Hello and welcome! I’ve been on a mission lately to organize my craft room. Currently I am in the middle of organizing my stamps and dies with magnetic panels and plastic sleeves. This is not a small task but an important one in my humble opinion. (I will probably make a separate blog about this in the future).
When I first started buying stamps and dies I had no plan and was just buying anything (and everything) that caught my eye. I have now realized that space is at a premium and I am starting to think a bit more about my overall collection vs something that I may use a few times and never pick up again.
Today’s blog is about a stamp and die set that is so versatile it’s definitely a keeper! It’s the Simon Says Stamps and Dies Happy Duo set.
Whether you are looking for a fun and creative way to wish someone a happy birthday, anniversary, graduation or even retirement… Look no further! This set can handle it all!
TIP: The set is made to fit perfectly on an A2 card base but I decided to make A7 (5″x7″) cards so that I would have a little more room to include a sentiment and decorations.
Card 1
- I cut a piece of polka dot paper the same size as my die and glued it onto my card base leaving extra space at the bottom.
- Next, I trimmed a separate piece of white cardstock to be about 1/4″ smaller than my base. I ran it through my Big Shot with the die and separated all of the pieces.
- I colored the background pieces using 3 shades of Distress Oxide Inks
- I wanted to be able to see my paper through the letters so I didn’t use the letters but saved them for a future project. Before I put them away, I used them for positioning to help me glue down the centers of the A and Ps.
- I glued the outside piece of the diecut cardstock onto the card base then arranged all of the pieces of the die and glued those down as well.
- I chose to place the sentiment below the diecut image and added some flowers to the bottom corner. The flowers were colored using Copic markers to match the Distress Oxide colors.
Card 2
- I used a stencil and Distress Oxides to create the background ocean image for the letters
- I embossed my cardstock before cutting out the die to add some texture
- The outline of the die was cut out of colored cardstock.
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