24.08.2016

Simon Says … It’s Hip To Be Square

24.08.2016 by Caryn Davies 5 Comments

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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 Make For the Border 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

It’s Hip To Be Square

We are showcasing our very own Simon Says Stamp 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

A couple of months ago, a friend of mine asked me if I’d make her a few cards for a few different events she had coming up. One of them was her daughter Imogen’s First Holy Communion. Imogen is quite a girly girl so I thought lots of glitter and shine would be right up her street. I printed what I wanted for the front of the card onto a panel of white card using my laser printer then ran it through the Minc machine with silver foil. I created a square card base and put an overlay on it using foiled acetate from We R Memory Keepers (love this product). To finish I cut a strip of glitter card and also die cut a bow using the Perfect Bow die from Simon Says Stamp and added a little diamond cross to the centre.

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Filed Under: MINC, Simon Says Stamp, Simon Says Stamp Dies, Simon Says Stamp Exclusives, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

25.05.2016

Simon Says … Anything Goes

25.05.2016 by Caryn Davies 8 Comments

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

Thank you for joining us for our Fun With Felt Challenge and we hope you will join in with our new theme!

This week the challenge is

ANYTHING GOES

We are showcasing Technique Tuesday Products this week. You don’t have to use them to join in with 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

Hi there, today’s card was made for my friend who recently celebrated a BIG birthday! The “fabulous” sentiment just about sums her up so I went all out glitzy for her card! I put the Minc Mini through it’s paces and created a panel using some Heidi Swapp polka dot paper foiled in red. I made a couple of tassels using the MFT Fringe die and added a red foiled fringe to the bottom of the card too. I embossed the Fabulous in Gold Tinsel embossing powder from Ranger and then fussy cut it out.

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So now it’s YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

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24.02.2016

Simon Says … Anything Goes

24.02.2016 by Caryn Davies 12 Comments

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

Thank you for joining us for the Shake It Up Challenge and we hope you will join in with our new theme!

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 MEMORY BOX PRODUCTS this week. You don’t have to use them to join in with 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

This card was inspired by another I made at Christmas (you can find the details HERE). I was asked to make a Valentines card for a friend of mine with a duck-egg blue and red combo (one of my favourites!) and so thought I’d put my Minc to good use and create this. The sheet music is from an image I found on the internet which I printed onto vellum on my laser printer. I then added the mint-coloured foil with the Minc and die cut the panel using the Wonky Stitches die from Avery Elle. The card base is from the Caribbean Collection of notecards (Avery Elle also) and I created a watercolour piece to go under the vellum just to give a subtle background texture.

I printed off a sheet of solid black toner and then ran it through the minc with more of the mint foil and also some red. I then die cut my pieces and assembled them on the front of the card.