Watercolored Birthday Cards

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Hey everyone! Welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge! Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Anything Goes challenge last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too. This week the challenge is Happy Birthday! I have some fun watercolored birthday cards to share with you!

Simon Says Stamp is celebrating their 7th birthday!!! Of course are party is needed and to help us celebrate in style – Heidi and Simon Says Stamp will be giving away not 1, not 2 but SEVEN $50 gift certificates to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store! YAY!

Of course in honor of this special occasion we are showcasing Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Products! You don’t have to use them to join in with the challenge, but if you have them we would love to see them used!

When I was at Crop on the Cape a few weekends ago I was having fun just playing with different color combos using Distress Inks, Distress Watercolor Cardstock and the “smooching” technique. You smooch a bunch of Distress Ink colors on a craft sheet, spritz with water and then plop your cardstock into it and pick up the color. I just love the results. Its really an easy technique but the results are SO SO SO pretty!

I ended up taking these backgrounds, die-cutting them with Lawn Fawn’s Stitched Rectangle and stamping a variety of the sentiments from Simon Says Stamps Big Birthday Wishes. When I got home I put them on black cardstock card bases and sprinkled them with some Hero Arts Mixed Accents. I ended up with a stack of birthday cards, that didn’t take a whole lot of time to create but I just know their bright colors will bring smiles to the faces of who gets them!

Watercolored Birthday Cards

Here’s a peek at all the color combos I came up with! Aren’t you proud that they aren’t all teals and blues?!?! 🙂

Want to see in person how I created this card?

I shared this card and a watercolored polka dot card on periscope you can watch the broadcast here

• If you are new to Periscope you can see some more information here
• You can see some of my past scopes here

Ok- so now it’s time for YOU to enter the challenge. Remember, Happy Birthday! is the theme so have fun! 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!

Supplies I used are linked below. Click on the picture and you will be taken to the product. I use affiliate links when available which means if you make a purchase I get a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support!

Supplies Used:

Mini Distress Inks	Simon Says Clear Stamps BIG BIRTHDAY WISHES sss101521	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger Ink TDA39549	Lawn Fawn SMALL STITCHED RECTANGLE STACKABLES Lawn Cuts Dies	Lawn Fawn LARGE STITCHED RECTANGLE STACKABLES Lawn Cuts Dies	Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad VF-82
Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET 15 X 18 Reusable NSC20677	Ranger Inkssentials US HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL HIT00471 United States Use	Hero Arts Hues POOL MIXED ACCENTS CH283	Hero Arts SUNSHINE MIXED ACCENTS CH216	Hero Arts EARTH MIXED ACCENTS CH214	Hero Arts NEUTRALS MIXED ACCENTS CH215
Hero Arts SEA MIXED ACCENTS CH213	Hero Arts FLORAL MIXED ACCENTS CH210	Hero Arts BLUSH MIXED ACCENTS CH211	Ranger Surfaces BLACK CARDSTOCK ISB42105	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger 4 Ounces TDA47414

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