Fun Foam Inlay Heart Greeting
Hi friends! Happy Thursday! Please give a warm welcome back to our special monthly guest, Nichol Spohr with a pair of gorgeous cards using our brand new May 2018 Card kit called “Kind Heart”. In addition to many components from the kit, Nichol used our fabulous Black Glitter and Emerald Glitter cardstocks to give a pop of shimmer to her design. Be sure to watch the video for the full tutorial and enjoy!
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Fluttering By Blog Hop WINNERS!
Hello friends! Have you seen our exclusive Simon Says Stamp Fluttering By release? Our Simon Says Stamp exclusive Fluttering By product lineup has so much to offer. There are gorgeous florals, brand new Picture Book animals and center cut background stamps plus pretty butterflies, products perfect for Mother’s Day or graduation, and all kinds of fun stamps, stencils, and sequins! There is also a new collection of Suzy’s Watercolor Prints, and some awesome new stuff from CZ Design! We’re so excited for you to be inspired by this amazing release!
To celebrate this phenomenal release, we hosted a two-day blog hop! The hop featured many talented designers and each one created wonderful projects to inspire you. If you missed the hop, you can find the hop links here: DAY ONE and DAY TWO.
A BIG thank you to all of YOU who joined us for the hop! We enjoy hearing from each of you, and your words of encouragement and appreciation to each of the designers mean so much to us here at Simon and to them. It’s our tradition to give away gift certificates to random commenters on each blog stop, and today we are revealing all of the winners! So without further ado, I present to you our winners!
DAY ONE HOP WINNERS:
from Simon Says Stamp: Charlanne!
from Kristina Werner’s blog: Fikreta!
from Cathy Zielske’s blog: Preeti Datta!
from Nina-Marie Trapani’s blog: Gail Plaskiewicz!
from Nichol Spohr’s blog: Lisa Scanlon!
from Jessica Frost-Ballas’s blog: Nandini Karmarkar!
from Kelly Latevola’s blog: Diane Bumback!
from Suzy Plantamura’s blog: Christie Brooks!
from Heather Hoffman’s blog: Kristy Mattix!
from Melissa Phillips’s blog: Becky Green!
from Lin Brandyberry’s blog: Teresa Selby!
from Kathy Racoosin’s blog: Jo!
DAY TWO HOP WINNERS:
from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Rebecca RamirezBarnes!
from Debby Hughes’s blog: Miriam Prantner!
from Laura Bassen’s blog: Michelle Hackett!
from Heather Ruwe’s blog: Patty Eifert!
from Lisa Addesa’s blog: Aimee LaCroix-Slocum!
from Barb Engler’s blog: Joy Meadows!
from Jean Manis’s blog: Nuala!
from Bibi Cameron’s blog: Jennifer Kray!
from Rubeena Ianigro’s blog: Marjorie Dumontier!
from Tracy Freeman’s blog: Valorie!
from Lea Lawson’s blog: Cassie!
from Yana Smakula’s blog: Annalisa!
If you see your name listed above, CONGRATULATIONS! Please email [email protected] and let her know that you are one of our Fluttering By Blog Hop winners! You’ll receive a $25 Gift Card. ???
Thanks again for hopping along with us! We hope you enjoy our Fluttering By release and that it gives you creative enjoyment for months to come!
Love this Life Framed Panel by Richele Christensen
Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! Please join me in a big welcome back to very special gust Richele Christensen! Please read on to find out more details of how she made this gorgeous art and enjoy!
Hello, friends, it’s Richele, thank you so much for joining me today! Spring is one of my favorite times of the year and I love all the pretty flowers that it brings. I have a beautiful decor piece to share with you using the new Tim Holtz Botanical Collage Paper just look at all the gorgeous flowers! The Collage Papers are semi-translucent and comes in a few different prints. Botanical, the one in my project today, which is black and white and can be colored, Aviary has beautiful printed birds, Floral has dreamy roses printed on it and then Plain that can be stamped on or altered to your heart’s content. Perfect for Mixed Media and collage.
Instructions:
1. Apply a generous amount of Distress Collage Medium to the base of the Framed Panel.
2. Cut a 6” x 8 1/2” piece of Memoranda Paper Stash and adhere to back Panel then apply a thin layer of Collage Medium over the top.
3. Whitewash the background with Dina Wakley Media White Gesso. Be sure to use a very thin random layer to let the paper show through.
4. Paint the Frame and the side of the Panel with the White Gesso.
5. Use a Waterbrush to create a tear line on the Collage Paper. Work in small sections leaving some of the background areas to create interest.
6. Choose a few flowers and a few leaf sections and tear out with above technique.
7. Apply a layer of Distress Collage Medium to the background, carefully add flowers and leaves, apply a thin layer of Collage Medium over the top and let dry or dry with heat tool. Tip: when the tissue is wet it will tear very easily so be careful.
8. Stamp text over the background with Hickory Smoke Ink from the Distress Permanent Mixed Media Ink Palette.
9. Color Leaves with Distress Markers using a few colors like (Forest Moss, Peeled Paint, Evergreen Bough). Use a cotton swab to blend the ink. I like using a few colors to create a more natural look for the flowers and the leaves.
10. Color the flowers with Distress Markers (Abandoned Coral, Broken China, Fossilized Amber, Ground Espresso, Mustard Seed, Picked Raspberry) and blend with a cotton swab. If you color over the lines not to worry use a cotton swab to clean up the edges.
11. Apply black cardstock to one side of the Sizzix Foam Adhesive Sheets, cut into small pieces to fit die area and die cut letters “love + life” using the CutOut Script Bigz XL die and the Vagabond.
12. Cut the word “THIS” from the Alphanumeric Thinlits die set from black cardstock adhered to the Sizzix Foam Adhesive Sheets using the Vagabond.
13. Arrange letters and adhere to the panel using Distress Collage Medium if needed.
14. Working in small sections lightly pounce Distress Embossing Ink on the raised area of the frame, pour Rose Gold Embossing Powder over the frame and shake off excess powder.
15. Heat with a heat tool until powder melts.
16. Apply Picket Fence Distress Crayon to Adornment Butterfly and work into the crevasses, wipe off excess crayon. The crayon will stay in the crevasses.
17. Adhere frame with a bead of Distress Collage Medium on the back of the frame. Place pieces together and set aside to dry. Tip: Add a few books to help weight the frame down. Adhere butterfly with a piece of foam tape.
For those of you that are card makers, you can do the same techniques to create beautiful cards with any of the new Tim Holtz Collage Papers. Which design is your favorite?
Thanks so much for joining me on this creative journey and don’t forget to” love this life”!
Richele
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Congrats! Blog Candy Winners!
From: Studio Monda with Nina-Marie: Embellishing & Altering Die Cutting: Aimee LaCroix-Slocum!
From: Yippee for Yana: Stamped Floral Pattern Cards: Jeanne Beam!
From: Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Fluttering by Collection is Ready for You!: Janet Mack, Annette Reed, Lisa Byers, Marisela Delgado, Marcia Scantlin, Jennifer Petersen, Christine Nixon, Becca Yahrling, Ashlee Diane, and Arianna Barbara
From: Especially for You by Jill Foster: Rebecca RamirezBarnes!
From: Creativity Takes Courage Tag by Emma Williams: Tammy Arndt!
From: Tone on Tone Die-Cutting by Dawn Woleslagle: NatQuebec!
From: Brand NEW Neat & Tangled Inspiration!: Jodi Warren!
From: No Line Watercoloring with Smiling Set: Betty Neville!
From: Flora & Fauna Unicorn Trio: Gerrina!
Please email [email protected] with the name of the blog you won from, the prize you won, and your address (if applicable) to redeem your prize(s)!
