three umbrellas: Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Monday, January 8, 2024

Happy New Year to you! I made this card for a friend and decided to enter it in

While the theme may be "new" the stamp itself is old and long retired. I used

Birdie Brown's Warmest Wishes stamp and die set and had this cut and colored

in my scrap bowl. She must have been waiting for a chance to make an appearance.

After die cutting a card base from Reverse Wonky Rectangles, I inked a sky, stamped

the sentiment, then ran the panel through a falling snowflake embossing folder. I used

a sanding block to take away the color and leave the appearance of "snow" behind.

I grounded the girl with a torn bottom and finished off with some extra snowflakes.

The back panel was hinged so the card can stand to be displayed.

I'm off to enter this and mail it out, too! Thanks for stopping by!

Monday, February 15, 2021

The newest Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is Make a Slimline.

I'm currently obsessed with 3D embossing folders and just received Memory Box

Blooming 3D folder. I planned to emboss a slimline panel twice to form a

continuous design.

It took me several tries and this is the best result I could get. Don't look too

closely--I managed to cover up the "seam" with part of the sentiment. After

embossing the panel, I inked Altenew dye inks with their large blender

brushes and I must admit, they are AWESOME!!

The flat surface of the brush is flat helps to keep the color on the raised parts

and very little ink goes on the rest of the background although I may have used

a heavy hand.

I adhered the panel onto a light gray card base then diecut the sentiment from gold

and white card stock and adhered them to the card. Sequins finished off the card.

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My apologies for the tardiness in announcing the winner of my recent

giveaway. Random.org has chosen Dee and Dee, I'll be contacting

you sometime this week.

Thanks to all who entered the giveaway and/or joined the last