01.09.2016

STAMPtember time!

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Oh Em Gee!  It’s here!  I love STAMPtember – I get excited about it every year and this year is no different!  I’ve had a wee play with one of the sets which is just right up my street!  I love a wee glass of wine (or two) now and then.  In fact, as you’re reading this I’ll be enjoying the last couple of days of our summer holiday on the island of Crete!  I dare say I’ll be sipping a nice cool vino too!

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I made a couple of wine bottle tags (using the Large Tags Dies from Simon Says Stamp) and tied them onto the bottles – makes a quick and easy gift, don’t you think?  For the red one I added a coating of glossy accents and for the Champagne tag I added a few touches of glitter to the grapes.  Don’t you love those sentiments?  I couldn’t agree more! stamptember 3b

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31.08.2016

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 the It’s Hip To Be Square 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

Anything Goes

We are showcasing Avery Elle 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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I’m SO excited this week to be featuring Avery Elle on our projects.  I also couldn’t help myself and picked one of the new stamp sets I designed for the latest release!  As a child I remember being mesmerised by the old glass ornaments on my Gran’s tree.  I particularly loved the ones with the indents like little sparkly fairy caves!!  That’s what I was trying to recreate with this set and I love how the font adds to the retro feel.  Of course, it wouldn’t be Christmas without some glitter so I added some some nice chunky crystals to the edges of the ornaments.  Ahhh, I LOVE Christmas 🙂

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So now it’s YOUR turn, Happy Crafting
Do you use Instagram ?  If so please 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
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29.08.2016

Avery Elle… Sweet Tidings and Treat Tag /Box Die

Hey there!  This post is scheduled because as it goes live, I’ll be in Crete ready to see my beautiful twin sister walk down the aisle/beach to marry her true love.  As Chief Bridesmaid No 1 (technically I’m supposed to be Maid of Honour but I prefer CB) I’m sure it’ll be all hands on deck but I know it’s going to be the best day ever.

So onto my project for today.   If only the sentiment on that tag were true, lol!  I’ve been playing with the fabulous Treat Box die from the new release from Avery Elle.  It’s so simple to create this great little box and is so useful for all kinds of gifts – particularly of the sweet variety, yum!  The co-ordinating stamp set makes this the ideal set for those little special gifts all year round.

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