Thursday, April 29, 2021

SSS Born To Sparkle Release Blog Hop Day 1

 Hi friends!

Welcome to my stop on the Simon Says Stamp, Born to Sparkle release blog hop! I'm so excited to share my cards with you!

You should've arrived here from the wonderfully talented, Cheiron Brandon. If you want to start at the beginning of the hop, head over to Simon's blog here.

FREE GIFT: 


As you can see from the banner above, if you shop during the Born to Sparkle release blog hop, you'll get a FREE Island Crush ink cube set, with a purchase of $25 or more! Use the code CRUSH428 at checkout. This promotion will expire on 5/2 at 11:59 pm EDT.

GIVEAWAY: 

Simon is also giving away a $25 gift certificate at every stop along the hop, from the comment sections! Be sure to leave a comment below for a chance to win. Simon will announce the winners on their blog, on Wednesday, May 5th. 

SIMON GALLERIES:

Did you know Simon has card galleries for each of their releases and their card kits, and even a video gallery? It's true and you can add your very own cards and projects to these galleries! Here's a link to all the Simon Brand Galleries and here's the link to the new, Born to Sparkle gallery. There is so much inspiration to see! I encourage you to check them out and add your own cards/projects.

MY CARDS: 

On my first two cards, I used the gorgeous, Floral Centerpiece embossing folder, with a little Distress Ink blending on both. This first one also shows a sentiment from the Organic Fruits stamp set, and I used a sentiment from the, Family Headline stamp set on the second card.




I did some Alcohol Inking on my next card, with some muted, more masculine colors to showcase the fun, Papa die set.

 

The next two cards are completely different from each other but use the same stamp set. It's called, Organic Fruits. I love how this set was created for some fun, offset stamping, shown in this next card!

 

But as you can see, there are open fruit designs, along with some solid stamps, so I took the pear stamp and decided I wanted to do some water coloring with it too. Love a stamp set that gives you options! Both sentiments are included in the set.


Okay, so my last card has to be my fave because . . . .well . . . .  flowers! Need I say more? It's the beautiful, Magnolia Background cling stamp and I had so much fun water coloring the images! And that sentiment is awesome, don't ya think? It's from the, You Shine die set and I love it!


That's a wrap from me! I hope I've given you some ideas on how to use some of the products from this fantastic release! Remember, this is day 1 of a 2-day blog hop, so be sure to stop by Simon's blog again tomorrow for tons more inspiration!

Next up on the hop is the very talented, Sandi MacIver.

HOP ORDER:

Simon Says Stamp Blog 

Nina-Marie Trapani

Caly Person

Nichol Spohr

Heather Ruwe

Amy Rysavy

Lisa Addesa

Sidnie Des Jardins

Suzy Plantamura

Cheiron Brandon

Barb Engler

Sandi MacIver

Natasha Vacca

Seeka

Thank so much for the visit! Enjoy the rest of the hop!




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