Hi Friends! It’s time to kick off all the fun with Simon Says Stamp’s STAMPtember celebration!! I’m part of the blog party and If you’re not familiar with STAMPtember, it’s a month of fun filled stamping excitement and releases. There are exclusive releases and collaborations that Simon puts together with many of your favorite stamping companies, new exclusive Simon Says Stamp products and a few surprises sprinkled in along the way. You’ll want to check in each day because you never know what they’ve got up their sleve and you don’t want to miss out on all the fun.
To kick off the celebration each blog party designer will have a free gift for you, so make sure you check out all who are participating. You can find the list of designers here. My free gift is an exclusive XL Birthday Greeting 6×8 stamp set with a purchase of $100 or more! Make sure to use the coupon code at checkout. All the details are in the graphic below.
I was so happy to work with the new Toil & Trouble stamp set and put together a tutorial so you could see how I put it all together. Enjoy!
Sprinkle Alcohol Blending Solution onto alcohol yupo paper and sprinkle on alcohol ink over the solution. Sprinkle one color at a time and spread with the Ranger Air Blower before the ink dries. Do one color at a time and dry inbetween each addition of color. Continue the process until you’re happy with the outcome.
While the alcohol ink background dries, color all the images from the new Toil & Trouble stamp set. I love painting with the new Distress Mica Stains and found a little trick to paint with them. The mica in the bottle settles on the bottom so you will need to shake the bottle before painting. After shaking the bottle to distribute the mica, carefully remove the cap and allow a drop of mica stain to fall from the spray tube onto a craft mat. You will notice the mica sits on top of the ink drop. Gently tap the paintbrush on top of the mica stain and gently paint the image. You don’t want to push the mica to the sides so use a dabbing motion onto the image with the paintbrush as opposed to using brush strokes.
Next create three background pieces out of watercolor cardstock using a stitched squares and rectangles die set. Ink each piece with Wilted Violet Distress Ink using a Simon Says Stamp Blending Brush. Spritz each piece with water and dry with a heat tool.
Cut another set of stitched squares and rectangles out of black cardstock but use the next size die bigger for each purple background piece than you created. Using a scissors, cut away the stitched portion so the jagged edges are left behind. I made a snip on one edge of the jagged edge and used my fingertips to tear along the edge to remove the stitched portion.
Adhere the purple background to their coordinating jagged edge pieces as shown above.
Adhere the three purple background pieces to the alcohol inked background as shown above.
Adhere the colored images as shown above using 3D foam tape to give dimension.
Adhere the main card front to the center of a piece of black cardstock and add the sentiment strip along the bottom of the card and you’re done.
I hope you enjoyed seeing how I put this card together. Don’t forget to check out Simon Says Stamp every day throughout the month to see all the exclusive sets from all the different companies for this Stamptember event.
Thanks so much for stopping by and sticking with me to the end. Happy Stamping!!
What I used:
Simon Says Stamp Toil & Trouble
Ranger Alcohol Ink Purple Twilight
Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock
Simon Says Stamp Orchid Ink Blending Brush
Great tutorial!! I am so excited that I ordered this stamp and die set!! I love your color choices!!
So cute!!!!
Awesome colors! Great card!
Love the deep, rich Halloween colors! Awesome card.
Beautiful colours!! Great cards.
Oh, my gosh, I love your card! (I especially love the alcohol ink background but so much of it was hidden.) Great job! Thanks for participating in the SSS Blog Hop – Stamptember is SO much fun!!!
Love it Cathy!!!
Such an adorable card! I love how you built it up with the die cut panels, so clever.
Great card. The alcohol ink background you created is perfect for Halloween and really sets off the panels you made with the toil & trouble stamp set. Well done. Thanks for sharing!
Soooo Spooky Cute!!!!!
Love you alcohol background, love your cards!
Spooky time!!
Wonderful card and technique – going to have to CASE this one! My favorite holiday, my favorite color (purple) – just love your card! TFS!!
Very cool ink technique! Love the card!
Great cards!
Wonderful witchy colors for the Halloween card.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Wild wonderful colors
Love the techniques you used in this card!!!!
LOVE your coloring techniques on this card! Super tutorial!
Love the AI background!! What a spooky cute card!
Oh what great cards. I appreciate your tutorial as I learned two new tips. Thank you
I absolutely love this card!
Great background with the alcohol inks. Love this card with its adorable Halloween elements.
Awesome Card!
Love this background and the water splattered look 😀
I don’t usually do Halloween stuff but these colors are awesome.
Love the use of the alcohol inks for the background for the new stamps.
Awesome card!
Nice card!
Super cute. Great background.
Be still my heart. Love, love, love this card. Halloween is my favorite “holiday” by far. I like it really creepy and spooky. Your colors and playfulness aren’t necessarily spooky and creepy but they hit the basics of Halloween right on. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome alcohol ink background!
What an awesome card for Halloween! Love the colors.
Love the backgrounds!
I love all those Halloween-y colors in your card. It’s a super cute stamp set and so is your card!
Thanks for showing step by step. Cute card.
Love the creative background idea. Love the theme.