Simon Says Stamp 'Beautiful Moments' Release Blog Hop

 

It is always a great time when Simon Says Stamp has a new release and yesterday they launched their 'Beautiful Moments' release which is full to the brim with beautiful, adorable and useful products.  Please use THIS LINK to take you to everything that is new.

This is the first of TWO blog hops celebrating the release, the next one is tomorrow at 8am Eastern so be sure to join that one too!  Today, if you comment below this post before leaving, you will be in the running to win a $25 coupon, make sure to comment on every stop along the blog hop to increase your chances.  The winner will be announced on March 4th on the Simon Says Stamp blog and it will be explained to you then just what you have to do to redeem your prize.  Good luck!

Please keep scrolling to the end of my blogpost to find the blog hop order list, thank you.

Turning now to the card I have made for this blog hop, this is a project for a beautiful friend who needs to know how much you adore them.  I have used the following products:-

Beautiful Friend die

Friend Like You

Taking an A2 white panel of cardstock, I ink blended a focal point using Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink and glued it to my already prepared card base.

I stamped the Friend Like You images using Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa and coloured with Copic markers.  I die cut and backed the images with foam tape and adhered to the ink blended background.

Sentiment time!  I die cut the Beautiful Friend words from white and pink cardstock.  I assembled the two parts and backed it with more foam tape and applied to the background also.  Below it I tucked a smaller sentiment from the Friend Like You stamp set.

To complete this card I simply dotted some specks into the sky.

I hope you like my card, thanks for stopping off on the hop and don't forget to leave your comment below in order to be entered to win a $25 coupon.

BLOG HOP ORDER :-

Simon Says Stamp Blog

Emily Midgett

Nichol Spohr

Barbara Tarayao

Heather Ruwe

Keisha Charles

Sandi MacIver

Tina Smith

Lisa Addesa

Nicky Meek (you are here)

Cheiron Brandon

Barb Engler

Bobbi Lemanski

Caryn Davies

Laura Williams

Brenda Noelke

 

Simon Says Stamp - Friend Like You NEW RELEASE

 

Happy Friday friends, thanks for joining me to read how I made this cheerful shaker card for Simon Says Stamp who have a brand new release out as of yesterday called 'Friend Like You'.  For this card I have used the new Under Water Stencils and the Smile sentiment stamp set together with an A2 Waffle Flower Shaker Cover found here.

I started with a white A2 panel of white cardstock and in turn I used the new stencil set and four shades of pink inks to create a slightly groovy background.  I then came in with a metallic gelly roll pen by Sakura and along the lines of the colour changes so that as the card moves it beautifully catches the light.

I used the shaker cover and enclosed the stencilled panel on three sides and then went through my stash of sequins and embellishments to create a mix that worked with the background tones.  Once happy, I closed the fourth edge, thus sealing the contents inside and I adhered that to a sturdy card base.

To finish the design I grabbed the Smile sentiment stamp set and stamped the combination I was wanting using Versamark Ink and I heat embossed in gold.   I fussy cut the large SMILE and adhered it to the outside of the shaker pocket and the smaller sentiment was done on a little strip which I tucked in place and adhered.

Shake, shake, shake it!  This card was done!

Thank you for stopping by today.