Simon Says Stamp Born To Sparkle Blog Hop ~ Day 2

Hello creative friends and Happy Friday...

It's day 2 of the Simon Says Stamp Born To Sparkle blog hop and I'm so excited to be joining in as one of the stops. If you've been hopping along, you'll have arrived here from my Monday Challenge teamie, the very talented Anna-Karin ~ but if you've just popped by and want to join us then you can head back to the beginning at Simon Says Stamp's Blog. Also don't forget that you can check out this awesome release in full, by clicking HERE!

We also have a special promotion running with this hop and for a limited time only when you shop during our Born to sparkle releases blog hop, you can claim a FREE gift of a Island Crush ink cube set and all you need to do is use the code: CRUSH428 Offer is valid until 2nd May or while stocks last.

For this blog hop I created a card, and combined the gorgeous Party Balloons stamp with the Congrats On A Line Wafer Die. I chose to colour my balloons blue, because I was making this particular card for a new born baby boy, but there are so many other options, pink for a girl, multicoloured for a party or just choose the recipients favourite colour to make it personal ~ the choices are endless and all you have to do is pick a colour!

So, let's get started and here's how I made my vintage style baby card...

To begin with I cut a panel of Tim Holtz Distress watercolour card, 11 x 19cm. I placed the balloon stamp onto my Tim Holtz Stamp Platform, inked it with Versamark Embossing Ink and stamped a portion of the image onto the card panel.

I then sprinkled gold embossing powder over the ink, tapped away the excess before heat embossing the powder until molten.

In the top right hand corner, I added a second, raised set of balloons by stamping this portion of the stamp once more and then fussy cutting around the outline.

I chose to watercolour all the balloons, including the fussy cut balloons, using Distress Inks. Applying the colour of each ink onto my glass mat and then picking up the ink with a water brush and applying it to the image.

The colours I used in order of application were: Speckled Egg, Broken China, Peacock Feathers and Faded Jeans.

Between each layer of ink, I always heat dry before adding the next colour and I coloured the confetti with gold watercolour paint.

Once I had finished the artwork and added white gel pen highlights, I inked inbetween the balloons using Antique Linen Distress Ink and a blending tool. I also added a few splatters of the ink, that I watered down and just flicked across the panel with a paint brush. After attaching the fussy cut balloons using foam pads to raise them and add dimension, I inked the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink before adding a machine stitched border around the outside edge.

With the balloon in place, I added a small bow.

I then matted the panel onto slate grey card, followed by a layer of gold card before mounting the matted layers onto a black card blank.

Moving on, I added some gold stars, these are die cut from Metallic Kraft Cardstock using the Sizzix Falling Stars Thinlits Die by Tim Holtz.

I attached a selection of stars, all different sizes, to my card panel, placing a Little Things From Lucy, gold jewel in the centre of the larger stars.

Now for the wording that sits across the card and for this I used the Congrats On A Line wafer thin die set. Taking the smaller of the two dies, I cut Mixed Media Heavystock card, three separate times and then layered them and stuck them together to form one die cut, the thickness of chipboard.

To add the sparkle, I used Tim Holtz Vintage Platinum Glitter Dust. I applied a coat of Matte Collage Medium over the surface of the die cut wording and working quickly, I sprinkled the glitter over the top. Tap away the excess and left it to dry thoroughly.

After using the die once more to cut a piece of slate grey card, I layered the glittered wording over the top, slightly offsetting this to create a drop shadow behind the die cut.

I attached the wording across my balloon panel.

Finally, I added some pearl embellishments to either side of the wording. I used Fresh Water Pearlz from Buttons Galore & More and attached each pearl to cascade down either side using Matte Collage Medium.

So that completes my card for today and I hope you loved what I've created and it's inspired you with some ideas.

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by today ~ stay safe and keep well.

Love Emma xxx

HOP DETAILS

Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from your blog comment section. We’ll choose your winners and post on our Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 5^th of May. Your winner can email us to claim his/her prize

HOP ORDER

Simon Says Stamp Blog 

Laura Bassen

Debby Hughes

Jennifer McGuire

Cathy Zielske

Amanda Korotkova

Heather Hoffman

Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Emma Williams (you are here)

Bibi Cameron

Yoonsun Hur

Bobbi Lemanski

Dilay Nacar

Mindy Eggen

Kath Stewart

Norine Borys

Tina Smith

Recipe for project:

Simon Says Stamp Born To Sparkle Release: Party Balloons stamp, Congrats On A Line Wafer Die

Simon Says Stamp products: Slate Card

Tim Holtz/Sizzix: Falling Stars

Distress Inks: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen, Speckled Egg, Broken China, Peacock Feathers and Faded Jeans

Mediums: Matte Collage Medium, Gold Watercolor Paint, Distress Glitter Dust Vintage Platinum

Surfaces: Distress Watercolour Card, Black Card, Metallic Kraft Stock, Mixed Media Heavystock

Glass Media Mat

Tim Holtz Fine Detail Waterbrush and Broad Waterbrush

Little Things From Lucy Gold Mix Jewels

Buttons Galore & More Pearlz

White Gel Pen

Blending Tool

Heat Gun

Big Shot Die Cutting Machine