30.09.2015

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 the No Designer Paper Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is

ANYTHING GOES

We are showcasing CLEARLY BESOTTED  PRODUCTS this week. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some 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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It’s been a while since I’ve had the chance to play with my Clearly Besotted stamps and boy, have I missed it!  I was so chuffed to see we were featuring them for this week’s Wednesday Challenge but then I had a struggle to decide which of the many sets to use!  One of my all-time favourites is Modern Christmas (designed by my bestie Amy Gray) and as I’m in total Christmas mode I thought this would be the perfect one to ink up!  I started by heat embossing in white, three of the Christmas trees and then used Abandoned Coral Distress ink mixed with a little water to add colour to them.  For the card panel I sponged some of the same colour mixed with a little Spun Sugar Distress ink but I wanted a little more “something”!  So, I took an acrylic block and scribbled some AC ink onto it and spritzed with water to make a puddle.  I then used a small paintbrush to flick splatters onto the card base and also mixed in a little Perfect Pearls for a touch of shimmer.  To finish I arranged the tress onto foam adhesive and added a few Iridescent sequins from Little Things From Lucy’s Cards then stamped the sentiment in Smoke ink from Simon Says Stamp.

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So now it’s YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

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If you use instagram add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too!

 

 

You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in
No backlinking allowed, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw

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05.06.2015

Clearly Besotted Release Day is here!!

Phew – what a week of amazing releases!  Yesterday was the launch of the Summer release at Avery Elle (make sure you hop along and check out all the new goodies) and today is the BIG DAY over at Clearly Besotted.  All the fantastic new stamps and dies will be available from 10pm tonight (BST).  Here’s another sneak peek from me featuring the Any Occasion Cupcakes set – love the designs in this set!cupcake

 

So what’s on your wish list?  I It’s another toughie isn’t it?!  Make sure you check out Steph’s gorgeous samples over on her blog and of course the rest of the design team too!

04.06.2015

More Clearly Besotted teasers!

Whizzing in with a VERY quick post as I’m heading out to the Ideal Home Exhibition in about 5 minutes – can’t wait!!  I’m sharing another card I made with the Best Teacher set from the new release at Clearly Besotted –  need a few of these at this time of year! This time I stamped the apple with one of the new ombre ink pads from Hero Arts – love the effect of these on big solid stamps like this!

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I also used the same inkpad to stencil a background area behind the apple and for the banner too.  A simple card but made more interesting with the graduation of colour – love these ink.

Make sure you take a look at the rest of the teams samples – they’er amazing!!