Two Encouragement Cards | Simon Says Stamp

Hi fiends!

The new Simon Says Stamp release – Rest and Refresh just went live. Of course so many new products will be added to our shopping carts today. As always we new Simon releases I’m crazy about new background stamps. Also, if you’re a summer lover – you have to check it out. There are several very cute summer themed products in the release.

I want to share two cards made using the new sentiment stamp set – Say It All Friend.

The set is packed with supportive sentiments for many occasions. For both my cards I choose an soft and elegant design. I think it’s a safer approach when it comes to cards for not always happy cause.

HERE FOR YOU

My first card I started making by stamping the Leaves Background Stamp in mint onto a Mint Cardstock panel. After that I die-cut it using a stitched rectangle.

Next I stamped a sentiment verse onto the panel and foam mounted it onto a white card base using an adhesive foam tape.

After that I stamped the Here for you phrase onto a white cardstock. If you look at the stamp set picture above you can see that I modified this stamp a bit. I wanted the phrase to be on one line (instead of two as the original stamp design is). I did it by masking off the parts of the sentiment with a tape.

So first I covered the Here for part with a painters tape, inked the you part with the Intense Black Ink, REMOVED THE TAPE (an important stamp – hence in caps) and stamped. Next masked the you part, inked the Here for, removed the tape and stamped it to the left of the you. 

After that I fussy cut the sentiment using my scissors.

Next I die-cut the Clustered Leaves Die once out of a Solar White 80lb cardstock and once out of a vellum. I cut each piece into several parts and adhered them around the stamped sentiment verse. I first adhered the white pieces and them the identical vellum ones on top with a slight offset.

Lastly I foam mounted the Here for you onto the card and added several Snow Crystals.

THANKFUL FOR YOU

For my second card I also used the Clustered Leaves Die, which I die-cut out of a watercolor paper.

After that I watercolored the die-cut. I did a very simple watercoloring. First I wet the paper, then added some yellow watercolor to the leaves tips and green one to their bases. I used a #8 brush for watercoloring to pick up more water and pigment at a time, which made the whole process faster. I let the watercolor dry and then added splatters using the same watercolor and #2 brush (to make smaller droplets).

I made a panel out of a Solar White 100lb Cardstock and stamped the sentiment verse onto it. Followed by foam mounting the panel onto a white card base.

I trimmed the watercolored piece into several part and adhered them onto the card around the sentiment verse.

Next I stamped the Thankful for you phrase onto a white cardstock in black and cut it out with my scissors. After that I popped it onto the card.

I adhered several Onyx Crystals to accentuate the card. Lastly I added black splatters onto it.

SUPPLIES

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