Hello crafty friends! I am excited to be participating in the Celebrate You release blog hop that Simon Says Stamp is hosting today (and tomorrow too – it’s a 2 day hop)!
For my project, I’m actually sharing 4 cards, each foiling with the Confetti stencil. Throughout the cards I also feature other products in the Celebrate You release. I’m in need of birthday cards right now so all of my cards are birthday themed, but you could totally adjust the sentiments for other card types.
If you have already been hopping along with us, you should have arrived from my super-talented friend Cathy Zielske’s blog (she actually designed some of the products I am using today!). All the hop details can be found at the bottom of this post.
All of the cards use the same foiling technique for the backgrounds; I applied ThermoWeb Transfer Gel through the new Simon Says Stamp Confetti stencil. Once dry, I ran the stenciled backgrounds through my laminator with Shattered Rainbow foil (also from ThermoWeb). Afterwards, each card was decorated in its own unique way. Below are the details on what I used and how I finished them all!
Like I mentioned in the video, this one and the “oh happy day” card are my favorites! The greeting is cut using the Big Birthday Greetings die set; every letter is made from an entire rainbow of colored cardstocks, with a final layer of Holo Waves Mirror cardstock on top.
I popped the letters off the background, which is cut from the new Rounded Corner Rectangles. The card was then finished off with some sparkly embellishments from the Lucy’s Cards Razzle Dazzle mix.
Again with the stacked rainbow sentiments, this playful design features the Oh Happy Day tag die from CZ Design and Simon Says Stamp. I embellished this one with Groovy confetti pieces, and attached the background to a purple card base. You’ll notice I even tucked a bit of teal cardstock behind the Oh Happy Day tag for an extra pop of color!
You can watch a full step by step process on creating this particular card in the video at the top of this post.
All of today’s cards a definitely not lacking color! This bright one features a rainbow of sentiment strips; all of the embossed greetings are from the new CZ Design Stop Drop Party set, and the top, white glitter sentiment is cut with the complementing CZ Design die, HBD.
The base for this card is made from some bright yellow cardstock and I embellished the background with more of those awesome Razzle Dazzle confetti pieces! I think this one is truly a party on a card!
With the final card I created, I attempted to go a bit more masculine (or at least as masculine as you can get with a card full of color)! Incorporating quite a bit of gray helped to tone the color down a bit, and I used a geometric layout to keep things simple.
Using my paper trimmer, I cut a diagonal strip out of the confetti background and layered a panel over top that has some Big Birthday Greetings embossed on it; I added a masculine birthday greeting for the final sentiment along the bottom of that panel.
As with all the other cards, I used confetti in the background (the Groovy mix), but this time I also added some tiny silver stars here and there too.
I hope all of these colorful cards have inspired you to create with this fun, new collection from Simon Says Stamp!
Did you catch the other video I shared featuring new Celebrate You products from Simon? Check it out over at this post!
Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting me today; keep on reading for all the blog hop details.
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Your next stop in this Celebrate You Blog Hop is the talented Nichol Spohr! You can see the entire list over at the Simon blog.
To make this hop even more of a party, Simon is generously giving away a $25 gift card to EVERY stop in the hop! Leave a comment for a chance to win!
PLUS Simon has a special coupon code for hoppers; use code BTF842 to get a FREE package of the Tim Holtz Butterfly Adornments with any purchase! Hurry, code valid only until 5/19 at 11:59 PM ET.
So fun and festive!
Such fun looking cards.
I love the rainbow stacking of the sentiment dies.
Such fun, cheerful cards!
Such fun cards! I’m loving this release and this hop and the huge variety of ideas from all of you. Thanks for inspiring us!
I love your cards. The confetti is fun and colorful. Foiling seems to be the thing now. I will have to try it!!
luv the sacked colorful letters! happy cards for sure!
Love the Confetti Stencil. Another new product that I overlooked for my first order, it will definitely be in my second order!
Big, bright, bold stunning cards. Love the bright colors and the confetti stencil.
Fantastic cards! I have the transfer gel on my wishlist and it looks like I need to add that colorful foil. Thanks so much for sharing.
I love confetti! Now I can put it on the outside of my cards as well as the inside.
LOVE your fun and colorful cards!!!
I’ve ordered the confetti stencil. Now I can’t wait to foil it!!! Your tag card is going to have people wondering How did she do that?
Pretty fun cards! Thanks for sharing them!
Awesome textures and colors. SO much fun using the SSS New Release. It’s amazing.
Very beautiful and colorful card. Love the colorful confetti.
Wow! 5 great Birthday Cards……I need to do this myself….I always have a shortage of Birthday cards.
Great job! What a fun blog hop!
I just love these fun bright colors! Just lovely!
great cards – I love the mirror paper. This new set is so much fun.
Your cards are so fun. I love the stacked sentiments and the confetti backgrounds.
Gorgeous cards.I loved the 3D effect on your card using these new SSS dies
I absolutely love how you used so many colors under the letters.
Your designs are so cheerful and lively. After seei g your cards, the Big Birthday Greetings set is going to be a staple in my craft studioo.
Love how you used SSS new products! I will have to try foiling.
Your cards are so fun! Love the colorful confetti!