Hello, and welcome to the Simon Says Stamp One Of A Kind Blog Hop! If you came from the amazing Nina-Marie Trapani’s blog, you are right on track!
For my first card, I started by stamping the images from the Encouraging Animals Stamp Set with Hero Arts Intense Black Ink on an A2 white card base. Then I colored the partial images with a black marker from Altenew Artist Markers Set A.
I added little dots between the images using a bullet tip of the Altenew black marker to fill in the gaps. After that, I heat embossed the sentiment three times from the Encouraging Animals Stamp Set with Hero Arts white embossing powder on three colors of some My Favorite Things colored cardstock.
I finished off the card by mounting my sentiment strips with 3M foam tape to the card front. If you are not good at coloring animal images like me, this is a great alternative way to create a card without much coloring skills needed.
For my second card, I stamped my images with Altenw Rouge Ink ink onto an A2 sized piece of card stock from Hero Arts Blush Mix Layering Papers. Then I partially colored them with Copic markers.
Then I white heat-embossed the sentiments from the Hello You Stamp Set on a piece of Altenew Jet Black Cardstock and mounted mounting my sentiment strips with 3M foam tape to the card front to add some dimension.
To finish off my card, I added a black enamel dot so I can balance my sentiment banners. Hope you enjoyed seeing my cards and got some inspiration to create your own card using simple/partial coloring.
These are my favorite products from the Encouraging Words Collection. Make sure to visit the Simon Says Stamp store HERE to check out the rest of awesome new products.
Giveaway
Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop. For a chance to win, leave a comment below, and the winners will be announced on the Simon Says Stamp Blog on Tuesday, August 8th.
Blog Hop
It is now time to head on over to the fantastic Heather Ruwe’s blog to see what creation she has to inspire you all. Thanks so much for stopping by today. Happy hopping!
Simon Says Stamp Blog
Kristina Werner
Laura Bassen
Amanda Korotkova
Nina-Marie Trapani
May Park(you’re here!)
Heather Ruwe (your next stop!)
Shari Carroll
Kelly Latevola
Lin Brandyberry
Lisa Addesa
Supplies
I have listed the supplies I used below. I participate in several affiliate programs including Simon Says Stamp(SSS), Ellen Hutson(EH) and Altenew(AN). It means I get a small commission at no additional cost to you when products are purchased through links I share here. Thank you for your support.
 Simon Says Stamp Hello You Stamp Set Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Encouraging Animals Stamp Set Shop at: SSS |
 My Favorite Things Colored Cardstock Shop at: MFT |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Wagner Embossing Heat Tool Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Versamark Watermark Ink Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Powder Bag Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Copic Sketch Markers Shop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
 Altenew Jet Black Cardstock Shop at: AN |
 Hero Arts Blush Mix Layering Papers Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Teflon Bone Folder Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Martha Stewart Mini Scoring Board Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Altenew Artist Markers Set A Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 3M Foam Tape 1/2 Inch Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Altenew Rouge Ink Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Doodlebug Black Enamel Dots Shop at: SSS |
Teresa Chapman
I love your cards! your backgrounds are amazing.
Aug . 06 . 2017Denise Bryant
All those critters are absolutely adorable! Love your cards!
Aug . 06 . 2017Barbara S
Very nice card – the dots must have taken forever. I was first going to ask what stamp you used to do that.
Aug . 06 . 2017Angela V
LOVE your backgrounds! Great option that makes you really focus on the message! Thanks for sharing your talent!
Aug . 06 . 2017Jenny del Castillo
Gorgeous card, so sweet, I loved it!
Aug . 06 . 2017Jennifer Harrison
Love love love!!!!
Aug . 06 . 2017Lesley Mark
Very cute – I love your cards!
Aug . 06 . 2017Lieve S
Two fun and happy cards ! Thank you for the inspiration.
Aug . 06 . 2017Glorie Alvarez
Very cute! Love the background and the sentiments.
Aug . 06 . 2017cassied17
Darling cards! I love the stamped backgrounds
Aug . 06 . 2017Barb Macaskill
Cute cards! I especially love the first one! TFS!
Aug . 06 . 2017Dru
Awesome and supercute!
Aug . 06 . 2017Mary Jane Isenberg
Cute cards. Thanks for the ideas.
Aug . 06 . 2017JOAN F RICHARDS
love the animal stamps they are so cute
Aug . 06 . 2017Tammy Hanson
Cute little critters. Should bring some great smiles.
Aug . 06 . 2017Jill Figley
Love your cute little cards. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Aug . 06 . 2017NatQuebec
Love that you used the stamps to make the background. 😊
Aug . 06 . 2017Sandra ltb
fun cards —- lots of neat things in this release!
Aug . 06 . 2017Ali
I love them both but the second card is my favourite. I love the pink.
Aug . 06 . 2017Dee Kepler
Thank you for the cute cards! There are so many ideas I did not see the first time I looked. I am loving this!
Aug . 06 . 2017Vikki H
Love this idea of a black & white background spiced up with the colored sentiment strips!
Aug . 06 . 2017Trina P.
Your stamped background is always so amazing. Cute cards.
Aug . 06 . 2017Jean R-T
Love those Encouraging Animals cards!
Aug . 06 . 2017Kate
Such lovely fresh designs! Thanks for the inspiration!
Aug . 06 . 2017Pat G
I really enjoy your ideas!! Using words is such fun!!
Aug . 06 . 2017