Clean and Simple Cards | Simon Says Stamp Blossoms and Butterflies Release | Dahlia Frame Die

Hey Friends, I am back again today with a couple of clean and simple cards featuring the Dahlia Frame Die from the latest Simon Says Stamp Blossoms and Butterflies Release. I find clean and simple the hardest card design to pull off, but I am happy with my results and hopefully, they inspire you!

CARD DETAILS

With this first card, I had an idea of making the Dahlias represent two friends leaning on each other for support. So I began by using the Dahlia Frame Die to die cut a few flowers from watercolor paper. As you can see I just snipped the flower out of the frame. I also used really old cutting plates so that the pieces from the center weren't die cut all the way through.
Tip →For intricate dies like this one, I like to use a metal shim if I want to get a great cut the first time around.

Then I watercolored my flowers and background using distress inks adding layers of color and allowing the ink to dry in between to add texture and deepen the color. I then die cut the background using a SSS Frame and used one of the sentiments from the SSS Sentiment Strips to add my greeting.

I finished off the card by adding a few clear drops and coloring in the center of the flower petals with Liquid Pixie Dust.

For this next card, I die cut the Dahlia Frame from a piece of white card stock. Then on a piece of Bristol paper, I did some controlled ink smooching by adding distress inks to an acrylic block, misting it with water and pressing it on to the paper. Next, I glued the die cut dahlia frame to the colored background and trimmed that to the size of the frame. I then glued that onto the center of my card base. The thin frame I used comes from the SSS Frames and the sentiment I used I cut from the SSS Sentiment Strips.

To finish I added glossy accents into the wells of the flower cuts and glue some sparkling sequins.

SUPPLIES

To make supplies easy for you to find, I have linked them here below. If something is no longer available I will link to a similar product. Affiliate links may be used depending on the product linked. By shopping through my links you help keep my blog running at no extra cost to you. So thank you in advance for supporting my creations! Supplies marked with an asterisk (*) were generously sent to me by Simon Says Stamp.

*DAHLIA FRAME DIE Shop at: SSS	SENTIMENT STRIPS Shop at: SSS	SSS FRAMES Craft Dies Shop at: SSS	Clear Round Drops Shop at: SSS | SK
MAJESTIC FUSION Shop at: SSS | SK	Liquid Pixie Dust Shop at: SSS | IO3	Glossy Accents Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB

Click HERE if you want to check out the rest of this amazing release!  

I hope these CAS cards inspired you today. Have an amazing weekend!

Until next time... Happy Crafting 👋

Get Well Soon Surprise Slider Tea Card ft. Honey Bee Stamps

Hello my crafty Friends!

Today I have another fun interactive card to share with you, this one is pretty clean and simple.
I thought it would be fun to make a Get Well Soon Card by creating a Surprise Slider for the tea bag, cause who doesn't like a cup of Tea when they are feeling sick.

As you can see in the next picture the tea bag slides out of the mug by pulling up on the tag.  So fun!

To create the card was actually quite simple. 

I stamped the image of the mug on to my card panel, masking the existing tag that was on the stamp. I also stamped and die cut the rest of the images I was going to use and die cut them out with the coordinating dies. 

Next, I cut a straight slit across the top of the mug with a blade (wide enough for the tea bag to slide through the opening). I then pierced the top of the tea bag and threaded some bakers twine through the hole. Next, secured the string to the back of the bag with multi medium matte glue and taped it down. Also to the back of the tea bag I added and acetate strip to give the bag some length to allow for the up and down movement. Once the glued pieces of the sliding tea bag were all dry, I inserted the bag through the open slit on the mug. I then created a "stopper' by gluing a few pieces of paper horizontally to the bottom of the acetate piece (this was to prevent the bag from popping out of the slit). Then created the channel for the slider by using foam tape. 

I then added the border frame to the top panel, using foam tape to pop it up but leaving a gap for the pull tag to peak through. Once that was done I added the panel to the card base. I finished the card by stamping the sentiment and adding some finishing touches.

If you would rather watch than read the instructions, here is a video for you!

Click → HERE to watch in HD!

Here is a close up of this card.

Hope this card has inspired you a little today and if you aren't feeling well 😷
I hope you get better soon 😊

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting  :)

SUPPLIES

To make supplies easy to find, I have linked them below. If something I used is no longer available I will link to a similar product.

Affiliate links may be used depending on the product. Your purchases help keep my blog running, so thanks in advance for the support!

Honey Bee TEA TIME Shop at: SSS | HBS	Honey Bee TEA TIME Die Shop at: SSS | HBS	Cheerful Sentiments Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | HBS	A2 Double Stitched Frames | Honey Cuts Shop at: SSS | HBS	Honey Bee Mix Sequins Shop at: HBS
Strathmore 20 Sheet Smooth Bristol Pad, 9 by 12" Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz Stamp Platform Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Blackout Hybrid Detail Ink Shop at: IO3	Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Sizzix Big Shot Shop at: SSS | AMZ
STANDARD CUTTING PADS Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Sizzix Big Shot Magnetic Platform Shop at: AMZ	Simon Says Stamp 2.5 Inch ACRYLIC BLOCK Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz Distress OXIDE INK PAD SET OF 12 Ranger Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool 1" Shop at: SSS | AMZ
Kuretake Zig CLEAN COLOR 60+ 80 SET Real Brush Shop at: SSS | AMZ	PenBlade - 3 Pack Stainless Steel Craft Knives Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Silhouette Pick Me Up Tool Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Grafix Acetate 9x12-Inch, 25 Sheets, 003 Clear Shop at: AMZ	Gelly Roll Gel Pen Set, Fine, Black Shop at: AMZ
EK Success POWDER TOOL Applicator Shop at: SSS | AMZ	ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	Recollections White Heavyweight Cardstock 110bs Shop at: AMZ

Sending You Strength and HUGS Sympathy Card - Die Impression Cut Out

Hello Friends,

I'm back today to share with you a sympathy card I made for my Sisters' friend, who recently lost her mother. Usually I like to make happy cards, so I find sympathy cards challenging to make. I wanted to make it clean and simple card and I'm really happy with how it turned out. I think I will have to make a few more like it to have on hand.

To create the impression on the heart I taped the staked heart dies together and sandwiched the cardstock between the dies and an embossing pad. Doing this just presses the dies into the paper without cutting them leaving this beautiful impression on the cardstock. The I removed the center heart dies leaving only the large die ran that as I normally would to create a die cut.

For the Hugs die, I cut out 3 layers stacked and glued them together. I then used my versamark ink pad and added two layers of silver embossing powder and heat set them. The sentiment strip was created by combining a couple of sentiments from the Essential Sentiment Stamp Set. Not pictured here but the inside was finished with the "with sympathy" stamp.

Hope you were inspired by this Sending You Strength and HUGS Sympathy Card.
Stay tuned for another card from my Holiday Card series coming soon!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting  :)

SUPPLIES

To make supplies easy to find, I have linked them below. If something I used is no longer available I will link to a similar product. Affiliate links may be used depending on the product. Your purchases help keep my blog running, so thanks in advance for the support!

Gina Marie Designs - Stitched Heart Dies Shop at: KS	MFT BIG HUGS Die-Namics Shop at: SSS	Recollections White Heavyweight Cardstock 110bs Shop at: AMZ	Sizzix Big Shot Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Sizzix Big Shot Magnetic Platform Shop at: AMZ
STANDARD CUTTING PADS Shop at: SSS	Sizzix EMBOSS AND IMPRESSIONS PAD Shop at: SSS | AMZ	MFT ESSENTIAL SENTIMENTS Shop at: SSS	Hampton Art Stamp Perfect tool - Discontinued Shop at: AMZ	Misti Stamp Tool Original Size Shop at: SSS | AMZ
Neodymium Block Magnet Shop at: SSS | AMZ	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Ranger Embossing Powder, Super Fine Silver Shop at: SSS
Pack COFFEE FILTERS Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Black & Decker HG1300 Dual Temperature Heat Gun Shop at: AMZ	ZIG Glue Pen FINE TIP Two Way Acid Free Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Fiskars Crafts Duck Edition Scissors, 8-Inch Shop at: AMZ	Foam Mounting Tape Shop at: AMZ
EK Success Craft Tweezers Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Double Ended Jewel Picker Shop at: AMZ	Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE Glue Shop at: SSS | AMZ	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Martha Stewart Crafts Scoring Board 12x12 Shop at: AMZ