Hello Crafty Friends!
I am popping in with some cards I created first for an IG Hop using Simon Says Stamp! products. We were supposed to use last years Stamptember products BUT I didn't read the fine print and created cards using my SSS August 2026 Made to Flourish kit, and some "extras" that were on my desk.
My first card I used the Brightest Bloom embossing folder to emboss on a piece of watercolor cardstock that was included in the kit.
I used the three Distress Crayons in the kit (mine came in with worn lipstick, mowed lawn and fossilized amber) along with stormy sky, dried marigold and festive berry to watercolor on the embossed image.
I distressed the edges, adhered it to an A2, white card base and used a sentiment from the Made to Flourish stamp set..
I am entering this card into this round of the All Sorts Challenge #856-heat or dry embossing.
My next card I stamped around two sides of a white piece of A2 cardstock with the flowers from the SSS Made to Flourish stamp set. I then used Copic markers to color the images in.
Next I ink blended Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Ink over the entire card front. I also took some brown ink and water and splashed it across the front.
I distressed the edges and added Ranger Gilded Foundry Wax (not found in the kit) along all four sides.
I added piece of old book paper from a previous kit, some vellum from my scrap box, some jute and a stamped sentiment 3/4 of the way down the card front. To finish the card, I adhered it to a top folding, red A2 card front.
I am entering this card in this round of Inkspirational Challenge #374.
On my third card I crumpled a piece of old book paper, smoothed it out, blended and dragged Vintage Photo Distress Ink over the top to create the background.
I adhered it to a kraft, A2, top folding card base. I then used two of the Craft Consortium Flowers ephemera, popping one up with foam adhesive.
I tied a piece of jute around the front, added a sentiment and some gems. Can you tell I am kind of obsessed with distressing the card edges or backgrounds? It became a theme in this set of cards.
I am entering in the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #44-Anything Goes Floral.
For my last card, I did a bunch of different techniques. I first used a Worn Lipstick and Stormy Sky Distress crayons to ink smoosh color onto a piece of white water color paper. I embossed it with a burlap background and used Vintage Photo Distress ink to blend ink across the front.
I added a scrap of book print to the left side, distressed the edges of the background and adhered it to a white, A2 card front.
I took a scrap oval frame, added a jute bow and adhered it to the card front.
I used my Distress Crayons to color directly onto my stamps, sprayed some water over the top and stamped my images onto white water color paper. I used the water brush in the kit to blend in the flowers. When the stamped image was dry, I used Vintage Photo Distress Ink to blend over the top.
I adhered the vase of flowers in the middle of the circle with foam adhesive. The sentiment was stamped a pink that matched my flowers, die cut out and adhered to the card front.
These cards took SO LONG to make. I am such a SLOW card maker but it was fun to use this kit, some supplies that I have accumulated and never used, like the foundry wax, and scraps from my desk. It was a successful creative session that left me feeling fabulous.
That is all from me today. I thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day!!
Nora
