Framed Up Tropical Summer Card Duo
Hi friends! Heather Hoffman here to share a bright and summery set of cards featuring the perfect summer set, and a fresh color combo that just screams tropical vacation happiness! I also used a fun double stamping and heat embossing technique to make these amazing images POP! Keep reading to find out how!
I love the Keep Palm set that released a little earlier this year, and thought it would be fun to feature the main large frame image in a couple different ways. And I knew I wanted to use a tropical teal color, and was trying to pick what to pair with it, and when I noticed that yellow cardstock on my desk that I had die cut with one of the Grandstand Frames dies, I knew it was perfect! I knew I wanted to use both the positive and negative, so I set off to stamp them both. The two cardstocks are Simon Says Stamp Honey and Gina K Emerald Isles.
For the shaker card, I stamped that frame image on a white cardbase with Tropic ink, then using a MISTI for perfect placement, I stamped again with Clear Embossing ink over the top, then clear heat embossed. Then I did a bit of ink blending over the top with Tidepool ink, and a bit more of that same Tropic ink for the very edges for good depth. For the other card, I wanted to make sure that image popped really well on the yellow, so I tried something new! I first stamped over the top with white pigment ink, then using the MISTI again, I stamped right over the white pigment ink with that same Tropic ink, and then clear heat embossed again. The white pigment ink gave it a base to shine over the top of the yellow cardstock!
Next, I created the shaker element for the first card, adding a slightly smaller white frame to help it all pop, then filling it with lovely Baby’s Breath Embellishment mix. For the other card, I die cut a slightly larger layer of white cardstock, then wrapped some May Arts white ribbon around and tied in a bow.
The shaker card felt like it needed some more interest, so I stamped several images from the set the same way as the inside so they were heat embossed, and blended some of the same inks over top after die cutting. I arranged those in one corner and adhered with liquid adhesive. I also stamped a couple of sentiments from the Keep Palm stamp set in Nocturne ink, and die cut those, popping up with foam on each one. Finishing touch was a few Dazzling Clear Gems for a touch more sparkle!
What is your favorite summer color combo? I would love to hear what color combo you would create these cards in!
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Shine On Blog Hop WINNERS
Hello, friends! We hope you are loving our Shine On release!
To celebrate this incredible release, we hosted two amazing blog hops! The hops featured many talented designers and each one created wonderful projects to inspire you. If you missed either of the hops, you can find the direct links here: DAY ONE and DAY TWO.
A BIG thank you to all of YOU who joined us for the hops! We enjoy hearing from each of you, and your words of encouragement and appreciation to each of the designers mean so much to us here at Simon and to them. It’s our tradition to give away gift certificates to random commenters on each blog stop, and today we are revealing all of the winners! So without further ado, I present to you our winners!
from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Phyllis Miller!
from Barbara Tarayao’s blog: Christine Tyson!
from Emily Midgett’s blog: Shirly Galecki!
from Keisha Charles’s blog: Gloria Biddle!
from Nichol Spohr’s blog: Olivka!
from Sandi MacIver’s blog: Carmen Nance!
from Tina Smith’s blog: Golda!
from Lisa Addesa’s blog: DIANA GEHRT!
from Heather Ruwe’s blog: Veronica Hunt!
from Miriam Prantner’s blog: Jeri!
from Alberto Gava’s blog: Alma Dirpaul!
from Lorraine Aquilina’s blog: Mariana!
from Jessica Vasher’s blog: Lila Wetzel!
from Betsy Green’s blog: Robin Kuketz!
from Brenda Noelke’s blog: Suzan Fohringer!
from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Jason Chen!
from Nina-Marie Trapani’s blog: Cortney!
from Heather Hoffman’s blog: Nancy Fortin!
from Suzy Plantamura’s blog: Carol Perry!
from Jennifer McGuire’s blog: Sandy Suzuka!
from Cathy Zielske’s blog: Cheryl Folk!
from Bibi Cameron’s blog: Shannon L Childs!
from Laura Bassen’s blog: Pam Beatty!
from Amy Rysavy’s blog: Christine Healy!
from Mindy Eggen’s blog: Connie Hostak!
from Barb Engler’s blog: Monika/Buzsy!
from Kim Hamilton’s blog: Pauline C!
from Mary Reiner’s blog: Avra!
from Maura Hibbitts’s blog: Tammy L Caudle!
from Bonnie Crane’s blog: nanhigney!
If you see your name listed above, CONGRATULATIONS! Please email [email protected] and let him know that you are one of our Shine On release blog hop winners! You’ll receive a $25 Gift Card.
Thanks again for hopping along with us! We hope you enjoy our fantastic Shine On release and that it gives you creative enjoyment for months to come!
You’ll love browsing our Shine On gallery on our blog for loads of additional inspiration, and you can add your projects to these galleries as well!
We hope you will join us on Instagram tomorrow, July 2, for an Instagram Hop featuring our Shine On release! We are excited to share awesome ideas from several creative minds using these fantastic products.
Winning ROCKS, and so do you!
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