Flora and Fauna: Christmas by the Sea
Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! Please welcome one of the owners of Flora and Fauna, Lara Di Re as a special guest on our blog today! She’s showcasing some brand new Flora and Fauna sets to make tropical holiday cards using their new Christmas by the Sea clear stamp set! Please read on and enjoy!
Hi! This is Lara from Flora & Fauna and we are so excited to be guest posting here on the Simon Says Blog again! Today we are excited about the holidays and using one of our new clear sets Christmas By the Sea for a fun take on a traditional holiday!
To make the first card we watercolored the background and then masked the border with seashells and starfish which we colored with colored pencils. Then we added White Blizzard Nuvo glitter drops to the hat which was stamped in our favorite classic versafine black onyx ink.
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For the next card we stamped the shells in black and colored with colored pencils. To give it more sparkle we added gold sequins. Next we fussy cut the mermaid and tiny candy candy and colored with pencils and to finish added a mini wobble to the mermaid to make her move.
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For our sled card we stamped the image with black and filled in with colored pencils. Next we used an exacto knife to open the sled and placed the shell packages in the sled. On top we used black glaze pen for the added ropes between seahorses and sled and used red Nuvo drops for nose. The next step was to emboss the stars with white embossing powder and to add additional snow dots using white Sakura pen. To finish we sponged the background with peacock feathers distress ink. The star stamp comes from our Cozy Cuddles Penguin set.
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For our final card we first stamped the wreath with various sea life stamps from the set and then added the greenery from our poinsettia watercolor set. We first stamped sea life pieces in black, then colored with pencil and finally filled in with greenery stamp. To complete the card we added Nuvo red drops at the end.
We hope you enjoyed our samples with our new holiday sets. For more inspiration visit our Instagram page at florafauanclear. Happy Stamping!
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Thanks for reading today, and thanks to Lara for being our guest today!
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Art Journal: Change with Shari Carroll
This time of year, I’m so inspired by the fall colors of the midwest!!! They are gorgeous!!! I’ve created my Art Journal page based on the changes of color and accepting change in our lives.
I started out using the Tim Holtz Autumn stencil on a tag with embossing paste. While that was drying, I die cut some tattered leaves shapes from Neenah cardstock.
Watch the video below, or on our YouTube Channel HERE.
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Studio Monday with Nina-Marie: MEOW-lloween Shaker Featuring Studio Katia
Hello everyone and Happy Monday! I am thrilled to be back to my usual Studio Monday blog series… STAMPtember was so much fun, don’t you think?? We know that many of you enjoy creating Halloween projects, so we wanted to feature some inspiration using the new Studio Katia Meowy Halloween stamp set.
The set features some whimsical images, such as a cat, pumpkins, candy and “punny” sentiments. I also paired this set up with Studio Katia’s Stitched Creative Rectangles dies, Simon’s Creepy Cute and Just Words sets.
In the video, I share how I built the shaker card, as well as how I colored the cat and pumpkins. The coloring uses a technique where I paired Zig Markers and Prismacolor colored pencils together to create a detailed and intense shading effect!
A few other fun details on this card are the super-cute Doodlebug Eye Candy embellishments that I added to the cat. They give the kitty so much extra character!
All of the patterned papers you see in this card are from Pebbles’ Bootiful collection. I love the playful feel they give to this scene! And inside the shaker, I’ve included a ton of Pretty Pink Posh’s Iridescent Star Confetti… I really love how the confetti picks up the colors around it!
Be sure to check out the video below to see how this card came together… I hope it inspires you to use some of these fun Halloween products in your upcoming projects!
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