My Cards and Tags: Tag and Envelope Using Simon Says Stamp's Gift Card Envelope and Oh Happy Day Dies

Happy Birthday to Simon Says Stamp!  We're celebrating Simon products this week to go along with our birthday theme.  I made a tag and envelope combo using a few of my favorite Simon products.

I started by cutting out an envelope shape using Simon's Gift Card Envelope die.  Then I added a shape I LOVE, which are these little arches that you get when you cut the Simon Picture Book Labrador shape.  I know the arches don't look anything like a dog, but that's the beauty of repurposing die shapes.  The arches are the negative shape cut from around the Labrador's torso.  I cut them out of black Strathmore Mixed Media paper.

Next I smeared on some acrylic paint in mint green, blue and white.  I dripped on some hot pink (Brutus Monroe's Neon Aqua Pigment) and spritzed it with water.

While that was drying, I cut my Oh Happy Day tag, smeared white paint onto it over Simon's Falling Snow stencil, and added some acrylic paint.

I stamped, fussy cut and decorated a twig sprig from Inky Antics' Branching Out stamp set and added it to my envelope after coloring the edges black and adding some text scraps to the background.

I stamped a plaid design on the tag using The Stamp Market's Criss Cross Background stamp.  I added more color using acrylic paint and Prima Water Soluble Oil Pastels.  I splattered some more neon pink Aqua Pigment on my tag to finish it off.

Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

Simon Says Stamp Gift Card Envelope Die	Simon Says Stamp Oh Happy Day Tag Die	Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow Stencil	Simon Says Stamp PICTURE BOOK LABRADOR Wafer Dies	Inky Antics Branching Out stamp set
The Stamp Market Criss Cross Background Stamp	Brutus Monroe Neon Pink Aqua Pigment	Prima Impasto Acrylic paint, Mint	Prima Impasto Paint Mediterranean	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE acrylic paint
Dina Wakley Black Heavy Body Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley OCEAN heavy body acrylic paints	Dina Wakley TANGERINE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley LEMON Media Acrylic Paint	Prima Water Soluble Oil Pastels, Rustic
Prima Water Soluble Oil Pastels, Basics	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad	Strathmore Mixed Media Black Paper, 9x12	Strathmore Mixed Media Paper	Sizzix Big Shot
UHU Glue Stick	Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet

And be sure to submit your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog this week because we're giving away not one, but TWO $50 vouchers to the store!