Color Once, Make 2 Cards! + International Women’s Day Blog Hop 2021
Hello friends, it’s Nina-Marie Trapani here with you! In celebration of the 2021 International Women’s Day Blog Hop, I have a duo of mini slimline cards to share, which would be perfect to send as encouragement cards to your women friends!
These bold and colorful cards feature our Simon exclusive So Beautiful stamp set! I wanted to no-line watercolor the floral images with Karin Markers, but we all know how time-consuming coloring can be. So to make the most of my time, I thought I would cut my colored image in half so that I can make two beautiful cards at once!
After trimming the colored florals in half, I also fussy cut around the outer edges. Peeking around the edge is a bright background that blended with Peacock Feathers and Twisted Citron Distress Inks. I also added shimmery splatters with Prima Metallic Accents and Finetec Metallic Watercolors.
The encouraging greetings I used for each card come from the So Beautiful stamp and our exclusive, Reverse Gratitude sentiment strips.
Inside the cards I continued the encouraging theme by adding sentiments from our Inside Friendship Messages set. This set has great, heartfelt messages that can be stamped on the inside for an extra-special touch.
I plan on mailing these lovely cards in our Simon exclusive Blue Violet and Soft Navy mini slimline envelopes. The colors coordinate perfectly with the watercolored florals.
Be sure to watch the video to see how I made these colorful cards!
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We are honored to be participating in the International Women’s Day Blog Hop! Along the hop you can win prizes from the sponsors – including a $25 gift card to shop here at Simon Say Stamp! Be sure to leave a comment here and visit the BeYoutifully You blog for all the hop details!
Wonderful floral creations. Bee-utiful coloring. I’ve been practicing my coloring & watercoloring. Will ck out the hop.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Beautiful Flowers!
Fabulous cards! I am inspired to make use of my 6×6 stamp making two cards at the same time, thanks for sharing.
Happy International Women’s Day to all!
Beautiful cards — love the colors! Great technique, too.
Beautiful cards. Love the inside sentiment.
What vibrant colors!!! I plan on watching this video later!
wow!! Nina your coloring is just beautiful…I am so jealous!! Gorgeous colorful cards…the recipients will love them!!
Wow, Nina!! You got some kind of floral gorgeosity (I had to make up that word just for this occasion) going on here!! SO PRETTY! Thanks for the tips about the paper you like for Karin. I will bear that in mind.
Love that you are participating in this blog hop!! Thanks for sharing your talent and for being a leader!
Lori S in PA
Thanks for sharing this card making idea, Nina-Marie. It surely is a time-saver. You’re cards are so cheerful and affirming. tfs-stay well.
Love this cheerfully set of cards. Great idea to make 2 panels!!!
Hugs, Joy
Gorgeous cards!! Love the vibrant colors and the 2 fer!!!
Your watercolor flowers are gorgeous! Your cards are so bright and beautiful.
Beautiful cards. I love the idea of 2 for 1 cards and mini slimline cards are the perfect size for getting 2 cards from a background stamp. I have a large family and do a lot of mass producing. We’re talking 35 cards for small holidays. For Valentine’s Day I used a background stamp to create mini slimline cards. It saved so much time. Thanks for another idea. Not sure I would have thought to cut up this great floral stamp if it weren’t for your beautiful card. Love your no line water coloring. Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous cards! Love that you got 2 from one stamping!
Such beautiful cards and the coloring is stunning. What a great idea to create two cards from one piece!
What a great tip!! Thanks Nina. :)
This was a wonderful idea that you could color one image and then cut it in half to make two cards. What a “smarty”. Wish I had thought of that. So, do you put the markers onto dry water color paper and then blend them out or do you wet the paper first? I can’t seem to get this water coloring right. HELP!
I watched the video, so beautifully colored and a great idea to get more of the images we color. Thank you Nina and Siomn says stamp team for your generosity and being a part of this encouraging hop. Hugs ~ Ishani
I really like the gorgeous, cheerful colors you used for these lovely cards, and the idea to get 2 cards from 1 stamped image is great! That’s a terrific stamp. Thanks for the video–your cards will surely make the recipients smile!
These are gorgeous. The colors are so vibrant.
Thanks for being a part of these wonderful events that promote women and that gives the opportunity to see the talents of so many crafty women from all over the world. I love these beautiful colorful flowers shared here.
Simply gorgeous and so smart!
Gorgeous cards! I love the coloring and the bright and cheerful colors! Lovely!
Wow! Your cards are beautiful! I love the bright colors and the blended background!
Gorgeous cards Nina–love the way you watercolored this stamp set!
So bright and cheerful! Love your stunning coloring.
So much inspiration know this hop!! And lots of spring colors. Yayyy
Your card is lovely, and I think it is a great idea to make 2 cards at once.
Love these bright colors!
Love a two-fer. The flower
garden is gorgeous. thanks
for sharing.
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These cards are beauties !!!
I love the cutting around the outer edge of the image; it gives the card an extra beautiful effect !
Happy Women’s Day from Belgium.
Such happy and beautiful cards!
GORGEOUS flowers! I LOVE the bright colors!!!!
Love the vibrancy of these cards, and what a clever idea to make two cards from one stamped background!
Lovely colorful watercolor cards!!
Wow!!!!!! These are GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!! Your coloring is beautiful ❤️
Wow!!, these are so beautiful!!
2 simply beautiful cards….love all those sweet spring blooms.
What a great idea. I would never have thought to cut that big stamp in half and put it on two cards. I appreciate so much all of the ideas you give us every day!!!
I love the colours you’ve used – so pretty!
Absolutely gorgeous cards!
such a beautiful card and I love the technique and idea..thank you for the inspiration
Beautiful cards. Women rock!
love this card and love this idea – definitely going to try it!!
I love watching your videos Nina and the fact that you made it for our Hop makes it even more special , These are very beautiful cards.Thank you for the efforts and we are very grateful to SSS for supporting our Hop.
Your cards are so bold and bright – simply stunning!
Love these gorgeous flowers and the bright colors! So pretty! Happy Women’s Day!
Gorgeous cards, love the bright colors!
Beautiful colors and design results for two for one effort.
Blooming Gorgeous cards. The colours are beautifully coloured and I love the 2 for 1 idea. This I will definitely be making. Thank you for the inspiration xx