A7 frames

This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon!

Hi friends! I am back today with a project featuring several new products from the marvelous Sugar and Spice release from Simon Says Stamp. (Click HERE to check it out!) This release has put me in full-on holiday cardmaking mode, and I am totally here for it. I love pairing vibrant, festive greenery with non-traditional color palettes, and the new Ho Ho Holiday Greens standalone die set features so many different options for gorgeous greenery! I couldn’t resist pairing it with the utterly fabulous new Loopy Bow die set (man, is that bow gorgeous or what?) to create a lush bouquet of holiday greenery. Let’s get started with the details on my project!

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To begin, I die cut the Ho Ho Holiday Greens die set twice from plain white cardstock, then used my OLO Markers to add vibrant color to each individual branch and berry. I kept the color palette vibrant, with minty greens and vivid fuchsia, because I wanted those colors to really pop on that chocolate brown background. I also die cut the new Loopy Bow from some Simon Says Stamp Magenta Glitter Cardstock.

Before assembling my bouquet, I trimmed down an A7 panel of Simon Says Stamp’s Chocolate cardstock, a deep, rich brown that is the perfect neutral backdrop for my vibrant die cuts. I also added a rose gold frame, cut using Simon Says Stamp’s Metallic Rose cardstock (a most perfect rose gold foil cardstock!) using the A7 Frame dies. I adhered the frame around the edge of my A7 card front with liquid adhesive, then used a mixture of foam and liquid adhesive to add my bouquet in a lush swag along the bottom right corner of my card front.

For the greeting, I heat embossed two different sentiments from Inside Greetings Holiday using rose gold embossing powder on the same Chocolate cardstock, then die cut the finished sentiments. I nestled the sentiment pieces amongst the bouquet, then popped them up with a double layer of foam adhesive to give them a bit of extra visibility amongst the foliage. Finally, I added a few Taffy die cuts for one last pop of pink and some added sparkle!

Well, that’s all for my project today! These fiddly cards with large foliage arrangements are so detailed and lush, well worth the time to color each piece and carefully arrange them. And placing them on an A7 card makes such a huge visual impact, I think! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon!

Hi friends! I have a couple of projects to share with you today using my newest illustration for Simon Says Stamp: Sunflower Dreams! This large background stamp can be used on it’s own to create a lushly-detailed patterned background for your focal point, or you can pair it with your favorite coloring medium for some relaxing coloring time. For today’s projects, I tried to use as much of the background as I could after watercoloring the image in it’s entirety with Karin Brushmarker Pro markers. I even used the leftovers after creating my A7 card! Let’s get started with the details.

To begin, I stamped Sunflower Dreams onto some Arches Cold Pressed watercolor cardstock using Simon Says Stamp’s Nocturne black pigment ink, then added clear embossing powder over the top to set the ink as well as make the black lines extra crisp and bold. I then used vivid, golden yellow, deep lime green, magenta, and a gorgeous deep turquoise Karin Brushmarker Pro markers to watercolor the entire image, scribbling the marker onto my glass mat and picking up the color with my damp paintbrush, then maneuvering the color on my embossed background to create lots of depth and vibrant color. For the turquoise, I put the marker directly to the cardstock so that I could get a solid, ultra bright backdrop against my vibrant yellow flowers and green foliage.

Once my watercolored background had dried completely, I trimmed it down to fit proportionally on an A7 card front, about 5.5″ x 3.5″ and centered it on a vivid turquoise A7 card front that coordinated beautifully with the turquoise background behind the sunflowers, adhering it with liquid glue. I also die cut a golden A7 Frames die and adhered that around the watercolored panel, drawing the eye to the center of the card to allow the watercolored image to be the center of attention!

For the greeting, I die cut the Giggle Happy Birthday from Simon Says Stamp’s So Very Black cardstock three times, then adhered each die cut together with liquid adhesive to create a dimensional die cut sentiment. I also stamped a greeting from Birthday Blitz onto more black cardstock using Simon Says Stamp’s White Pigment Ink, then added Hero Arts Iridescent Gold embossing powder. Using white pigment ink with this shimmering embossing powder helps to make it pop on the crisp black cardstock! I adhered the two greeting components to the card front with liquid and foam adhesive, respectively, then tucked a turquoise twine bow beneath the embossed sentiment and added a few Butter Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for additional sparkle.

I had a strip of watercolored sunflower panel left over, so I decided to create a bookmark! I adhered the remaining strip to a slightly-wider strip of the same turquoise cardstock, then used my Crop-A-Dile to punch a hole and add a black eyelet towards the top. I threaded a coordinating yellow ribbon through the reinforced hole, creating a a quick and pretty bookmark using leftovers from my card!

Well, that’s all for my projects today! I had such fun creating projects with my newest illustration using many mediums, so stay tuned for more Sunflower Dreams inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

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