Hi friends! As part of our STAMPtember fun, Simon Says Stamp collaborates with some of our favorite companies to create fabulous, limited edition stamps and die sets (and sometimes stencils, too!). Many of these collaboration sets are truly limited edition-once they’re sold out, they’re gone for good!- but today’s collaboration products are from CZ Design, and that means that they *will* be restocked if/when they sell out! Today’s collection (click HERE to see everything from CZ Design!) features lots of unique products for a variety of occasions, from Halloween to encouragement to flowers, all in Cathy Zielske’s distinctively clean style. I have a soft project featuring some stenciling, some stamping, and some embossing, all with sketchy flowers and my favorite shades of aqua. Let’s get started with the details on my project!
I wanted to create one of those simple but oh-so-effective stenciled frames for which Cathy is renowned using the new Cropping Panels stencils. I placed one of the stencils in the center of my A2 card panel and kept it in place with some washi tape while I completed my blending. I used a Shading Brush to blend Seafoam Pawsitively Saturated Ink on the stencil’s opening. Keeping the stencil in place, I also selected some stamps from the new CZ Sketch Florals and stamped a variety of flowers and foliage on the bottom right corner of the blended area using Surf ink. Once I had finished stamping the pattern, I splattered some iridescent watercolor before removing the stencil, keeping the crisp white frame nice and clean.
After I had completed the background, I decided to create a couple of special floral accents for my focal point, so I stamped some more flowers and foliage from CZ Sketch Florals using Surf ink so that it popped a bit more from the background pattern. I also stamped directly over the top of the stamped image with embossing ink and sprinkled some iridescent embossing powder over it to help it pop from the background even more beautifully! I used the coordinating dies to cut the images out, then blended a touch of Seafoam ink on the die cuts to help them coordinate better with the overall color palette.
For the greeting, I stamped a sentiment from the new Fresh Sentiments again using Surf ink and adding iridescent embossing powder over the top. When heated, the iridescent powder over the colorful ink creates the most beautiful sheen! I arranged the die cuts over the stenciled area on the card front, adhering them with foam adhesive squares, then added a smattering of Surf Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for additional sparkle. I just love how this one came out! Definitely simple to replicate, and how pretty would it be as a card set in multiple colors?
Well, that’s all for my project today! As a reminder, the CZ Designs STAMPtember release *will* be restocked if and when they sell out, so if things are out of stock, be sure to add your email address to be notified when they come back. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy STAMPtember!
