Hi everyone! I’m excited to join Simon Says Stamp for a Hop To It Blog Hop today! We are all sharing projects using the wonderful Hop To It release which includes stamps, dies and more!
I created two cards using almost identical supplies and I experimented a bit with different color mediums to achieve a very bright and bold and a soft pastel looks. I used the Hand Lettered Encouragement set. I absolutely love the You Are Remarkable sentiment, I think its perfect for many-many occasions, and there are lots of other great encouraging sentiments in this set; I also really like the big and bold font, I think these sentiments would look spectacular when stamped in black ink and this is actually what I’m going to be doing today for one of my cards.
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The second stamp set that I have is called Artful Flowers and I really like these outline floral images. There’s lots you can do with them, you can stamp the outline in black and color them using matching solid images, or you can first stamp the solid image in a bright color and than stamp the matching outline in white ink, I think that would look very beautiful. You can also use the solid images on their own, and the same goes for the outline images, and you can of course color these using markers, pencils, daubers – really just anything! Stunning flowers and you can never have too many flower stamps.
VIDEO
If you would like to know how I made these you can watch my video below or on Youtube:
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HOP ALONG
Simon Says Stamp Blog
Shari Carroll
Kristina Werner
Jennifer McGuire
Debby Hughes
Laura Bassen
Nichol Magouirk
Lucy Abrams
Kathy Racoosin
Yana Smakula – you are here!
Wanda Guess
Anna-Karin Evaldsson
Yoonsun Hur
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Beautiful cards!
Absolutely adorable cards
Great Idea for using sentiments as Background. TFS
What a couple fun fun cards. I love how the background really sets your eye line. Beautifully done.
Both cards are beautiful!
I LOVE the new flowers and sentiments from SSS!
I love that Praying for You die! Love your text backgrounds too!
Both cards are great but my fav is the praying for you with the soft colors. Thanks.
Love the background you’ve created – high impact without being too much in either case. I appreciate the marker review as well as I hadn’t seen them in action yet… Thanks for the inspiration; your cards are lovely!
The black and white background with the bright coloured flowers is a winner. Thanks for the inspiration.
They are both so beautiful I can’t decide if I like the bright or the pastel card better. It’s a great design that could be used for many occasions. Just lovely!
i love the cards. they look lovely
Terrific video, Yana – very informative and interesting. Love both looks.
Beautiful cards!!! I really love how you created your backgrounds, very striking! TFS!
Hugs,
Jo
Wow, I love how you did the backgrounds, beautiful cards
I absolutely love these two set you used and your cards! thank you so much. it’s the first time I’ve seen the sentiments stamp set used.
Beautiful cards!!!
I love these cards!! I’m always so interested in seeing different card makers takes on the same products. It is truly inspiring!!:)
Great cards! I love that the sentaments on both cards fit the style and coloring of the florals. I love the bright colors on the first card.
I didn’t pay too much attention to artful flowers stamp set before i saw you and Kathy using it! Lovely
Love the vibrant colours! Amazing card!
seen those chameleons on cha videos, i thik they might be a good alternative to copics. love the different feel you gave the cards, well done as usual!
Never saw this technique before. Very interesting. Thanks
I like the background you created
Such a wonderful way to use the flowers and the backgrounds look amazing!
Lovely!!
Love the background part 🙂 Grat use of those stamps.
Love your two cards variations. Bold and subtle offerings—fabulous. Love your use of sentiments for the background— these sentiments are awesome.
Beautiful cards! I think the flower card is amazing. Love how you used these new products!!
Beautiful cards – beautiful sentiments.
Love the sentiments on both cards, Thanks for sharing.
I like the second card (pastel) the most. =)
Really like the dimension you have with your cards. Takes them out of the ordinary. Thx to sharing.
Beautiful cards. Thank you also for the video full of inspiration. I have to say, the new SSS release is awesome!
Really nice job love it thanx
Wonderful card is especially beautiful colors of the first card. It beats from her positive energy. Stunning card.
Regards,
Bozena
nice work thanx love those flowers alot
Your colors really pop off the card with the black scripted background!
I love both cards but first one is my fave!
I’m not sure which card I like better- the cards are perfect to encourage someone. Looks like both stamp sets would be well-used!
Lovely!!!!
Your cards are so beautiful. Love your blog!!
Like the variety of bold & striking to soft & subtle.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
What fantastic cards Yana! I love how you used the stamped sentiment to create a wonderful and graphic background on both cards!
I am not sure if I already commented or not 😉
I love your cards, i have been following your word for quite some time now, and I love it!
Yur cards are beautiful and have a fresh look to them!
From brightly coloured to subtle and calm, both of your cards showcase these 2 stamp sets perfectly! Lovely job.
Beautiful cards. Love the sentiments and the soft coloring.
love the cards, the graphic look is very cool
Your cards are lovely. I like both styles the bold colors and the softer ones.
Thanks for sharing information on new products. It is always interesting to hear from someone how things work before you go out and purchase it. The cards are both lovely and it is great to see two different looks using the same stamps and layout!