Suzy Plantamura's Creations

It’s time for the release of the SSS May card kit which is called Long Stem Florals. Here is an image of the kit:

It includes several SSS exclusive products including the following:

• Simon Says Stamp Long Stem Florals 6×8 inch clear stamp set
• Simon Says Stamp Long Stem Florals 6×6 stencil 
• Simon Says Stamp Squoval Tags die set

Here are the SSS products that can be purchased alone. The dies are an add-on product and the stamp set is sold in several ways as follows:

• Simon Says Stamp Long Stem Florals Wafer Dies
• Simon Says Stamp Long Stem Florals Stamp, Stencil, and Dies Bundle
• Simon Says Stamp Long Stem Florals Stamp and Die Bundle

Here are my cards:

This card is kind of random and I have NO idea why I made it as I had to cut out all those little butterflies from one of the patterned papers in the kit. I also cut out all the yellow, orange, and green ones as I planned on using them all. Then I used Copic Markers to deepen the color on them and a white Uniball to add white details. Am I crazy? Yep!

I used the Leaf Spin Embossing Folder from the Beautiful Moments release – it is so pretty! I embossed it using white cardstock. I glued a sentiment from the Long Stem Florals stamp set stamped with black ink and die-cut out with the matching dies in the center of the card. I arranged a circle of blue butterflies around it glueing only the center of each so I could bend their wings up. I glued pink butterflies around the blue ones also in a circle. I kept them overlapping so once the wings were bent upward they would cover the area. I added some 3mm sparkling clear sequins around the outside and inside of the circle.

I cut two pieces of the patterned paper for the top and bottom of this card. I loved these two colors and matched the inks I used to them. I stamped the 5 floral designs in the stamp set with black ink. I used the stencil in the kit to apply inks over them. I used the new PSInks in Trio 36 for the flowers. I used Cabbage Ink for the Green and Sky ink for the blue. I fussy cut each of them out.

I arranged the five floral images over my background overlapping some so they would all fit on this A2 sized card. I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set with black ink, die-cut it out and attached it over the designs. This card is such a different style for me and I don’t love it. But I did want to try out the stencil idea and I really like how the designs look over the stamped images. I just prefer to color of course!

This time I colored the stamped images so I like this card better than the last one,. I stamped the 5 floral designs in the included stamp set with black ink. I colored them in with Acrylic Paint Markers (recently purchased them from Amazon and love using them). I matched the colors I used to the two background papers. I used the same papers as I did on the last card!

I die-cut the papers using the Squovol Tags Dies. I die-cut the same size die from the blue paper and from the pink paper and attached the blue inside the pink on a white card base. I then die-cut the 5 floral stamped designs and arranged them over the blue paper. I used foam behind the tops of each so they had more dimension. I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set with black ink and die-cut it out with the matching dies. I added that to the bottom of the stems. I added one of the flowers in the kit to the top of the tag.

I feel like card 2 and 3 look very much alike because I used the same papers for the backgrounds but I did use very different techniques for the flowers. I hope you love this Long Stem Florals May 2026 Card Kit. I think it is so pretty but I hardly used any of the really cool mixed media products in the kit. I didn’t use the rub-ons, embossing glaze, and Tim Holtz Distress Crayon and Distress Matte Collage Medium. So many possibilities with this kit and I hardly made a dent in it! Thanks for visiting! Suzy