Hello everyone!! I've been LOVING Simon's Lucky to Know You release. I already did a card video as well as a Release & Review video - if you missed those you can find them here:
SSS Lucky to Know You Release & Review! | March 2020
No-Line Watercolored Spring Gnome Bunny
You can shop the Lucky to Know You release HERE <-------click! AND as part of the blog hop I have a couple of codes to share with y'all!
I'll have giveaway info at the end of the post, and will link to all the stops on the hop below as well.
OK - so for today's card I already had an idea in mind, and then changed how I was going to do the background after seeing THIS AMAZING CARD by Cynthia Norberg <---click! I loved everything about her card (and want to try something like it down the road) but what inspired my card was the way she did the splatter and loose watercolor bits. I decided to incorporate the idea of that into the background of my card:
I used Simon's new Stitching Panel wafer die for my background. I ran it through my die cut machine with Distress watercolor paper, and I didn't use a metal adapter plate, nor did I run it through more than once (a wafer die like this that's so big with SO many little holes I highly recommend a metal adapter plate if you want all the holes to pop out, or if you have a Gemini machine using the metal shim that it comes with). All I wanted was the texture - and I gotta say this is probably going to be another wafer die that I was just "ok" with at first, and then reach for ALL the time lol. I like stitching on cards but I don't do it that often, however using this to create texture like this? LOVE.
I die cut more of the Distress watercolor paper, this time with the Crocus Flowers wafer die set. I used my AlteNew watercolors with it and did some REALLY easy messy watercolor on them, and didn't pop out the centre areas as I liked how they looked left in place. I added a bit of loose watercolor to the background (that was inspired by Cynthia's card!) and some splatter.
The sentiment is from the Just Because Word Mix 2 stamp set, and I die cut it with the Word Mix 2 wafer die.
I finished off the inside of the card with one of the die cut crocuses, and added another sentiment from the Just Because Word Mix 2 set and that was it!
To see how my card came together check out my video below:
Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <--------click!
Next stop on the hop is Bibi's blog! <--------click!
If you missed any of the stops you can find them all here:
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Now for the GIVEAWAY info!!
Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop (thanks Heidi!!) from each blog's comment section (so leaving comments on all the blog posts of the hop increases your chances of winning!). Simon will choose the winners over the weekend and post on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Wednesday the 11th of March (3/11). All the winners can email Simon Says Stamp to claim his/her prize.
Thanks so much for stopping by and good luck! ❤️❤️❤️
