03.05.2015

My Hero – Clearly Besotted

Hello – back for day 2 of the Clearly Besotted May release previews and today I’m focussing on a sentiment set for all the men in your life called My Hero.  Steph released a girly version of this last month called Sugar and Spice so it’s nice to have one for the boys!!  I’ve made a couple of cards for my two most important men – my husband and my son.  As you can see I have really gone to town with the stripes this month!  Once I started stamping them I couldn’t stop.  My first card is for my hubs.  I probably don’t tell him as much as I should but I kinda like him!  We’re celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary in July so I guess we must be doing something right!!

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My second card is for my AWESOME boy, Daniel.  He makes me so proud and I could not wish for a better son!  He’s clever, creative, handsome, caring, and just a bit cheeky!  He makes a good cup of tea too.  For the background I used the “Laura Bassen smooshing technique” with Spectrum Noir aqua markers.  I took a large acrylic block and a rainbow of aqua markers, scribbled my colours onto the block and then gave it a jolly good spritzing of water.  Then I laid my water-colour cardstock down onto the block and pressed it down well.  When you (carefully) lift the paper up you will hopefully have a nice “smooshed” rainbow pattern like this.  I used a Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle die to cut my panel (once I’d let it dry obviously) and then stamped the “Son” three times with the various sentiments in between.  I used my MISTI again to get everything perfectly lined up.  I finished off with a few stamped stars from the Blast Off II set.

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Be sure to pop back again tomorrow for more teasers and check out the rest of the team – they’re ON FIRE again this month!


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02.05.2015

Delightful Day – Clearly Besotted May Sneak Peeks!

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Helloooooo!  It’s an exciting day today because the 2nd always means one thing – the start of the new Clearly Besotted release sneak peeks!  This month we have some FANTASTIC new products and I can’t wait to share what I’ve been doing with them.  Stephanie has also teamed up with the fabulous Lucy Abrahms and together they have developed a new line of dies which are like nothing else I’ve seen around – can’t wait to show you them!  And in case you hadn’t noticed Stephanie has expanded her line of products at the shop with ALL KINDS of great goodies.  Make sure you check out all the new stuff she has available!

For today though I’ve been playing with a gorgeous new floral set called Delightful Day.  I created a panel using the solid stripe stamp from Basic Stripes and stamped it in Fog pigment ink.  I used the MISTI so was able to get a good solid image by overstamping several times to eliminate any uneven patches.  I stamped the jar and roses in Tuxedo black ink and coloured them with Copics.  After fussy cutting them out I popped them up on some foam adhesive and finished with some Doodlebug Sprinkles and a coat of Wink of Stella – which doesn’t really show in the photo 🙁

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For my second card I couldn’t help going for more stripes!  This time I went for a bold black striped background (so easy using the MISTI) and mounted my coloured roses onto a die cut circle cut from gold Bazzill cardstock.  A few little sequins (from a mix from Lucy’s Cards – also available from Clearly Besotted).  I stamped the sentiment in Versamark and embossed it in gold to finish.

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Please make sure you pop along to the rest of the DT blogs for more amazing ideas and also from the fabulous Stephanie herself.  Prepare to guard your wallet – it’s definitely in danger this month 😉


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29.04.2015

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 Clean and Simple Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week.

This week the challenge is…

ANYTHING GOES!

Yes, it’s your FAVORITE CHALLENGE!

We are showcasing PRIMA 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 on your projects.

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


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Ah, I do love Anything Goes challenges!  I can really go to town with whatever supplies take my fancy at that moment in time, lol!  This week I have had my fancy tickled by some gorgeous new goodies I picked up on my last little shopping spree at Simon Says Stamp.  I LOVE the WPlus9 Unforgettable stamp set.  Argh, it’s just SO flippin cute I can’t bear it!  Another treasure I’ve been coveting for ages is the Stitched Banner Duo from Pretty Pink Posh.  Such a useful die to have on hand.  I used it to cut some paper from Lawn Fawn’s Let’s Polka pad and also from vellum (but just the fishtail end, not the whole die).  As I’m all about bling and this week we are all featuring Prima products, I’ve added some gorgeous little crystals for some essential sparkle.  To keep that mood going I cut the (swoon-worthy) Wishing die using some silver glitter paper and also added a glittery wee bow to the elephants tail – love how he looks like he’s just dangling there!  I stamped the little star cluster on my base card to give a dainty background pattern using Coral Reef ink from Simon Says Stamp and then finished off by stamping the “You a Happy Birthday” from the Sending and Wishing stamp set in Fog ink below the die cut.

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So now it’s YOUR turn.  Create something FABULOUS! It is, after all, ANYTHING GOES!

Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too and you can find others in our Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge community!

There are fabulous giveaways and inspiration from amazing designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog! If you haven’t subscribed by email, you may want to so you don’t miss out!

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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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