Thinking of you card

 Hi friends! It is Monday again and I hope you had a good weekend and got some crafty time.

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It is time for a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog and this week our theme is Thinking of You. During November Pauline C is our guest designer. I hope you will visit her blog. 

I made a thinking of you card this week, using a brand new embossing folder from the Simon Says Stamp And Everything Nice release. I used ink and wax for the background and the two birds were watercolor-stamped.

The And Everything Nice released is filled with creative products for holiday and winter crafting.

Start by inking the Simon Says Stamp Wispy Pine Needle Frame embossing folder with Distress Ink. Mist watercolor paper with water and emboss.

When dry, ink the needles, making it the darker towards the edges.

Apply Gilded Foundry Wax around the edges and heat set.

The two birds come from Simon Says Stamp Vintage Blooms and Beautiful & Curious. Ink the stamp and then mist with water before stamping.

The sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Big Botanicals was gold embossed.

I inked the stamp with Ground Espresso, misted with water and stamped, off-setting slightly, for a shadow.

Mount on grey kraft-stock, gold metallic kraft-stock and folded light blue cardstock.

Such sweet bird stamps.

Here you can see how shiny the gold embossing is. The shadow helps it stand out better from the background. I also added buttons and some ribbons.

The foundry wax adds a great distressed gold look to the branches.

Join us this week in our Thinking of You challenge! You have a chance to win a $25 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.

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

Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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