Simon Says Stamp Good Luck Charm Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to my blog! I am happy to take part in the blog hop to celebrate the new Good Luck Charm release by Simon Says Stamp. If you are following along the hop, you should have arrived here from Heather Ruwe. 

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The Good Luck Charm release is full of wonderful new stamps, stencils, dies, inks and other products. You can find the whole release here. It is perfect for spring-time crafting, but also for many other themes. If you use the code YUM20 you will get the cute 3x4 Birthday Cupcake stamp set FREE with purchase! This promotion will expire 2/20 at 11:59 pm EST. 

I made an art journal page for the hop, which you can easily turn into a card.

I really like the effects you can get with the Radiating Squares stencil set and wanted that background to be the main part of my project. So I covered an entire art journal page with it, and just added a few sentiments and die cuts. You can create so many different backgrounds with this fun stencil set.

I wanted a hint of color in the background and inked it with Antique Linen and Speckled Egg, working on a page in my Small Creative Flip Journal.

The Radiating Squares stencil set consists of four stencils. I thought it was easiest to start with the largest design. Ink with two shades of Distress Ink. It is easy to extend the design, but moving and lining up the stencil.

Pick the next size design and ink through the stencil with Pumice Stone and Hickory Smoke. It is easiest if you can line the stencil up to the edge of your project. 

Continue building the background with the third stencil.

And finally the fourth stencil with the smallest design. I just loved seeing how the background came to life one stencil at a time. It is a great place to experiment with different color combinations.

Ink the edges with Hickory Smoke.

I used the Mix and Match Squares stamp set, from the Hello Beautiful release, since I thought it worked well together with the squares in the background. Stamp squares with various colors ink.

I also added a dotted border stamped with Simon Says Stamp Royal ink and stamped sentiments. 

The Good Luck Charm release has Black Glossy Cardstock and I really like glossy cardstock, both for various techniques and for die cuts. Here I used it to die cut the title and the circles. Glossy cardstock adds a lot to die cuts and gives them a great finished look.

The black glossy cardstock also contrasts nicely with the matte background.

It is such fun to build the background with the four Radiating Squares stencils. You can of course also use just one or two colors ink, or just one or two of the stencils, for a different look. 

Yesterday, I made a card with a fun stamping technique on black glossy cardstock using Good Luck Charm Wavy Circles Background Stamp, Black Glossy Cardstock, Card Corners and Dreamy Daisy Layers, if you want more inspiration. It is also a tutorial.

Don't miss all the inspiration along the hop. There are of course prizes to be won too, and at each stop on the hop SSS is giving away a $25 coupon, randomly drawn from those who leave a comment. The winners will be posted post on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Wednesday, the 23rd of February.

Your next stop on the hop is Yana Smakula who will share beautiful inspiration with you.

Here are all the stops along the hop:

Simon Says Stamp Blog

Nina-Marie Trapani

Caly Person

Nichol Spohr

Jennifer McGuire

Cathy Zielske

Suzy Plantamura

Sidnie Des Jardins

Lisa Addesa

Keisha Charles

Heather Ruwe

Anna-Karin Evaldsson (you are here)

Yana Smakula

Mindy Eggen

Barb Engler

Cheiron Brandon

Norine Borys

 

For more Good Luck Charm inspiration remember to check out the Good Luck Charm gallery at Simon Says Stamp, and if you make something with products from the range, it is fun if you post it in the gallery too. There are galleries for all releases, and for the card kits, full of inspiration. 

This is the first blog hop for the Good Luck Charm release, don't miss blog hop day number 2 tomorrow.

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by here today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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