simon says stamp be bold blog hop: day 1

Hello crafty friends! Welcome to Day 1 of the Simon Says Stamps Be Bold release Blog Hop. Before I get to the project, I want to let you know about a special code in the graphic above you can use while shopping. Get $7 off your purchase of $40 or more when you use the code GREEN- see the instructions in the graphic above on how to add this to your cart. This gift with purchase will expire at 11:59 pm EST on March 24th.

Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from each blogs comment section. Simon Says Stamp will choose the winners and will post them on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday the 27th of March. The winner should email Simon Says Stamp to claim his/her prize 🙂

Today I have 3!! cards for you sharing the same stamp set…the Dreamy Leaves stamps and dies designed by my crafty pal Miriam Prantner. I love the leaves in this set, so fun to color..or not and the sentiments are a fabulous handwritten like font. ALL SUPPLIES ARE LINKED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST 🙂

The first card I created by stamping the Dreamy Leaves in black and then just coloring in random lines of the leaves with pink markers. I cut the panel on a diagonal and then used it to figure out the placement of my adhered it to my card base.

For my second card, I stamped and embossed the Dreamy Leaves with Simon Says Stamp Gold Embossing Powder. I sprayed the entire panel with Tumbled Glass Distress Spray Stain, then I painted in the leaves using Lucky Clover Distress Spray stain. I dipped a paintbrush in it and applied it straight from the bottle. Just remember to put the cap back on tightly when you are finished :)

To finish my card, I added some Gilded Distress Foundry Wax splatter and some white as well.

For the third card, I stamped just a few leaves and added a sentiment on top. Once the leaves were placed I used a micron pen to draw in a few other details. I added some swatches of color that were offset to each of the leaves.

To finish this card, I added some black splatter by masking off the sentiment. Once my splatter was dry, I added some Trinity Stamps Soapy Bubbles Sequins.

Be sure you hop around to all the other stops on the hop and be sure to leave a comment at each. The more stops you visit and comments you leave, the better chance to win a fun Simon Says Stamp gift card!

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