Are you seeing stars?? We sure are!! This months kit is just that, “Seeing Stars”. The August 2016 card kit has an amazing stamp set Seeing Stars designed by Kristina Werner that can be used in a variety of ways. We’ve included 6×6″ sheets of the  Tim Holtz Motif resists papers in white and Kraft along with two mini ink pads Chipped Sapphire and Festive Berries. We created a couple exclusive items for this kit, the Vented Star and Fireworks stencil. The printed papers this month come from  Pebbles; America the Beautiful. Also included in this kit are Simon Says Stamp cardstocks Lipstick Red, Soft Navy and two sheets of 120 lb white.

I’ve created a card using the printed papers from the kit along with the Vented Star and a message strip. These colors are great for masculine cards with inspirational messages.

Wanda Guess created a masterpiece with a colorful watercolor background for a celestial look. She white embossed her images first and allowed the paint to resist around the watercolor paints.

Debby Hughes also created a watercolor resist by using the Chipped Sapphire ink in a circular shape over her stamped images.

Laura used the white Tim Holtz Motif resist papers as her base and did a bit of color blending, the used the Vented Star die on ink blended cardstock.

Lana also created a celestial background by blending various colors of Distress ink. She dripped water onto her panel and blotted up the ink to create additional spots.

I’ve created a walkthrough video for you that you can view below or on our YouTube channel.

The Seeing Stars stamp set and Vented Star are also available for individual purchase in our store.

Remember, you can SUBSCRIBE to our no obligation kits and receive them monthly for $ 24.95 or purchase them each month for $ 29.95, while supplies last.

If you are a subscriber who used Paypal to purchase your subscription, please be sure to pay the invoice that we send you within 3 business days. We have a limited number of this card kit in stock and don’t want you to miss out. For easier and quicker monthly processing, please contact us via email or telephone and we will put your credit card on file as a courtesy for you. Card kits bill and ship between the 17th and 27th days of every month.

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This week on the  Wednesday Challenge we’re ‘Creating A Scene’. You can choose landscape, cityscape, seascape, whatever you can think of. We will be looking forward to seeing what you make!

We are showcasing Newton’s Nook Products this week. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

Once you have made your creation just go ahead and upload it into the linky on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog!

As always, we’re offering a chance to win a $50 Gift Voucher to Simon Says Stamp!  All YOU need to do is join in with the challenge!

Below are three projects created by the design team, that showcase this weeks theme! You can visit the challenge blog  to get all the details and see the amazing cards and projects that the design team has created this week. If you click on each designers name, you’ll be taken directly to their blog where you’ll get more details about their project! Be sure to give these talented ladies some comments!

Created by Jen Nelson, our Designer In The July Spotlight:

Jen used:

Created by Lorraine Aquilina aka Lols:

Lols used:

Created by Virginia Lu:

Virginia used:

So now it’s your turn to put together some crafty items, have fun, and make a scene!

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Hi readers! Happy Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by today! Please join me in welcoming back Mendi Yoshikawa of Sunny Studio Stamps BACK to our blog as a guest! Read on and enjoy!

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Hi there! It’s Mendi here today and I’m so happy to be back sharing some fun ideas with the latest Sunny Studio release. The release includes 4 new stamp sets and 7 new dies, including the long awaited Happy Home stamps, and a follow up to our original Fishtail Banner dies!

Up first I have a card using our new Baby Bear set. I started my card by stamping the images from the set and just having fun coloring. These images are so much fun because you can use the bears as they are in a little diaper or dress them up with the bib, bow, sleeper and onesie images. The set also comes with quite a few tiny images designed to personalize the front of the bibs and onesies for endless combinations.

When I was done playing I had a moment where I was completely stumped feeling like the colors I had selected didn’t go together. To solve the issue, I created a custom background by blending those same Copic colors on two strips of cardstock to adhere to the top and bottom of my card. Truth be told when I was done with that, I still wasn’t quite happy. The colors felt a bit too bright for a baby card. To resolve that I heat embossed my sentiment on vellum and then added vellum over the top of both strips. Finally it was starting to take shape!

To complete my card I colored a handful of mini hearts and two offset scalloped circles along the edges using the same Copic markers. For my final touch I added some Diamond Stickles, topped with some Glossy Accents for a bit of sparkle.

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For my next card I created a little downtown scene using our new City Streets stamps. I thought it would be fun to color each of the buildings with a monochromatic color scheme that would create fun pops of color when paired together.

For my 3.75″ x 5″ card panel, I inked it up the background with Tumbled Glass and Twisted Citron distress inks using my favorite Jumbo Dauber, rounded the corners with my Corner Chomper and then stitched around the perimeter with my sewing machine. To add a little interest to my scene I decided to adhere the shops at an angle, trimming off the extra parts that fell of the edges with my scissors. To finish my card I heat embossed my sentiment on some black cardstock using white embossing powder. Love how they pop!

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My final card use our new Sweet Shoppe set. This set comes with 15 unique sentiments all revolving around the word sweet as well as several “sweet” images like candy, ice cream, cupcakes, donuts and all sorts of sprinkles and toppings for you to personalize them.

For my card today I chose to decorate the cupcake image, pairing one of the sentiments with the matching Sweet Word Die. Using another Jumbo Dauber I created an ombre effect by applying my ink from the bottom and using a lighter touch along the top.

To create the over-sized scallop along the bottom of my card, I die-cut three 1-1/4″ circles and then hid the other half of the circle beneath my brown cardstock strip. I then cut three 1-1/4″ x 3-3/4″ strips of cardstock for the upper portion of my card to give the illusion that they are one continuous piece. I inked them up with a mix of inks to match my Copic coloring and then stitched around the edges of each before adhering my entire card panel to a card base.

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I hope I’ve inspired you to get inky today! Thanks so much for having me!

Mendi

Thanks for reading today, and thanks again to Mendi for being our special guest!

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