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Wednesday, January 8, 2025

simon says stamp funky hearts stencil

The To Be Loved collection just arrived in the Simon Says Stamp shop and it's delightful!!! There are so many sweet sets but my favorite might be the bold Funky Hearts stencil!

Isn't it so fun?!!

For this card I placed a piece of low-tack masking tape along the bottom of my card. With the tape in place, I ink blended three of the stencil layers with Distress Oxide inks (Picked Raspberry, Kitsch Flamingo & Black Soot).

After stenciling I removed the tape and stamped part of a sentiment from the Hugs to You set.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs!!!
Carly

my favorite clean and simple card designs

I love clean and simple card designs and I have a couple that are my favorite for critter cards! Let me show you more!

BTW, Pretty Pink Posh has a fabulous new release and I'm thrilled to joining day 3 of the blog hop to share ideas with you!!!

Before we talk more about cards, there's more fun! There are 4 $30 gift certificates to Pretty Pink Posh up for grabs! Enter to win by leaving comments along the hop by 11:59pm PST of January 15th, 2025. The winners will be announced on the PPP blog.

Now let's talk easy, clean & simple card designs...

I love to mask the top section of my card with a little low-tack tape and then ink blend to add color. Then I like to stamp over the ink blending to create a little background scene for a critter.

In this case I used images from the Valentine Icons set and the Valentine Ghost Friends to create the background for one of the ghost friends.

This simple strip background/scene design always makes me happy!

Another card design I like to use often for critters is a circle window like this...

The window can be a shaker or not, but always makes a fun place to ground a critter like this sweet Valentine Ghost Friend! This one is a shaker over a ink blended background and filled with chunky glitter.

Your next stop on the hop is Dana's fabulous blog and I know she is going to share something gorgeous!

And here's the whole list if you need it...



Thanks so much for hopping with us! Hugs!!!
Carly