Hero Arts + Lawn Fawn Big Thanks Simple Scene Building

Hello there, I am over on the Hero Arts Blog and YouTube Channel today, creating a card using the new Hero Arts Big Thanks set in partnership with Lawn Fawn. It is such a cute set and perfect for scene building.

 

 

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Rhinos - W5, W4, W3, W2, W1, W0, R00, R000, E53, E50. Birds - Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11, YR15. Flowers - V17, V15, V12, Y11. Butterfly - V17, V15, V12. Clouds - BG11, BG10, 0.

Over on the blog, I talk about using the rule of thirds for clean and simple cards. This makes for a smaller scene but I still think it is super cute! Please visit the blog post here or watch the video directly on YouTube here. Thanks so much for stopping by today, have a great day!

Clearly Besotted Teasers | One More Sleep

Hello there and welcome to day four of the October 2019 Clearly Besotted Teasers. Not long to wait now, the new sets release tomorrow at 8pm BST. The set I am using today is aptly named 'one more sleep' and there is just one more sleep till you can get your hands on it! :)

 

 

I thought the set would work well for tags. I started off by taking two of the tag dies from the Clearly Besotted Tag Along Set and cut them from white cardstock, I also cut the rounded one from watercolour paper and the more traditional shaped one from Bristol cardstock. I took the two white cardstock tags and die cut the bottoms using the Mama Elephant Landscape Trio Dies to create snow banks for my critters to sit on. I also cut two hole reinforcers from white cardstock.

 

I took the fox and dog from the Clearly Besotted One More Sleep Stamp Set and stamped them on to white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I coloured them using Copic Markers and fussy cut them out with scissors. I neatened up the edges with a Memento Tuxedo Black Marker and then they were set aside while I worked on the skies.

 

 

For the fox tag, I first blended Distress Inks on to the watercolour paper tag. I used Peacock Feathers, Blueprint Sketch and Wilted Violet. I then placed the Clearly Besotted Snow Day Stencil on top and applied a layer of Tonic Nuvo Moonstone Glimmer Paste. Once dry, the tag was assembled with the snow bank and added with tape runner. The fox was added on top with foam tape. The sentiment from the Clearly Besotted Full Of Sentiment Stamp Set was heat embossed on black cardstock, cut out and added to the tag with more foam tape.

 

For the dog tag, I took the tag cut from Bristol Cardstock and blended Chipped Sapphire and Seedless Preserves Distress Ink on to it. Once dry, I took the firework images from the Clearly Besotted One More Sleep Stamp Set and stamped these on to the tag with Versamark Ink. I applied Tonic Nuvo Shimmering Pearl Embossing Powder and heat set.

The sentiment from the set was also heat embossed in white on black cardstock and added to the tag with foam tape. To finish off, I added the hole reinforcer pieces to the tags, as well as twine through the top. I did also cut a further two tags from white cardstock to back the fronts. This just makes it so that it is cleaner looking on the back of the tag to write on.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Fox - E18, E19, E08, E13, E53, E50. Scarf - BG49, BG15, BG11, BG10. Dog - E59, E57, E55. Scarf - V09, V17, V15, V12.

 

There are lots of animals in the One More Sleep set, as well as other elements you can use to create scenes with, but I thought these simple scenes would work well for tags. For more inspiration using the new release, please visit the Clearly Besotted Blog, Keren and Lisa. As well as out guest Joy. I have one last teaser to share with you tomorrow, so I hope you will come back for that. Have a great day!

Clearly Besotted Teasers | Merry Christmouse

Hello there and welcome to day three of the October 2019 Clearly Besotted Teasers. The new sets release on the 1st October, I hope that you are enjoying the teasers so far. Today I am using the adorable Nativity Play set. An adorable set consisting of mice depicting the nativity.

I started off my card by stamping Mary mouse and Joseph mouse from the Clearly Besotted Nativity Play Stamp Set on to a panel of white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I made masks for these and placed them over the images. I then stamped the baby, masked him off, followed by the manger, which was also masked off. I took a piece of post it tape and masked off the bottom area of the card too.

 

 

I took Distress Inks in Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon, Chipped Sapphire and Seedless Preserves and blended these on to the panel to create a sky. The masks were all removed and the images coloured using Copic Markers (the colours that I used are listed below the supplies area). The panel was then adhered flat to an A2 white card base.

 

 

I took the sentiment from the new Clearly Besotted Christmas Corners Stamp Set and stamped it on to black cardstock with Versamark Ink. I applied white detail embossing powder and heat set. It was cut in to a strip and added to the card with foam tape. To finish off I added stars in to the sky with a white gel pen.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

COPIC MAERKERS: Manger - E59, E57, E55, E53. Hay - YR27, YR24, Y28, Y26, YR31. Mice - W5, W3, W2, W1, W0, R01, R00, R000. Mary - B37, B34, B32, C5, C3, C1. Joseph - G46, G43, G20, C5, C3, C1.

 

These mice are so cute! Obviously I went quite CAS with my scene here, but you could definitely create a bigger one with more characters, as there are lots in the set. For more inspiration using the new sets, please head over to the Clearly Besotted Blog, Keren and Lisa, as well as our wonderful guest Joy. Thanks so much for popping by today, see you tomorrow for day four. Have a lovely day!

Clearly Besotted Teasers | Christmas Cheer

Hello there and welcome to day two of the October 2019 Clearly Besotted Teasers. Are you ready for some more Christmas inspiration? Today I am using two new sets - Christmas Panda Plushies and Sentimental Christmas.

 

For my card, I started off by taking a panel of mask paper and cutting a circle aperture into the top middle. The mask was placed on to a panel of white cardstock and then I stamped the tree from the Clearly Besotted Christmas Panda Plushies Stamp Set inside. I masked the tree off and then placed the MFT Drifts & Hills Stencil below the tree before blending Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink in to the circle.

 

 

The masks were removed and the tree coloured using Copic Markers (the colours that I used are listed below the supplies area). I took the panda and bamboo from the set and stamped these on to a separate sheet of cardstock, coloured them with Copics and then fussy cut out with scissors.

 

 

I took the sentiment from the new Clearly Besotted Sentimental Christmas Stamp Set and stamped this below the snowbank with black ink. The panel was adhered to an A2 white card base with foam tape. I then added the bamboo and the panda with more foam tape. To finish off, I added white gel pens dots to the sky for snow.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Panda - W3, W1, W0. Scarf - V17, V15, V12. Bamboo - YG17, YG25, YG01. Tree - YG17, YG25, YG03, YG01, E57, E55. Star - Y15, Y11.

 

There are tons of different pandas in the set but I thought this one would work for my scene. I think he looks happy there, sitting in the snow! For more inspiration using the new release, please do pop over to the Clearly Besotted Blog, Keren and Lisa; as well as out guest designer Joy. Thanks so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. See you tomorrow for day three!

Clearly Besotted Teasers | Magical Christmas

Hello there and welcome to the start of the October 2019 Clearly Besotted Teasers. The new stamps release on the 1st October and from now until then, we will be sharing teasers with you using the new sets. Today I am using the new Festive Fairies set.

 

I started off my card by stamping the house/flower image from the Clearly Besotted Festive Fairies Stamp Set on to a panel of white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I then stamped the fairies on to a separate piece of white cardstock. The fairies were coloured using Copic Markers (the colours that I used are listed below) and fussy cut out with scissors, leaving a small white border.

 

 

I then made a mask for the house/flower image from mask paper and placed this on top of the stamped panel. I took Mermaid Lagoon and Wilted Violet Distress Inks and blended these above for a light sky. The mask was removed and the rest of the panel coloured with Copic Markers. I added small dots in the sky for some added interest and then added white gel pen dots for snow.

 

 

I stamped the sentiment from the set below the snowbank. The panel was then adhered flat on to an A2 white card base with tape runner. The fairies were added on top with foam tape. To finish off, I added Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen to the fairies' wings.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Fairies skin - E13, E11, E00, E000, E50. Hair - E27, E25, E23 (fairies on left). E35, E34, E31, E30 (fairy on right). Wings - BG10, BG000. Purple outfit on left - V17, V15, V12. Blue outfit - B02, B00, B000. Lilac outfit - BV34, BV11, BV01, BV000. House - E57, E55, E53, E51, R89, R39, R37, E50. Leaves - G46, G43, G20. Flower - V12, V01, V000, V0000. Rocks - C3, C1, C0. Snow - BV01, BV000, BV000, BG0000.

 

Aren't those fairies adorable? I love them! For more inspiration using the new release, please do visit the Clearly Besotted Blog, as well as Keren and Lisa. We also have the fantastic Joy back guesting with us this month, so I hope that you will pop over and see what she has been up to as well. Thanks so much for visiting me today. See you tomorrow for day two! Have a great day!

VIDEO | Card Making Haul - August & September 2019

Hello there, today I am popping in quickly to share what I purchased in August & September. I know that haul videos aren't for everyone, so I apologise if you do not like them but hopefully you will enjoy seeing what I got.

 

 

The last to months purchases consisted of a few stamp and dies, some colouring mediums as well as tools. Here is a look at everything I got:

 

 

If you are viewing this blog post via email subscription, you can watch the video HERE on YouTube.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have shared in the video. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by to se me today, I really do appreciate. I know my blog is rather busy at the moment, I am really sorry about that but I do hope that you are enjoying the posts. I hope you have a great day!

STAMPtember | Hero Arts Thank You Flowers + Giveaway

Hello there today is the day Hero Arts have teamed up with Simon Says Stamp to bring you the STAMPtember Real Flowers Vintage set. The set is exclusive to Simon Says Stamp and is limited, so if you love it, you need to grab it quickly. The set consists of beautiful wild flowers, as well as some wonderful sentiments.

 

 

I started off my first card by stamping the flowers from the Real Flowers Vintage Stamp Set along the bottom of a piece of watercolour paper, using Hero Arts Intens-ified Black Ink. I then stamped the sentiment from the set above.

 

 

I then took Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors in rainbow shades and one at a time, added the watercolour on to a plastic sheet. I misted it with water and then picked up the plastic sheet and took it to the watercolour paper and smooshed it on. I really like the organic look and thought it went well with the wild flowers. I then took Hero Arts White Iridescent Shimmer Spay and splattered this on to the panel too, for some added interest and sparkle.

 

 

Once dry, the panel was simply adhered flat to an A2 card base with tape runner and then I added a strip of Hero Hues Pitch Black Cardstock across the bottom to help ground the flowers.

 

My next card uses the dandelion from the set. It is just so pretty that I couldn't resist using it on another card. I took a piece of masking paper and die cut a circle into the top middle using the Hero Arts Nesting Circle Infinity Dies. I added this to a panel of white cardstock and blended Hero Arts Reactive Inks inside. I used Grape Slush, Splash and Pool Party. I then took the dandelion image from the Real Flowers Vintage set and stamped it twice inside the circle using Hero Arts Intens-ified Black Ink.

 

 

I then splattered on some more Hero Arts White Iridescent Shimmer Spray and removed the mask. I took the sentiment from the Hero Arts Mix & Match Compliments Stamp Set and stamped it on to black cardstock with Hero Arts Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink. I applied Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder and heat set. This was cut in to a strip and added to the card with foam tape. To finish off, I added a few Lucy's Raindrops.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

GIVEAWAY:

I have an extra Real Flowers Vintage stamp set to give away. All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning, is to leave me a comment on this post by 2nd October 2019 23.59hrs BST. I will pick a winner shortly afterwards and announce it here on my blog. Only one comment per person please.

 

For more inspiration using the set, please head over to the Simon Says Stamp Blog. Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, I hope you have a great day!

Hero Arts & Lawn Fawn Partnership Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, as part of the ongoing celebrations for Hero Arts celebrating their 45th Birthday, this month Hero Arts have teamed up with Lawn fawn to bring you the fantastic Big Thanks set. It is such a cute set with rhinos and birds and lots of lovely thank you sentiments. To celebrate the release of the set, we are having a fun blog hop filled with lots of inspiration and prizes (more on that below).

 

For my card today, I started off by stamping one of the rhinos and two birds, as well as the little clouds from the Big Thanks Stamp Set on to white cardstock with Hero Arts Intens-ified Black Ink. I then coloured them using Copic Markers (the colours that I used are listed below the supplies area) and die cut them out using the Big Thanks Dies.

 

 

I took another piece of white cardstock and die cut it using one of the circles from the Hero Arts Nesting Circles Infinity Dies. I also cut another from Hero Hues Meadow Cardstock. I took the white piece and blended Hero Arts Splash Reactive Ink on to it using a blending brush. I took the green one and cut this down further using the grass die from the Hero Arts Thorn Tree & Grasses Fancy Die Set. I then blended Hero Arts Key Lime Fizz and Green Apple Reactive Inks on to it for some more dimension.

 

 

I took a white card base and using the next largest size of the nesting dies, embossed a larger circle on to the front of the card base. The sky cardstock piece was added on top with Hero Arts Precision Glue, followed by the grass piece. I then added the clouds flat, followed by the rhino and birds with foam tape. I took the sentiment from the set and stamped this on to Hero Hues Pitch Black Cardstock with Hero Arts Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink. I applied White Detail Embossing Powder and heat set. This was cut in to a strip and added to the card with more foam tape.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Rhino - W5, W3, W2, W1, W0, R00, R000, E53, E50. Birds - B04, B02, B01, Y13. Clouds - BG11, BG000.

 

BLOG HOP:

 

 

For the blog hop, you should have arrived here from the wonderful blog of Melissa Stinson. Next on the hop is the fantastic blog of Nichol Spohr. If you get lost along the way, the full list of participants is on the Hero Arts Blog.

 

GIVEAWAY:

There are three prizes to be won in today's hop:

 

- one winner will receive the Big Thanks stamp set and dies

- one winner will receive a $25 shopping spree at Lawn Fawn

- one winner will receive a $25 shopping spree at Hero Arts

 

The winners will be drawn from all of the comments left across all of the stops in the hop. The giveaway closes on Sunday 29th September and the winners will be announced on the Hero Arts Blog the following week.

 

I had so much fun creating with this set! Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope you have a great rest of the hop and a lovely rest of the day!

VIDEO | Faux Watercolour Stamping with Arteza TwiMarkers

Hello there, today I have a card and tag to share with you using the faux watercolour stamping technique. Arteza kindly sent me their 48 pack of Sketch Twimarkers and I thought this technique would work really well with them.

 

 

The pens themselves are a dual ended water soluble ink pen. One end has a felt brush tip, the other a plastic fine-liner tip. The pens come in a pack of either 48 or 100. The 48 pack retails in the UK for £30.99 or in the US for $33.89. There is a good colour selection in the pack - lots of yellows and oranges, as well as pinks and a few reds. There are some lovely greens, turquoises and blues and a few purples. Although there a couple of greys and browns, this set is lacking in neutral tones, however, the 100 set does make up for this.

 

 

The pens are very versatile; they can be used for general writing, bullet journaling, brush lettering/calligraphy and colouring (however, I would say that their Real Brush Pens work better for this) but I wanted to try them in a different way today, and use their water soluble property to my advantage.

 

I started off my projects by taking the Hero Arts Hand Drawn Snowflakes Bold Prints and adding this into my MISTI. Taking three colours of the Arteza Sketch Twimarkers, I drew on the stamp adding the colour randomly across the whole stamp. I used Cerulean, Royal Purple and Burgundy, as I thought these colours would work well together.

 

 

I misted the stamp with water and then stamped it down on to Arteza Expert Watercolor Paper. I got a bright, bold impression on the snowflakes. I didn't want to waste the rest of the ink on the stamp, so I misted it again with water and stamped it again on more watercolour paper. This gave me a second generation of stamping and gave a lighter look, but the colours were still nice and vibrant.

 

 

Once the pieces were dry, I took the second generation stamping piece and stamped the sentiment from the Hero Arts Winter Holiday Messages Stamp Set on top with black ink. I then adhered it flat to an A2 white card base with tape runner. I simply finished off the card with some Lucy's Cards Iridescent Jewels in the centres of the large snowflakes.

 

 

For the first generation stamping piece, I die cut the panel using the Hero Arts Tag Fancy Die. I took the sentiment from the Hero Arts Color Layering Snowy Tree Stamp Set and stamped this on to Pitch Black Cardstock with Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink. I applied white embossing powder and heat set, this was cut in to a strip and added to the card with foam tape. To finish off, I added twine through the top.

 

VIDEO:

 

Here is the video showing how I used the TwiMarkers for the faux watercolour stamping technique:

 

If you are viewing this post via email subscription, you can watch the video HERE on YouTube.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card and tag. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

In conclusion, I really do like the Arteza Sketch TwiMarkers. I think they are great value for money. I like that I can use them for different techniques and the 48 set does have a pretty good colour selection. They do blend with water for colouring (as you can see in my swatch photo above) but I do not think they blend as well as the Arteza Real Brush Pens. If you were looking to use them purely for colouring, I would go with the Real Brush Pens rather than these, but as with all water based ink, the paper that you use does make a difference in the results that you will achieve.

 

If you like the look of the pens and want to make a purchase, I do have a code for my readers for 10% off any order made on the Arteza US Website or on the Arteza UK/EU Website before 25th November 2019. Use the code: MichelleShort3

 

Thank you so much for visiting me today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day!

Sunny Studio 4th Birthday Blog Hop

*This is my second post of the day, please see below for my Clearly Besotted STAMPtember post*

 

Hello there, I am delighted to be joining Sunny Studio today to celebrate their 4th birthday with a fun blog hop. Sunny Studio are such an amazing company. Mendi, the owner, is an amazing woman and I am honoured to be celebrating their birthday with them today. The new holiday release goes live on the 27th September, but as part of the celebrations, you can pre-order the new products today.

 

My first project uses the adorable new Merry Mice set. How cute is that Christmas tree made from cheese? Love it! I started off my card by stamping the tree, present and two of the mice from the Sunny Studio Merry Mice Stamp Set on to white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I then coloured them using Copic Markers (the colours that I used are listed below the supplies area) and then they were cut out using the coordinating dies.

 

 

I took a panel of watercolour paper and masked off the lower part. I then blended Distress Ink on to the top portion. I used Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch for a bright blue sky. I then splattered on some water to create some interest and let it sit to dry. Once dry, The panel was added flat to a white A2 card base with tape runner and I added snow to the sky with a white gel pen.

 

 

I took the sentiment from the Sunny Studio Merry Mice Stamp Set and stamped it on to black cardstock with Versamark Ink. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. This was cut in to a strip, adding a banner end, and then adhered to the card with foam tape. The tree and present were added on top with tape runner and the mice added with foam tape.

 

My second project uses the gorgeous new Layered Poinsettia Die, along with the sentiment from the Merry Mice set. I started off the tags by cutting out the Sunny Studio Layered Poinsettia Die. I decided to create one red flower and one blue. I used four shades of each colour of cardstock. The larger petals were cut from a darker shade, moving towards the smallest petals cut from the lightest shade.

 

 

I did add some ink blending to each petal but I apologise that I didn't keep track of which colours I used as I was just grabbing them as I went. I tried to use a slightly darker shade than the cardstock. It doesn't show up much, but it does add to the overall look, I think. For the red poinsettia, I cut the inside piece from a mustard cardstock and I used silver glitter paper for the blue one. I also used foam tape on the red flower but kept the blue one flatter with liquid glue.

 

 

I took the Sunny Studio Build A Tag 1 Dies and cut the tags from the new Sunny Studio Subtle Grey Tones Paper Pad, as well as white cardstock. The paper tag was adhered to the white one for more stability (and to be able to write on the back). The sentiments from the Sunny Studio Merry Mice Stamp Set were white heat embossed on black cardstock, cut out and added to the tags with foam tape. To finish off, I added twine through the top of the tags and added sparkle pen to the poinsettias, as well as iridescent jewels to the centres.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Mice - W5, W3, W1, W0, R12, R00, R000. Hat and scarf - R89, R29, R27, R24, C3, C1. Tree - Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11, E57, E55. Present - Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11, R89, R39, R27, R24.

 

HOLIDAY RELEASE + SHOPPING

 

Sunny Studio will be offering free shipping within the USA and a mini light bulb die on all orders made through till 30th September. If you are international, you will receive a $4 discount off shipping, plus the free mini light bulb die). If you spend over $50, you will also receive a free enamel pin. Please see above for the codes.

 

BLOG HOP:

 

 

 

For the hop, you should have arrived here from the amazing Kay. The next stop on the hop is the fabulous Francine. If you get lost along the way, you can start from the beginning at the Sunny Studio Blog.

 

GIVEAWAY:

 

Sunny Studio have kindly given me a $25 gift certificate for me to give away today to one lucky commenter. Just leave me a comment on this post before 27th September 2019 at 11.59pm PDT. The winner will be announced over on the Sunny Studio Blog on 1st October 2019.

 

I hope you will check out the release, it is fantastic! Thank you so much for visiting me today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a great time on the rest of the hop!

STAMPtember | Clearly Besotted Celebrate The Season

Hello there, today is the day that Simon Says Stamp and Clearly Besotted have teamed up to bring you the STAMPtember exclusive set for 2019. It is called Celebrate The Season and its such a beautiful set! It has a large wreath image, plus a bow and an individual poinsettia, as well as lots of lovely sentiments.

 

I started off my card by taking the wreath floral image from the Celebrate The Season Stamp & Die Set and stamping it on to white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I then coloured it using Copic Markers (the colours that I used are listed below the supplies area), adding white dots to the berries with a white gel pen. The image was die cut using the coordinating dies and set aside while I worked on the other elements.

 

 

I took a white A2 card base and scored lines on to it using a score board and bone folder. I then added the wreath image on top with foam tape. I took one of the sentiments from the stamp set and stamped it on to black cardstock with Versamark Ink. I applied Detail White Embossing Powder and heat set. The sentiment was then cut in to a strip using the Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Labels Dies.

 

 

The sentiment was added to the card with a combination of foam tape and tape runner (for the different heights). I then added a few Iridescent Jewels around the sentiment, followed by Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the centres of the blue flowers to finish.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Red flowers/poinsettias - R89, R39, R27, R24, Y28, Y26, YR31. Blue flowers - B39, B28, B26, B24, Y28, Y26, YR31. Leaves - G46, G43, G20. Pinecones - E57, E55, E53.

 

The Clearly Besotted Celebrate The Season Set comes as the stamp set on it's own, or as a set combined with the dies. They are exclusive to Simon Says Stamp and may sell out quickly, so if you want it, do grab it quickly!

 

 

Sadly the scoring doesn't show up in the photos, but in real life it really adds something to the card. For more inspiration using the set, please head over to the Simon Says Stamp Blog, as well as the Clearly Besotted Blog, Keren and Lisa. Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, I really appreciate it.