Floral Birthday Card

Hello friends! I hope you had a good weekend. It is Monday and we have a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge for you. Simon Says Stamp celebrates its 13th birthday. Turning teenager! 13 years of wonderful inspiration and creativity. We are celebrating with a Birthday theme.

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It is already August and it is the first Monday of a new month, which means that we are showcasing a specific company/designer. This week it is AALL & Create. You can find their wonderful range of stamps and other products here. You don't have to use their products to join us, but it is fun if you do. 

We also have a new guest designer and during August is Carrie Swift aka Redfire Studios. I hope you will have a look at her Instagram page to see the gorgeous project she has created. 

I made a birthday card for my Mom this week and used the AALL & Create Flower Press stamp designed by Tracy Evans. The flowers were colored with pencils and the background is dry embossed.

Start by stamping the Flower Press on Tim Holtz Backdrops Vol. 4 paper.

Color with colored pencils. I used Prismacolors.

Add highlights with a white gel pen and ink the the paper with Distress Ink.

For the background I embossed a piece of Tim Holtz Backdrops Vol. 5 paper in the Simon Says Stamp Spun Glass folder. I carefully sanded the embossed paper to reveal some of the white core.

Stamping on patterned paper gives an interesting background very quickly. The edges of the paper were distressed and I folded down on corner. I stamped 'you' behind the folded corner.

I die cut a file folder from heavystock paper using Tim Holtz Specimen set and inked it with blue shades of Distress Ink. Stamp a small sentiment on the tab. I also added some pearls to the card.

The larger sentiment was stamped with Simon Says Stamp Royal Pawsitively Saturated ink on a Tim Holtz Journal Card. It was matted on blue paper and placed on a piece of lace trim.

The Spun Glass folder has a very pretty pattern. I distressed and inked the edges.

I hope you will join us this week in our Birthday challenge. THe prize is increased this week to celebrate and you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

We also have our annual Kid's Vacation Challenge, with an Anything Goes theme. It is open for kids ages 2-16 years old. You can read more here.

Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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