Simon Says Stamp | Three Different Looks of the Same Stamp

Hello friends!

Confession time – I suffer of imposter syndrome. Big time. I would say I was suffering from it “before it became trend”. I’m on the level of “what if other people suffer from imposter syndrome and I’m just a real imposter?” (also I’m using humor as protecting mechanism and my ability to make jokes is probably one of few things I don’t have imposter syndrome about lol).

Don’t worry, this post is not meant to be a complaining one though. Rather an opposite one.  I’ve been making cards for more than 10 years now and first probably 5 years I was really suffering of “not having my style as other girls do” (sorry guys, at the time there weren’t like any dude cardmaker I knew about). I always had bad feelings about all my cards being different. Until I realized that this is actually IS my style. I do make different looking cards using same products which is quite helpful when it comes to choosing one to give to a person and which I hope is useful for my readers.

So today I’m sharing three different cards using the same floral stamp along with a couple more “supporting” products. The said floral stamp set by the way is the Simon Says Stamp Bouquet For Mom.

BOLD MINI SLIMLINE

If you like mini slimline card size you make like the new Simon Says Stamp Mini Slimline Rectangles Die Set. Which I used to make a mini slimline frame for this card out of a navy cardstock. For the floral elements in the corners of the frame I stamped the main stamp from the Bouquet For Mom Stamp Set using a light ink. colored it with COPICs and then white embossed the same stamp over to add white outlines to the colored image.

After that I fussy cut the bouquet, cut it in half and adhered in the corners of the frame. My color scheme of choice for this card was navy, red and white (which right at this moment as I’m typing I think can be perfect for Americana cards) so to not introduce any other colors leaves had to be colored in blue. Which doesn’t really happen in real life, but who cares about reality if you need your card to look cohesive?

The background panel behind the frame I made by dry embossing a navy panel with the Simon Says Stamp Large Chevron Pattern Stencil. The panel was adhered onto a card base of the mini slimline size and then the frame was foam mounted on top of it. I used the black adhesive foam squares for foam mounting so they’re not visible if you look from a side.

For the sentiment I used the Simon Says Stamp CZ Design Happy Everything Die Set die cutting all pieces out of a white cardstock.  Then I colored a red gradient onto the background elements using COPICs.

After assembling the sentiment I popped it up onto the card which finished it off.

GRAY FLORALS

For my second card I colored the floral bouquet in question using gray COPICs and also added white embossing outlines on top.

I then cut it in half and adhered to the both sized of a large sentiment plate which I made by white embossing a sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Xl Greetings 2 Stamp Set onto a black cardstock.

 

The background I made by stamping the Simon Says Stamp Halftone Circle Background Stamp onto a white panel using the Hero Arts Bubble Gum Dye Ink and then blending over with the Tim Holtz Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink. Next I sprayed the panel with water using my Distress Sprayer.

The panel was foam mounted onto a white card base, the sentiment with floral elements were popped up on top and several marshmallow sequins finished off the card.

EASY MONOCHROMATIC FLORAL FRAME

I used one of my favorite techniques for the last card by creating an easy floral frame using the same stamp set. This card size is also a mini slimline and I used the biggest die from the Simon Says Stamp Mini Slimline Rectangles Die Set to die cut the front panel for this card.

Next I white embossed the bouquet stamp all around the panel. For each embossing round before setting the embossing powder with my heat gun I brushed off the powder from the overlapping areas if there were any. It allowed to create the look as if I was using masking which I didn’t.

After all embossing was finished I blended the Tim Holtz Candied Apple Distress Ink onto the panel. For additional interest I added water splatters using my Distress Sprayer.

Next I die cut the background pieces of the sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Happy Everything Die Set out of the panel. The panel was adhered onto a white card base followed by inlaying the die cut pieces into their corresponding negative spaces.

The sentiment parts I die cut out of a white cardstock and adhered them onto the card.

I white embossed a couple of butterflies onto the card filling in a space above the sentiment right part. Several marshmallow sequins finished off the card.

I hope you like the ideas I shared with you today. You really can create a lot of different designs using one stamp set. This bouquet I was using actually displays a girl holding a huge bouquet in front of her and first of all can be used in this “original” meaning. But for my cards I only used the bouquet parts and it was more than enough 🙂

Have a wonderful day!

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