Caryn Davies

05.10.2016

Simon Says … Halloween Inspiration

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

Halloween Inspiration

the lovely Jenn Shurkus has made us this fabulous Inspiration Board to use. We don’t necessarily have to make a Halloween creation, we can use the board however we like

This week we are showcasing our very own Simon Says Stamp 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

Don’t you just love this inspiration board? Jenn did an amazing job picking some PURRFECT spooky images and I was naturally drawn to the cat silhouette! I blended my orange background using Distress inks and then used a partial die-cutting technique to create the aperture with the cat sitting just like in the photo above! I added some little stars from Retro Ornaments and the Boo sentiment from Bag It and Tag It from Taylored Expressions before adding a light layer of shimmer. It’s so sparkly in real life!

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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

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03.10.2016

Avery Elle / Chibi Tronics Blog Hop

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Avery Elle and Chibitronics are pairing up for a fun collaboration today. Chibitronics has products that we can use to easily illuminate our cards, paper crafts, textiles, and more. They are so cool! Be sure to check out their website for videos, tutorials, examples and templates.

We are giving away one Chibitronics STEM Starter Kit as well. Just comment on this post or one of the design team members posts by Midnight, PST October 9th to be entered to win. There is no purchase necessary and you must be 18 years of age or older to enter. This giveaway is void where prohibited. Winner will be announced on the Avery Elle blog on Monday, October 10th.

You should have arrived here from the awesome blog of Karolyn Loncon – I bet you LOVED her amazing card! I have another cool, interactive card to share with you and MAN was it fun to make! I’m not going to lie, when I first saw the Chibi Tronics box I was nervous (I spent most of my Physics lessons at school crying in the back row praying it would all be over soon)!! I needn’t have been worried – these kits are super easy to use and when that little light goes on it’s so exciting! I brought together a few stamp and die sets to create this card (listed below). I thought the little bobble on the end of the cat’s hat would be the idea place for a light to go. Fun or WHAT??!

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You should now hop along to another amazing lady – Heather Campbell. Enjoy the fun!

And in case you wandered in here by accident, here’s the full blog hop list!

Avery Elle / Jamie
Karolyn Loncon
Caryn Davies (c’est moi)
Heather Campbell
Yainea
Melania Deasy
Katie Gehring
Amy Kolling
Ashley Marcu
Maska Vanacker
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28.09.2016

Simon Says … Anything Goes

Hello, all! Welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

Thank you for joining us for the Gift It Challenge. 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…

Anything Goes

Yes, that’s right, it’s your FAVORITE challenge this week! The Design Team is showcasing Spellbinders 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! You KNOW you want to win that goodness, ladies and gentlemen!

Hi there. It’s Anything Goes week this week so I’ve gone with yet another Christmas card (not making much else at the moment!!). I love the little ice skates from the Flakes N Skates die collection from Spellbinders. I love how the dies don’t just cut but emboss too. I kept the die cut in place after I cut it and used a sponge dauber to add the Fog ink too so it’s a stencil on top of everything – how cool!! I recently picked up this new Penny Black die – Winter Garland and think I’m going to get quite a bit of use out of it – I love it! For my sentiment I dug out the Avery Elle Season’d Greetings die – it’s such a great size!

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