Black and White with Pops of Color

Hey friends, I’m here with you today featuring some of the newest Neat & Tangled stamps and dies in a fun birthday card!

I love rainbows and bright happy colors; they make you want to smile when you see them! In today’s card, I’ve used black and white to my advantage, allowing the neutral colors to let my rainbow sentiment and bright, round baubles to take center stage… the impact of the colorful elements against a neutral background is really incredible!

I started off my card by die cutting the stars from the new Lucky Stars die set all over the left side of my white card panel. After cutting the stars, I placed a piece of silver glitter paper behind the stars and stamped some smaller stars among the larger ones using silver ink.

My celebrate sentiment (from the new Celebrate die set), is die cut using white cardstock that I colored with Copic markers in a rainbow color scheme; I layered a total of six of these words together to create a more solid sentiment. I also placed the outline for the word celebrate behind the die cut words and glued it directly to my card. Next I heat embossed a coordinating sentiment from the Celebrate stamp set in silver onto black cardstock. I cut the cardstock into a banner and popped it up off my card panel.

My colored baubles are die cut using the circle dies from the Scandinavian Prints die set; I love the whimsical feel of the circles and thought these would be a great fit for my card, adding to the festive feel. I colored the circles with Copics, covered them with clear Spectrum Noir sparkle, adhered them to my card with a mixture of foam and liquid adhesive, before finally adding a coating of Glossy Accents over top for a nice finishing touch.

I hope you enjoyed my inspiration for creating bright, happy cards using the new Lucky Stars dies and Celebrate stamp and die sets! Thanks for stopping by and spending some time with me… I’ll see you again very soon!

MORE INSPIRATION

If you enjoyed today’s card, be sure to check out some of my other most recent posts below! Click on the photos to be taken to the corresponding blog posts.

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PRODUCTS

If you are interested in any of the products used in this post, I have them all linked below to Simon Says Stamp. Affiliate links used when possible.

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SIMON SAYS STAMP

Simon Says Stamp STITCHED RECTANGLES Wafer Dies	CELEBRATE Neat and Tangled	CELEBRATE – NICE AND NEAT DIES Neat and Tangled	LUCKY STARS – NICE AND NEAT DIES Neat and Tangled	Neat and Tangled WINTER WISHES Clear Stamp Set	Neat and Tangled SCANDINAVIAN PRINTS DIE Set
Copic Sketch Marker YG03 YELLOW GREEN	*Copic Sketch Marker YG21 ANISE Yellow Green Light Bright	Copic Sketch Marker YG0000 LILY WHITE	*Copic Sketch Marker Y02 CANARY YELLOW Sunshine Cheery Bright	*Copic Sketch Marker Y18 LIGHTNING YELLOW Bright Bold	Copic Sketch Marker Y13 LEMON YELLOW
Copic Sketch Marker YR12 LOQUAT Pale Orange	Copic Sketch MARKER YR14 CARAMEL	Copic Sketch Marker YR68 ORANGE Bright Bold	Copic Sketch Marker R05 SALMON RED Bright	Copic Sketch Marker R14 LIGHT ROUGE Bright Bold	*Copic Sketch Marker R29 LIPSTICK RED Bright Bold
Copic Sketch Marker BG10 COOL SHADOW	Copic Sketch Marker BG23 Coral Sea Blue Green	Copic Sketch Marker BG32 AQUA MINT	Copic Sketch Marker B02 ROBIN’S EGG BLUE	Copic Sketch MARKER B05 PROCESS BLUE	Copic Sketch Marker B16 CYANINE BLUE
*Copic Sketch MARKER FV2 FLUORESCENT DULL VIOLET	Copic Sketch Marker BV17 DEEP REDDISH BLUE	Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad CLEAR	Tsukineko Delicata SILVERY SHIMMER Ink Pad DE-000-192	Uni-Ball Pen Signo Gel WHITE Two Pack 1919994	Crafter’s Companion CLEAR OVERLAY Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens SPECNSPACLE3
Heidi Swapp MARQUEE CHRISTMAS 8.5 x 8.5 Glitter Paper Pad	Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# BLACK Black8	*Neenah SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE	*Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS	Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Hero Arts PW200 Wagner	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE

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