Throwback Thursday – Fabulous Projects You Might Have Missed!
Welcome to another edition of Throwback Thursday—a trip back in time! For each throwback, we’ll be spotlighting fantastic cards and projects using products from previous releases. The new stuff is always SO fun, but think about all of those great products you’ve collected and set aside. They are STILL AWESOME! And we want to inspire you with fantastic inspiration from our creative archives.
A new exclusive Simon brand release is headed your way in early November, but today we’d like to take a look back at some fall-themed products that were released in 2019. Below you’ll find four inspiring and unique projects created with previously released products from Simon Says Stamp!
First off is this adorable Halloween treat bag by Heather Ruwe:
While our products are awesome for creating cards, we love it when we see them used in non-card projects! Heather dressed up a plain gift bag to create this super cute treat bag using our Birch Tree Collage die, Boo Word and Shadow dies, and our Jack O’ Lantern stencil. You can see the details of this design by Heather on her blog HERE.
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Next, let’s throw it back to this fabulous mixed media canvas by Anna-Karin Evaldsson:
Anna-Karin always inspires with her amazing mixed media projects, and this beauty is no exception. She used our Tumbling Leaves stencil and Tabbed Sentiments stamp set (among other amazing products) in the creation of her mixed media canvas. Anna-Karin shared this project HERE on her blog with lots of great step shots to guide you through her project.
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And take a look at this clever circle shaker card created by Kristina Werner:
There’s lots to love about this circular shaker card that Kristina created last October. She used the Thankful Flowers stamp set that was a part of our October 2019 card kit. Did you know that even after our card kits sell out that the stamp sets are still available for purchase in our store? You can see Kristina’s original post on her blog HERE and a fantastic tutorial on her YouTube channel HERE.
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And finally this adorable bookmark by Susan Richter:
Bookmarks are a fun thing to create with your favorite stamps! We spotted this cute one that Susan created using our Fall Frenchies stamp. A bookmark is a wonderful gift and a great way to use your ribbon stash! You can check out Susan’s blog post where she shared this project HERE.
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Did you know that we have inspiration galleries on our website showcasing project ideas for all of our releases and card kits? It’s a veritable treasure-trove of terrific ideas just waiting to inspire you, and you are invited to share your projects, too! You can find all of the Simon release galleries HERE and galleries for our monthly card kits can be found HERE. Scroll through today, and maybe you’ll find one of YOUR projects linked there!
Thanks for throwing it back with us and checking out these cool projects from four talented ladies!
Yippee for Yana: Slimline Products on A2 Cards
Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! I hope you all are having a FABULOUS week so far! Please join me in welcoming back special guest Yana Smakula with her always fun and educational bi-month edition of our Yippee for Yana blog series! Read on and enjoy!
Hi everyone, this is Yana Smakula, welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! Today, similar to my previous video, I’m creating more regular size A2 cards using Slimline products. Maybe for my next video, I’ll try this the over way round – using regular products for slimline cards. What do you say?
I have 3 cards to share, all A2, so they all measure 4 1/4 x 5 1/2” created using 3 main products from Simon Says stamp – Slimline Greetings stamp set, Large Falling Snow Stencil for Slimline cards, both of these are newer products and an oldie but goodie – Winter Scene stamp & die set.
I white heat embossed the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Slimline Greetings stamp set on a panel of Mist cardstock by Hero Arts. Next, I used the Slimline Falling Snow Stencil and texture paste. I stamped, colored, and die-cut images from the Winter Scene stamp set.
Before adhering anything down I used my white pen, and added white highlights to the image, particularly to the lights. I also used an Aqua Shimmer pen from Tonic Studios and colored each letter in. This added a pretty subtle shimmer to my card – it is hard to see on camera or in the photos, but it looks really pretty in real life. I used foam adhesive squares and also glue to add the elements onto the panel and create my scene – I love the way this turned out. I also heat embossed “wishing you” sentiment in white embossing powder, also detail white on red cardstock, I trimmed that to a banner shape and foam mounted above the “merry” finishing up my sentiment. The “wishing you” comes from the Stained Glass Greetings stamp set.
I trimmed this panel to 3 3/4 x 5 inches and foam mounted onto an A2 white top folding card base and this gave me a pretty white border around my panel. Love the result!
For my 2nd card, I wanted to use the Slimline Sentiment stamp set to make a custom background. The Merry Christmas sentiment is large enough to easily and quickly cover the front of an A2 card. I positioned the stamps on the lid of my regular size MISTI, in the center, and my plan was to move the background panel while keeping the stamps in the same place to create that background. I heat embossed the sentiment in detail white embossing powder to create a background for this card.
Stamping a background like this certainly is time-consuming, it is much easier to stamp a background using a background stamp, but this allows us to stretch our supplies and use them in a variety of additional ways, giving them more bang for the buck so to speak.
Next, I again stamped, colored, and cut out the images to make a scene on this card. I also stamped a rectangle with the hills and used my Copic markers in B00 and B000 to add some basic coloring. The stamping was done in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah Solar White 80 cardstock. I did use a coordinating die to cut the rectangle out, but I wasn’t planning on using the entire rectangle, in fact, I just wanted to use the bottom part with the hills, so I used my scissors and cut the bottom part out. Next, I white embossed a sub sentiment that reads Peace To You This Season and this comes from the Clean Line Christmas stamp set. I did my embossing in the same detail white embossing powder on red cardstock and cut that to a banner shape. I used foam adhesive squares and foam mounted my images onto the background building my scene. I love to make cards where I have several small scene-building elements as this allows me to arrange them how I like, and make my little scene. I finished this card by adding small clear droplets around the focal point. I didn’t trim this background but rather adhered the entire piece onto an A2 white side folding card base. And this finished my card #2.
For my card #3, I used just the stencil to create falling snow. I love this stencil and that it can be used for both slimline and A2 cards. I repeated the same steps in terms of building this card, so I’m not going to bore you with the process again. Instead, I’ll just show you the finished project!
Thanks so much for joining me today, have fun stamping!
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Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks to Yana for being our guest!
Foiled Toner Stamping: November 2020 Card Kit Inspiration
Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! I’m thrilled to share this GORGEOUS foiled and floral card design by Nichol Spohr featuring our November 2020 card kit, Big Thanks Autumn! Be sure to watch the video for all of the details, and enjoy!
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Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks to Nichol for being our guest!
