21.09.2016

Simon Says … Gift It

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Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Anything Goes Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

We will be back soon with the name of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher

This week the challenge is

Gift It 

make a gift card/bag/box, or a gift for someone special.

This week we are showcasing Clearly Besotted Products.  You don’t have to use them for the challenge but if you have them we would love to see them used.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

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I’ve kept is nice and simple with my card this week.  I simply stamped and embossed the sentiment panel from Most Wonderful onto a panel of Bristol watercolour cardstock and then used my Kuretake paints to add a wash of aqua over it.  I die cut the panel using Avery Elle’s Pierced Rectangles and then used the Gift Card dies from MFT to mount a card inside.  A very quick and simple gift whipped up in no time!

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So now it’s YOUR turn, Happy Crafting
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You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in
16.07.2016

Simon Says Stamp Masterpiece Box and a GIVEAWAY!!

 

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HAPPY Saturday!  You should have hopped here from the blog of the amazingly talented JANA MILLEN but if you want to go back to the start the head to the SIMON SAYS STAMP NOW!

So as if the arrival of the weekend wasn’t reason enough to celebrate, today I also get to join in with one AMAZING blog hop in honour of the brand new (only became available yesterday) MASTERPIECE BOX from Simon Says Stamp.  If you don’t already know, this is a very special chance to purchase products from some of the leading companies in the craft industry ahead of their release date and all in one amazing box! Imagine that parcel arriving on your doorstep!!  For every comment you leave on the your trip round the hop stops today, you have a chance of winning a $25 Simon Says Stamp gift certificate too – woohoo!  This box is in LIMITED quantities and once it’s sold out it won’t be restocked – just sayin’ 😉

So I’ve been lucky enough to be able to play with a few of these gorgeous products over the last few days and here’s what I have to share.

First up are two cards I made using a stunning set from Simon Says Stamp called Oh Happy Day.  The is card uses a couple of the open flowers and a masking technique to create a frame around the sentiment.  I chose some pretty, warm colours Simon Says Stamp inks and added some sparkle to them with a clear Wink of Stella pen.

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Next, I chose the large solid bloom from the same set and stamped it in three colours of pink and purple.  I die cut a circle and the Hugs sentiment (also from Simon Says Stamp) in black and adhered them to the card base and finished off with a few Doodlebug Sprinkles in black.

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My final card feature a couple of sweet new sets from Clearly Besotted.  Originally designed for use in your planners I thought I would use them on a card instead.  I stamped a bunch of the Panda Planner images over a piece of white cardstock and chose a stamp from the smaller Penguin Planner set to sit in amongst them.  To make him stand out a wee bit more I coated him in Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents.  The sentiment is from a perviously released Simon Says Stamp set called Happy Days.

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So now you can pop along to the next stop on the hop which is the gorgeous BARB ENGLER!

And here’s the full list – just in case you missed any out!

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Jennifer McGuire

Kristina Werner

Laura Bassen

Yana Smakula

Debby Hughes

Nichol Spohr

Yoonsun Hur

Shari Carroll

Amy Rysavy

Virginia Lu

Chari Moss

Kelly Latevola

May Sukyoung Park

Nina Marie Trapani

Heather Ruwe

Kathy Racoosin

Wanda Guess

Jana Millen

Caryn Davies (You’re here!)

Barb Engler

Heather Hoffman

 


27.04.2016

Simon Says … Anything Goes

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Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for our Make It Girlie Challenge and we hope you will join in with our new theme!

We will be back soon with the names of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher.

This week the challenge is

ANYTHING GOES

We are showcasing STAMPENDOUS PRODUCTS this week. You don’t have to use them to join in with the challenge, but if you have them we would love to see them used!

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

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I decided to create a floral Mother’s Day card for the challenge this week.  It was last month here in the UK but I know elsewhere in the world it is in May so I’m not entirely behind with this card!!!  I used the pretty Fronds stamp set from Stampendous to create a simple bunch of flowers – they could have been picked fresh out of any English country garden!!  I stamped them in a light ink then used Zig Clean Colour Markers to colour loosely over the image.  To give it a more water coloured appearance I went over the ink with a water brush.  I die cut the panel with the Scalloped Dotted Border die from Avery Elle and finished with some twine and a few sequins.

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So now it’s YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

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You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in