This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon!
Hi friends! I am back with some more inspiration using several different items from the beautiful new Festive Fun release from Simon Says Stamp. The new release included lots of beautiful goodies, including gorgeous new Pastel Pigment Inks that create the softest, most beautifully blended pastel colors. I have a quartet of projects to share with you today using the inks and their coordinating Pawsitively Dazzling Gems along with some other goodies from the Festive Fun release, so let’s get started with the details!
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I love creating coordinating card sets that work together as a group but also are each just a little unique, and these gorgeous new Pastel Pigment Inks were perfect for some light mass production! I don’t normally think of pastels for holiday cards, but combining these lovely inks with their coordinating Pastel Pawsitively Dazzling Gems and some wintry imagery made for beautifully unique and festive cards!
*Note: I do have dedicated blending brushes specifically for these pigment inks. I would not recommend mixing the dye and pigment inks on the same brush, as the different formulations for the opaque pigment inks and translucent dye inks don’t play nicely together on the brushes*
When mass producing, I like to keep the basic layout very similar, but switch up some of the products used. I paired the Pastel Blue ink and Pastel Pink ink with the new Shimmer Lattice Embossing Folder, first blending the panels of 3.75″ x 5″ white cardstock with Pastel Blue and Pastel Pink inks, then running those blended panels through my die cutting machine with the Shimmer Lattice Embossing Folder. Doing the ink blending first keep the details from the embossing consistent throughout, whereas ink blending after embossing would enhance the details in the blended areas.
After I had finished ink blending and embossing each panel, I splattered some glittering handmade watercolors on each panel to add extra festiveness and sparkle. I mounted each panel on an A2 card base, then added a white glitter Heartfelt Snowflake die cut to the center of each card with some tiny pieces of foam adhesive. I also used my Minc machine to addsilver toner foil to the Holiday Greetings Sentiment Cards. After I had added the sentiment strips over the center of each glittering snowflake, I used the coordinating Bubblegum and Dusk Pawsitively Dazzling Gems at the tips of each snowflake spire. So sparkly and wintry, even with the somewhat springy colors!
For my second set, I paired the same technique with the new Pastel Yellow and Pastel Green inks and the Splendid Snowflakes Embossing Folder, blending first and then running the panels through my die cutting machine with the embossing folder and splattering each panel with more shimmering iridescent glitter watercolors.
I again centered the white glitter Heartfelt Snowflake die cut, layering the silver foiled Holiday Greetings Sentiment Card sentiment strip over the center of each snowflake. Finally, I added even more shimmer with the coordinating Butter Pawsitively Dazzling Gems and Sprout Pawsitively Dazzling Gems. My color-coordinated-loving-heart goes wild for these matching gems and inks!!
Well, that’s all for my projects today! These new inks blend like a dream and will work for so many different seasons and subjects… I can’t wait to play with them even more. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!
Beautiful!!!!