It's September 1st, and over at Simon Says Stamp, that means it's the start of STAMPtember®...the registered trademark of a name given by Simon's owner, Heidi Crowl, to a month long celebration of all things stamping!! This happens to be Simon's SIXTEENTH YEAR of celebrating STAMPtember®...and I can't wait to get it started...so...
I have made three cards with an adorable new stamp/die set, Apple of My Eye, along with some new frame dies, what fun!!
I stamped, die cut, and colored all of the adorable animals and apples. I stamped and die cut the sentiments. The most challenging part with these little cuties was the layout. The are small, and making the card "look" enough, yet keeping it clean and simple, was given a quick fix with: one of the stamps from the set(the second card)... stamped all around the frame, a stencil(this first one)... stamped on a piece of cardstock and cut down and the frame cut out, and for the third one, a stamp from an older teacher set! I used the new Postage and Scalloped Rectangle dies for all three dies...LOVE them!! Okay...here's a close up of the first card, and then the other two cards....
The second one...
I used one of the stamps from the stamp set, to stamp all around the brown frame...
The third card...
This one I was kind of trying to make the postage die cut panels go from high, and getting lower, to kind of go to "core"...I know, a thought only in my head, but that's what prompted the lowering levels of frames to the animal and sentiment. Here's the close up...
Okay...tomorrow is an ENORMOUS PARTY over at the SIMON BLOG, which will officially get the month long party started! Hope you will join in the fun, and be inspired!! There will be new releases by different companies, in collaboration with Simon Says Stamp...limited one time releases, so you will want to check out the Simon Says Stamp store, daily, to see what's being offered by all the amazing companies!! Hope you have lots of fun!! Please take care!! Thank you so much for stopping by!! Hugs!! Lisa
