Happy Summer, everyone! I am currently trying very hard to adjust to the very hot Phoenix weather (it was 121 degrees the other day), spending a lot of time indoors with the AC on and thus doing a ton of stamping! So happy there’s new release from Simon – lots of fabulous goodies to play with!
In case you missed my previous post featuring Simon’s Dancing Fruits stamp set you can find it here, there’s also a quick technique video.
Today I’d like to share two cards using the most hilarious Fingerprint Doodles stamp set. I have one card done in pinks and yellows and one in blues and grays.
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CARD DETAILS
I started working on this card by stamping flamingos in black ink. I started at the very top and moved down on my panel stamping a row after row. I tried to keep everything evenly spaced, but since I was just eyeballing my stamping it’s a bit off in a few sections.
Next I picked out a few colors of ink to color my flamingos with the little fingerprint stamps included in this set. I love that there’s more than one fingerprint, there are 5 prints and that makes stamping a multicolor pattern like this much easier. The colors of inks I used are: Sunshine, Stone, Watermelon, Hollyhock and Magnolia. The new, watermelon, color add a nice touch to this card.
I foam mounted my stamped pattern onto an A2 top folding note card (I trimmed my panel to 4 x 5 1/4″) and added 3 black sentiment strips that read “Be Yourself”. I didn’t want to use any other stamp set to complete this card, so to make the sentiment take more space I stamped it 3 times and foam mounted onto my project. Lastly, I added black enamel dots using Nuvo Drops in black.
Here’s another card I made using this stamp set – I picked out a few animals, enough to fill the entire row and mounted them onto a clear block. Next, I stamped them going from the bottom up – some rows I stamped in full, some left partially blank to be able to include “One Of A Kind” sentiment.
I used Stone, Orange Slush, Sunshine and Deep Sea to “color” my critters, added a white heat embossed sentiment and black enamel dots.
MORE INSPIRATION
Looking for more inspiration? Check out my post & video tutorial from a few days ago:
I have a technique-only video tutorial focusing on the stamping part of above card. Watch it below or on my Youtube channel.
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BLOG HOP
Join us for a fun-filled blog hop!
Simon Says Stamp Blog
Yana Smakula – you are here
Debby Hughes – next stop
Kathy Racoosin
Nichol Spohr
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Amy Rysavy
Heather Hoffman
Suzy Plantamura
Gayatri Murali
Nina Marie Trapani
GIVEAWAY
Simon is giving away a prize package worth over $25 to every stop on the hop! Please leave a comment below and let me know if you enjoy using stencils, if there’s a technique you love the most – mention that too, please!
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Fingerprint Doodles Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Orange Slush Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Stone Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Magnolia Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Hollyhock Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stam Deep Sea Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Watermelon Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 80LB Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS |
 Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Ebony Black Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS |
 Scrapbook Adhesives Black Foam Tape Shop at: SSS |
 White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS |
 Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS |
Those cards are just too cute!! Love your style.
Wonderful technique! Will be fun to try!
I love this stamp set. So many backgrounds, so many ideas.
Fantastic and Fun cards!!! I love stencils, they are cheap and easy to store and there are soooo many ways to use them!!
Great cards! I don’t use stencils too much but want to. I think they’re a good tool and relatively inexpensive so I really should get mine out and play!
This is such a fun stamp set and the way you used them really kicked up the fun factor. 🙂
Beautiful cards, Yana! Love the happy colors and those fun fingerprint animals!
Such fun cards!
Hi Yana ~ Love the way you’ve done both fingerprint cards….they’re absolutely adorable. My four year old grandson loves getting inky and making things out of his fingerprints so will be thrilled when this set arrives! Thanks for sharing. ~HUGS~
#kindnessmatters
Just love those fingerprint cards amazing.
thanx for the inspiration in making our backgrouds; both cards are stinkin’ cute!
I really ike your cards and look forward to learning more techniques from your blog. Thanks
Love what you have done with the fruit stamps, great ideas.
Love this stamp set so much. Great card. Can’t wait til my stamp set arrives! Thanks, Denise
Your cards are very very clever. Love that stamp set and the gorgeous way you colored it. Thanks!
Love all of the cards. This is a fun stamp.
Fantastic idea for making the fingerprints as the background.
I love the fingerprint stamp set! But your cards took them to a whole ‘nother level! Your patterns and color choices are beautiful.
Fun cards!
Fun cards!
This Fingerprint Doodles set is so cute. Love your colorful card.
These are so cute and adorable! Plus this stamp set makes for a relatively easy card!
First off,your work is amazing!! I have tried using the stencils a couple of times and I am having a little difficulty using the embossing paste. Looks to me that I am not getting a nice smooth coverage….any suggestions!?
Love what you created!!!
Very cute
Love your cards — love how you show different ways to use the stamps.
I love using stencils. I really like blending different distress inks and then spritzing with water.
Adorable cards. Such a unique stamp set. I do like working with stencils and am always looking for new/creative ways to use them. I think the technique I enjoy the most with stencils is using embossing/texture paste with them. So much can be done using this technique. Thanks for sharing, Yana. It’s been really hot down in Tucson too. The only consolation some days is that at least it’s not as hot as it is in Phoenix. (Sorry!) Stay cool!
Such cute cards! Gotta love those prints!
Cute cards. I couldn’t see where you were off anywhere, and if you were, it only adds to the charm of the “handmade” card! So fun!
Love these very cute cards. Thanks for inspiring me.
Love those flamingos
Flamingos rule! Yes, I like stencils too.
Absolutes adorable cards!
great color combos, the blue dog is hilarious
Love what you did with these fingerprint stamps, so fun!
Super cute cards, I love this stamp set!
Super cute! Glad I ordered this set!
I just cannot stand it!!!!!!! Your cards are fantastic. Love this release!!!!
Adorable cards–I live in Phoenix, so sympathize–stay indoors as much as you can!
Love the colors and techniques used. The multi-color stamping gives dimension. Very cute and fun cards.
Thank you for sharing the multi color stamping technique, I will be trying that one soon. Beautiful cards.
This is my favorite stamp set and it makes a great background!
Sooo cute! Love the color choices. Thanks for the inspiration.
Oh these are fabulous! I love how you combined the colors and the images really come to life. Thank you so much for your awesome video!!
These are just so much fun! Love those fingerprint stamping ones!
Great cards! These fingerprint critters are adorable, will definitely have to get this set. Thanks for the ideas to use them for backgrounds.
This fingerprint stamp set is beyond cute! It would be fabulous to use with children for a rainy day activity.
Oh my gosh! Those flamingos are absolutely adorable!!
So so cute!