stencils – A Red Letter Day

Spring has arrived and what better way to celebrate than with an adorable Easter card? Simon Says Stamp’s Rain or Shine release is filled with fresh, cheerful products perfect for the season! Today I am sharing a card that features some of my favorites from the collection.

This card features the Darling Duckling wafer dies and the Argyle Builder stencil set. The Darling Duckling is the star of this card. It was so easy to die cut and now the dies have no tabs to snip. That is such a great feature!

The soft, textured background, created by using the 3 piece Argyle Builder stencil is giving this card a classic, Springy look. Stenciling is a fun and simple technique that always gives great results.

I also used the following Simon Says Products:

~Hippity Hoppity stamps and dies (sentiment)

~Spring Time Celebration Plate (floral accents)

~Seafoam and Surf Pawsitively Saturated Inks

Combining all of these products made the sweetest Easter card.

Have you started making your Easter cards yet? Be sure to check out the entire release: https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/collections/rain-or-shine

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The Kisses release from Simon Says Stamp is now available. And it sure is fun! I created two projects using the brand new Slay die set.

I stepped out of my comfort zone a bit and created this fun card. To start, I ink blended the following Distress Oxides onto a white, 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch panel: Kitsch Flamingo, Carved Pumpkin, and Squeezed Lemonade. The stencil I used was the Dare2BArtzy Sunburst Stencil. Next, I shifted the stencil and put Ranger Stickles Glitter Gel in Nebula onto the paper. I am absolutely in love with how this turned out! And to be honest, I’m not much of a sparkle girl, but this worked beautifully. That glitter gel is gorgeous!

Next, I die cut the shadow for the sentiment out of white cardstock. Then, I die cut the sentiment pieces twice out of bright pink cardstock. I adhered the letters to the shadow piece and then layered on the rest of the die cuts. I added white craft foam to the back of my die cut sentiment to add dimension, and adhered it to my background. Lastly, I adhered it to an A2 cardbase. How fun is this card?

For my second project, I created a full card front shaker. I generally do not have good luck with shaker cards, but this one turned out cute. It was my first time doing this type of shaker.

To create my card, I made the die cut sentiment exactly as I did for my first card. I like the added dimension from stacking additional letters on top of each other. I cut a piece of patterned cardstock (Lawn Fawn’s Hello Sunshine Remix 6×6 Paper Pack) to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Then, I cut acetate with Picket Fence Studio’s Full Card Front Shaker Die. I adhered 3 of the 4 sides to the back of my patterned background. Next, I added Trinity Stamps Rainbow Sherbert Stars and a sprinkle of gold bits from Honey Bee Stamps and sealed the last edge of the shaker. I glued the sentiment to the center of the acetate window and adhered the whole shaker to an A2 cardbase.