Hellllooo Friends!!! How are you? It’s that time of year ….. it’s STAMPtember®! Woo hoooo!! I am so lucky and grateful to be part of Simon Says Stamp’s STAMPtember® Blog Party!! It’s not a blog hop ….. just a big ole’ party with lots of bloggers and Instagrammers. Simon Says Stamp will have all the links of these talented people on the Simon blog.
This month keep an eye out for beautiful banners from Simon Says Stamp with different and exclusive STAMPtember® promotions! It’s like a month long scavenger hunt! Such fun!!
Check out today’s banner and free gift with purchase at the bottom of my post.
The STAMPtember® products are pretty spectacular and I love the variety in the release… something for all kinds of crafters. I can’t wait to see what all of the collaboration stamp sets will look like. You can check out the entire release here even though I am pretty sure you might have seen it all by now.
Today I am sharing two of the new background stamps Hexagon Tile and Lantern Pattern. The “Love You“die cut is from my Simon stash.
Painting this particular background I took my time watercoloring each little section in the tile. My second card I colored large sections of the lanterns instead of all the smaller parts for a quicker card.
What’s not to love about this “Chunky Love You” die cut. It’s a great size and dramatic but, clean lines.
Using these stamps it’s fun to see different patterns emerge as you color the different sections creating a new visual stamp. My ink of choice for no line coloring or watercoloring is the Gina K. Designs Amalgam ink called Warm Glow.
The new distress color “Crackling Campfire” is so bold and vibrant I love it. When I go antiquing I always keep my eye out for these small glass salt containers. They are perfect for liquid watercolors. Some of these were only $2.00.
Thank you for your visit and I will be back soon. Stay safe and healthy. Many hugs, Kathy
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Happy New Year !!!
Day 5. Part 2. Face Off
Dots & Winners
Such bright fun cards! Love them!
Thanks so much Dot.
Beautiful cards, Kathy! I love them!
Thanks so much Donna.
I wasn’t sure how much I liked those background stamps.
Now I love them.
It’s fun to see them come to life right? Bet you have lots of ideas for. it.
It’s fun to see them come to life right? Bet you have lots of ideas for it
So pretty Kathy… the coloring is amazing… love those little salt dishes! 🙂 Thank you for the inspiration! Be safe and God bless!
Thank you very much Monika.
Such bright and cheery card. Both are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks a lot Trudie.
Love the colors.Love Stamptember.
Thanks Valerie. It sure is a fun month.
Lovely cards–love your little salt dishes! The water coloring is awesome. SSS new release is awesome too–so many choices to make!
Thanks so much
Wow!!! Beautiful backgrounds!!!
Thanks Maureen
Great cards, always love your watercoloring.
Thank you Dorthy. Appreciate your kind words.
Love you colorful cards… you do amazing work….so much fun!
Thank you Gail
Fabulous cards. Your coloring is always awesome.
Thanks so much Sue
what a great use of the background stamps. Reminds me of the “adult” coloring books I had as a high schooler that I loved doing in down time.
It is like that! Thanks so much
Hi, I love your little watercolor dishes! Your cards are beautiful; the bird one is my fav!
Thank you so much.
Wonderful coloring – looks terrific – very special cards 🙂
Appreciate it Stephanie
Love the color combinations!
Thank you so much Lisa.
OOOOOO thank you Kathy. Love the cards but the purple-orange just sings! Fabulous cover die…
Thanks so much Lee
Gorgeous cards Kathy … love how you coloured the backgrounds!
Appreciate it Gab. Thank you
Fantastic cards. Great release.
Thank you Debbie
As soon as I saw who the maker was I just knew the coloring would be outstanding! Beautiful, just stunning.
You made my day. Thank you Judy.
Love your cards! Vibrant colors, and creative technique! ❤️
Thank you Fran,.
Great designs and colors.
Thanks so much Sue.
Wow, great vibrant cards!!
Thank you Tami
Such a fun pair of cards using those Simon backgrounds, Kathy!! Great coloring as always!!
Thank you Linda.
colorful and fun as always Kathy! TFS
Appreciate it so much.
Fantastic coloring
Thank you Pamela.
I always love your coloring! Great cards.
Thank you so much.
I like how the lantern pattern is colored. Great combo!
Thanks so much.
This water-coloring is beautiful! So vivid and bright and happy!
Thank you Glenna.
Beautifully done!!
Thanks Peg.
Love your use of bright colors for these cards. Clever use for salt dishes. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much Michele.
Gorgeous backgrounds!!
Thank you Tara
Beautiful cards Kathy- there are so many neat ways to use those background stamps
They really are versatile!
Very nice. I really like the way you colored the lantern background.
Thank you Annette
Great cards! Beautiful colors and watercoloring. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Laurie