Fall is Coming Super Sale!

Hi friends!  Fall is just around the corner, so I'm here with a card that practically put itself together, and another great Stamp Simply promo!  

Shop now to July 31st for Fall stamps, dies, and papers.

This paper pack from Doodlebug has a few printed tags and one was the perfect size for this sentiment from our Give Thanks set.   The tag would make the perfect bookmark, so I gave it a ribbon treatment that would work well for that purpose.  

Just a stamp or two, a few quick slices of designer paper, a swipe of glue and a few colors and this card's all done!  

The inside has a pop of Fall colors that harmonize with the colors in the designer paper.  

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Give Thanks
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Seasonal Wreaths, Fall/Winter
• Doodlebug Design Pumpkin Spice - 6x6
• May Arts 5/8" Twill - 30 Yard Spool - Orange
• May Arts Burlap String - 400 Yard Spool - Natural
• Copic markers
• dimensional adhesive
• mono multi glue

Ephemera Queen, May Arts, and Stamp Simply

 

Today's Stamp Simply project showcases May Arts ribbon, and we're having a sale!  

Now through July 25th, May Arts spools are 25% off at Stamp Simply!

I love layering beautiful ribbon colors, textures, and colors...May Arts makes it easy!

The ink blot designer paper has hints of copper and so I used Delicata copper ink to stamp the sentiments inside and out. They're from one of our new floral stamp sets.  

I also splattered diluted Delicata copper ink onto the inside and onto the card front because it helps to make the separate elements feel more cohesive.

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Pretty Poppies
• Luxury Pearlescent Metallic 105# Cardstock - Copper 6 ct
• Delicata Non-Tarnishing Ink Pad - Celestial Copper
• Craft Consortium Ink Drops Candy 6x6
• Graphic 45 Ephemera Queen - 8x8
• May Arts 5/8" Twill - 30 Yard Spool - Yellow
• May Arts 1" Grosgrain w/Satin Edge - 30 Yard Spool - Turquoise
• Petaloo Botanica Minis - Fuchsia
• Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Rhinestones - Light Pink
• Stick Pins by Darsie - Shabby Chic Collection - Yellow
• Zig Wink of Stella Brush - Gold Glitter Marker
• Zig Wink of Stella Brush - Clear Glitter Marker
• tulle scraps
• mono multi adhesive
• dimensional adhesives

Christmas in July: Glad Tidings

 

Hello everyone!

How often does December come and you have yet to start/much less finish your Christmas cards?  Our Stamp Simply team is providing some Christmas in July inspiration, and there's even extra motivation in the form of a sale!  

Take advantage of the sale to get all that you need to get started and finish early!

My simple, very traditional Christmas card uses two of our Christmas stamp sets and one die along with some sweet Christmas designer paper by Echo Park.

Inside, there's a silhouette manger scene along with one of my favorite Christmas verses...I can never read it without silently singing it Messiah chorus-style!

Supplies:

• Echo Park Silent Night - 6x6
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Christmas Joy
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Merry Christmas
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Merry Christmas
• Spellbinders Nestabilities - Standard Ovals SM
• Spellbinders Nestabilities - Standard Ovals LG
• Delicata Non-Tarnishing Ink Pad - Golden Glitz
• Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Pearls - Latte
• mono multi glue
• dimensional adhesives

Inspired by Tour de France

It's Tour de France (and also Tour de Fleece!) and today's Stamp Simply project is inspired by the race!  This Kaisercraft designer paper is perfect for the biking theme with bikes, chains, gears, etc.  

Kaisercraft papers are on sale this week!  

This paper pad has lots of printed punch outs so I used one of those and added our "The Sky's the Limit" sentiment for a very quick and easy finish!

Inside I used a sheet of the same lined paper, edge-punched with a notebook punch, for more inspirational words about reaching your goals.  

With very little stamping and no die-cutting, this card was finished in record-breaking time but did not skimp on style!  

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Graduation Sentiments
• Kaisercraft Workshop - 6.5x6.
• May Arts Burlap String - 400Yard Spool - Natural
• Original Bow Easy
• gems
• distress oxide ink
• tiny stapler
• notebook punch
• mono multi glue
• dimensional adhesive dots

Hope

Hi friends!  Today's Stamp Simply project features some beautiful new Graphic 45 designer paper and a stamp set from our Faith-Hope-Love series.  So often their paper is just too beautiful to cover up and I find myself turning toward a super simple layout with few embellishments, which is, of course, great for a masculine card!  

It just so happened that this compass ended up almost perfectly centered on the front of the card, so I decided to put a rhinestone there to draw the eye.  

I chose to stamp a single word, HOPE, onto a strip of boardwalk paper and to embellish it with a tiny anchor punched from one of the designer prints.  There's a little loop of silver cording knotted around the anchor in keeping with the sailing/anchored theme.

The inside portrays an image of a safe harbor with a verse about hope from Lamentations.  

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Hope
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Fishtail Sentiment Banners
• Spellbinders Nestabilities - Standard Circles SM
• Graphic 45 Catch of the Day - 8x8
• May Arts Metallic String - 300 Yard Spool - Silver
• rhinestone
• distress ink
• 1/2 inch circle punch
• mono multi glue
• dimensional adhesive dots

Let Freedom Ring!

If you're crafting last-minute in the good ole US of A, there's still time to squeeze in one more patriotic card before the 4th arrives! Today's project is a mash-up of quite a few of the patriotic sets and dies that we have at Stamp Simply.  

I had just a few scraps of gold mirror card stock left, so I cut out as many stars as I could fit, some out of necessity hanging off the edge of the paper, but they work to frame the flag and really stand out against the darker red and blue card stock.  I love that little hint of gold text stamped onto the red background, not enough to interfere with the focal point, but just enough to be visible if you look closely.

The inside includes stamped and die-cut stars, and a sentiment that brings the rest of the Pledge of Allegiance to mind. 

Although not completely flat, this card is squishy and without jewels, so it would be a great one for mailing! 

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - The Red, White & Blue Bundle
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Patriotic Bundle TRIO
• Spellbinders Stars Five
• Bazzill Mirror Cardstock - 8.5 x 11 - Gold - 6 ct
• Delicata Non-Tarnishing Ink Pad - Golden Glitz
• gold fine detail embossing powder (used only on "Let Freedom Ring" on the darker paper)
• Copic markers
• Mono muiti glue
• dimensional adhesive dots

Welcome Baby! (new stamps and dies)

At Stamp Simply we've just released the most adorable trio of sentiments and dies to welcome baby!  I just love seeing wee babies all dressed up in cute holiday attire!  (My parents brought me home from the hospital on the 4th of July so you can see where I'm coming from!).  That's what inspired today's project, a 5.5 inch square card.

The new release includes Welcome Baby sentiment stamps set, Welcome Baby Basics dies, and our Baptism, Dedication, Confirmation, 1st Communion set.  They are available individually and in duo and trio bundles.  

I used quite a few of the dies in Welcome Baby Basics along with several larger star dies from Spellbinders.  The onesie is so cute with little stitching details, and there are small dies that fit inside the bib too!  Little hearts, flowers, or stars and more!  

There are a variety of sentiments that can be used individually or in combination with one another.  This one fit perfectly in a Spellbinders star.

I kept this card gender-neutral which works well when the parents-to-be have not yet made their ultrasound results public, but there are a couple of baby boy and baby girl sentiments in the bundle if you'd rather make your card gender-specific.  

There are SO many darling embellishments to choose from!  I decided to go a bit retro with the safety pins!  I cut two from scraps of pearlescent paper and two from red paper, trimming and splicing them together.  

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Welcome Baby Bundle
• Carta Bella God Bless America - 6x6
• Luxury Pearlescent Metallic 105# Cardstock - Silver 6 ct
• Spellbinders Stars Five
• Delicata Non-Tarnishing Ink Pad - Golden Glitz
• glue
• dimensional adhesive

Beautiful New Stamp Simply Florals!

 

Hello everyone!  Stamp Simply has had some wonderful new stamps released recently, and today's post is all about our beautiful new florals, Pretty Poppies and Delightful Dahlias!  I've made a fraternal pair of business-envelope sized cards featuring these sets with a single two-sided sheet of designer paper from the Craft Consortium Farm Meadow paper pad.  

Poppies always make me think of our veterans, and so I've colored these the traditional red and embellished them with a bold red ribbon.

I pulled colors from the petite print for the colors of the leaves, and the Kraft background paper.

Here's what the inside looks like.  "Just Because" is such a great sentiment!  

The dahlias card is made with the flip side scrap of that same sheet of designer paper, but drawing from the softer colors.  

That little bit of white around the edge of the die-cut floral helps it to stand out against the Kraft background.  The sentiment is stamped directly on the card with fewer layers, framed by a few leaves.

Inside is ultra clean and simple.  That expanse of empty white lends to that feeling of "emptiness without you" that goes along with this sentiment.  

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Pretty Poppies Bundle
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Delightful Dahlias Bundle
• Craft Consortium Farm Meadow 6x6
• Spellbinders Nestabilities - Standard Ovals SM
• Spellbinders Nestabilities - Standard Ovals LG
• Canvas ribbon
• Memento Full Size Dye Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black
• Rhinestones
• Copic markers

Flag JOY Fold Card

 

Hello friends!  Here in the United States we just celebrated Memorial Day, so I'm bringing another patriotic card your way. This one is made following Beate's JOY fold card tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers.

Here is a close-up of Stamp Simply's new flag stamp.  (I love our other flag stamp too, but this one is a more traditional, classic design).  

Here's what the card looks like opened.

The dimensions of this JOY fold design are just perfect for displaying this text cloud stamp from our new stamp set!

And here's a look at the other side, with the stars and dies from our Patriotic Trio bundle.

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - The Red, White & Blue Bundle
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Patriotic Bundle TRIO
• Carte Bella God Bless America 6 x 6 paper pad
• Memento Full Size Dye Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black
• May Arts Metallic String - 300 Yard Spool - Gold
• Copic markers
• distress inks

New Graduation Dies!

I'm back today with more news from Stamp Simply!  

We have new dies for our graduation sets!  Yay!  Right in time for the upcoming season!

I love how sharp that contrasting die-cut sentiment looks! 

This "The Sky is the Limit" sentiment is one of my favorites and always makes me think of the moment that they all throw their caps into the air!  Such elation!  (The sky background was sponged with pale blue ink and a scallop edged circle used as a mask).

The diploma die cut looks great with a few added details, and it's really easy to do!  I added shading with some Copic greys and then sketched in a few lines (using the embossing as guidelines) with an HB pencil...so if you make a mistake you can just erase 'em and try again!

Supplies:  

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Graduation Sentiments
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Congrats Grad
• Spellbinders Nestabilities - Standard Ovals SM
• Spellbinders Nestabilities - Standard Ovals LG
• Echo Park Coffee and Friends - 6x6
• Zig Wink of Stella Brush - Clear Glitter Marker
• Zig Wink of Stella Brush - Gold Glitter Marker
• VersaFine Ink Pad - Onyx Black
• Copic markers
• HB pencil

Remember, blog hop prize winners will be announced this evening on the Stamp Simply blog, so watch for that!