01.06.2016

Simon Says … Mask It

01.06.2016 by Caryn Davies 7 Comments

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

MASK IT

We are showcasing Altenew 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

Masking is one of my favourite techniques but I don’t use it that often. I don’t know why, it just slips my mind to do it! I love the possibilities it opens up for images and although you can build the same “picture” by cutting them out, sometimes it’s nice to have no borders and have it look like it’s all one image. Altenew are such an amazing company – I LOVE their designs, they’re so unique. This was one of the first sets I owned and I absolutely LOVE it! I love the graphic flowers and the gorgeous design elements. I stamped three flowers in Gold Delicata ink masking as I went to build my focal point. Once all three were masked I blended a mixture of Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry and Spiced Marmalade Distress inks around them (how HOT does that combo look??!). For added texture I flicked on somewater droplets and some Gold Lame spray from Heidi Swapp and added a few Gold Glitter Doodlebug Sprinkles. The sentiment (which I have waited for ages to own) is from Simon Says Stamp cut in gold card from Bazzill.

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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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Filed Under: Altenew, MISTI, Simon Says Stamp, Simon Says Stamp Dies, Simon Says Stamp Exclusives, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

26.05.2016

MISTI MAY-NIA! Day 26

26.05.2016 by Caryn Davies 824 Comments

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I guess you must all know by now but the AMAZINGLY generous peeps over at My Sweet Petunia (let by the fabulous Iliana) are giving away… wait for it … a FREE MINI MISTI EVERY DAY IN MAY!!! I am chuffed to be joining in the fun and helping them get the word out about this astonishing tool. I have 2 MISTI’s and hoping to add the Mini to my collection very soon! I use it every time I craft and can barely remember how I managed without it (I like to call those the BM days – Before Misti, lol!!).

The MISTI makes so many things easier when you’re stamping – I love to use it to get the perfect, crisp image or to create multiple images super quick and easy. Another technique that is so easy when you have a MISTI is multi-coloured or selective stamping. I have a couple of cards below using one of my brand new designs from Avery Elle (released and available today!!) called Butterflies. I stamped the the images in one shade and then inked up the stamps in a darker shade and removed the ink from the middle so it only stamps the darker colour at the edges. I also was able to achieve the perfect placement of my sentiments (from another amazing brand new set called Big Greetings from Avery Elle) which I double stamped to get a gorgeous, flawless impression (Happy Sigh!!)

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Misti Maynia

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So do you want a chance to win one of these fantastic MISTI stamping tools?! (What a stupid question, huh?!). All you need to do is leave a comment BEFORE 1st June 2016 on this post by telling me YOUR FAVOURITE STAMPING TECHNIQUE (embossing, masking, water colouring, Copic colouring etc etc) and then I’ll pick a winner – easy peasy lemon squeezy!

You will need to create an account over at My Sweet Petunia so Iliana can mail your prize. Here’s the list of all the participants so far – check them all out for lots of MISTI inspiration.

May 01 – My Sweet Petunia

May 01 – Ilina Crouse

May 02 – Lydia Fiedler

May 02 – Virginia Lu

May 03 – Jana Millen

May 04 – Carissa Wiley

May 05 – Maureen Wong

May 05 – Simon Hurley

May 06 – Laurel Beard

May 06 – Catherine Pooler

May 07 – Laura Sterckx

May 07- My Favorite Things

May 08- Laura Bassen

May 09 – Jeanne Streiff

May 10 – Lawn Lawn

May 11 – Darlene DeVries

May 12 – Crafters’ Corner

May 13 – Pat Huntoon

May 14 – Sally Lynn MacDonald

May 15 – Avery Elle

May 16 – Simon Says Stamp

May 17 – Altenew

May 18 – Concord & 9th

May 19 – Stephanie Klauck

May 20 – Hero Arts

May 21 – Neat and Tangled

May 21 – Debbie Hughes

May 22- Taheerah Atchia

May 23- Jennifer McGuire

May 23- Kathy Racoosin

May 24- Yana Smakula

May 25- Sandy Allnock

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04.05.2016

Simon Says … Stencil It

04.05.2016 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 Anything Goes Challenge and we hope you will join in with our new theme!

We will be back soon with the names of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher.

This week the challenge is

STENCIL IT

We are showcasing Stencil Girl Stencils 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

I used the fabulous Starlight stencil from The Stencil Girl to add a subtle texture to my base card before layering on some gorgeous blooms from Altenew’s Layered Lily set. I adore the images in this stamp set and the love how they look against the pretty background (created with Avery Elle Lemon Grass ink – my current favourite colour to use). I made good use of my MISTI for this card too – it really helps me when creating layered images and placing sentiments too – can’t live without it!!

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