Bunnies are Peeps

 I played some with the March Card Kit from Simon Says Stamp.  I tried for 8 cards, but ran out of ideas and seriously trashed one card base. I don't want to copy the examples they send, so sometimes this is such a difficult thing to accomplish.

In addition to the kit contents, I also used a tag die and stamps from PTI, Lawn Fawn's grassy border die and Pretty Pink Posh's Storybook 1 die and a Simons Scalloped Border die.

I have to admit to majorly crushing on that pastel plaid!  I actually cut it to use the other side, and when I turned it over...well plans do change.

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Round two with the Kit

I had several more thank you cards to make, so I went back to the January Simon Says Stamp card kit.  I used white card bases and the card kit contents supplemented by a Simon Says Stamp Thanks die, a Winnie and Walter Thanks Cutaway(die) and some Close to my Heart glitter tape.  I am much happier with this set of cards than the  first digging into this kit posted here.  I think this is a record for me, 10 cards from one kit and I still have lots of paper, snowflakes tape, and glitter dots left over.

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Flurry of Thanks

Hello 2016!  Tonight I worked on a new blog header, I wanted some thing a bit cleaner.  I played in Photoshop, and then asked hubs his opinion...he made a few suggestions and I incorporated them. I value his opinion, he has a good eye for balance.

After almost a month of no crafting, I needed to make some thank you's. I wasn't sure where to start, so I opened the January Simon Says Stamp Card Kit.  I haven't purchased on for quite a while, but I fell in love with the colors and images of  this set a few weeks ago.  Tonight...I had no idea where to begin.  I didn't just want to case the samples.   It's a start...(I think I probably just want to color and that's why I had a tough time getting going!)

Here are 4 of the cards I made with the kit. 

Last spring we had to have a few trees removed from the back yard; they were leaning precariously and hubs feared they might fall unexpectedly in a heavy rain.  As one looked to be headed towards my crafty space, I was glad he got it done. 

The wood piece above, was a slice from one of the trees.  Hubs had it leveled, and sealed for me as a Christmas gift.  He knows I was tired of using paper as my photo base on cards.  I got a marble piece this fall, and I am thrilled to have this nice wood piece too.(Thank you hon!)  Now I have two to choose from!  

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Last of the Kit cards

My fifth card from the kit (I could so make lots more, love these papers and stamps) uses distress inks to create a summery backdrop.

 I had sent this off to my Dad before taking a picture, but he sent me one when it arrived. Yea Dad!

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Life Saver

For this Simon Says Stamp July kit card, I added the Super Geo Tag for a focal point and a few die cut starts from the holiday shapes die.

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Happy Thoughts

Card #3 from the Simon Says Stamp July Kit. I wanted some thing a bit girly but still nautical.
I used watercolor for a softer background.

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Sail with me

My second card from the July Simon Says Stamp kit:

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Anchors and Stripes

This week I am tackling the July Simon Says Stamp card kit.  Its got wonderful nautical papers and stamps.
I added a couple of other Simon Says Stamp items to make this card, stitched circles, Flag on a Line and Flag card dies.  This series of cards are all A1 or 4 Bar sized cards.

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Happy Birthday

Here is the second card from the June SSS card kit.  I added the "birthday" from Simon's Handwritten Sentiments.  The cupcake sticker started out as a snow cone, but a cupcake fit my design better so I snipped the end off.

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The Sun is Out

I subscribe to the Simon Says Stamp card kit, but I am selective on the months I choose to purchase.  I really liked the Smile die included in the June kit, so I purchased it.

Then it arrived, and I had a heck of a time trying to figure out what to do with it.  And it sat, and sat, over the weekend I finally I decided to tackle it.  The kit has great papers, card bases, cute epoxy stickers and some great words and a fabulous sun image in the Happy and Smile stamp set.


I sat down and made four cards, here is the first:

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Smile

Here is my fourth and last card from the June Simon Says Stamp card kit.

To the kit items I added the Super Geo Tag die cut and a sentiment from the Happy Every Day stamp set.

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Another Birthday

My third card from the June SSS card kit:

I added the Birthday circle sentiment die, the Sizzix Large Polka Dots embossing folder and a stitched banner from Pretty Pink Posh. I really love this combination of green and gold. The gold embellies are wood veneer pieces heat embossed with gold EP.

I am also entering this to CSSC#7. I took a liberty or two, but its there.

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Paris

Paris, have you been there?  I was once there in my youth for about 17 hours; we ran and walked all over the city for the day and most of the night. We saw many of the attractions there, but missed out on the Louvre, it was closed that day. 

A good friend of mine is also quite fond of Paris, and when I think of Paris I remember how she loved the trip she took with her daughter several years ago. When I got the March Simon Says Stamp card kit with all its wonderful yellow's, gray's and springtime Paris feel...I knew I had to make her a card.

I used the stamp and one of the papers in the kit, a scrap of yellow paper and some black seam binding ribbon. The kit also contains a die which is a line of round holes, I used them to thread my ribbon.  I stamped a bit of tone on tone for the card base just to provide a bit of texture. I also stamped the flowers in Lemon Yellow Hero Arts ink onto the paper, along with a bit of soft granite and Lawn Fawn black licorice. I used  a pierced rectangle die from MFT to isolate my image and stamped "Friend".

The inside has another stamp from the set "you've been on  my mind" along with the flower images. I think she will enjoy the card.

Thinking of you thanks

The colors in the Simon Says Stamp January card kit, seem so made for masculine cards to me. Maybe it is just the wintery darkness of the patterned papers. I love them and am  having a good time playing with them. My next card, is also a thank you card -- for my Dad.  I am always thinking about him too, so it is a two-fer card with a surprise in side...sincere thanks for a wonderful holiday.

A very simple card to make, but I need simple since I haven't done much card making since mid December.

The sentiment is stamped in white pigment ink, and then heat embossed with white powder. I added 5 more snowflakes to the front with white stamping and embossing.  I needed just a bit more, so I pulled out new but forgotten and never used  wood snowflake pieces.

Once the front panel was done I mounted it to the white card base, added a strip of the same paper inside, stamped thank you so much inside and called it a day.

My Dad will love the card.  During my visit I noticed he has my recent cards all hanging on the refrigerator doors. He made a point of telling me he had gotten additional magnet clips...I think he was hinting for more cards!

I am entering this card to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Something New .
The card kit is new to me, and this is the first time I have stamped and embossed on to patterned paper.

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Supplies:
Cardstock - Neenah Aspen White 110 lb
Patterned Paper - Bo Bunny Altitude 6x6 pad
Ink- Simon Says Stamp white pigment ink, Versafine smokey grey (interior sentiment)
Wood Veneer - Lawn Fawn Snowflakes
White Embossing Powder

Sending Happy Thoughts

Okay, I admit...I love getting that Simon Says Stamp monthly card kit box on my doorstep. I love opening it up and taking a close look at all those fun papers, stamps and other goodies.  Then I try out the stamps making sure I get a good image from each, then stamps are cleaned and then box sits on my shelf. 

I have made it a priority to start playing with these goodies.  You can see my cards from previous kits by clicking on my sidebar label listing for Simon Says Stamp Card Kit.

I have to say this month's (July) is my favorite!  I was up late making cards last night, and back at it this morning early...7:30 am. Had insomnia, went to sleep at 2:30 and was up at 4 and 5:30. I gave up at 7:30.

The kit reminded me of my Mom pulling out the old airmail paper that was so very thin; and writing letters to our relatives in Europe. So with happy memories of my Mom, I set to work to make some quick but fun cards.

This kit has such a fun mix of papers, stamps and embellishments! The embellishments are puffy vinyl stickers and are adorable.  I only added a few bits not in the kit. I even made a few embellishments, and will enter one card to the SSS Monday Challenge, Start from Scratch.

I have a lot of cards...

1.This one I just matted the sticker on navy cardstock. Embossed the sentiment below with white HA embossing powder.

2. Simply a matted sentiment with a cute puffy envelope raised on foam adhesive.

3. This one, I had stamped and the greeting and added a smaller greeting below which got lost in the dots. So time to make a matted sentiment. I like that it stands out with the matting and the patterned paper orientation is switched. That hello circle is stamped, and covered with glossy accents so that it too has dimension along with the two puffy stickers. This one I am entering to the challenge.

4.I kinda fell in love with the navy paper with the tiny heart dots, had to make this little flag. Seemed perfect for that sticker.

5. This one has lots of flat hearts clear embossed, and one puffy sticker heart along with the puffy envelope.

6.The small stamped, wink of stella gilded and glossy accented floating envelopes were quick to make, and I let them dry overnight (short night though it was.)

7. A window card with some glitter paper surrounding the window. The typewriter inside is a puffy sticker and I added letter stickers from a previous kit for the "hi".

8.This was the last card I made. I so wanted to used that sending my love sticker, but had a hard time coming up with a plan.  Then I decided on lots of romantic red envelopes to represent lots of love being sent. Some are flat and some are on foam tape.

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Another Kit afternoon

I spent another afternoon making cards, this time from the Simon Says Stamp June Kit.  I love the stamps in this kit, they are fun and girly!

  

 

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Some Kit Time

I started subscribing to the Simon Says Stamp monthly card kits in February.  I am so far behind in playing with them, so I made a concentrated effort to make some cards.  I did manage to make cards with the March kit (posted here)  and the April kit (posted here)while tele-crafting with my scrapping buddy in California.

Here are cards I made with the May kit. All papers and stamps are from the kit.

 

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Tele- Crafting Again

My friend and I tele-crafted again. This time I only produced 2 cards...I kept futzing with the first one and it took my mojo away.  I also had some problems with the stamp not stamping clearly. The font is so fine that the stamp did not form fully. (SSS is sending me a replacement. They rock the customer service.)

All papers and stamps are from the March Simon Says Stamp card kit, I added some Hero Arts embossing powders and some enamel dots from Doodlebug.

 

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Happy Birthday

A birthday card for a blogging friend, whom I "met" through the Hero Arts Flickr group. Happy Birthday!

The card front and part of the interior were sponged with Spiced Marmalade and Worn Lipstick distress inks. I used paper from the Simon Says Stamp Feb Card kit, as well as the flower stamp from the Thinking of You stamp set included in the kit. The sentiment is Simon Says Stamp Happy Every Day stamp set.

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