Good morning and HAPPY STAMPTEMBER!! It’s finally time! Yay! If you’ve never had the pleasure of experiencing a Simon Says Stamp Stamptember you’re in for a real treat! All month long Simon Says Stamp will be presenting new releases, exclusive limited collaborations, blog hops, giveaways, sales, and more! Plus September is my birthday month so I always feel like Stamptember is an extra special birthday present to me! 😉 The Stamptember release is live so head over and check it out! 😉
I’ll be sharing lots of cards and videos all month long and I’m kicking it off with a rainbow bright card using a background stamp and sentiment set from the Stamptember release!
You can watch the video below or at my Youtube channel!
I just loved that sentiment from Together the moment I saw it and thought it was perfect in light of everything going on in the world these days. And I love the concept of this grid stamp (and all the stamp sets that go with it) and just thought it would be fun to start off with some simple distress ink watercoloring!
I started by stamping the Grid Play Grid stamp on distress watercolor paper with versamark and heat-embossing it with white embossing powder. I only inked the corner of the stamp to add some interest to the edge of the eventual watercoloring. Then I taped it to a hard board and smooshed distress inks in picked raspberry, festive berries, ripe persimmon, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron, salty ocean, and seedless preserves onto my craft mat and wet the watercolor paper. I used a damp paintbrush to add distress ink to my wet background to create a soft blend of colors. But I made sure to clean my paintbrush between colors to keep it nice and rainbow bright!
I added two layers of color, drying between each layer and then set it aside to dry. Once it was totally dry I added splatters of black distress ink and then let that dry while I worked on the sentiment. I stamped the sentiment from Together onto black cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder before trimming it down to a label. I added a layer of foam mounting tape to the back of the sentiment and then added a tangle of silver metallic thread. Then I put a second layer of foam mounting tape on the sentiment and adhered it to the card. I like separating the thread from the sentiment and the card panel with foam tape because it gives it a little more dimension and movement. Finally I added a sprinkling of sparkling clear sequins and a few dots of nuvo crystal glaze!
To celebrate my birthday I have several giveaways planned all month long on my blog, youtube channel, and instagram so make sure to subscribe to my blog and youtube channel and follow me on instagram for details! I’d like to celebrate some of the wonderful companies that I’m honored to work with and today’s giveaway is all about Simon Says Stamp! I’ll be choosing one winner to receive a Stamptember release product of your choice so leave me a comment and let me know what you’d like to add to your stash! If you’ve already purchased the item by the time the giveaway closes I’ll just send you a SSS gift certificate for $15! This giveaway will close on 11:59PM ET on September 7th and the winner will be announced on September 8th!
Thanks so much for visiting and have a wonderful day!
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The new STAMPtember release is just amazing! My favorite is the Ornate background. In fact I love all the backgrounds in this release!
Great card! My favorite from the new SSS release (before seeing your card) was the Summer Flowers set, but now I might choose the grid stamp that you used 🙂
Great colors on this card! I love the cat dies. Thanks.
Thanks for your video – I learned some tips for my next watercoloring adventure. The grid stamp is one of my favorites from this release as it seems so versatile and I need more versatile stamps.
I love the Summer Flowers stamp set. It’s gorgeous.
What a fun card! Love the bright colors. There are so many things in this release to love, I like the let us rejoice, the you got this and all the background stamps are wonderful! Thanks for the video!
Love this release, especially the autumn leaf variations. Beautiful.
Your card is so bright and colorful with a great sentiment…I do like that grid stamp! I also like the Under the Sea and the Kaleidescope stamp, too. 🙂
I think my favorite is the Ornate background stamp.
I love your card, Jess! So pretty! I am in love with the Ornate background stamp! Thank you for the chance to win!
Happy birthday month! Your card is gorgeous. Hard choice but if I had to choose the lab die!
Gosh I love all of it! If I were to win, I would not be picky. I could use anything! Your pineapple card is so very pretty, and the Christmas card with the musical animals- well the little details are darling!
Love your card–so much to look at! I’d love the summer flowers stamp and die.
Wonderful watercolor card. I like the idea of sandwiching the silver thread between the foam tape. And I love the new Grid Stamp
Beautiful card! Love the colors!
Lots on my wish list, but I *love* the Kitty Cat wafer dies!
The grid design with the pretty rainbow of colors is really interesting. I love it!
I love the Kaleidoscope Leaves BG stamp from the new release!
Great card!
This release is full of so much good stuff it’s hard to chose but I do have a soft spot for the labrador die.
Beautiful card! I love the holiday tree medallion stencil! So intricate and pretty.
It’s my birthday month too! Happy Birthday to us!
I always love your card projects, and I look forward to seeing what piece of art you are creating. This latest one is clean, bright and with that sentiment- just perfect to inspire.
Such a gorgeous card!!
Love your brightly colored card! So many wonderful new products in this SSS Release! My first choice is the Ornate stamp!
Love the card. My favorite of the September releases is the witches hat. The phrases contained in that set are great!
I love how you’ve only colored part of the image, and the rainbow colors are happy and bright as always. 🙂 Fractile Leaves is my favorite out of this release.
Love the rainbow of colors on your card. My favorite from this release is the “If the Hat Fits” set. I love making Halloween cards and that set is just too cute.
The rInbow colors are beautiful!