It's STAMPtember® over at Simon Says Stamp...and that means all good things including new stamps and collaborations with some wonderful stamp companies. Today I'm joining in on the STAMPtember® celebration and creating with this new Tim Holtz exclusive set. I love the size of these blueprint stamps and their fun sentiments, perfect for card making. Here's a closer look at the images:
I decided to pick four of the images and make them into cards with backgrounds inspired by some of my favorite Tim Holtz Tags of 2013, 2014 and 2015.
The first card features a cut out camera that was inspired by Tim's November 2013 tag. I remember making this tag using the camera blueprint and cutting out and layering it, and I used my own finished tag as inspiration for this card:
One of my favorite backgrounds ever was on this year's January tag...I made a bright crinkly colored panel as the base of this birthday card.
The next inspiration was the bubbly background from the July 2014 tag. I love this look and it even works great with a simple seashell...
And finally a card that has a background inspired by the January 2013 tag. I loved those gears, and I cut them from metallic card stock this time to make my card easy to send through the mail. They are a super fun background for the clock stamp.
Sweet set of cards! Love how you highlighted the different images with different backgrounds!
Posted by: stampersuzz | September 05, 2015 at 08:53 AM
so pretty!!! TFS
Posted by: Dolly | September 05, 2015 at 09:19 AM
awesome card, really beautiful!!!
Posted by: Amante del Papel | September 05, 2015 at 09:40 AM
my gosh!!!! you crete a beautiful an amazing cards!!!!
Posted by: Amante del Papel | September 05, 2015 at 09:41 AM
Gorgeous Cheiron! Thank you for inspiring us with these new stamps :) LOVE your work!
Posted by: heidi crowl | September 05, 2015 at 09:48 AM
You really showed us so much of what can be done with these stamps.
Posted by: Diana @ looking | September 05, 2015 at 10:15 AM
Fabulous projects... Amazing cards.. Thanks for the great blog hop!
Posted by: Kristina Pavlovic | September 05, 2015 at 10:25 AM
Fabulous card with wonderful bgs !
Posted by: Pooja | September 05, 2015 at 10:25 AM
Fabulous cards Cheiron! All of them are absolutely FABULOUS :-) LOVE THEM :-)
luv
Lols x x x
Posted by: Lorraine A | September 05, 2015 at 10:34 AM
Great cards Cheiron! What a great idea to link the technique to the 12 tags series!
Posted by: paula | September 05, 2015 at 10:36 AM
love the seashell background
Posted by: mary ann | September 05, 2015 at 10:38 AM
All 3 are AWESOME! I guess my favorite has to be the party hat with that super background!
Posted by: Lagene | September 05, 2015 at 10:49 AM
Great cards! Especially adore the bright color birthday design!! So fun!
Posted by: jan metcalf | September 05, 2015 at 11:49 AM
I love all your backgrounds. They go so well with each stamp you used. Love the bright colors on the birthday card and love background bubbles on the shell card. Great designs. TFS
Posted by: Donna Dacy | September 05, 2015 at 01:05 PM
Love the top card with its film strip and accents. All the backgrounds add interest to the cards.
Posted by: Julie | September 05, 2015 at 01:09 PM
Your cards are wonderful.
Posted by: Diane S | September 05, 2015 at 01:26 PM
Wow!! Really FANTASTIC cards!!
Posted by: Maureen Reiss | September 05, 2015 at 01:26 PM
Oh I so love how you use the techniques from Tim's previous tags for inspiration; these cards are fabulous... I feel some playtime coming on ...
Posted by: Rosann | September 05, 2015 at 01:54 PM
Gorgeous cards!
Posted by: Holly Saveur | September 05, 2015 at 02:27 PM
Wonderful card set and love the colors. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Posted by: Linda Duensing | September 05, 2015 at 02:54 PM
Gorgeous cards Cheiron! Love all the different backgrounds and colours.
Posted by: Anna-Karin | September 05, 2015 at 03:23 PM
love the filmstrip with the camera and the gears with the clock, they go so well together, thanks for sharing
Posted by: Maaike | September 05, 2015 at 03:52 PM
All beautiful cards. My favorite is the camera though.
Posted by: Heidi | September 05, 2015 at 04:52 PM
Great cards! I especially love the bubble background, you're going to have to show me how to do that!
Posted by: Miriam Prantner | September 05, 2015 at 06:41 PM
Your cards are fantastic, especially the camera! I LOVE LOVE LOVE that one. Great idea using your fave 12 tags for inspiration. Thanks for sharing I really enjoyed stopping by. :)
Posted by: Zoe Hillman | September 05, 2015 at 08:08 PM
your cards are amazing!
Posted by: Carol K | September 05, 2015 at 08:56 PM
Love these!
Posted by: Jean Marmo | September 05, 2015 at 09:50 PM
Your cards are lovely. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: DebbieP | September 05, 2015 at 10:06 PM
love how different the each are, wonderful work and nice bright colors, thank you
Posted by: tiffani pool | September 05, 2015 at 10:46 PM
What a fun project, the possibilities with this stamp set are endless!
Posted by: Beulah Bee | September 05, 2015 at 11:49 PM
How fun to see the different images that you used! I'd be hard-pressed to pick a fave because each one is so stunning. I always love your color palettes and these are so enjoyable to see!
Posted by: Andrea Ockey Parr | September 06, 2015 at 12:30 AM
omg, the seashell card is gorgeous, we all must be under the sea. The other two are really nice.
Posted by: Wendy Smith | September 06, 2015 at 01:06 AM
Your cards are fabulous! Love the backgrounds and color combos!! Sweet!
Posted by: Natalie H | September 06, 2015 at 01:45 AM
Fabulous cards! Especially the birthday card -- love the background!
Posted by: Denise Gutshall | September 06, 2015 at 01:46 AM
Really neat cards!
Posted by: Shirley | September 06, 2015 at 05:52 AM
FABULOUS stamps and ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS cards!!!
LOVE your designs and INKY AWESOMENESS!!!
Posted by: TracyM #6773 | September 06, 2015 at 07:24 AM
Amazing cards! Love all of the great texture and detail you added to these cards!
Posted by: Celeste Goff | September 06, 2015 at 07:44 AM
wonderful cards thanks for sharing
Barb Housner
Posted by: Barb Housner | September 06, 2015 at 08:13 AM
I really liked the backgrounds you created on each card, especially the film on the camera card.
Posted by: Charyl | September 06, 2015 at 08:38 AM
I like all of the cards but the bright colors on the shell card really spoke to me. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Linda S. | September 06, 2015 at 09:14 AM
Fantastic work! TFS! I love your composition and style. I’m loving these Stamptember posts but it’s making it hard to choose which sets to buy! Ugh! I want them allllllllll!!! LOL
La-Vie B.
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Posted by: La-Vie | September 06, 2015 at 10:15 AM
I love your camera card with the filmstrips. It's a great man card and the sentiment works for birthdays!
Posted by: pamboe | September 06, 2015 at 10:42 AM
Great sampling of cards using the new stamps!
Posted by: Jan O | September 06, 2015 at 10:59 AM
Really like your cards, particularly the one with the camera.
Posted by: Cynthia | September 06, 2015 at 11:17 AM
Great cards, Cheiron! I loved them all. Super use of color on the birthday card.
Posted by: Donna | September 06, 2015 at 11:27 AM
Your cards are fabulous. This stamp set is super cool!
Posted by: Helen Gullett | September 06, 2015 at 12:25 PM
I love everything about your cards!! The color, the stamps, the texture and even the design and every single one!!
Posted by: Sabrina Radican | September 06, 2015 at 12:27 PM
Thanks for showing several deferent designs - cool.
Posted by: Mary W | September 06, 2015 at 12:48 PM
Love how your backgrounds match with the theme of the stamps!!
Posted by: Kris | September 06, 2015 at 01:07 PM
Gorgeous cards. Can't wait to get the set now.
Kym
Posted by: Kym | September 06, 2015 at 02:41 PM
They're all great, but I love the shell. So much fun to look back at old projects, too.
Posted by: Marcie Lovett | September 06, 2015 at 03:38 PM
Love all your colorful backgrounds on your cards!!
Posted by: Patty Eifert | September 06, 2015 at 05:14 PM
Cheiron, your cards are amazing. These stamps are so versatile.
Posted by: Teresa | September 06, 2015 at 05:37 PM
thanks for tying the techniques to your lovely cards.
Posted by: Carol watson | September 06, 2015 at 06:10 PM
Your cards are fabulous! I really like the bubbles in the background.
Posted by: Janice | September 06, 2015 at 06:51 PM
Love all the different ideas you showed! Thanks for all the inspiration
Posted by: Carolyn S | September 06, 2015 at 07:53 PM
I love how you took inspiration from past "Tim's Tags", they all turned out fantastic!
Posted by: Rachel | September 06, 2015 at 08:04 PM
Wonderful cards,each of them is different and beautiful, love the backgrounds and your perfect use of new Tim stamps! Barbarayaya
Posted by: barbarayaya | September 07, 2015 at 12:56 AM
These are beautiful! I especially love your backgrounds -- they really set off the images.
Posted by: robi | September 07, 2015 at 11:23 AM
Those are some great looking cards! The added embellishments look great such as the film strip and gears. Very nice.
Posted by: Karen L K | September 07, 2015 at 07:38 PM
Really like your cards - especially the camera.
Posted by: Sandy | September 08, 2015 at 09:55 PM
love the cards!!
Posted by: Maura | September 10, 2015 at 05:17 PM