11.02.2026

Simon Says … Not a Card featuring Tim Holtz

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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 Add a Heart Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is

We are showcasing Tim Holtz 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.

It’s always fun to create makes that aren’t cards. I love to make favours and gifts for different occasions so thought this was a great opportunity for a cute wee Valentine make.

I started by creating some matchboxes using the Tim Holtz Vault Matchbox Sizzix Dies using white card for the inner box and pink for the sleeve. I used the Layering stencil Shifter Diamonds to to create a sheet of patterned cardstock using Candy Apple Red Distress ink and Spun Sugar Distress ink. I splattered it with Picked Fence Distress Spray and once dry used the die from the matchbox die set to cut the panels for the top of the boxes.

For a little surprise inside I used the Faceted Heart die from Vault Rosette Dies from red card and coated them with a layer of Distress Resist Spray to add a bit of shine. To decorate the front of the boxes I used a few different things. One was an Ideaology Salvaged Heart which I covered in metallic leaf in red. I hot glued this to the front of one box. On the other two I used little wooden embellishments I have had in my stash for YEARS! I painted them red and added Glossy Accents for shine and dimension! You could achieve this same effect using stacked die cuts also.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

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So now it’s YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

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04.02.2026

Simon Says … Add a Heart featuring Penny Black

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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.

This week the challenge is

We are showcasing Penny Black 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.

I’m still in Valentine mode so went for a favourite colour combo – red, pink and white. I pulled out my favourite Tim Holtz Shifter Diamonds stencil to create a custom patterned cardstock sheet using Distress inks Candy Apple and Kitsch Flamingo. I die cut a heart using the Simon Says Stamp Basic Hearts Die set and added some shading and splatter. I used the XOXO from Penny Black Heart Shine Stick and Shine Sheets and some red glitter foil.

I used the Gina K Heart stencil on some Carbation cardstock from Concord and 9th to make a mat layer and added a few star sequins for a bit more sparkle!!

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

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So now it’s YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

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28.01.2026

Simon Says … Anything Goes featuring Pink and Main

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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 Use Stencils Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is

We are showcasing Pink and Main 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.

I’m in my pink era at the moment so a Pink and Main focused challenge is perfect! I’ve also rediscovered my love of toner foiling and Pink and Main have a fantastic selection of foils to chose from – obsessed!

I created my sentiment by printing a sheet of solid black on my laser printer. I then ran this through my Heidi Swapp Minc machine using Pink and Main Sparkle Pink Cheerfoil to give me a full sheet of sparkly joy!! I then used the Pink and Main Cheers Word Dies to die cut the word Congrats from it and 3 times from white card to stack to create a dimensional sentiment.

My background panel was created using a smooshing technique on Tim Holtz Watercolour card, distress oxde inks and Distress Spritz sprays. When dry I used the Sparkle Stencil with Translucent Distress Paste and Rock Candy Glitter to give it a touch more sparkle!

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

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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.