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 |
Eileen Robertson
Love both your cards! Thanks for sharing
Aug . 06 . 2017Sheri K
Very cute cards!
Aug . 06 . 2017Rebecca RamirezBarnes
Both cards are very cute
Aug . 06 . 2017Kristie Maynard
Love how you did these backgrounds. Thanks for sharing.
Aug . 06 . 2017Shira Cohen Golan
Very cute cards
Aug . 06 . 2017Barb Oliver
Cute card, May!
Aug . 06 . 2017Heather Nelson
Love the new “Encouraging Words” release! Love your critters backgrounds! Very clever!
Aug . 06 . 2017Steffi H.
What a fun idea to use all of These stamps in a single Card.
Aug . 06 . 2017Marilyn Scheller
Brilliant cards and thanks for showcasing this set. It’s on my ‘have to have’ list.
Aug . 06 . 2017Larissa Heskett
SQUEAL!! SUPER SUPER SUPER AWESOME Release and Inspiration!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)
Aug . 06 . 2017Yvette S
Fun cards!
Aug . 06 . 2017Mary Davis
Both of your cards are really cute and I loved the encourging words.
Aug . 06 . 2017Stephanie Proctor
So cute!!
Aug . 06 . 2017Carol K
such encouraging cards . . nice!
Aug . 06 . 2017Jerrie
Absolutely love the black and white card!
Aug . 06 . 2017Teresa A
What a great collection of stamps and dyes. Thank you for sharing.
Aug . 06 . 2017Gail Alcorn
Cute cute cards!
Aug . 06 . 2017Alexia Misso
Omg, that’s so cool!! I love the stamped background!
Aug . 06 . 2017Kari Villebrun
Love the card, super cute animals
Aug . 06 . 2017Michelle White
Super cute cards!
Aug . 06 . 2017Miriam Prantner
These are so cute! I really love that tone on tone background, looks fantastic!
Aug . 06 . 2017Beverly Jordan
May, I’m so thrilled to see all the fun critters happily playing on your card fronts!! Fabulous new releases of encouraging words and happy ways to share them!
Aug . 06 . 2017Valerie DeWitt
Very cute!
Aug . 06 . 2017Ginni Berg
very clever – no coloring little animals! ha ha
Aug . 06 . 2017Cheryl S
Love your backgrounds!
Aug . 06 . 2017