Friday 15 April 2016

Four Cards from the Simon Says Stamp April Card Kit

Okay, I'll confess, I am addicted to YouTube and card creations on there. My nightly routine is curling up in bed with my Samsung Tablet and watching that day's latest uploads from my favourite crafters.  The majority of them are Stampin' Up! demo's but I also like watching Nicole, Kristina, Julie and Laura - anyone who is a crafter should recognise these names - even without surnames.
There's also the European crafters: Julia Altermann, and one I have been watching closely when looking at the newest Simon Says Stamp card kit releases is Vicki Papaioannou.
The last couple of months she has been doing a "10 Cards from one Kit" demo on YouTube with the December, January, March and April card kits.  
It's because of Vicky that I have had such fun this last week.

I have been flat out preparing for my eldest daughters wedding (which happens tomorrow 16th April), and needed some much needed stress relief.  My April card kit from SSS arrived in the mail on Monday morning.  I only allowed myself a quick sticky-beak (peek) into the box to look at the goodies held within, before heading back to make my youngest daughters bridesmaids dress.

But by Monday night, I was desperate for some 'me' time, so I headed to the craft room with my SSS box tucked under my arm.

Below you will see four of the 10 cards I made that night.  I had Scorpion to watch/listen to, while I crafted.  Before I knew it, I had all 10 cards made and I was really pleased with how they all turned out.


The first four cards.  All cut to US size of 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.

Some of the cardstock I cut on the horizontal and some on the vertical, so I had a variety of layouts to work with.

I still have tonnes of stickers and ephemera in the box, but I used a lot on the cards as you can see.

Here are close ups of the four cards in the picture above:





I'll upload some more of the cards in the coming days.  But for now, I'm going to head off to bed, to get some much needed beauty sleep, before I appear as Mother of the Bride, tomorrow. :)

Hope you like these.

Cheers
Karen :)



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