Hi friends! Happy Sunday! Please join me in welcoming special guest Heather Hoffman back to our blog! She’s showcasing our BRAND NEW JUST RELEASED Groovy Flowers and Nuvelli Hello dies as well as a rather bold and beautiful color combination using our Rainforest, Honey, and Cream cardstocks! Be sure to read on for more details, and enjoy!

I love creating custom backgrounds on cards – while I love pattern paper, sometimes it’s fun to create your own design. The added bonus if you do it with die cutting, is that you can also add dimension if you so wish!

For this design, I first found a floral background with a color scheme that I liked on Pinterest. It was completely different flowers and arrangement, but it gave me a jumping off point for what I wanted to create! I used the new Groovy Flowers die, and cut all of the designs a total of 4 times each, mixing and matching between Rainforest, Honey, and Cream cardstock, then assembled the layers with liquid glue.

Once I had the flowers assembled, I chose Rainforest cardstock for the background. I usually tend to do more light tone backgrounds, but I kind of love the bold look on this design! I trimmed a panel to A2 size, to be later adhered on a white cardbase (wait until after adding the vellum, so you can hide it behind the panel).

I arranged the florals until I was happy with the layout, then adhered each one with foam adhesive. I trimmed a piece of vellum down to wrap around the front of the card to add my sentiment, then die cut the new Nuvelli Script Hello die from Tonic Honey Gold cardstock, and adhered it with liquid glue. Finally, added a few of the smallest size Dazzling Clear Gems clustered around to finish this card off!

How do you prefer to create backgrounds? Stamping or die cutting? Bold or light backgrounds? Leave a comment below letting me know – I’d love to hear!

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Thanks so much for stopping by, and to Heather for being our guest!

Hello, friends, and welcome to day two of our Happy Camper release blog hops! If you missed yesterday’s hop, be sure to circle back and check it out HERE.

We’ve got a feeling that you’re going to be a Happy Camper when you see our latest collection! Bite into a tasty hot dog with our Frankly bundle; enjoy a campfire under the stars with our Cute Campers stamps and dies, and then head out into those stars with Shoot for the Moon and Out of This World sets; and send the kiddos and teachers off to the classroom with our Big Bus dies, Schoolhouse stencil, and Back to School sentiment strips.

And as summer winds down, we cherish the beauty of nature with Blossom Bursts and Confetti Butterflies embossing folders and Fantasy Bouquet and Beautiful Branch dies. Plus so much more!

Before we hop, let’s take a look at some fabulous inspiration from Caly Person and Beth Opel:

We love our customers! And we love your enthusiasm for our exclusive releases and blog hops. To celebrate, Simon has set aside a free gift just for you! Our not-yet-released Simon Says Stamp exclusive Sunflower Dance 3×4 stamp set is automatically added to your cart that any purchase of Happy Camper release products! This gift with purchase will expire 8/3 at 11:59 pm EDT or while supplies last. Check out the details on the graphic at the top of this post for information about claiming your gift.

Ready for even more Happy Camper inspiration? Hop along with these talented designers! You’ll be inspired AND for every comment you leave on each blog, you’ll earn a chance to win a $25 Simon Says Stamp store shopping spree. YAY!

• Simon Says Stamp Blog  <<YOU ARE HERE!
• Nina-Marie Trapani
• Suzy Plantamura
• Cathy Zielske
• Laura Bassen
• Debby Hughes
• Lisa Addesa
• Emily Midgett
• Heather Ruwe
• Sandi MacIver
• Tina Smith
• Hanh Nguyen
• Barb Engler
• Anna-Karin Evaldsson
• Karin Åkesdotter
• Rosemary Dennis

Please share some feedback with these creative artists who work hard to inspire and excite us! Your comments mean so much to them.

Thanks again for joining us today!

We hope you will join us on Instagram on Tuesday, August 5, for an Instagram Hop featuring our Happy Camper release! We are excited to share awesome ideas from several creative minds using these fantastic products.

You’ll love browsing our Happy Camper gallery on our blog for loads of additional inspiration, and you can add your projects to these galleries as well!

Shop the new collection:

Can’t pick a favorite? Shop our New Bundles:

Learn more about our NEW White Splatter Medium:

Hi, friends! Welcome to day one of two special release blog hops celebrating our Happy Camper release! Come back tomorrow for more amazing inspiration!

We’ve got a feeling that you’re going to be a Happy Camper when you see our latest collection! Bite into a tasty hot dog with our Frankly bundle; enjoy a campfire under the stars with our Cute Campers stamps and dies, and then head out into those stars with Shoot for the Moon and Out of This World sets; and send the kiddos and teachers off to the classroom with our Big Bus dies, Schoolhouse stencil, and Back to School sentiment strips.

And as summer winds down, we cherish the beauty of nature with Blossom Bursts and Confetti Butterflies embossing folders and Fantasy Bouquet and Beautiful Branch dies. Plus so much more!

Let’s get a sneak peek of what’s in store for our blog hop today with inspiration from Nina-Marie Trapani and Susan R. Opel! They used products from our Happy Camper release to make these fantastic projects:

We love our customers! And we love your enthusiasm for our exclusive releases and blog hops. To celebrate, Simon has set aside a free gift just for you! Our not-yet-released Simon Says Stamp exclusive Sunflower Dance 3×4 stamp set is automatically added to your cart that any purchase of Happy Camper release products! This gift with purchase will expire 8/3 at 11:59 pm EDT or while supplies last. Check out the details on the graphic at the top of this post for information about claiming your gift.

Ready for even more Happy Camper inspiration? Hop along with these talented designers! You’ll be inspired AND for every comment you leave on each blog, you’ll earn a chance to win a $25 Simon Says Stamp store shopping spree. YAY!

• Simon Says Stamp Blog  <<YOU ARE HERE!
• Caly Person
• Amy Rysavy
• Barbara Tarayao
• Nichol Spohr
• Heather Hoffman
• Keisha Charles
• Mindy Eggen
• Bibi Cameron
• Carly Minner
• Maggie Haas
• Rachel Alvarado
• Jessica Vasher
• Allison Frazier
• Kim Hamilton
• Bonnie Crane

Please let these talented designers know how much you appreciate their designs. They work hard to inspire and excite us!

Thanks again for joining us today!

We hope you will join us on Instagram on Tuesday, August 5, for an Instagram Hop featuring our Happy Camper release! We are excited to share awesome ideas from several creative minds using these fantastic products.

You’ll love browsing our Happy Camper gallery on our blog for loads of additional inspiration, and you can add your projects to these galleries as well!

Shop the new collection:

Can’t pick a favorite? Shop our New Bundles:

Learn more about our NEW White Splatter Medium:

Join us LIVE!

We’re going live TODAY (Friday, August 1st) at 12 PM ET to showcase our brand new + exclusive collection, Happy Camper! Come get inspired, plus comment live for a chance to win a $100 gift card!