Simon Says Stamp Blossoms & Butterflies Blog Hop - Day 1

Happy Friday, crafty friends! It's always a happy day when we are celebrating a brand new release from Simon Says stamp, right?! Their latest collection is called Blossoms & Butterflies, and it is full of lovely products! Simon is doing a free Unicorn Dust Glitter as a gift with purchase promotion - just use the code BLSM999 upon checkout to take advantage while supplies last! The code will expire on Sunday, 04/14 at 11:59 pm ET.

This is day 1 of the Blossoms & Butterflies Blog Hop, and we've got quite the lineup for you! I will put all of the blog hop details at the end of my post, but how about we get to my cards first? I've got a fun rainbow colored card for you today, using the new Outline Butterflies background stamp, along with Tiny Words Encouragement. I've paired them with the You've Got This die from the Diecember release, which I didn't get a chance to use then. It pairs perfectly with this new Tiny Words stamp set!

I started by heat embossing the Outline Butterflies in WOW white embossing powder to a panel of heavyweight white cardstock. I taped the heat embossed panel to my Waffleflower Water Media Mat, then added a generous water wash to it. Then I used my drop & spray technique with Pinkfresh Studio liquid watercolor to create my rainbow background. It's a super fun & easy technique that works perfectly with background stamps like this one! I heat set the panel, then spritzed it down with shimmer spray.

Next I diecut the word die from heavyweight white cardstock three times, and adhered them together with a Zig glue pen. Then I stamped the Tiny Words Encouragement sentiment to white cardstock in onyx black Versafine, trimmed into a thin strip and added banner edges to it.

At this point I layered all the elements to the front of a white A2 card base, using foam adhesive on the rainbow panel. I splattered the front with titanium white paint, then finished by accenting with my signature trios of jewels.

That is what I have for you today! How about we get to all the fun blog hop info now?!

PRIZES:
Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from the blog comment section. They will choose the winners and post on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Wednesday. Winners can email SSS to claim their prize.

BLOG HOP LINK LIST:

Be sure to hop along and leave comments along the way for your best chance to win one of the prizes!

Simon Says Stamp Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Cathy Zielske
Nina-Marie Trapani
Nichol Spohr
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Suzy Plantamura
Lisa Addesa
Heather Ruwe
Amy Rysavy
Heather Hoffman
Lea Lawson

Wow....what a lineup that is! I know I am excited to grab a cup of coffee and see what everyone else created!

Finally, if you'd like to see even MORE inspiration from this release, check out the Blossoms & Butterflies Collection Gallery. And be sure to link up YOUR creations too!

It looks like I am the end of the hop, but before you move along, I wanted to invite you to follow me on social media. I would love to be crafty friends!

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Alright friends! Happy hopping, and happy Friday!

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