April Showers and Such

April Showers and Spring Flowers! Yup! It's Spring time (at least on half the planet) and this week we want to see you inspired by the April Showers and Spring time flowers! The Design Team is using Memory Box products this week. You don't have to use them to play along, but we'd love to see how you use them if you have some on hand! 

I had a little bit of fun with the Raindrops Texture stencil from Memory Box on this card, along with the fun new Avery Elle Super die set. I added a Bazzill Vellum heart cut with the Sketch Heart die from Simon Says Stamp. I used my Wink of Stella to add both shadow and shimmer to the edge of the skyline created with the die cut.

The sentiment comes from the Simon Says Stamp Sending and Wishing stamp set (a new MUST HAVE...for reals, though..I love this sentiment set!) and is simply embossed on a little banner at the top of the card. A few small hearts in a bright color finish off the card and add a little punch!

Now it's YOUR turn! One lucky participant in the challenge this week, will win a $50 Gift Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store! You know you want that to be you! You have to enter to win! 

Have a Happy!

Everyone Wants Happiness

Today I have a sympathy card to share with you using some GORGEOUS stamps from Crafter's Companion.  I chose to use the Runway Inspired Challenge as inspiration for this card.  My colors are a bit bolder, but I loved the mix of color, white, and black pops that came from the inspiration photo.  I also liked how elements are a bit here and there, and yet organized at the same time.  Her black shoes grounded the dress perfectly, too.  Awesome!

I used the Stamp It! Australia Birds and Butterflies set with some distress inks and a beautiful sentiment from the Sentimentals Memories are Made set.  I love how beautifully these worked together!



The black mat and sequins added the perfect bit of black grounding in conjunction with the sentiment stamped in black.  I love the color on this, as well.  I splashed a bit of water over the distress inks to give it even more variation and texture.



I heat embossed the butterfly image with white powder and I love how it pops!  It's a fun image to work with.  Sympathy cards aren't always fun to make, but I find that if I have them on hand it's easier than making them when I actually need one.

And with that, I hope you Have a Happy!

April Showers, May Flowers, and All That Jazz

***This is my second post of the day! Please be sure to check out my Just Breath card using a great sketch from Gourmet Rubber Stamps in the post below. Thanks!***


It's time for another Simon Says Stamp Challenge! YAY! Spring is finally here and this week we are celebrating April Showers and Spring Flowers! That's pretty apropos, as the April showers are being displayed prominently in my neck of the woods today! HA! The design team is also playing with Hero Arts goodness today, so, naturally, the samples pretty much ROCK! Just sayin'. Here is the card I created.


WHOA! Pastels and everything, Batman! LOL! I don't work in pastels often, but they are so pretty! I really should. Hmm... note to self. Noted. K. Moving on.... I masked my background stamp and used three different ink colors to create the floral strip in the center of the card. I paper pieced that super cute umbrella and popped it up for a bit of an added smile!


One lucky participant this week will win a $50 Gift Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store! So go ahead! Create your April Showers/Spring Flowers themed card and link it up to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog for a chance to win!


To check out the stamps and other products I used on my card today, check out the links below!

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Simon Says Stamp Thinking of You/Sympathy Challenge

There is a new challenge up over on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog today!  We are inspiring you with beautiful Sympathy and Thinking of You cards.  While sympathy cards aren't always the most fun to make, I find that if I make them when I don't need them so I have them on hand when I DO need them, very pretty cards often result.

I created a simple, pretty floral card to share with you today.



I stamped the background and then paper pieced the flower and leaves, accenting just a bit with a white pen.



One lucky challenge winner will win a $50 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!  YAY!

So head on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog and link up your Sympathy or Thinking of You card to participate in this week's challenge!

The products I have used for my card can be found via the links below!

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