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 |
Debby Prutzman
Great card. Love the new release.
Aug . 06 . 2017jlingraham
Love your cards especially the colored card
Aug . 06 . 2017Julie-anne Hoffmann
This card is very differect but I like it. Thanks
Aug . 06 . 2017Susan Green
Simon Says really has cute stamps to make cute cards like the ones you made.
Aug . 06 . 2017Heather Lynn
Love your encouraging animals backgrounds. This is a great SSS release. Thanks for sharing!
Aug . 06 . 2017Heather Sharpe
So sweet and beautifully simple!
Aug . 06 . 2017Leslie E Gladney
What a great card for students!
Aug . 06 . 2017Denise D.
I just love both of those cards but my favorite is the black and white one.
Aug . 06 . 2017Kathleen Picon
thanks for sharing such sweet cards
Aug . 06 . 2017amyscardobsession
Just adorable. Love how you used multiple sentiments – I need to try that!
Aug . 06 . 2017Joy J.
Love the monochromatic and and black and white backgrounds on your cards! Pretty!
Aug . 06 . 2017Stef White
Unique and beautiful cards. Love the tone on tone stamping on card 2, I want to try this so much.
Aug . 06 . 2017Tami Priebe
Love your creations!! Those animals are so adorable. Thank you for sharing.
Aug . 06 . 2017born2scrap775
Love how you created the backgrounds and the cards are super sweet!!
Aug . 06 . 2017fragkopouloukhotmailcom
Very cute cards!The second one is my favorite!Sooo sweet!
Aug . 06 . 2017Renee allen
Love love love Simon Says Stamps!
Aug . 06 . 2017Lindarub
Use cards.
Aug . 06 . 2017shanna
This inspired me to make a card for some littles and give them crayons/markers to color it in themselves!
Aug . 06 . 2017Julia D.
Such cute cards! Love how you created the background paper with the stamps. Thank you for the chance to win!
Aug . 06 . 2017darby whittier
What a cute background paper you created, I love it.
Aug . 06 . 2017Ann Marie
The tone on tone look is fabulous.
Aug . 06 . 2017Joanne Faysal
Love the simplicity of your cards!!
Aug . 06 . 2017Laura
I love these cards!!
Aug . 06 . 2017Liz mca
I really like the monochrome card!
Aug . 06 . 2017Carla Hundley
Such cute and fun
Aug . 06 . 2017cards! Love the
animals.
Carla from Utah