Hi friends! Welcome to my stop on the Simon Says Stamp, In My Heart release blog hop!
FREE GIFT:
As you can see from the banner above, Simon is giving away their not yet released, Beautiful Day 3x4 stamp set with any purchase of products from their In My Heart release! This offer will expire on 3/22 at 11:59 pm EDT.
GIVEAWAY:
Simon is 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 March 25th.
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, In My Heart Gallery. There is so much inspiration to see! I encourage you to check them out and add your own cards/projects as well!
MY CARDS:
I had so much fun playing with some of the products from this awesome release! First up is the Wild Rose stamp set. I water colored the images with Zig Markers. I usually don't use such a bright, bold pink but I like how it turned out.
My next two cards showcase the Everlasting Flowers embossing folder. I got my Alcohol Inks out for this one. It's been awhile but I always love playing with them!
My second card using the same embossing folder didn't turn out as well as I wanted it to but this is such a cool technique, I wanted to share it. Kassi Hulet shared this technique on her YouTube channel here. You make a blotter with toilet paper, believe it or not. You spritz small sheets of toilet paper with a bit of water, layer them together, place them inside the embossing folder and run it through your machine. Then, after letting it dry and inking up a watercolor panel, you lay the blotter on top of the panel and gently push it down for a bit. When you lift it up, it will have removed some of the ink and creates the image of the embossing folder. If you've never tried it, you should! It's a fun way to stretch your supplies!
Next up is a die set called Floral Birdscape and it's a beauty! I shaded all the pieces with some soft, pretty inks and used the inlay die cut technique with the flowers and leaves. Then I popped up the dove with foam adhesive to add a bit of dimension.
Okay, one more. Here is the Bows For Days stamps, dies and stencil bundle. I used the stencil in the background before adhering the stamped and die cut bows to the card. I also white embossed the new Best Mom Background stamp over the stenciled panel.
That's it for me! I'm so glad you stopped by today - thank you! I hope I've given you a few ideas for using some of the products from this fantastic release! You've got just one more stop to go on the hop and that's Debbie. She's so talented! I know you'll love whatever she created!
Barb
HOP ORDER:
- Simon Says Stamp Blog
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Heather Hoffman
- Laura Bassen
- Nichol Spohr
- Emily Midgett
- Amy Rysavy
- Keisha Charles
- Sandi MacIver
- Anna-Karin Evaldsson
- Lorraine Aquilina
- Alberto Gava
- Natasha Vacca
- Barb Engler
- Debbie Frank
IN MY HEART RELEASE PRODUCTS: Products are linked below - including affiliate links. This simply means that if you use one of my links when making a purchase, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support! More affiliate info here.
32 comments:
Marisela Delgado said: Such pretty cards 💜 mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com
Beautiful cards - impossible to pick a favorite!
Great collection of cards! I like how each is so unique
YOWZA! These look amazing, fab designs! Your backgrounds! WOW! Makes me want to get inky! TFS!!!
A "few" ideas?? You've given me a LOT of ideas! Beautiful cards, thank you!!
Cindy Nelson
Your cards are beautiful. I love all of the colors you used. Very inspiring.
I just love that colorful bow cards. What a great composition and colors.
Barb all your cards are gorgeous.
WOW, you really took the new release seriously and ran with many of the new products creating many different themed cards. I have to admit when I saw your first card I was sure if there was more than one card that it would be my favorite because I'm a sucker for a beautiful floral card but then I scrolled on to card #2 and had to change my mind, that gorgeous background grabbed my attention and wouldn't let go, while all of your cards were independently unique & lovely that second card won my vote for my most fav of the five. Your third card intrigues me, I might have to check out the background technique you mentioned. Your mosaic card made with the new cover die is really lovely, I love the peach and soft green color pallet finally your 5th and last card using the new bows stamps & dies along with a text background stamp. I being a sucker for a text background love your yellow, aqua and green background with the bows and embossed text. GREAT usage of Simon's new March products, your hard work paid off as each card is lovely and unique. Thanks for sharing all of your hard work.
I love your choice of colors!
I especially love your bird and flowers...with love. Gorgeous and peaceful.
Beautiful variety of cards! I especially love the one with alcohol inks!
Such beautiful cards Barb! Love the alcohol inks!
beautiful cards - I have never tried the toile paper technique but wow it is amazing to see on your cards
Beautiful coloring on your florals!
Love all the cards, but the alcohol one is my fav. I love to make alcohol backgrounds-sometimes I use them to cut out flowers too. Using an embossing folder on them really enhances their beauty.
These are all amazing! Your backgrounds are gorgeous! I LOVE the first flower one the most
Such beautiful cards
so much inspiration Barb! Love these!
So many beautiful cards! I especially love the way you colored the dove cover plate. So elegant!
Barb, you've been busy creating these beautiful cards. I think my favorite is the first one with the "bright" pink you normally don't use. Both of the cards made the embossing folder look fabulous. I need to check out that technique!
Wow! Love all your cards! I really need to try coloring with my zig markers. And I love how you did the background with the words. The blotter background is so cool. Thank you for sharing!
Lots of colo4 fun!
Beautiful cards. I love them all. Might need to give my Zig markers a go. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful cards. Love your watercoloring and card techniques you did with that flower embossing folder. I now want to try both techniques
I loved the card that you thought wasn't good enough. It was a 'how did she do that?' moment.
Beautiful cards for the hop! I especially love the Wild Rose design and the way you colored the images!
Such an array of beautiful cards!
Beautiful cards! And that blotter technique sounds like SUCH FUN!! I love trying new techniques! Thanks so much for sharing !!
Everlasting Flowers is one of my favorites of the release. I love the one you used the Alcohol Ink on. [Bunny]
Your cards are awesome, thank you for the inspiration.
I viewed Kassi's work. What a great technique. Thanks for sharing that. [Bunny]
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