Hello, hello crafty friends! Happy STAMPtember®! Yay!!
Oh my goodness! I am so super excited and extremely honored to be a part of Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® Blog Hop!!
September is my favourite month of the year other than Christmas for card making and I am ready to enjoy the month-long event, STAMPtember®!! Are you ready?!
A new Stitched Leaf Wreath die is so versatile. It makes 9 adorable autumn leaves at a time. It can be used by itself as a negative wreath panel, or positive die cuts with other supplies. I really love it!!
To create this card, 1) I die cut many autumn leaves from the watercolour paper using Stitched Leaf Wreath die, loosely coloured them with Distress inks using waterbrush. 2) For my watercolour background, I blended onto the watercolour panel with several colours of Distress ink using mini blending tool, spritzed with water using Mini Mister. I then added water droplets. 3) I tied the natural twine at the bottom of the background panel and then mounted it on the SSS white top fold scored card base. 4) To finish it off, I mounted all leaves as shown to the watercolour panel using dimensional foam tape and then stamped the sentiments with black ink – ‘Hello’ from the Hello Friend Stamp Set, ‘SENDING LOVE’ from the Best Hugs Stamp Set. 
Yee haw! What a FUN Christmas!! I particularly LOVE the Warm Christmas Wishes Stamp Set because it’s really happening in Australia lol!
For my second card – oh, super duper fun – I used no-line watercoloring technique. I 1) Stamped images from the Warm Christmas Wishes Stamp Set onto the watercolour paper using Antique Linen Distress ink, coloured them with Distress markers. 2) Stamped the sentiment from the Christmas Graphic Stamp Set on the white card stock using black pigment ink, fussy cut it. 3) Mounted the watercolour panel on the white card base and then adhered the sentiment on that using dimensional foam tape.
For my last card for the hop, I played with warm colours of Hybrid ink cube. These are so soft like pigment inks but quite a juicy like dye inks. SO CHARMING!!
To create my wide striped background, 1) I masked off strips using washi tape and blended with (from the top) Lemon Chiffon dye ink, Twirling Tutu, Rosie cheeks, Apricot, Sunkist hybrid inks, and lastly Sunshine dye ink using mini blending tool. I then stamped images from the Hello Friend Stamp Set on the inked panel using embossing ink, clear heat embossed. I then added machine stitches.
Simon Says Stamp is giving away a prize package on each stop of the hop, so leave a comment for your chance to WIN. Winners will be selected on September 7.
Your next stop on the hop is incredibly talented Yana Smakula. We hope you have all enjoyed the new release blog hop! If you’ve missed any of the stops along the way, please head over to the Simon Says Stamp blog to find all the links of the hop.
Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a fabulous day!
Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
Love Love Love RejoicingCrafts
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RejoicingCrafts 
What a sweet release and cards! Loving it all… 😍 God bless
Love that new Warm Christmas Wishes stamp set and the card you created with it!
Oh that christmas card is amazing, I love how santa has a bling beard :D
LOVE!! The colors on the fall card are perfect! Just like the real thing – And summer santa is a hoot!
Nice cards. Thank you!
Such a wonderful set of cards!! Fun TOO!
Have a blessed day,
Millie
Crafting With Creative M
I absolutely love these cards, but the first & last are SO charming!!
From the site on the edges of the leaves to the stitching, wonderful cards and inspiration. thanks.
Wonderful cards — such great colours!
Such a great collection of cards with totally different seasons / color palettes! While I love the soft hues of the “hello” card and think the colorful Christmas card would be great fun to send to a friend celebrating December in a warm climate, the FALL LEAVES card is still my favorite. I love the tiny stitched leaves you can use from the wreath die, and the variety of ways that die can be used. Thanks so much for sharing your creative skill with us on this hop! Happy STAMPtember!
Lovely, lovely cards!
How can you choose which is your favorite? They are all great!
I especially love how you used the stitched leaf wreath!
The watercolored autumn leaves card created from the stitched leaves wreath die is just stunning…..Wow! In fact, all three cards have that wow factor.
I have to be one of your biggest fans. When I see your name I can’t wait to see what you’ve created!!!
I can’t decide which card I like best. They are all terrific. Thanks for sharing.
What a great mix of cards! I love your scattered watercoloured leaves!
Love the cards. Simon’s new release is great.
My favorite card is the falling autumn leaves. Love it!!
All of your cards are fabulous! Thanks to you I’ve added several new items to my wish list!
I love all three of the cards you made – can’t even choose! Each has different techniques. I’m adding you to my blog list so I can see what else you create in the future. Thanks for the inspiration!
I’m loving your first card! What a great way to stretch the use of the wreath die :-)
Creative!
Great cards. Love the colors. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win.
Pretty cards.
Awesome cards — I love those watercolor leaves — so pretty!
love the beautiful soft ombre on that first card!
Great cards! I especially love what you did with the leaf wreath die!
Love your use of the stamps! Very cool!
Your cards are so beautiful and colorful! Loving STAMPtember!
I love your cards. You have such an inspiring way with color!
I LOVE your watercoloring on your first card, just lovely. I haven’t used hybrid inks yets. I’m going to add some to my order. They look yummy on your third card.
Wow, so many ideas.
Love the watercolouring on the first card.
The Christmas card is just soo much fun, and I love the ombre colouring of the third with just a simple white die cut.
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Super cute cards! Very unique!!! :)
Love all of the cards! Water coloring is beautiful and the stitched leaves dies are fabulous!
Your cards are just so much fun! LOVE them.
I love your leaf card… beautiful!
Love the watercoloured leaves and the stitched panels!
Love the watercolor on your cards and the stitching on the girl card. Very cool.
Gorgeous cards! I love the different ideas and stamps that you used.
These are all absolutely fabulous! Really love the background of the first!
So many wonderful cards! I keep looking at that surfing Santa one! I love the illustrative look!
All three cards are amazing! My favorite is the Christmas one.
Love your color choices!
I love the falling leaves card with the watercolor technique!
I absolutely love your stitched leaf wreath card…. I’d love to duplicate it at home! Santa card is awfully adorable too…
Oh you just did a fabulous job showcasing all this fun!
The Christmas stamps are adorable!
Love your watercolors! Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing!
Terrific cards! Happy Stamptember!