Thank You, You Are So Kind | Shop Your Stash

Hi crafty friends!  Today I am sharing an A6 card where other than the floral stamp, I SHOPPED MY STASH! – hence the title of the blog post… let’s make a card!

The supplies used:

Spellbinders / Simon Hurley – Sketched Peonies Stamps & Dies Set

     Simon Says Stamp / Altenew – Beautiful Lily (Stamptember 2022)

     Stampers Anonymous / Tim Holtz – Hodgepodge Cling Stamp

     Penny Black – Elongated Fancy Dies Set

     Waffle Flower – A6 Piercing Layers Dies Set

     X-Press It – White Blending Cardstock

     Spellbinders – Graphite Color Essentials Cardstock

     Simon Says Stamp – Smoke Grey Cardstock

     Lawn Fawn – Jet Black Ink Pad

     Simon Says Stamp – Flannel Pawsitively Saturated Ink

     Simon Says Stamp – Dolphin Pawsitively Saturated Ink

     Copic Alcohol Markers – Y15, BG13, BG18, BG78, R00, R32, R14

     Simon Says Stamp –Black 3D Foam Squares

     My Sweet Petunia – MISTI Original Stamping Tool

     Tsukineko - VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad

     Brutus Monroe – Alabaster White Embossing Powder

     Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue

     Scor-Tape Double Sided Adhesive

     Anna Griffin Empress Die Cutting Machine

Creating the Background Panel

To create the background, I took a piece of Spellbinders Graphite cardstock and die cut it using the largest die from the Waffle Flower A6 Piercing Layers Die Set.  I placed the die cut panel into my MISTI tool and stamped the Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Hodgepodge cling stamp onto the Graphite panel using Simon Says Stamp Dolphin Pawsitively Saturated Ink. 

Creating the Focal Point

Using the smaller floral stamp from the Ranger/Simon Hurley Sketched Peonies stamp set, I stamped the image onto a piece of X-Press It white cardstock using Lawn Fawn’s Jet Black ink.  I colored the image using Copic alcohol markers in these colors:

     Flowers:  R14, R32, R00

     Leaves:  BG78, BG18, BG13

Once the coloring was completed, I used the Spellbinders Sketched Peonies coordinating die to die cut the floral image. 

For the frame, I used the largest die from the Penny Black Elongated Fancy die set and die cut it three times from Simon Says Stamp Smoke Grey cardstock.  I glued the three frame layers together with Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue and placed an acrylic block on the top until the glue dried.  I used a 2-1/2” x 4-1/4” piece of X-Press It white blending card to stamp the back drop for the frame.  I placed the blending card panel into my MISTI and used Simon Says Stamp Flannel Pawsitively Saturated Ink to stamp the Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Hodgepodge cling stamp onto the panel.

I positioned the die cut floral image onto the frame die cut and tacked down the parts that were going to be behind and on top of the frame with liquid glue.  I placed Simon Says Stamp 3D foam squares behind the portions of the floral image that were not going to be attached to the die cut frame for stability.  I removed all the backing paper from the foam squares and positioned the frame background panel behind the floral image and adhered it to the foam squares.  I also tacked down the areas of the frame that weren’t adhered to the foam squares with small amounts of liquid glue.

Creating the Sentiment

For the sentiment, I chose to go with the “thank you” stamp from the Ranger/Simon Hurley Sketched Peonies stamp set and used VersaMark embossing ink to stamp the sentiment onto a scrap piece of the Spellbinders Graphite cardstock and added Brutus Monroe Alabaster White embossing powder to the stamped sentiment and heat set it.  I chose a sub-sentiment that reads “you are so kind” from a four-year-old set that was an Altenew collaboration with Simon Says Stamp from 2022 called Beautiful Lily (but I’m certain there are many sub-sentiments of this nature on numerous stamp sets).  I used the same cardstock and embossing process for the sub-sentiment as I used for the main sentiment.

Assembling the Card

I added strips of Scor-Tape behind the focal point and adhered it to the front of the background panel, then added Scor-Tape to the backside of the background panel and adhered everything to the front of an A6, side-folding card base.  My last touch was adding three little grey pearls from Honey Bee Stamps’ Cool Pearls pearl stickers on the upper right corner of the focal point.

Thank you for stopping by and checking out today’s blog post, I really appreciate it. Until next time, happy crafting!

Happy Easter 2026 | Spellbinders + Simon Hurley

Hi crafty friends!  Today I am sharing a more traditional-style Easter card with you featuring products from Spellbinders/Simon Hurley.  Let’s get into it!

The supplies used:

Whimsy Stamps – Slimline ATC Windows Die Set

     Spellbinders / Simon Hurley – Tulip Trio

     Spellbinders – Spring Canopy Glimmer Plates Set

     Pink & Main – Large Sentiment Strip Die Set

     Penny Black – Delicate Garden Stamp Set

     Kuretake – Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers:

          Olive Green, Mid Green, Pale Green

          Pale Rose, Pink, Almond Pink

          Orange, Bright Yellow, Pale Orange

          Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Pale Yellow

          Peacock Blue, Dull Blue, Haze Blue

          Violet, Lilac, Pale Violet

     Ranger Ink / Tim Holtz – Distress Archival Ink, Black Soot

     Ranger Ink / Tim Holtz – Tumbled Glass Distress Ink Reinker

     Fabriano Artistico Extra White Watercolor Paper

     Ampersand Hardbord Panel

     Silver Black Velvet ¾” Oval Watercolor Brush

     Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss Pen

     Ranger Ink / Tim Holtz – Spatter Brush

     Winsor & Newton – Designers White Gouache

     Spellbinders – Opaque Black Glimmer Foil

     Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue

     Scrapbook Adhesives Thin 3D Foam Squares

     Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System

     Anna Griffin Empress Die Cutting Machine

Creating the Background Panel

Using the Whimsy Stamps Slimline ATC Windows Die Set, I selected the largest die in the set and die cut a piece of watercolor paper – this panel will serve as the base for the background.  I used painter’s tape to mask off ¼” on all sides of the watercolor panel and adhered it to an Ampersand hardbord to keep the water from warping the panel as I apply a wash of color across it.  Using a ¾” oval watercolor brush, I applied a generous amount of clean water to the watercolor paper.  I placed about three drops of the Tumbled Glass Distress Ink Reinker to my glass mat and picked up the ink with my watercolor brush and painted it onto the wet watercolor paper and let it dry.  Once dry, I applied a spattering of Winsor & Newton white gouache across the panel and also did the same with the Tumbled Glass ink.

Creating the Focal Point(s)

For the tulips, I used the Spellbinders / Simon Hurley Tulip Trio die set.  I die cut the floral layers, stems, and leaves from Fabriano Artistico Extra White watercolor paper since that is what I had on hand using the Anna Griffin Empress die cutting machine.  Once that was completed, I used the Kuretake Zig Clean Color Real Brush watercolor markers to paint the layers with these colors:

Greenery:  Olive Green, Mid Green, Pale Green

Pink Tulip:  Pale Rose, Pink, Almond Pink

Orange Tulip:  Orange, Bright Yellow, Pale Orange

Yellow Tulip:  Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Pale Yellow

Blue Tulip:  Peacock Blue, Dull Blue, Haze Blue

Purple Tulip:  Violet, Lilac, Pale Violet

After adding color to all the flowers and greenery, I adhered the bloom and stem layers together with Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue and placed a thin 3D foam square behind each of the flower heads.

Creating the Sentiment

For the sentiment, I used the Spellbinders Spring Canopy (Glimmer of the Month, February 2025) Glimmer Plates set and foiled the Happy Easter sentiment onto white cardstock using Spellbinders Opaque Black Glimmer Foil.  I die cut the sentiment using one of the dies from Pink & Main’s Large Sentiment Strip Die Set.

Assembling the Card

I positioned each of the tulips where I wanted them to be on the watercolored background/card front and adhered the flower heads only by removing the backing paper from the thin foam squares.  Once the flowers were in place, I positioned the different leaves with each flower and glued them in place with liquid glue and trimmed off the excess that were hanging off the card front.  I found a little honeybee stamp in the Penny Black Delicate Garden stamp set, so I stamped on little bee in Black Soot Distress Archival Ink onto the upper, left side of the card and colored in the yellow parts of its body with the yellow Zig Clean Color Real Brush marker and its wings with the Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss pen.  For my last touch, I attached the sentiment to the card front using foam squares and adhered the card panel to a top folding, slimline card base.

Thank you for stopping by and checking out today’s blog post, I really do appreciate.  Until next time, happy crafting!