Simon Says Stamp April Card Kit Creations

Hi Friends, I'm here to today sharing the first few cards I made with the April 2019 Simon Says Stamp card kit. This was my first time giving any sort of card kit a go - I have to say this particular one was a good value, and I love the ability to try some things I may not of otherwise purchased. The kit came with a large stamp set, an awesome die, bunch of pattern and solid card stock, a nuvo sample and more!

My first card uses the die that came with the set, a few of the patterned papers, the solid pink paper, and a sentiment from the stamp set! I decided to do a paper piecing technique with the die by cutting it out of multiple papers and piecing them all together. I mounted my finished die cut onto the white card stock that comes in the kit, the onto some gold glitter card stock I had in my stash, and lastly onto one of the pieces of pattern paper which I adhered to an a2 card base. For my sentiment I stamped and heat embossed it onto a banner of black card stock from my stash, and popped it up with some great foam adhesive that came in the kit.

For my second card I used the floral images from the stamp set to create a pot of flowers which I cut out with my brother scan n cut, you could also fussy cut. I created a window panel by die cutting a scallop circle out of a another die cut. I heat embossed my sentiment, also from the stamp set, before mounting the panel onto some of the patterned paper with the included foam adhesive sheet. I glued down my stamped image inside the window, and added some simple nuvo drop embellishments to the flower centers to finish.

For my last card I used the big bold sentiment that comes with the kit. I wanted to customize it to be multi-color, so i stamped it down with versa mark onto some black cardstock and used the faint image of the versa mark as a guide to paint over. You could also use markers or gel pens, but I really wanted to use this super shimmery watercolor. The photo does do the glitter justice! After I finished the painting, I cut it out with a stitched rectangle die, and added some of the nuvo drops that came with the kit to embellish, before adhering it down to some of the patterned paper with the foam adhesive, and finally onto an a2 card base.

Challenges

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge 

Supplies

SSS Hello Darling Stamp Set Where to buy: SSS	Lawn Fawn Inside Out Stitched Scallop Where to buy: SSS	SSS Rainboot Planter Die Where to buy: SSS	SSS Nesting Postage Dies Where to buy: SSS
Simple Stories Farmhouse 6x8 Where to buy: SSS	Versamark Where to buy: SSS | AMZ	SSS Beanstalk Ink Where to buy: SSS	SSS Burnt Orange Ink Where to buy: SSS
SSS Fresh Fruit Mini Ink Set Where to buy: SSS	SSS Spring Mini Ink Set Where to buy: SSS	Zig Pearlescent Water Colors Where to buy: SSS	Nuvo Shimmer Pen Where to buy: SSS | AMZ
Tonic Nuvo Yellow Gloss Drops Where to buy: SSS	Nuvo Vintage Drops Teal Where to buy: SSS	Ranger Gold Embossing Powder Where to buy: SSS | AMZ	Art Institute Glitter Glue Where to buy: AMZ
SA 3L Tape Runner Where to buy: AMZ | SB	Sizzix Foam Adhesive Sheet Where to buy: SSS	Wagner Heat Gun Where to buy: HA	Brother Scan N Cut Where to buy: AMZ
Cutterpillar Pro Where to buy: SSS | AMZ	Scor Pal Where to buy: SSS | AMZ	MISTI Where to buy: SSS | AMZ	Teflon Bone Folder Where to buy: SSS | AMZ
Post It Roll Where to buy: SSS | AMZ	Spellbinders Platinum Where to buy: SSS | AMZ | SB