That's Life: Make Magic blog hop

Hello friends and welcome to Day 2 of the Simon Says Stamp Make Magic Blog Hop...

Today, I'm really happy to be joining so many talented designers as one of the stops on this hop, (you can catch up with Day 1, HERE) and if you'd like to see this fabulous new release in full, then just pop over to Simon Says Stamp.

You might have arrived here from the extremely talented Keisha's blog, but if not and you've just popped by and would love to join us for this fun hop, then don't worry because you can head back to the beginning over on Simon Says Stamp blog.

There are so many gorgeous new products in this release, and I can guarantee you'll be spoilt for choice and feel so happy and uplifted by every single one of them.

For my card, I chose to create a project inspired by the vintage farm and agricultural posters and for this I used the Sunburst Wafer Die and Sunshine and Rainbows Sentiment Strips.

So let's get started and here's how I created this card...

I cut a panel of White Mixed Media Heavystock to measure 14.5 x 11.5cm and inked the background with Tumbled Glass and Speckled Egg Distress Inks, using a blending tool.

I then spritzed the inked panel with a light misting of water before heat drying it thoroughly.

After machine stitching a border around the outside, I mounted it onto a piece of burlap, slightly larger than the panel to create a border and adhered it with Matte Collage Medium. I followed with a panel of yellow kraft card taken from Tim Holtz's Warm Kraft Stack, adhered with SSS Tape Runner Pens before matting these layers, using foam pads, onto a panel of patterned paper from the Memoranda Paper Stash, which I then mounted onto a black card blank.

Moving onto the next stage and that glorious Sunburst Die. I used the die to cut Mixed Media Heavystock card which I then inked with Scattered Straw and Mustard Seed Distress Inks. I also blended a small amount of Crackling Campfire at the bottom of the sunburst, blending it upwards for an ombre effect and also around the edges.

With the panel inked, I then splattered water over the surface, dabbing away the excess with a paper towel and heat dried to set the ink and dry the card.

I mounted the sunburst over the top of my blue panel using foam pads to add height and dimension.

With the sunburst in place, I added the embellishment and for this I used a Tim Holtz idea-ology Milk Cap and sanded the edges before inking them with Walnut Stain Distress Ink. I attached the milk cap in the centre of the semi circle at the bottom of the sunburst, slightly overlapping the edge. In the centre of the milk cap, I attached an Entomology Adornment from Tim Holtz's idea-ology range.

To add colour to the metal, I used Alcohol Inks ~ Gilded Alloy on the body and Aqua on the wings. I added a small amount of Mushroom over the surface to knock back the ink and add more of a vintage feel.

For the sentiment, I used one of the new Sunshine and Rainbows Sentiment Strips ~ "Sending a Little Sunshine To Brighten Your Day". I cut the strip to size and mounted it on a piece of Gold Metallic Kraft Stash card, leaving a very narrow border showing around the outside.

I attached the sentiment strip to my sunburst panel with foam pads.

To complete the card, I added some gold Metallic Droplets around the semi circle of the Sunburst Die.

...and that's my card finished! I hope you love this piece and feel inspired by the wonderful new products in the release.

Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the blog hop! This means you can leave a comment here and on every stop along the way to increase your chances. Winners will be posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, 28th July and all winners will need to contact/email Simon Says Stamp to claim their prize.

Also, last but by no means least ~ if you shop during the MAKE MAGIC blog hop release, then you can get yourself a super fun Arts Supply die for FREE, with every purchase $40 or more. The offer is valid until 25th July at 11:59 ET, or while supplies last and the code you need to use to claim your gift, is: ARTMAGIC

Thanks so much for hopping by today, hope to see you again soon and next stop on the hop is the talented Vicky Papaioannou!

Emma xx

BLOG HOP ORDER

Simon Says Stamp Blog

Emma Williams (you are here)

Vicky Papaioannou

Yoonsun Hur

Mindy Eggen