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 |
These are so cute!
nice use of the Doodbug Fingerprint and Artsy Fruits Stamp set
Love love your work! Thanks so much! Love Kristina’s doodle stamps!
Cute and clever! Love both of those cards.
Thanks a lot for sharing
This is defiantly my favorite part of the new realise.
The little fingerprint stamps look like they were fun to use, and I thoroughly enjoyed your video. I like the technique. I also enjoy learning ways to use stencils and multi-layer stamping. Thank you for sharing your talent and techniques.
Those are terrific cards. I love the all over thumb print look as well as the multicolored solid stamp. Awesome!
Love this technique and colors of the fruit what is the stamp tool you are using?
Very clever
Love what you created with this cute fingerprint set!
what fun fun cards and images! Love using stencils any way I can think of:)
So cute!!! I love the Flamingo card!! I love all your cards!! You are so very talented!! I love seeing your creations, they are always so unique. Thank you for sharing!!
Love your cards! You always make such lovely cards and are so inspiring.
I love all the cards you made with this release! I want to try your technique for multicolor stamping on some stamps I already have.
Love the flamingos and awesome colors.
Your critters are SO cute! As a teacher my students made “Thumbuddies” and decorated their fingerprints. It made such a great bulletin board for the open house each year. Wouldn’t my students have loved to play with these stamps! And their teacher too! Thanks for sharing!
Love the purple, pink, yellow and grey combination. All happy cards.
beautiful cards, love the flamingos!
Susan
I love this set!
Love these! I especially like how you used the sentiment stamp as part of the main design on the blue card. I’m going to have to try that.
Love the thumb prints cards! Thank you for sharing your multicolor stamping technique differently going to try it.
Lovely cards 🙂 Fingerprint animals are a must have for me. Regarding stencils – I love them. They are very popular right now in Poland
Love the flamingos!
So cute. But I always admire your work.
Very cute cards. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Thank you for sharing! Love the flamingoes!
Love your flamingo card!!!
My favorite card so far!
Love this set…I really like the flamingoes…great way to use this stamp, the colors you used work great with eachother! Nroeder68@gmail.com
I love this set!
Love both cards. The fingerprint stamp is just so cute
Great release, great cards. Love the thumbprint animal stamps.
I like the details and what you did with this stamp set!
The flamingos are my fav of the faux thumbprint critters. I adore stencils–just bought 2 Hero Arts 2-packs today on sale to add to my collection. I love using them on cards and in my art journals.
Great inspiration thanks
Love the thumbprints background. I’m just starting to explore the power of stencils but slowly becoming a favorite technique.
These cards are too adorable!! I love how you added the sentiment on the second card! Awesome!
Love the technique!!
I love using stencils with paste. It gives so much dimension. Cute cards, I’m just loving the flamingos
I definitely think that she thumbprint stamp set is going to sell out!!
I love the flamingos and perfect sentiment
love all the new products. The flamingo card is so cute with the finger prints.
~Gin K.~
love your use of the fingerprint stamp – such a fun idea!
Hi Yana, I enjoyed all of your cards and love the video! I do enjoy using stencils too and my favorite technique is using watercolors. Hope you are having a fun weekend!
Cute fingerprint doodles. Such cute cards..
Fun ideas, I really enjoy your site. Love your designs
Very cute cards! SSS has great products!
So cute. I love those flamingos
Cute and fun cards! I love your color combos on your critter cards!