Hi all! Kristina here with another Monthly Mail Art! I’m excited to share with you a custom watercolored envelope created using Lawn Fawn’s Plane and Simple stamp set and Distress Inks.

NOTE: Address used with permission. Thanks, Eva!

I stamped the airplane, banner, and cloud images in Versafine Onyx Black ink and then used just two colors of Distress Ink for the watercoloring (including the sky!). I used Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso.

Next I picked out some vintage postage stamps (I got purchased these from an Etsy shop). After adhering vintage postage stamps, I penciled on Eva’s name and mailing address so that I could get the spacing just right. I then went over the name and address with a black pen. Then I erased the pencil lines.

To seal the artwork and prevent any moisture damage, I rubbed some Distress Micro Glaze over the envelope and buffed off the excess with a paper towel. NOTE: Do NOT put Distress Micro Glaze over the postage stamps. The postal service will need to be able to cancel out the postage.

I hope you enjoy today’s video! :)

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Hi friends! Happy Thursday! Please welcome back special guest Angie Backman of Concord & 9th! She made this adorable card pictured below with some newer releases from Concord & 9th! Please read on for more information and enjoy!

We have had such fun with our new Petals & Pallets stamp set and dies! We had the trendy pallet art and farmers-market-type crates in mind when we designed the products! We envisioned crates full of beautiful blooms, pallets with words stamped on top and wanted a way to create a little 3D crate to hold gift cards too!

Today we decided to ‘think outside the crate-box’ and we created a chalkboard frame with the wood slats instead.

Here are the steps to create this fun card:

1. Create a card base with your white card stock.
2. Cut black cardstock to 3 3/4” x 4 3/4”.
3. Stamp and die cut the 3 flowers and leaves in your favorite colors.
4. Die cut 2 pallets, and stamp on 4 of the slats with your woodgrain stamps.
5. Trim off 4 of the slats, clipping the little connectors in-between the slats off. Leave two at full size for the sides of the frame. Cut 1” off two of the slats for the top and bottom of the frame.
6. Use your embossing powder tool on the black cardstock before embossing. Rather than wipe away the chalk residue, we left it on to give it more of a used chalkboard feel. Build your sentiment of choice (there are many to mix & match), stamp with white pigment ink, sprinkle with white embossing powder and heat set.
7. Adhere the black card stock to the front of the card base.
8. Adhere the side frames with tape adhesive. Attach the top and bottom frame pieces, and the flowers/leaves by using some foam tape to give it a little dimension.

It was pretty quick & easy to create!

Check out all the different samples on Simon Says Stamp HERE to see how to use the flowers in bunches, single flowers, pallets & crates too! We also have two videos you can watch. THIS VIDEO is instructional showing how to use the pallet dies with stamps. THIS VIDEO shows how to make a 3D crate & tissue paper flower and include a tasty treat for someone special!

We hope this has inspired you and given you even more ideas for Petals & Pallets stamps and dies! We love seeing what you create so be sure to #concordand9th. We also love working with Simon Says Stamp and really appreciate being highlighted on their blog today!

HAPPY CRAFTING!

❤️ Angie

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Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! Please welcome back Yoonsun Hur for our special monthly series titled “Rejoice with Yoonsun“. We’re back this July for a delightfully Summer card. Please read on for more information and enjoy!

Hello crafty friends, it’s Yoonsun here with the third “Rejoice with Yoonsun” series!! Today I will be sharing with you flower ice cream cone card with recently released Summer Flower Stamp Set.

I started by stamping flowers and leaves from the Summer Flower set on watercolor paper using VersaFine Onyx Black, watercolored them with Peerless watercolors and water brush, and then fussy cut them. Next, I stamped ice cream cone from the Cone Building set with Vintage Photo Distress ink, then fussy cut it as well. For the background, I ink blended on wonky stitched rectangle watercolor panel with Tattered Rose Distress ink and mini ink blending tool, added water droplets. Once the panel was dry, I stamped the sentiment from the Oh Happy Day set on the bottom right corner of the inked panel in black pigment ink. I mounted all elements as shown to top-folded kraft card base using foam tape first, and then added some Nuvo Jewel Drops.

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