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One Stamp Five Ways: Healing Hugs
Hi friends! Please join me in welcoming back special monthly guest Suzy Plantamura where she showcases a stamp set showing 5 unique card designs made with the same set. We thought this set would be be perfect to showcase to give more uplifting card ideas! Read on to learn more and enjoy!
Hello friends. As I contemplated what stamp set to use for this post, I was home during our worldwide pandemic. I wanted to choose a stamp set that reflected the difficult times we are going through, but keep it upbeat as well. I picked the Healing Hugs stamp set for primarily this reason as it has lots of “get well soon” and “sending hugs” types of greetings which could be very useful for many of us today. I also picked this stamp set as it gave me a personal challenge as it has only one stamp design in it – a large square of flowers. I was excited to come up with five unique ways to use this floral stamp set that would demonstrate different techniques and I think I accomplished this task!
For my first card, I wanted to turn the square into a rectangle of flowers while stamping. I used a light color of ink on watercolor paper cut to card size. I stamped the design, using scrap paper to block one side of the flowers. I then stamped the other side of the flowers by blocking off my already stamped portion so the design didn’t overlap. I watercolored the flowers with Daniel Smith watercolors and I used a yellow colored pencil for the small dots. For small designs like these, watercolor pencils or markers would work also work well. After I finished painting it, I die-cut the outside edges with the largest rectangle from the SSS A2 Thin Frames die. I also die-cut a frame using SSS Doll Pink cardstock and attached both to a card base.
I cut apart the large sentiment “sending healing hugs” and I arranged the 3 words to fit inside my rectangle. I embossed them with Ranger Sunflower embossing powder. I stamped the smaller greeting using SSS Doll Pink ink. I wanted it to also look embossed so I used clear embossing powder over the ink. This is a great way to emboss when you don’t have just the right color of embossing powder! I added some sequins around the sentiments.
I thought the square design would be perfect for a shaker card. I stamped the floral design on white cardstock with a light color of ink. I then outlined the design with a fine point black marker twice and purposefully made the lines messy so they would look doodled. I used a Micron .25 marker as they don’t smear with either watercolors or Copic markers used over them. I colored the flowers with Copic markers. I stamped the small sentiment under the design with black ink.
I cut inside the design to create an opening for a shaker window. I stamped the large “sending hugs” greeting on the card front using Ranger Carnation Red embossing powder. I used yellow, orange, and clear sequins inside the shaker window including the small sparkling clear flowers by PPP. I used foam tape around the shaker window and attached the card front over the greeting and sequins. I added some Tonic Nuvo Drops in glossy red, yellow and orange around the flowers.
For this card, I stamped the floral design and the sentiment inside it on black cardstock using white embossing powder. I cut around the outside edges of the design, but there are matching dies that go with the set if you don’t like to fussy cut! I colored the flowers in with colored pencils. I used the Caran d’Ache Luminance Pencils and Prismacolor pencils as they are more waxy and opaque than other types of colored pencils. They colored over the black cardstock nicely.
I cut a card size piece of the Lawn Fawn Spiffy Speckles paper that is white with small purple dots on it. I die-cut the Lawn Fawn Just Stitching Double rectangle dies to give it some texture around the edges. I attached my black cardstock piece over the paper. I added some Tonic Nuvo Drops in glossy purples around the design.
I stamped the floral design on white cardstock with a light colored ink and colored the flowers in with blue and aqua colored pencils. I then embossed the sentiment from the stamp set on the inside of the design using SSS Mermaid Blue embossing powder (this embossing powder was in one of my past SSS card kits and I use it over and over!). I used the SSS Drifting Stitches border dies to cut off the bottom portion of my card front.
I stamped the SSS Deco Diamonds background stamp using a light color of ink and colored it in with colored pencils. I love coloring the designs of intricate background stamps when I have extra time on my hands (like right now while we are on house arrest in California!). I cut a small strip off of my colored design for the bottom of this card, while also leaving a full card size piece of it for a future card. After all that coloring, I wanted to use it for more than one card!
I attached this small strip to the bottom of a card front and used my stamped piece above it. I added some Tonic Nuvo Drops In glossy blues and aquas around my flowers and glitter drops on the inside of my flowers.
To create my last card, I got a little crazy and some of you might not want to try this technique – haha. I cut my square stamp into about 6 pieces. Now before you freak out on me, just know they fit back together like a puzzle and I was easily able to use them as intended once again! I used these pieces to create what I call a “random stamping” background. I stamped the flowers with a light color of ink on white cardstock fitting them together like puzzle pieces. I overlap the edges when creating this type of design. I colored all of the flowers in with colored pencils.
I die-cut a small rectangle from the SSS A2 Thin Frame Dies from white cardstock and SSS Audrey Blue cardstock. I die-cut the colored card front design with the largest of these same frames so it would be slightly smaller than a card base (I used this die all the time for card fronts even when I don’t use the frame!). I attached the card front to a card base using the same Audrey Blue cardstock. I stamped the sentiment using Ranger Leaf Green embossing powder on the white rectangle. I cut off the bottom of the rectangle and attached it to the front of the card. I then cut attached the aqua frame around it and snipped off the bottom edges. I cut the leftover piece to fit on the bottom of the frame (I basically resized this rectangle frame to be shorter). I added some sparkling clear and blue sequins around the sentiment.
Whew, that was a lot of words! But like I said, I have a lot of time on my hands right now. Stay well friends and enjoy your time by doing more crafting if possible! Thanks so much for visiting today! Suzy
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Sunny Days Ahead Blog Hop WINNERS!
Hello, friends! Have you seen our Simon exclusive Sunny Days Ahead release? Our Simon Says Stamp exclusive Sunny Days Ahead product lineup is full of wonderful products to bring sunshine to the lives of many! Included you’ll find gorgeous graduation products to bring encouragement to the Class of 2020, lots of ways to celebrate mom (and even MUM!), and an array of pretty spring florals! There are some fun new products from CZ Design and a brand new Mother’s Day-themed set of Suzy’s watercolor cards! We are so excited for you to play with all of these awesome new products!
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: Julie Wexler!
from Jennifer McGuire’s blog: Hanh!
from Kristina Werner’s blog: Sam Burnett!
from Cathy Zielske’s blog: Rita DeCook!
from Nina-Marie Trapani’s blog: Dhruvika!
from Nichol Spohr’s blog: Joanne M Hoffman!
from Lisa Addesa’s blog: Karen Williams!
from Heather Ruwe’s blog: Colleen H.!
from Suzy Plantamura’s blog: Ava Gavloski!
from Kathy Racoosin’s blog: Phyllis Freese!
from Barb Engler’s blog: Melanie!
from Cheiron Brandon’s blog: Wanda S Radler!
from Lea Lawson’s blog: Barbara-Jean!
from Betty Wright’s blog: Carol Wortman!
from Bobbi Lemanski’s blog: Karen K Siemering!
from Lin Brandyberry’s blog: Robin!
DAY TWO HOP WINNERS:
from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: sally rinker!
from Laura Bassen’s blog: Barbara Martin!
from Yana Smakula’s blog: Erica Kennedy!
from Amy Rysavy’s blog: Lee-Ann Kubinec!
from Heather Hoffman’s blog: seubye!
from Bibi Cameron’s blog: Christine!
from Gayatri Murali’s blog: Debbie Bonner!
from Vicky Papaioannou’s blog: Loly Borda!
from Preeti Chandran’s blog: Chrispol63!
from Sidnie Des Jardin’s blog: Judy Rutherford!
from JD Collins’s blog: Laura Rozsonits!
from Anna-Karin Evaldsson’s blog: Janet D!
from Amanda Korotkova’s blog: Larissa Heskett!
from Debby Hughes’s blog: Judy Parker!
from Karin Åkesdotter’s blog: Lisa Elton!
from Yoonsun Hur’s blog: Sharon Taylor!
If you see your name listed above, CONGRATULATIONS! Please email [email protected] and let him know that you are one of our Sunny Days Ahead Blog Hop winners! You’ll receive a $25 Gift Card. ???
Thanks again for hopping along with us! We hope you enjoy our fantastic Sunny Days Ahead release and that they give you creative enjoyment for months to come!
Winning ROCKS, and so do you!
