I am back with a Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge card! Thank you for joining us for the Anything Goes challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too. This week the challenge is Tie It Up! You can use ribbon, twine or anything you can think of to add a knot or bow and remember you can enter up to 5 times! 🙂
We are showcasing Paper Smooches Products this week. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used. As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store.
For this challenge I decided to play with Paper Smooches Group Hugs Clear Stamp Set. I just love all the sentiments in this set. Since it was hard to pick just one, I made a set of 3 cards 🙂
SHOCKER! I played with watercoloring 🙂 I started by cutting out 3 Lawn Fawn stitched squares out of Distress Watercolor Cardstock. I then white embossed the sentiments and hearts on each panel.
Then the fun part 🙂 I wanted to play with some of the newer Distress Colors so I picked out Mermaid Lagoon, Cracked Pistachio and Abandoned Coral. I smooched the ink (one at a time) on my Craft Sheet, spritzed the color with water to make it a pool of color and then pressed the Stitched Square into the color. I then heat set it, and follow the steps again to add layers.
The white embossing will repel the ink and create a resist.
Once all three panels were watercolored I cut out 4.25×4.25 squares out of gold glitter paper. I wrapped some ribbon around the stitched square panels and tied it into a knot. Those that take my classes know we rarely make bows- too much work LOL!
I then just put all the pieces together and before I knew it I had 3 encouragement cards! 🙂
Ok- so now it’s time for YOU to enter the challenge. Remember, Tie It Up! is the theme so have fun and create whatever inspires YOU! Just by playing along and linking up your project to the SSS Wednesday Challenge post you can qualify to enter a $50 shopping voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.
Also if you are on instagram tag your photo with #ssswchallenge 🙂
There will be ONE lucky winner that will be chosen at random, it could be you!
I really hope to see some of my blog readers join in on all the fun and play along with the challenge. I can’t wait to stop by some of your blogs and take a peek at what you have made. Have a wicked fun time creating!
You’ve inspired me again–LOVE these!
love love love these!
Fabulous cards, love all the different sentiments and colour ways.
luv
Debby
I love these, what a beautiful set. I really love the smooshed colours and the sparkly backing makes them pop. You are making me want to play along..but I am on a challenge break…Cx
Those backgrounds are SO beautiful, Jenn! Nice resist technique card. Love it.
Hugs!
Gayatri
Very pretty. Love the glitter border. Hugz
Beautiful cards Jenn, love these, right up my street and fab take on the challenge too Karen
awesome Jenn, I luv the watercolor background! hope you have a FAB weekend!
sparkle & shine *~*
Stunning trio, Jenn! The glitter background edging really packs a punch too!!
*mwah*
Steph
Simon Says Stamp!
Such an adorable set! Love the gold glitter backer too!!!
Ooops Jenn, I’m rushing to get through my commenting and mixing all up – sorry!!!
Heather
gorgeous…I think I like the green best, but they’re all beautiful and glittery!
Gorgeous cards Virginia, fabulous glittered background and super stunning colours!!
hugs
Heather xx
WOW – these are beautiful and what a special, encouraging set of cards!! So positive, so bright and so uplifting!! I am impressed with how you made these and I think I might give this a try!! Thank you for being awesome!!! Have a wonderfully happy day!!
Gorgeous designs, Jenn! They are really stunning with the glittered background!
Hey! These look familiar! They are gorgeous! 🙂
Beautiful cards Jenn! Love the glittery backgrounds! Really makes them pop!!
hugs…
Those are ABBBBBSOLUTELY beautiful! Love how “simple” they are, yet so eyecatching and beautiful! It’s a tricky thing, to make CAS-cards pop like this, but you nailed it! 😀