You’re Out of This World! Four fun outer space cards with Kristina Werner

Hi all! Kristina Werner here. Today I have four colorful and fun cards featuring the You Are My Universe stamps, coordinating dies, You’re Out of This World dies, Twinkling Stars cling stamp, and the Nested Stars dies. This suite of products work together beautifully!

Each card looks so different. For the first card, I did simple layered stamping using the You Are My Universe stamp set. I used the image in the Simon shop as a guide. I used lots of different ink colors (be sure to look at the top of the video for exact colors as their shown in the video).

The second card has a fun cloud edge that was created using Lawn Fawn’s Puffy Clouds Borders dies and some in blending. The Twinkling Stars cling stamp was used for all the stars, plus individual stars were stamped using the large 6×8 You Are My Universe stamp set. The main greeting was diecut using the You’re Out of This World dies.

For the third card, I cut two stars using the Nested Stars die set, ink blended on both, and stamped and white heat embossed “Reach for the stars” on the larger star. To finish off the card, I stamped the Earth image from the stamp set, die cut the image, and adhered it to the smaller star.

The final card was super easy! I white heat embossed the greeting and then stamped the Twinkling Stars cling stamp in white pigment ink. Then I stamped the Saturn image from the You Are My Universe stamp set, die cut it using the coordinating dies, and adhered it to the card using foam squares.
Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the video!
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Just a Note Blog Hop WINNERS!

Hello, friends! We hope you are loving our newest release!
It’s time to share Just a Note about our latest release! We’re squeezing the last juice out of summer with our Citrus Slice Background die, Summer Bouquet stencil, and Golden Fern embossing folder (as well as Blue Seas and Blue Skies Pawsitively Saturated ink cube 6-packs); we’re leaning into August with our Super Sunflower Plate die and Layering Apples stencils; and we’re gearing up for work and school with stamps like Noted, School Supplies, and The Write Stuff and Teacher sentiment strips.
To celebrate this phenomenal release, we hosted two amazing blog hops! The hops featured many talented designers and each one created wonderful projects to inspire you. If you missed either of the hops, you can find the direct links here: DAY ONE and DAY TWO.
A BIG thank you to all of YOU who joined us for the hops! 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’s blog: Doenene!
from Nichol Spohr’s blog: Cheyenne Harris!
from Cathy Zielske’s blog: S. M.!
from Jennifer McGuire’s blog: Debbi S!
from Laura Bassen’s blog: Mary Kay Ross!
from Suzy Plantamura’s blog: Orit Viderman!
from Barbara Tarayao’s blog: JustCallMeElle!
from Keisha Charles’s blog: Shawna “Gumby Girl” E-K!
from Mindy Eggen’s blog: Trudy Lanoux!
from Heather Ruwe’s blog: Sara Emily Baker!
from Miriam Prantner’s blog: Tijana Z!
from Emma Williams’s blog: Sr. Spitzer!
from Alberto Gava’s blog: Kelley Clarke!
DAY TWO HOP WINNERS:
from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Terrie D. (StarSpry)!
from Nina-Marie Trapani’s blog: Helen F!
from Caly Person’s blog: Maggie Henry!
from Debby Hughes’s blog: Robin C. Hill!
from Amy Rysavy’s blog: Monica Schalk!
from Emily Midgett’s blog: Andrea Robert!
from Lisa Addesa’s blog: Bonnie!
from Heather Hoffman’s blog: Eve N!
from Lea Lawson’s blog: Preeti Rodricks!
from Bobbi Lemanski’s blog: Viveca V.!
from Jennifer Kotas’s blog: Phyllis Freese!
from Sandi MacIver’s blog: Kathy G.!
from Barb Engler’s blog: Greta!
from Allison Frazier’s blog: Becky Gregory!
from Maura Hibbitts’s blog: Dianne Swanson!
If you see your name listed above, CONGRATULATIONS! Please email [email protected] and let him know that you are one of our Just a Note Blog Hop winners! You’ll receive a $25 Gift Card.
Thanks again for hopping along with us! We hope you enjoy our fantastic Just a Note release and that it gives you creative enjoyment for months to come!
You’ll love browsing our Just a Note gallery on our blog for loads of additional inspiration, and you can add your projects to these galleries as well!
Winning ROCKS, and so do you!
Looking Sharp! Encouragement OR Teacher Card Idea: Crafty with Caly

Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! I just love when a pretty card design like this one can flex to different recipients so easily! This pretty card would be perfect for both giving to your kiddos, grand kiddos, or students – as well as a perfect teacher appreciation card! Read on and be sure to watch the video tutorial by the super talented Caly Person for all the details! Enjoy!

Hi there! I’m here to share a back-to-school card. I can’t believe August is already here. When the summer first started, I was worried it would last forever. Four kids at home causes a lot of distractions/disruptions in my day. They are either super busy or super bored, there’s no in-between! So, this mama is celebrating back-to-school!

Today’s card uses new and older products that coordinate well to make a card for students and teachers. As you can see, the illustration from the new The Write Stuff set is similar to the illustration from the Take Note set. The images on the Take Note are slightly smaller as far as the pens and markers go so depending on your needs. Check out the video to see the two sets side by side and see for yourself!
WATCH THE VIDEO:
To make my card, I stamped the images from The Write Stuff and Take Note to color with Copic markers. Next, I stamped my background using the Ledger Paper cling stamp. Notebook paper usually has red lines on the left, so I used ruler and red pen to trace over the lines to make it look more realistic.
Copics:
- Reds: R20, R21, R22
- Oranges: YR01, YR02
- Yellows: Y00, Y11, Y15
- Greens: YG06, YG09
- Teals: BG11, BG13
- Blues: BG01, BG05
- Purples: [V01, V04], [V15, V17]
- Pinks: RV11, RV14
- Wood: E51, E31
- Eraser: E01, E02, E04
- Grays: C0, C2, C5, C7
Once the images are die-cut, I added the bottom border first and trimmed the panel by ¼” off all the sides to matte a card base. Then, I attached the other images.

I finished with sentiments using the Looking Sharp die and a sub-sentiment from the Take Note set. I hope you enjoyed this! Thanks so much for stopping by today!~Caly
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