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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.
Next week we’ll be releasing another amazing collection, but let’s take a look back at a collection that made its appearance last year. You might remember some pretty spectacular products from our Friendly Frolic collection. Let’s take a look at some inspiring cards created with goodies from this inspiring release from 2018!
First up is this super fun project from Amy Rysavy:
If you know Amy, you know she loves our line of Picture Book animals! I love how happy and fun this birthday card is! She used the Picture Book T-Rex, Diamond Pattern die, and the Birthday Palooza stamps and dies—all of which were released as part of our Friendly Frolic collection. You can watch her create this card on YouTube HERE, and you can see Amy’s original post HERE.
Amy’s supplies
Next, let’s throw it back to this gorgeous Scandinavian design from Heather Hoffman:
Heather shares that there’s a lot of Scandinavian blood in her family, so this design with our Folk Dance background stamp really gives off those vibes. This technique is one that Heather came up with in the middle of the night, and she was thrilled with how it turned out. Does that ever happen to you? You can find Heather’s original blog post HERE.
Heather’s supplies
And let’s not forget this totally groovy design from Suzy Plantamura:
Since Suzy’s watercolor cards that were released with the Good Vibes collection were so popular, those designs were used to create a stamp set called More Good Vibes for our Friendly Frolic release! Last July, Suzy shared seven cards made with this stamp set, and you can find a link to her original blog post HERE.
Suzy’s supplies
And finally this gorgeous card from Bibi Cameron:
Bibi’s artistic design features the stunning Sketch Lotus Flowers stamp set that was part of the Friendly Frolic release. What I love is how she added pretty butterflies on her design using the Plantiful Puns stamp set. To see how she pulled off this artsy card design, you can check out Bibi’s original blog post HERE.
Bibi’s supplies
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!
Tombow Marker Watercoloring with Kristina Werner – August 2019 Card Kit Inspiration
Hi all! Kristina here with some more card kit inspiration! I’ve seen a lot of amazing cards made using the Panda images from the Party Like a Panda stamp set from the August 2019 card kit, so I thought it would be fun to create a card using other elements from the stamp set! I used only the balloon stamps!
I started by stamping and cutting out masks with masking paper for all the balloons. Then I stamped them close together and visually overlapping. I used Versafine Onyx Black ink since it’s waterproof and I planned to watercolor. And I used Strathmore Bristol paper since that paper works well with watercolor markers.
After taping the piece to a hardboard, I painted the balloons and background using the Galaxy set of Tombow Markers. I filled in the “Happy” balloons with a Molotow Liquid Chrome marker.
To finish off the painting portion, I splattered some white gouache over the sky area to create stars, and added highlights to the balloons using a white Gelly Roll pen.
The very last step was to add a greeting. I stamped and white heat embossed “Happy Birthday” on black cardstock using Simon’s Tiny Words Birthday stamp set and adhered it to the watercolor panel using foam squares.
I hope you enjoy the card today! You can pick up the August 2019 Card Kit HERE, or subscribe to receive this card kit and future kits HERE.
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