Simon Says Stamp’s Monday and Wednesday Challenge to use a new product

Simon Says Stamp’s Monday and Wednesday Challenges are both to use a new product. I went a bit crazy with buying myself crafty Christmas presents. One of my favorite new items is the beautiful Memory Box Collage die set that includes the Evergreen Sky, Lamplight Tree, Tall Fir, and Small Pine Tree dies. It makes for such a pretty winter scene! Card supplies are listed in the photo caption. Hope you can start 2021 off right and get some crafty time in!

I used the Memory Box’s Evergreen Sky Collage, Lamplight Tree Collage, Tall Fir Collage, and Small Pine Tree Collage dies to make this dimensional card. I originally cut all of the layers from white cardstock but wanted more drama so ended up coloring the layers with Copics. The benefit with doing it this way is that I could the range of color saturation but still use a consistent color tint. I assembled the layers with foam tape to get more dimension, sprinkled pearlescent watercolor over assembled product. The last step was to die cut a banner from black cardstock using Simon Says Small Folded Banners die and stamp the warmest wishes sentiment from Papertrey’s Cup of Cheer stamp set.

Papertrey’s Create Along With Us: May and Simon Says Monday Challenge – Stencils

Love when I can come up with one card that works for two challenges, Papertrey’s Create Along With Us: May and Simon Says Monday Challenge to use stencils and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge to use stencils.  I was inspired by the baby cards with the cute new elephant stamp set from Papertrey’s May release.  I wanted to use a stencil for the Simon Says challenge and the polka dot stencil mirrored the giraffe image perfectly.  Hope you are having  a great weekend!  Supplies are listed below.

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White (Papertrey Ink); Hibiscus Burst (Papertrey Ink)
• Stamps: Sweet Baby (Papertrey Ink); Storybook (Avery Elle)
• Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine); Wet Cement (Hero Arts); Hibiscus Burst (Papertrey Ink)
• Dies: Onesie Shape-Up die (Papertrey); Sweet Baby die (Papertrey Ink); Small Folded Banner die (Simon Says Stamp);
• Accessories: stencil (Heidi Swapp); Strawberry twine (The Twinery); Pearlescent Embossing Paste (Dreamweaver);