Blender Pen Coloring & Mail Art Lettering – June 2019 Card Kit
Hi all! Kristina here. Today I’m playing with the June 2019 Card Kit and the Leafy Frames stamp set. I thought it would be fun to do an envelope as well!
I started out with the card by cutting one sheet of the patterned paper in the kit (from Carta Bella’s Botanical Garden 6×6 pad) and adhering it to a card base. I then stamped the “just because” greeting in Simon’s Intense Black ink on Ivory cardstock (also included in the kit).
To create a lacy border, I stamped the leafy border from the stamp set on on vellum and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. The vellum wasn’t quite as opaque as I needed, so I applied adhesive to the back of the border pieces using the Xyron Sticker Maker and pressed it onto another piece of vellum. The two layer of vellum was perfect!
I trimmed out the borders using scissors and adhered them to the back of the greeting piece and then adhered the greeting to the card front.
To create flowers similar to the patterned paper, I stamped images from the stamp set on the Ivory cardstock in Antique Linen Distress Ink and colored them using a blender pen and various shades of Distress Ink (see supply list below). I used the N00 Tombow marker which can be found in all the Tombow sets, however I’ve also used the Dove Blender Pen in past as well.
I adhered the flowers and leaves to the front of the card and then moved onto the envelope.
NOTE: Dawn’s address is used with permission. Thanks, Dawn!
For the envelope, I used one of the envelopes from the card kit–the Metallic Black envelope. I stamped and white heat embossed the large rectangular leafy frame and then lettered Dawn’s name and address using a brush and white gouache (you can also use a white gel pen).
Thanks for stopping by today! You can pick up the June 2019 Card Kit HERE, or you can subscribe to receive this card kit and future kits HERE.
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National Scrapbook Day 2019 Giveaway WINNERS!
Hello friends! Earlier this month we hosted a special National Scrapbook Day giveaway; we were so amazed by all of the beautiful scrapbook layouts and memory keeping projects that you shared. If you missed seeing the inspiration, make sure you check out the original National Scrapbook Day link up and Facebook post!
Today we are so excited to share the two randomly drawn WINNERS of the $100 gift cards that we were giving away in honor of National Scrapbook Day! Are you ready to find out who won? Drum roll please…
Jo M.! (from our Simon Says Stamp Blog linkup)
Kimberly Asman! (from our Simon Says Stamp Facebook page)
Ladies! Congratulations! Please email [email protected] and let him know you were the lucky winners of the National Scrapbook Day giveaway! He will get your gift cards emailed to you right away so that you can enjoy your shopping sprees! :)
And a BIG thank you to all of you who shared your projects for the giveaway; keep up the amazing work!
More Celebrate You Release Inspiration!
Hi friends! We’re back with day two of our Celebrate You release blog hop with even MORE inspiration for you! Thanks for joining us again today. If you missed day one’s fabulous hop, you can find it HERE.
We hope you are LOVING the inspiration from our Simon exclusive Celebrate You release, and we are so excited to see what you’ll create!
Our Simon Says Stamp exclusive Celebrate You product lineup is filled with lots of ways to share handmade kindness! Included you’ll find fun and clever new ways to celebrate birthdays, some gorgeous summertime flowers, ways to encourage everyone (including those in military), and a dose of critter cuteness! You’ll also find some cool new designs from CZ Design, and there’s a fresh new set of watercolor cards from Suzy Plantamura. We are so excited for you to play with all of these awesome new products!
Before we hop, let’s take a look at some fabulous inspiration from Shari Carroll:
We’re pretty sure you’re going to find at least a few things that strike your fancy from this release, so Simon wants to give you a little something extra special! It’s a free gift just for you because we think you are AWESOME! How does Tim Holtz Idea-ology Butterfly Adornments sound? Check out the details on the banner at the top of this post.
Ready for even more Celebrate You inspiration? We’re super excited for you to hop along with us, as you’ll see loads of inspiration using these new products. Each designer’s blog in the hop will have a $25 gift card up for grabs for one of their commenters.
These talented ladies have lots of great projects that we know you’ll love! Make sure to show your appreciation with your awesome comments!
- Simon Says Stamp Blog <<YOU ARE HERE!
- Laura Bassen
- Debby Hughes
- Yana Smakula
- Amanda Korotkova
- Yoonsun Hur
- Vicky Papaioannou
- Heather Ruwe
- Bibi Cameron
- Karin Äkesdotter
- Barb Engler
- Cheiron Brandon
- Kristina Pokazanieva
We can’t wait for you to see what these amazing designers have created! Enjoy the hop, and thanks for joining us!
You’ll love browsing our Celebrate You gallery on our blog for loads of inspiration, and you can add your projects to the gallery as well!
You can check out the full Celebrate You collection below!
