07.01.2015

Simon Says… Something New

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

We hope you all had a Very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year.

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

SOMETHING NEW

This can be New Home, New Baby, New Job, New Crafty Stash, New Technique, whatever you can think of.

We are showcasing our very own SIMON SAYS STAMP EXCLUSIVE 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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So did you miss us??  It’s been a whole 2 weeks since the last challenge – where did Christmas go??  I’m still in the process of packing away the last few things – with a very heavy heart 🙁

For my card today which celebrates the “new” I’ve used some gorgeous new Simon Says Stamp goodies that I got in my last order.  The beautiful Delicate Thistle die was sent to me from my lovely friend and team-mate Melissa Bove – thank you so much Melissa.  I am a originally from Glasgow (but have lived in England for the past 20 years) so the thistle (which is Scotland’s national flower if you didn’t know) is a special symbol for me and I just adore this die.  I die cut it twice and then coloured it with Distress Markers before finally giving it a sheen with a good coat of Studio Calico shine spray.  For the background to my card I used the Tiny Dots stencil from Simon with some embossing paste.

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I created the sentiment using the new Elle’s Alpha’s from Avery Elle (which I didn’t line up all that well) and just in case you didn’t know – Hogmanay is what we Scots call New Year!!!

Thanks for popping by – I’m looking forward to visiting your blogs this weeks and getting lots of lovely inspiration!!

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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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30.12.2014

Bottle tags and more!

In the run up to Christmas I always try to create something for the children’s school to sell at the Christmas Fair.  This year I gathered a few of my crafty chums and fellow mums to make some wine bottle tags and little gift bags.  For the tags I used the Cheers die from Avery Elle (had so much fun with this this year) and the little bags are made using the Lawn Fawn gift bag (adore this!!).  I pulled out a bunch of my favourite holiday sets and dies and we managed to create together about 50 tags and about 20 bags (which we filled with scrummy treats made by my mum!!).

 

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24.12.2014

Simon Says …… Anything Goes

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Hi all MERRY CHRISTMAS  We hope you have a Wonderful Christmas and a Very Happy New Year with your family and friends.

This challenge will last for 2 weeks so you have plenty of time to join in

Thank you for joining us for the Winter Inspiration Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this challenge 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 DOCRAFTS products. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

 Simon Says Stamp will be giving away not 1 but 2  $50 vouchers to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

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Today I’m sharing one more Christmas card – this time a special one I made for my lovely mum and dad.  I managed to find amongst my Clearly Besotted stamp sets the phrases “For My Wonderful” and “at Christmas” so that I could make the sentiment panel.  I die cut the letters using Avery Alpha’s dies from Avery Elle from some red glitter paper I have had for about 2 years!  It’s actually a sheet of wrapping paper I found at a department store and it’s SO red and SO glittery – I LOVE it!  I cut a small section from the large sheet and stuck it onto some double sided adhesive sheets before running it through my Big Shot.  Not surprisingly I am still in love with anything gold this Christmas so I stamped the greetings in Versamark and heat embossed with Ranger Gold EP.  I tied it together with the big ampersand cut from gold Bazzill cs using the die from Clearly Besotted’s Monogrammed die set.  The gorgeous teeny heart was cut using Simon Says Stamp’s Mini Hearts dies (never realised how useful these would be until I bought them!!).

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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

No backlinking allowed, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw

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