Good morning and HAPPY STAMPTEMBER!! It’s finally time! Yay! If you’ve never had the pleasure of experiencing a Simon Says Stamp Stamptember you’re in for a real treat! All month long Simon Says Stamp will be presenting new releases, exclusive limited collaborations, blog hops, giveaways, sales, and more! Plus September is my birthday month so I always feel like Stamptember is an extra special birthday present to me! 😉 The Stamptember release is live so head over and check it out! 😉
I’ll be sharing lots of cards and videos all month long and I’m kicking it off with a rainbow bright card using a background stamp and sentiment set from the Stamptember release!
You can watch the video below or at my Youtube channel!
I just loved that sentiment from Together the moment I saw it and thought it was perfect in light of everything going on in the world these days. And I love the concept of this grid stamp (and all the stamp sets that go with it) and just thought it would be fun to start off with some simple distress ink watercoloring!
I started by stamping the Grid Play Grid stamp on distress watercolor paper with versamark and heat-embossing it with white embossing powder. I only inked the corner of the stamp to add some interest to the edge of the eventual watercoloring. Then I taped it to a hard board and smooshed distress inks in picked raspberry, festive berries, ripe persimmon, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron, salty ocean, and seedless preserves onto my craft mat and wet the watercolor paper. I used a damp paintbrush to add distress ink to my wet background to create a soft blend of colors. But I made sure to clean my paintbrush between colors to keep it nice and rainbow bright!
I added two layers of color, drying between each layer and then set it aside to dry. Once it was totally dry I added splatters of black distress ink and then let that dry while I worked on the sentiment. I stamped the sentiment from Together onto black cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder before trimming it down to a label. I added a layer of foam mounting tape to the back of the sentiment and then added a tangle of silver metallic thread. Then I put a second layer of foam mounting tape on the sentiment and adhered it to the card. I like separating the thread from the sentiment and the card panel with foam tape because it gives it a little more dimension and movement. Finally I added a sprinkling of sparkling clear sequins and a few dots of nuvo crystal glaze!
To celebrate my birthday I have several giveaways planned all month long on my blog, youtube channel, and instagram so make sure to subscribe to my blog and youtube channel and follow me on instagram for details! I’d like to celebrate some of the wonderful companies that I’m honored to work with and today’s giveaway is all about Simon Says Stamp! I’ll be choosing one winner to receive a Stamptember release product of your choice so leave me a comment and let me know what you’d like to add to your stash! If you’ve already purchased the item by the time the giveaway closes I’ll just send you a SSS gift certificate for $15! This giveaway will close on 11:59PM ET on September 7th and the winner will be announced on September 8th!
Thanks so much for visiting and have a wonderful day!
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Oh. Wow, the colors on the grid are stunning!
Your fun cards always lift my spirits! I love the bold-brightness of this one!
Happy Birthday Month! 🙂 I have to go hop along to see all the inspiration before I can pick a favorite.
I love this card. I would have never thought of using the grid stamp that way. Just beautiful. YOu are so kind to offer a giveaway. I would love to add the kaleidoscope leaf stamp to my stash.
I am not sure what item I would like at this point because I just started on the hop. I think the embossing plate looked really cool. Happy Birthday!!!
Just added your blog to my Feedly–love your projects! I really love this new release–hard to pick a favorite, but think #1 will be the Grid Background. Wishing you a happy birthday month & thank you for your generosity!
Love the grid design.
The colors are great.
thanks for sharing.
OK, I saw this video yesterday! You are also the first person I’ve seen use the grid stamp which naturally appeals to the nerd in me, and you gave me the perfect excuse to buy it by making it beautiful! thank you!! mwah!
Thank you Jessica for this chance! I love the new SSS release! My fav is the Holiday Tree Medallion stencil!
Awesome card!!! Love your colouring!!!
I love the rainbow colors but yet the simplicity of the card. As always a beautiful card!
I LOVE the design of this colorful card – just gorgeous:)
I love the watercolor rainbow of colors on this card! So vibrant! I’m a sucker for cute little critters so I love the Forever Friends stamp set. Those little cuddle bunnies are so stinkin’ cute!❤️🐰
Beautiful graphic design and bold color choices. Beautiful.
I love many of the products in the Stamptember release, but my favorite is the Ornate stamp and the You gift this stamp set. The sentiments on this set are beautiful.
I love these awesome creations! My fave is the rainbow grid. I need those stamps & stencil.
I love your new release and the inspiration too! They are all on my Wish List!!
This is a great card. I love the cheerful bright Colors. About your giveaway question, I’d rather let you choose because I’m a beginner so I need a lot of things (inks pads and liquid, watercolour, alcohol markers, stamps, dies, etc…). So you’ll judge what you think could be the more useful for me. Thanks for your generosity and sorry for my bad English….
I love your card and the technique video is terrific!
I really liked your card. Love the grid patten.
I love your card ! Thank you for the clear video with great tips, such as using a scrap box when you add the splatters (I never thought of that); the 2 layers of foam; and the idea of only using a corner of the background stamp.
What a great release ! The kaleidoscope background stamp is my favourite. Thank you for your generous give-away. Good luck to all of us.
Happy-Birthay-wishes from Belgium,
Lieve
I really like how you used the grid stamp on the background. Fabulous idea! So far, the Ornate Background stamp is my favorite, but that’s changing rapidly! LOL Happy Birthday!
I would love to use the carol singers stamps on Christmas cards this year! Thanks for the wonderful giveaway!
I love the look of the card you’ve made here. The white space really makes all of the colours pop!
Happy Birthday to you! Really like this card, the rainbow (I’m a sucker for rainbows) but the fact that you only did a corner and left a lot of white space and the sentiment is a real winner!
I love that Together stamp set as well! And I agree with you, it really is what we need more of right now! This set is one my wishlist!
Love your bight colors on the clear embossed grid! Fun!