Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: New!

This week for Simon Says Stamps' Wednesday Challenge, we are to use something "new" for the New Year, and at CASolgy, the cue card is "Encourage."

I just got the adorable Concord & 9th set "Let's Chat" this week, and chose it to make a "feel better" card...

First, I stamped the saucer and the cup, then added the leafy decorations.  I stamped the "filled" circle in the set in latte ink, cut it out, pasted it into the cup, and added some coloring to the all of the images with Copics.  Stamped the heart swirl in Versamark on top and embossed with white powder.

Added some mini red hearts shined up with Glossy Accents, and some "steamy" hearts with a Heidi Swapp stencil and white texture paste.  Some hearts went awry at the top, so covered those over with some linen washi :).  This set is so versatile and FUN!

Kindness

I'm playing along with CASology's last challenge of the year  focusing on the word...

I decided to make a thank you card for someone who has shown me kindness this year!

This card was so hard for me to keep CAS!  I ended up adding the Sizzix folder embossed background because I just couldn't leave it white all alone, lol!

The pretty flowers are from Reverse Confetti's "Blooms 'N Buds" and a sentiment stamp from Hampton Art. I traced over the letters a bit with a white pencil to make it look more like a chalkboard.  I was almost done, but then I just had to add 5 teeny tiny pearls to round out my card!

Round

I'm participating in my first ever challenge round at CASology!  This week the theme IS round!

I thought a snowman made with its three round snowballs would do the trick...

I used PTI's Stitched Circle Tag die and a snowman die and mini stamp set by Sizzix, which I got last year from Simon Says Stamp.  I couldn't pass up some big polka-dotty paper for this challenge!

I stamped a sentiment from one of my favorite sets of all time, "It's a Wonderful Life" by A Muse Studio, then embossed it with silver powder to match his silver hat.  Keeping with the round theme, I added pom pom snowballs for my embellishment.

I will definitely be back to play another round at CASology, so much inspiration to be had there!