#SSSFAVE One of my very favorite card kits from Simon Says Stamp is the April 2015 Kit. I love the flower stamps in this Kit. The stamp set is called "Flowers on my mind" and you can buy the dies to match it called "2 Flowers & 2 Leaves". I used LAWN FAWN "Small & Large Stitched Rectangles" die sets to create a frame out of Simon Says Stamp SLATE card stock. I glued it to a piece of patterned paper from my stash. I used the same LAWN FAWN dies to cut the SLATE center piece and glued it in the middle of the patterned paper. I stamped the flower images with RANGER ARCHIVAL "watering can" and SIMON SAY STAMP "sunshine" inks then die cut them. The bottom flower is glued on flat and the top flower has pop dots attached to lift it up. I added sparkle Enamal Dots to center of flowers and of course I had to use WINK OF STELLA on the flowers and the SLATE outside frame piece.

Hero Arts Day. I used HERO ARTS Newspaper background & Large Canvas Stripes stamped with MEMENTO Gray Flannel & SIMON SAYS STAMP Maliblue inks. I stamped the bird with HERO ARTS Color Layering & Bird Branch stamp set. There are 3 stamps to make the bird. I started by stamping the base of the bird in stamped off Gray Flannel then the second bird stamp is in SSS Maliblue and the third bird stamp is in SSS Scuba ink. I die cut the bird with matching dies from HERO ARTS. The branches & leaves are from the same set and the branch has a die. I fussy cut the leaves. The flowers have a die as well but I fussy cut them. Same inks were used as in bird. I white heat embossed the sentiment onto SSS SLATE card stock and backed it with BAZZILL ROBINS EGG color paper. I added ribbon and WINK OF STELLA to parts of the bird and all leaves and flowers. The dots are from MY MINDS EYE. I used pop dots to pop up the Bird, sentiment & flowers. I decided after it was all done to add a little grunge so I used RANGER DISTRESS INK in Pumice Stone.

#SSSFAVE Sept 2015 Card kit. I used the acetate sheet to make a shaker card. Heat embossed the white stars on paper included in the kit. Used FUN FOAM to pop it up on SSS card stock.

Dimension with Dies. I stamped flowers from MAMA ELEPHANT "SWEET HAVANA" in SIMON SAYS STAMP INKS (cotton candy,Doll Pink, Goldenlocks). Leaves stamped with COLORBOX Moss Green ink. Pitcher in GINA K DESIGNS Honey Mustard. I then die cut the pieces. The background is sponged with Ranger DISTRESS INK in SHABBY SHUTTERS. I used foam squares to pop up the vase & flowers. Base paper is HEIDI SWAPP Favorite Things 6 x 6 pad. The sentiment is from Gina K Designs THE SIMPLE THINGS stamp set. I used WINK OF STELLA on vase & flowers. Attached all to a 120# white card base.

#SSSFAVE SIMON SAY STAMP DIES USED: CLUSTERED LEAVES, FAMILY & LOVE. I used ALTENEW VINTAGE FLOWERS to stamp the tag which was cut from a stitched tag die. Inks used were SSS LEMON CHIFFON, GOLDENLOCKS & SUNSHINE. Leaves were stamped using SSS JELLY BEAN & GREEN LEAF. I used a technique by JENNIFER MCGUIRE where you use a COPIC COLORLESS BLENDER on the BACKSIDES of the stamped images and color it ALOT and it will mute the stamped images making them appear to have been water colored. I LOVE this technique!! I cut the word dies out of black paper 3 times and layered them for a popped up look. Added WINK OF STELLA & GLOSSY ACCENTS on top. The base typeset paper is PRIMA Romance Novel. It's attached to card base with FUN FOAM. Tag has FUN FOAM as well.