Hello, crafty friends! I am excited to be joining Simon Says Stamp for Day 2 of the Just a Note Release Blog Hop!
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When you’re finished hopping, and you’re looking for more inspiration, check out the Just a Note Gallery on the Simon Says Stamp blog. There are galleries for each release, and we encourage you to share your creations there, as well!
For today’s cards, I used the new Layering Apples Stencils. I used several different masking techniques, which you can see in my latest video. You can view the video below or head over to YouTube.
Note: all supplies are linked in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.
For my first card, I used a simple technique where I just masked off one of the apples in the stencil with some tape. I ink blended all of the other apples green, and then I remasked the stencils so that I could just color the one apple red. I also came in with some glimmer paste to make the red apple shiny. I added a vellum panel over the green apples, leaving the center open for the red apple to shine even more. I framed the opening with the Stitched Rectangle Frames from MFT. I thought the You Shine word die was the perfect finishing touch for this card.
For my second card, I stenciled the front of this small notecard, using one of my Waffle Flower grip mats to hold it in place, while also masking the back side of the card. I finished this card with the new Just a Note die from this release.
My third card is not actually a card. I created the stenciled panel pictured above and then used it to create a Pillow Box. You can see the finished pillow boxes in the image towards the bottom of this post. To easily mask the apples and make them different colors, I just used a small circle die that was slightly bigger than the apples and cut a circle out of a scrap piece of paper. I then positioned this “mask” over each apple and blended the color. You can see the mask below, but it’s easier to understand if you watch the video!
The other fun thing about this panel is that I flipped the stencils upside down, so the design is reversed – the shadow and the leaf are on the opposite side!
For my last card, I used the Repeating Circles Die to highlight different colored apples. Unfortunately, I did not film this card. This was a spur of the moment idea that I had a couple days after I made the others, and I just dove in and forgot to film. I used the Repeating Circles Die to cut the holes in a panel, and then I used that panel to position my stencil and blend the apples onto the panel below it. I also used my little spotlight mask that I made for the pillow box panel above. This was just to make sure that none of the other surrounding apples would show in the circular openings. I then popped the panel with the repeating circles up on foam tape. I stamped the sentiment in the last circular opening – this comes from the Greetings Mix 1 stamp set.
I am pretty sure that the picture above shows you how obsessed I am with this Layering Apples Stencil set. I also stenciled some apples onto the front and back of some envelopes, which is super cute.
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Allison Frazier >> You Are Here
I had a lot of fun creating my cards for today, and I hope they put a smile on your face. If you want to see the other cards that I have made with the Just a Note Release, you can click here to view my blog post from yesterday. And, you can see my other YouTube video! Thank you so much for visiting my blog today. Be sure to hop along and leave some love for all of the talented designers sharing inspiration today!
Wishing you all a crafty day,
Allison
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These are so awesome Alli and I love your color choices too
Great cards!💜💜💜🇨🇦
I love what you did with the vellum on the you shine card. It is so polished.
Nice color scheme. I love that you created cards and matching envelopes and pillow boxes- a great set to give as a gift.
Gorgeous Apple Cards!
Great stencil set, cards and those pillow boxes are adorable!
Love the colors!
What great cards! Thanks for the tips! Thanks for sharing!
Love all the variations you created with the apple stencil!
Love the colors
Very cool cards. I love this stencil!
These projects are adorable! I love the pink apples and the cute pillow boxes!
love the idea very cute
Okay, how cool was that masking with the circle die cut??????? So cool!
Love these apple cards so much! Beautiful colors!
I love these apples! They are so cute and versatile!
Thanks for sharing your creativity and ideas. I love these cards.
Stencils are my new obsession and the apples will be a must have for me! Love this.
Love the card with the one red apple.
Love your cards
What a great variety of cards with the apples! Now I need to go get an apple to eat!
I like your apple cards…especially the one red among all the green ones
Allison, I love your apple-icious cards and really fun video showing your masking techniques, too! Thanks for sharing!
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I love the green apple color. Great masking technique.
Great cards with only one stencil !!.
WoW, love these!
All of your projects are great! Love them!
Love your amazing projects and love that apple stencil. Great masking tips!
fun set of cards – love this stencil
Love these cards. So many ideas for one stencil! Thanks for sharing.
Great cards and love your color choices for the different apples. The peek-a-boo card was my favorite.
All are so cute and clean looking! I especially like the repeating circles card. Well done!
Really Awesome cards and pillow box!!! I love the different ways you used this stencil!!!
The apple stencil is awesome! I LOVE the colors you did!
These are all so pretty!
So many great ideas, from your color choices to the unique shapes of the finished products. Thank you for all the inspiration!!!!
These are really cute cards and I love the pillow boxes.
Beautiful cards! Great designs.
.Lovely card.
Wonderful use to make sparkle/shine.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Love the pillow boxes!
Oh my gosh, these are so cute! I didn’t;t think I needed this apple stencil but maybe I do!
Love all of them, but especially the one with the lone Red, sparkly apple and the phrase you chose.
Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Thanks for sharing all of your gorgeous projects made from this latest SSS release–quite impressive and inspiring!
So many great ideas for using this stencil set. Thanks! I’ll be watching this video again and coming back to your blog to see how the last card was made. That one is my favorite, too. 🙂
Happy, happy layered apples😃
These are ALL beautiful!
Great cards, love the different color apples!
Awesome. I love stencils.
The pillow box is my favorite. Very creative. Lovely colors on all of your projects.
So cute! As a retired teacher, I can really appreciate these. I also appreciate the video on Masking Techniques. Always like to learn a new tip or two. Thank you for sharing.
Love the many ways you used the apple stamp, Would make a lovey notecard gift set!
Beautiful ink blending. Your post just opened my eyes to the many possibilities of this stamp! Thank you
Oh wow these are so fun – I love your colour combinations
Wow love your apple projects! Will go watch your youtube video! Love the You shine and the pillow box!
I love apples! Your cards are lovely! Now I’m ready for Fall!! Thank you for all these wonderful ideas!!
So pretty!
I agree the repeating circles card is a great use of the supplies!
Love your pink apples 🍎 💗
Fun cards with fun colors.
Appreciat the video with masking techniques – your cards look great!
Really cute cards, Allison! You showed so many different ways to use the stencils with the many different color selections. That was awesome!
Great ideas. I will have to give them a try.
A wonderful set of cards! So pretty and happy! I love all the clever ideas for using these stencils! Thanks so much for the great video inspiration!!
I started craving apples when I read your blog post – these ideas are just too delicious. That’s a great layering stencil for sure.
So simple, love the cards!
Fantastic cards! I really love the design of your last one!
Wonderful cards. I love them all. 💗
I am so glad that I ordered that apple stencil – love your takes on it.
Just love your beautiful cards. Thank you for the video.
I really love the first card! It has so much design detail, but at the same time is clean and simple. The addition of the vellum paper is genius!
Love the apples. The one with the glittered
one was a fun idea. thanks for sharing.
Awesome cards with these pretty apple designs! Thanks for the inspiration!
These are super clever designs, I love every single item! The first card design is most definitely my favourite, but they’re all so awesome!
Super super cute
Gorgeous cards! I love the designs and the frame and vellum used on the green apple card. I love the 6 window card. Very clean and elegant.
That glimmer paste gives a lovely, subtle touch to the first card.
Wonderful set of card.
Awesome set of creations! Love the mix and match colors for the apples 🙂
Love the many ways you used the apples! Thank you for your inspiration!
Interesting use of the stencil. Love seeing new ideas.
Very cool stencil and I love how you used it. Thanks for the video it helps so much!
These apple-themed cards are so much fun!
I absolutely LOVE how you did these apple cards. Every year I make cards for my colleagues and grandkids’ teachers and these are going to be my new ones for this year.
Love the repeating circles card, so cute!
Awesome cards from this release!!
Super fun projects and ideas! Thanks for sharing!
I absolutely adore all of these fabulous apple cards! So stinking cute!