Hello everyone! How is your week going?! I am still in a watercolor mood and I have a card to share today that I made using more great products from the latest Simon Says Stamp collection – Reason to Smile. I am still making projects with all the great stuff! I inked up the Spring Flowers Stamp Set with pretty white heat embossing. Then I watercolored in shades of greens and teals. Don’t you love that technique? That never gets old!

To start with, I took the leaves image from the stamp set and randomly stamped it all over a sheet of watercolor paper. I used Versamark Ink and Simon Says Stamp White Embossing Powder to heat emboss the leaves. The raised lines from the embossing make it really easy to control your watercolors.

I colored my leaves images using Distress Ink pads, water, and a paint brush. I dried the leaves with my heat tool. After the leaves were dry, I went back with more water and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and did a pretty light wash over the white background areas. I put more color next to the leaves and faded out the color.

I love the look of a crisp white sentiment on black paper. I heat embossed the words onto Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock. I used my Embossing Magic Bag to eliminate stray bits of powder on the black.

Lastly, I mounted my watercolor panel onto beautiful Simon Says Stamp Fog Cardstock and added some Clear Drops from Pretty Pink Posh.

This card is nice and flat for easy mailing. Whenever I have gems or drops attached to a card I will put a piece of cardstock over the card when I put it into the envelope. That way it arrives all intact still!

CLICK HERE to see the “Reason to Smile” Gallery for lots of ideas! And, please add your own links so we can all share!

I’ll be back on Saturday with a really cool project made with Tim Holtz and Ranger supplies! Hope all is well in your corner of the world. Thank you for stopping by today!

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Hi readers! How’s your Wednesday going? I’m so excited to show this card and video Nichol Magouirk whipped up using the super popular March 2016 Card kit featuring the fan favorite My Kind of Peep stamps and dies! Want to make your peeps look more realistic with that sugary coat of goodness? Apply a layer of Clear Wink of Stella on top! Be sure to watch the video and enjoy!

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Hi readers! Happy Wednesday! Welcome to Work It Wednesday for February 2016!

In case you’re wondering what ‘Work It Wednesday’ is, let me explain:

On the last Wednesday of every month (or towards the end of the month ;)), we want to see what you’re creating! The Simon Says Stamp community is so very talented, and we want to see more of your cards and projects every month.

We thought this would be a great way for all of you to ‘stretch your creative muscles’ and share what you’ve been working on. So we’ll give you a little challenge each month, and you’ll have until the following month to share what you’ve made. Please limit entries to 3 per month.

Each month we’ll pick a few random participants to win a Simon Says Stamp grab bag!

The projects and cards that were shared for January were so great! We loved seeing all the new products and techniques in January’s challenge, and we look forward to seeing what you make for this challenge.

Do you want to see all of the cards and projects that were shared for January 2016 Work it Wednesday? Check them out!

The following three participants were randomly chosen to win a goody bag from Simon Says Stamp:

Rosali!
Anita in France!
The Pink Envelope!

Please email [email protected] with your mailing address and she’ll get your prize sent out to you.

Now on to this month’s challenge! Our challenge will be to use something FLORAL in your project! We’re thinking spring, and we want to get you in the mood too! It can be a floral stamp, die, stencil, floral color name, craft with an actual flower, the possibilities are ENDLESS!

Once you’re done creating, share your project below!

What are you waiting for? WORK IT! ;)