper and used the negative as a mask to blend Abandoned Coral, Fossilized Amber, Salty Ocean, and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Inks over the image. I also added a hearty dose of Perfect Pearls before removing my mask.

Once that dried, I used a clean cloth to remove any excess ink clinging to my heat embossed image - this helped make it pop white and crisp against the background. I heat embossed one of the sentiments from the kit on a strip of black cardstock, and hand trimmed it down to a banner shape, then mounted that with foam over the bottom of the circle. I also added an additional stamped sentiment underneath.

I finished off with a few of the Marina Sequin Mix from the new release, and then matted that panel on two coordinating colors of cardstock from the Gina K Autumn Rainbow cardstock collection - 2018 Add-on Edition. Can you see all the fun sparkle on this card from the Perfect Pearls splattered on that ink blended background?

I also posted this set of cards yesterday using this same stamp set for the sentiments, and the beautiful NEW Wildflowers Stamp Set - you can check out the details on these cards HERE if you're interested!

GIVEAWAY INFO:

Simon Says will be giving a $25 gift certificate to their online store at each stop along the hop - so make sure and leave a comment before you leave for a chance to win! Winners will be announced next Wednesday on the Simon Says Stamp Blog.

Here is the entire blog hop line up in case you get lost along the way:

Simon Says Stamp Blog

Cathy Zielske

Nina-Marie Trapani

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Amy Rysavy

Suzy Plantamura

Lisa Addesa

Heather Hoffman (you are here)

Gayatri Murali

Ankita Gupta

Barb Engler

Marge Yoon

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Happiest Birthday Watercolor - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! Sometimes it is fun to just stamp a few images on watercolor paper and spend some relaxing time watercoloring! And for this card, I used some beautiful floral and sentiment stamps from Simon Says Stamp!

I used some of the lovely single flower images from Beautiful Flowers 2 Stamp Set - then watercolored them in with my Daniel Smith Watercolors.

Once that dried, I stamped a sentiment from Sketched Flowers, matted the panel with black cardstock, and mounted on a cardbase created with some cardstock from the Gina K Autumn Rainbow exclusive pack for Simon Says Stamp!

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Unity and Gina K Wreath Builder Kit

Hello! I'm a little slower getting this posted on my blog than I hoped - but ran out of time before heading out of town not long after Christmas, so I'm finally getting this up now! Unity Stamp Company partnered with Gina K Designs to release a fabulous Wreath Builder Bundle, featuring her popular Wreath Builder tool and a gorgeous exclusive stamp set. It is so easy, fun, and addicting to use! I played with some of the elements of the stamp set to create something a little different for my wreath - using the circle element to create my wreath:

I am planning on making a video with this very soon - I just barely ended up with time to make a card, and a video wasn't going to be finished in time! But if you've watched some other videos from the Design Team, it is super fun how easy it is to use! I build my wreath using a variety of ink colors for a soft spring feel.

I stamped my sentiment over the front with black ink, added some colored cardstock layers, and finished off with a bit of sheer ribbon tied around the front!

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Foiled Leaves 2 Ways

Good morning! Well...I delayed too long, and the Simon Says Stamp Card Kit for October - Sketched Flowers appears to have officially sold out! Many of the kit elements are still available separately though. The large stamp set in the kit - Sketched Flowers, alcohol ink, Yupo paper and Alcohol Lift ink are all still available - the pre-printed Gina K cards and fun pack of fall foils I didn't see available separately.

If you were lucky enough to get your hands on one of the kits, then today's cards feature some of the gorgeous pre-printed toner cards and foils from Gina K included in the kit, as well as sentiments from the Sketched Flowers stamp set that I love! 

These cards were the result of having messy hands from playing with alcohol inks, and not taking time to clean them off before picking up a preprinted card. Yep, you guessed it - ruined it with inky fingerprint smudges! Ack! So...I foiled the leaves (that managed to stay clean!), and fussy cut them out to use them in a different way! I mounted them with foam on a plain white cardbase and simply stamped the sentiment underneath.

Then, I ran the negatives through my machine using Toner Paper, and fussy cut those out to use on a card as well!

Sometimes mistakes lead to something entirely unexpected...I wouldn't have done this otherwise, and even though these are incredibly simple, they ended up being some of my favorite cards from the kit!

You can view the contents of the kit HERE (SOLD OUT though):

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Foiling Two Ways - Simon Says Stamp October Card Kit

Hello! I'm here to share still a few more cards using the amazing and BRAND NEW Simon Says Stamp Card Kit for October - Sketched Flowers! The variety in this kit is amazing! I sat down and ended up making TEN cards with this kit...I think that is record setting for me - I don't usually do that many! The large stamp set in the kit - Sketched Flowers - is absolutely stunning, there are 3 bottles of alcohol ink with Yupo paper and Alcohol Lift ink, then there are the pre-printed Gina K cards with a fun pack of fall foils - this kit is PACKED! You can check out the entire kit and it's contents HERE.

Today's cards feature some of the gorgeous pre-printed toner cards and foils from Gina K included in the kit.

I started off by adding foil to the cards, then...

since I couldn't stand to waste the negative pieces - I pulled out some toner sheets and ran them through my foil machine - this gave me the same image two different ways!

I think foiled cards are one of the hardest ones to photograph! Here is a closer look at the shine on both of these:

And then I did the same thing on another of the cards:

For all of these cards, I did some matting with colored cardstock to help the colors pop.

I also used some foam layers for dimension.

Here is a closer look at the shine from the foil on these two cards:

Here is a look at the complete kit contents! You can find the entire kit HERE:

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