30.12.2015

Simon Says … PARTY!!

30.12.2015 by Caryn Davies 11 Comments

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Make It Sparkle Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is

PARTY!

Happy New Year Everyone!

It’s time to put your glad rags on and PARTY! Any celebration will do but we would like you to wear a bit of sparkle while you are crafting, haha.

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

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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17.12.2015

To say I’m in love with the Heidi Swapp Minc Mini machine would be an understatement! I haven’t stopped using it since I got it and absolutely LOVE how it has opened up so many possibilities for creating truly personalised cards that look like they came from a shop!

The cards I’m sharing today were a last minute request from my son Dan last night. He asked for 3 cards for his music teachers – no other teachers, just the music ones! He respects and admires them so much and wanted to give them a card and a little gift for Christmas (thanks for the one days’ notice though son!!). I thought it would be nice to give them a musical theme so found a free file on the web with sheet music and printed one of my favourite pieces, Carol Of The Bells onto some vellum using a laser printer. I fitted 4 to a sheet and ran two through my Minc with silver foil and 2 with gold. I die cut some foliage using the Memory Box berry twig die and a couple of the new foliage dies from My Favourite Things. The sentiment was printed again using a laser printer – I downloaded the free fonts and just typed the sentiment I wanted!!

I have lots more foiled cards to share – still churning out last minute ones – never really have enough!!

Thanks for stopping by xxx

Edited to add:

A few people have asked for links etc so here they are below:

Sheet music images

Fonts: Palatino Linotype and Lasermetal

Carol of The Bells music – the music printed 4 times onto an A4 document

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12.12.2015

Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia

12.12.2015 by Caryn Davies 161 Comments

Advent Calendar Extravaganza is -the- festive event of the season! This ‘hop with a twist’ was dreamed up by Taheerah Atchia and features surprise destinations each day! Joining in the fun with Taheerah are over 60 special guests – each serving up some fantastic Christmas inspiration! Just like an Advent Calendar, you’ll never know where you’re going to be visiting next until you ‘open the door’!

And that’s not all! With 25 *amazing* sponsors taking part as well, your crafty wish list is bound to get a boost with a chance to win a prize EVERY SINGLE DAY!!

Join in the fun every day at taheerah-atchia.com to see what special surprises wait behind the door!

For my crafty Christmas project I was totally inspired by THIS gorgeous banner made by my AMAZING Avery Elle teamie, Melania Deasy. All the dies I used are from Avery Elle (links below) – all I added was a few sequins and some Stampin’ Up ribbon to hold the banner together.

It’s not a party without a prize – and with prizes every day there are several chances to win! Today’s prize is generously supplied by Avery Elle so you’ll definitely want to get your hands on it! Simply leave a comment on this post to enter – then head back to taheerah-atchia.com and leave a comment there too to double your chances! Don’t forget to grab the other surprise destinations from Taheerah’s blog and head over to them to leave comments there as well to improve your odds even more! You have until 7am EST on Thursday 31st December to leave all your comments!