Simon Says Stamp | Floral Birthday Card with Sketch Ranunculus

Hello, friends! This week and next week are going to be very busy for me as I will be traveling first to SNAP (I’m leaving for this conference tomorrow) and then to CREATE. I am very excited and a bit nervous at the same time. If you are attending any of those (or better yet both) – do stop by and say hello.

I have a few blog posts planned during my travels, so my blog posting will not be put on hold and I’ll continue to share handmade projects.

Today I have a floral Birthday card to share using some older stamp sets from Simon. I received a lovely comment a few weeks ago saying how much you appreciate me sharing projects using older sets and it just melted my heart. We all love new products, but I often enjoy mixing new with old or using just old stamps altogether to share new inspiration. This post is one of those where I’m sharing a card using two older stamp sets from Simon Says Stamp.

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CARD DETAILS

The inspiration for this card came from a project I shared recently – Elegant Happy Mother’s Day Card. I picked the same gorgeous roses from the Best Mom Ever stamp set and once again colored them using my Copic markers. I used the exact same colors for my coloring, the colors do look different on the two photos as I took photographs during different times of the day and edited photos a bit differently.

After cutting my roses out (I fussy cut them) I reached out for my Sketch Ranunculus set for stamp a sentiment. I wasn’t planning on adding any additional images, but after I had stamped a sentiment I decided to try to add a few images to make my floral cluster a bit fuller.

I reached for my stamp platform and stamped additional images using Simon’s Intense Black ink onto white cardstock. This time I used violet colors – V17, V15 and V12. It’s been awhile since I used anything other than pink and yellow so it was time to switch gears. Sketch Ranunculus stamp set now has coordinating dies available, so I used those and die-cut my images in my Platinum.

Before I started working on my flowers I created a background. I used Simon’s Large Dot stencil (this is also an older product, but a new one for me) and created a glitter dotted background using Texture Paste from Ranger and Glitter Embossing Powder in Shimmering Pearl from Tonic on kraft cardstock. This embossing powder seems to be very similar to Hero Arts Sparkle powder – it adds a nice touch of glitter to heat embossing.

I arranged my images on my background and foam mounted them in place. I used foam adhesive as well as glue (only to adhere leaves).

Finally I added a generous coat of Nudo Drops in Morning Dew to the little colored berries. When I took my photos the Nuvo Drops weren’t completely dry so they appear cloudy, they do dry completely clear.

I foam mounted my 4 x 5 1/4″ panel onto an A2 top folding card base and that finished this card!

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 Best Mom Ever Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Sketch Ranunculus Stamp Set Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamps and Dies Sketch Ranunculus Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Sketch Ranunculus Wafer Dies Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Stencil Large Dots Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Stamp Platform Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS	Neenah 80LB Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS
Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Neenah Classic Crest 80 Lb Smooth Desert Storm Shop at: SSS	Dina Wakley Ranger Palette Knife Media Shop at: SSS	Tonic Shimmering Pearl Nuvo Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS	Ranger Texture Paste Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker RV11 Pink Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker RV13 Tender Pink Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker RV14 Begonia Pink Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker YG03 Yellow Green Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker YG17 Grass Green Bold Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker YG67 Moss Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker V12 Pale Lilac Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker V15 Mallow Violet Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker V17 Amethyst Violet Shop at: SSS	Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS
Tonic Morning Dew Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS	Tonic Deluxe Adhesive Nuvo Glue Shop at: SSS	White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS