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Watercolored Birthday Cards

04/6/2016

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Time for a NEW Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

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!

Happy 7th Birthday Simon Says Stamp | shurkus.com

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!

Simon Says Stamp, 7th birthday gift certificate giveaway!!!

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!

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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!

Happy 7th Birthday Simon Says Stamp | shurkus.com

Big Birthday Wishes, Simon Says Stamp

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!

Happy 7th Birthday Simon Says Stamp | shurkus.com

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?!?! 🙂

Watercolored Birthday Cards | shurkus.com

Want to see in person how I created this card?

creative chick, jenn shurkus on periscope | shurkus.com

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.

#ssswchallenge on Instagram

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!

Simon Says Stamp, 7th birthday gift certificate giveaway!!!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!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog

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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  1. Helen Gullett says

    April 28, 2016 at 7:58 pm

    LOVE these cards you created with smooshing technique. The colors are beautiful and so unique.

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  2. Michelle Downie says

    April 18, 2016 at 6:49 pm

    Need the ink colors please. Love these and this technique is so fun!

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  3. Jeanne Jordan says

    April 7, 2016 at 2:27 pm

    Great idea for cards… and fairly easy! Thanks for the idea. I’m definitely putting some birthday cards up this week. Always like entering SSS challenges.

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  4. Kate Dykstra says

    April 7, 2016 at 1:10 pm

    So pretty – and what a fabulous idea to have a set from which to choose. Birthday cards are always needed!

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  5. caryn says

    April 7, 2016 at 8:17 am

    Great cards Jenn – love those bold backgrounds!

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  6. Aileen says

    April 7, 2016 at 12:14 am

    Brilliant set of cards Jenn, love all those wonderful colours.

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  7. Deepa Lakshman says

    April 6, 2016 at 10:10 pm

    Love your watercoloring. I hope mine looks as lovely as yours.

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  8. Stephanie says

    April 6, 2016 at 5:21 pm

    Loving your bold use of color with bold sentiments!! What a gorgeous boxed set 😀

    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

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  9. Heather says

    April 6, 2016 at 2:32 pm

    A set of gorgeous card Jenn, lovelu watergoloured background with super colours and fabulous details and sentiment !!!

    hugs
    Heather xx

    Reply

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