Weekender with Wanda – More fun with DieCember products!
Hello there! Yes, it’s the weekend again! Last week went by so fast! Must be all that Christmas running around and such! Welcome back to another edition of Weekender with Wanda here on the Simon Says Stamp blog. I’m always so very happy to see you here each weekend! Thanks for all the nice comments. I read them all – and enjoy your suggestions and support! Hope your holiday season is going well.
Today, in order to take a tiny break from holiday madness, I made a birthday card to share with you! I really wanted to use some more of the awesome products from the Simon Says Stamp DieCember release. I especially had my eye on the beautiful Single Roses Dies. I used those pretty roses dies in combination with the Painted Happy Birthday Die and then popped it all with a lot of bright vivid color. You can never have too many birthday cards on hand, right? I love to watercolor with my Distress Inks and that is the technique I used for today’s card.
I really love to use super bright colors with deep rich black accents. For this card, I made the flowers Pink and Yellow and bright Green. Then I die cut my sentiment out of crisp black cardstock. You can see that I added some white accents to the die cut words using a white gel pen. That’s the first time I’ve done this, and I like how that came out! My Single Roses Dies are cut out of bright white cardstock and then layered over my colored panels.
I used the awesome Tim Holtz Ranger Watercolor Paper for this project, and my Mini Distress Inks. To use the ink colors, I simply rubbed some ink (smushed it!) onto my craft sheet. Next I added some water to my inks using a paint brush (You can also use a spritzer bottle). Then, I used a water brush to apply the color to my paper. For the leaves I used two different shades of green – Twisted Citron and Peeled Paint.
For my flowers, I used Mustard Seed and Picked Raspberry inks and used the same technique outlined above. After my watercolor paper was dry (I used my heat tool) I took a pencil and lightly traced around my roses die cuts. Then I cut the shapes out by hand, cutting the shapes slightly larger than my outline. After erasing my pencil lines I ended up with this:
I thought the background paper needed a bit of visual interest so I used some Black Soot Distress Ink to make splatters. To do this I put some ink onto my craft sheet and mixed it with water. Then I used the new Tim Holtz Splatter Brush to put the black ink splatters down. I absolutely love how this new brush works! I adhered my die cuts using foam tape for the flowers and a glue pen for the words. Lastly I added a few glittery enamel dots in matching shades. A black card base completes the look.
You could really have fun with this one – using all different colors for your flower backgrounds, and using different word dies. I might have to try making a Christmas one – if I don’t run out of time! Be sure to pop over and check out all the inspiration in the DieCember Idea Gallery! Also, please add your own DieCember creation! We love to see what you make with Simon Says Stamp products. AND…don’t forget that Copic Markers are on sale 25% off – until the 15th!
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I love the dots on the die cut, very pretty and unique.
Every time i see this die used i love it! so happy i ordered it.
Love….I really want those single rose dies too!
Very pretty card.
I need to do more blending – LOVE those colors!!
love the fun colors!! That flower die is fabulous.
This seems to be the die everyone is using from this release.
Love the vibrant colors. Those painted dies are awesome. Michelle t
Really gorgeous card! Loved the distress ink water colouring.
So fun! I love the addition of the playful dots. So clever and sweet!
sooooo pretty!
In the midst of winter, how wonderful to see a bright, fresh pop of spring flowers! Gorgeous card and fabulous tutorial!
~carol
Such fresh look creation and love the addition of dots on the sentiment, stunning creation with inky BG to create those bright flowers!
Oh, I love this! Great card design and coloring! Really beautiful.
what a fabulous card!! I love it!! :)
So pretty.
Beautifully crafted!!!
A nice and cheerful card!
nicely done!!
Awesome collection of dies… Beautiful card.
Soooo pretty Wanda! ♥
Absolutely love your color choices! :)
I love these dies – I must have them! Great project and technique! TFS!
lovely vibrant colors and stylized flowers, fab with the black bold sentiment
Beautiful colors, they POP!
Amazing bold colors and new dies!
This is really pretty! Love the doodling on the sentiment, gotta try that!!
Beautiful card! Loving the colors!
I really like these different techniques. Adding the white onto the black greeting looks slick.
Love the results of using these rose dies. Thanks for the great tutorial:)
Dang it! I knew I should have ordered this die yesterday as well! Definitely back on my must have list (again) now that I see it in action! Beautiful project Wanda :)
I love, love the bright colors and the matching enamel dots just make the card awesome!
This is beautiful. Nice break from all the holiday card!
Lovely crafted item – TFS
What a delightful birthday card!
I love the look you have achieved with those roses. Very nice!
Such an adorable card!
This is so cute! Love the flower die! Hugs, Robin
You always have great ideas!
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE it!!
such a gorgeous card!!
Such a pretty and happy card. Love the touches of white on the sentiment also.
I love this colorful card. Looks like spring. :-)
I really love Christmas, but why it has to be cold … ?
This card is so pretty, easy, and eye catching. I just love it and pinned it right away for future inspiration. The dies make this wonderful!
Love the use of black to accent the colorful flowers!
Super fun birthday card!! I love the splatters you made on the background!!
LOVE the big flowers! What a cheerful card.
I love this card – so many possibilities with colors. Thanks for the inspiration!
Stunnung…love the vivid colors and the gorgeous floral dies!
Love the rose die it is on my wish list. This is such a pretty colorful card.
Lovely card! Love those dies.