I had so much fun playing with the Simon Says Stamp February Card kit this past weekend. I was able to sit down and crank out 5 cards in two sittings!
What I love most about the SSS Card kits is having a coordinated goodie parcel all together to just assemble and go! And what else I love is that you can get most of the supplies by themselves if you sadly miss out on the kit.
The feature set in this kit is the Love You Beary Much stamp set which allows for creating a valentines must, the conversation heart candy! As well as this adorable little bear. While this kit doesn’t have any dies, SSS does have a coordinating die set. The LOVE in this set has me wanting to snatch it in my next order!
For this card I took to coloring the adorable little bear with Caran d’Ache (this set is the 20 pencil one, I have the 78). After coloring him, I new I wanted to use the Hugs and Kisses stamp for him to hold, instead of the blank heart he was holding. So I did a little “surgery” and cut his little paws out to adhere to the top of the inked heart. I used SSS Hot Lips to stamp the Hugs and Kisses heart and then adhered it on top of the blank heart the bear holds. I have been using my SSS Craft Glue lately and so far I am enjoying it. I finished the card by taking the XOXO stamp and inking it up with Hero Arts Unicorn White Pigment ink. It has officially become my new favorite white ink! It stamped so solid compared to the one I was using before. I dusted half the XO’s with SSS Antique gold embossing powder, popped the little bear up and added gold round sequins from the Sizzix lovestruck sequins set.
Next card, I knew I wanted to play around with patterned paper.
This card was simple and easy. I loved the peachy background on this paper so I took one of the included black notecards and adhered a piece of the Simple Stories Sweet Talk paper. Next I layered a piece of gold and white cardstock and glued it to the card a little wonky to add a playfulness to the style. I added the stamped image sentiment, punched a heart and covered it with Glossy Accents. Finished it up with some hand drawn stitching that is well, sorta straight!
I really wanted to try the Rina K Poppin Pink Neon Glitz that was included in the kit. It was so shiny! And what a perfect way to let is shine than to use the SSS Tumbling Hearts stencil. While I love the results, I believe my glitz was a little dried out. The lid was ajar when I found it in the kit, but I made it work. I’ll need to use the rest soon as it was quite the struggle to spread. After letting it dry, I grabbed this cute saying out of the Simple Stories Sweet Talk paper set. Backed it with a pool colored card stock (since the glitz had a hint of blue!) and used a decent amount of SSS Craft Glue to get it al to adhere together. I ended up leaving it for a few hours under some heavy books to get it to stick long term.
For this card, I had to ink blend! Using the SSS Tumbling Hearts stencil again, I grabbed my distress oxide inks in 4 different pinky colors and went to work! I started with the lightest color of Spun Sugar, then went to Worn Lipstick, then Picked Raspberry and finished with Festive Berries. I use blending brushes to achieve this soft transition. I used stamps from the included Love You Beary Much to make some of the hearts look like convo hearts (using Hero Arts Unicorn White Pigment ink), and also used one of the bigger sentiments. Backed it on a beautiful raspberry color cardstock and viola! A beautiful one layer card.
My time was running out in the craft room, but I really wanted to use this rainbow from the Simple Stories Sweet Talk paper. It had a vanilla colored background so I grabbed a coordinating cardstock color an went to town cutting it out. I added some foam to the back and popped it up. Then I stamped the LOVE stamp onto the included doll pink cardstock in the Hero Arts Unicorn White Pigment ink and then used the SSS Antique gold embossing powder again to have it look dipped. Popped up the bottom and dropped some jewels on to finish it off.
Which card was your favorite? I cannot speak more highly of these card kits. I always enjoy when they show up because I know I’m going to spend more time crafting and less time wondering what to make!
