24.09.2014

Simon Says….Anything Goes!

24.09.2014 by Caryn Davies 16 Comments

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

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

This week the challenge is ,,,,,,,,

ANYTHING GOES

We are showcasing HERO ARTS 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

I used one of my all time favourite Hero Arts stamps – the Zig Zag Chevron background cling stamp. I started with a white panel (4″ x 4.25″) and stamped the background in Versamark and embossed in white WOW embossing powder. I then blended Peacock Feather, Broken China and Tumbled Glass distress inks over the embossing to give a gradient effect. I chopped a bit out of the middle and popped the two pieces on foam squares leaving a gap for my sentiment. This is from Avery Elle’s latest release “Look Up” – love the sentiments in this set. I coated the chipboard stars with white enamel accents (I think I pinched this idea off Julie Ebersol!!) for some extra shine!

hero arts

Well thanks for stopping by – I hope you get a chance to play along with us this week.

Hugs,

Caryn xxx

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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10.09.2014

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Create Your Own Background!

10.09.2014 by Caryn Davies 26 Comments

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

Thank you for joining us for the STAMPtember® Stamp-It Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is ,,,,,,,,

MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND

there are so many ways to make your own backgrounds, using stencils, splattering, gelli plate printing etc

We are showcasing GELATOS made by FABER-CASTELL 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

I am really pleased with how my background turned out for this card – the colours came out just how I wanted them! I was going for a bokeh effect and used the Hero Arts Bubble Confetti stencil to create it with the Gelatos (Tropical set). I first scribbled the colours onto my craft sheet and spritzed with water to dissolve the pigment. I then taped my stencil down over some Tim Holtz Distress Watercolour card and using the bristle brush that came with the Gelatos started dabbing the colour over the stencil one at a time, moving the stencil around to get random spacing of one colour before moving onto the next. I could’ve used sponge daubers but I’ve ran out and am waiting for some new ones to arrive!!

I just continued to keep adding spots of colour over the panel until I was happy with the coverage and then took a white pigment ink (Avery Elle) and added random spots of white. I think it’s this step that really helps to add to the bokeh effect. I set the background panel to the side to dry and die cut the Simon Says Stamp ice-cream cone parade from white card and pastel card shades. I used a glue pen to cover the coloured centre pieces before sprinkling them with fine clear glitter. I assembled them back together and popped them up on foam tape and set aside. Before adding the sentiment (from Clearly Besotted’s Many Messages) which I stamped in Versamark and embossed in Ranger gold powder, I added a few splats of Heidi Swapp Gold lame spray and a few Doodlebug gold sprinkles. Finally I adhered the ice cream die cut and mounted the panel to an A2 white card base.

I can’t wait to see all your creative backgrounds this week – thanks for stopping by!

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08.09.2014

Avery Elle – More Stories

08.09.2014 by Caryn Davies 4 Comments

I’m so excited today to be sharing another card using the new Fall Release from Avery Elle. Have you see it yet? So many adorable stamps and dies! And you may have noticed something else too! Another fantasic paper pad – this one was designed by Heather Campbell and is called the Everyday collection. I love it (I snuck a wee peek at it a few weeks ago on THIS card!!) The gorgeous little fox is from More Stories – a companion set to Heather’s Storybook set. I die cut the frame using another new die collection called Finished Frames using an amazing product I picked up at Make The Day Special – a set of adhesive-backed wood veneer papers! Seriously – I love these and I’ll be back in a few days with another card AND the chance to try them out for yourselves!! More on that soon!!