Hello, crafty friends! I am very excited to be joining Simon Says Stamp for Day 2 of the Sweet Wishes Release Blog Hop! 

Promotion

As you can see in the graphic above, Simon Says Stamp is offering their Fancy Tidings of Cheer die set FREE with any purchase! Be sure to add it to your cart and then use the code FYCHR at checkout. This promotion expires on 10/13/24 at 11:59 pm ET.

Giveaway

Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop – woohoo! Leave me a comment for your chance to win. Winners will be posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, October 16th.

Galleries

When you’re finished hopping, and you’re looking for more inspiration, check out the Sweet Wishes Gallery on the Simon Says Stamp blog. There are galleries for each release, and we encourage you to share your creations there, as well!

Video

For today’s cards, I used a really fun and new-to-me technique for using stencils with shimmer powders. I do have a new video showing you how I made my cards. You can CLICK HERE to watch it on YouTube, or you can watch it below.

 

Note: all supplies are linked in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

For both of today’s cards, I used the new Octo Stencil.  I have been wanting to try this technique for awhile, and as soon as I saw the geometric design of this stencil, I knew that it was the one to try it with! You could easily use this stencil as a neutral background by doing a soft ink blend or even a little bit of texture paste. But, I wanted this fun design to be the star of my cards! 

I used Lindy’s Gang Magicals for my shimmer powders on these cards. They have so many different colors of powders, so the color combinations are endless. Each powder also has its own magical qualities because they are made up of more than one color. For this first card, I used the following colors: Lizzy’s Cuppa Tea Teal, Have a Scone Heather, and Crumpet Crumbs. To do this technique, you really need Pixie Spray. Be sure to watch the video to see how this technique works!

After the panel was dry and trimmed down, I added a few small finishing elements. The hummingbird is from the Delicate Hummingbird Duo set, and I painted it with the same color Magicals that I used for the panel itself. The sentiments come from the Hi There Greetings stamp set. I heat embossed them with gold embossing powder.

For my second card, I not only used different colors of powders, but I learned a big lesson from the first one. Pixie Spray is great, but I really needed to tape the sides of my stencil down. Because this technique involves water, the paper will naturally try to warp, and so the stencil can end up lifting on the edges. The first panel turned out well, but this second panel had much cleaner and crisper lines.

For this card, I used the following colors of Magicals: Crumpet Crumbs, Dunka Biscuit Blue Green, Lizzy’s Cuppa Tea Teal, and Spill the Tea Teal. I used these same colors to paint the Mushroom Stems. The sentiment is the Small Hello Die, and I cut it from some glitter card stock that is very close in color to the Crumpet Crumbs. 

Are you ready to hop along and see inspiration from all of the other designers?

I really enjoyed making these cards and am anxious to dive into my stencil stash to find some more to play with! I hope these cards bring a smile to your face. If you want to see the other cards that I have made with the Sweet Wishes Release, you can CLICK HERE to view my blog post from October 10th. 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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57 Comments

  13. Thanksforsharing this awesome technique! Your cards are both beautiful & I will be getting some of those amazing powders! Can’t wait to play!

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  18. Allison, thank you for this technique! I have a whole picture box full of cover dies and I’m always looking for inspiration on how to use them. I’m definitely going to try this! Kudos for a beautiful card.

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  23. How cool! I love this technique! Thank you for sharing not just the finished product but some of the struggles you had getting to this end result! I appreciate your willingness to share!

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  32. Although I don’t have the sprays, your video gave me an idea to try to use my stencils with distress sprays so thank you for the inspiration. I enjoyed both of your card ideas.

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  33. Ok, I’m sold. Now I have to go buy all of the ‘things’!
    Especially the Lindy’s Gang Magicals.
    I’ve never used them before.
    However you have sparked my creativity and have inspired me jump out of my comfort zone to try something new. And…. I truly believe, thanks to you, that I can make something pretty!
    Thank you!

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  38. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this technique to us. It is so great to learn something new. I love your cards. Really colorful and elegant.

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  40. Oh, my gosh! I love both cards. The shimmer powders are so predictably unpredictable! Can’t pick a favorite.

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  49. I love these cards and now I’m going to have to get out my magicals and play with them with stencils! I absolutely love the colors you used on your mushroom card and that ink you ended up using on the edges of the mushroom did really make a difference in their look!

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