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01.09.2016

STAMPtember time!

01.09.2016 by Caryn Davies 7 Comments

Oh Em Gee! It’s here! I love STAMPtember – I get excited about it every year and this year is no different! I’ve had a wee play with one of the sets which is just right up my street! I love a wee glass of wine (or two) now and then. In fact, as you’re reading this I’ll be enjoying the last couple of days of our summer holiday on the island of Crete! I dare say I’ll be sipping a nice cool vino too!

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I made a couple of wine bottle tags (using the Large Tags Dies from Simon Says Stamp) and tied them onto the bottles – makes a quick and easy gift, don’t you think? For the red one I added a coating of glossy accents and for the Champagne tag I added a few touches of glitter to the grapes. Don’t you love those sentiments? I couldn’t agree more! stamptember 3b

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Thanks for stopping by (hic)!

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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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So now it’s YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

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06.07.2016

Simon Says. photo inspiration

06.07.2016 by Caryn Davies 9 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

Photo Inspiration

The lovely Jenn Shurkus made this lovely mood board for us to follow, you can use the colors, pictures, whatever you like to create your project. If it’s not obvious please let us know what element you used in your write up.

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

Isn’t that collage just so inspiring?! I can totally see why Jenn picked these photos – just so dreamy! For me the thing that jumped out most was the driftwood images. I pulled out my MFT Wood Plank background stamp and stamped it in Surf Blue (how appropriate) and then over the top with with Memento Desert Sand. I love the aged effect you get with this double stamping technique. I used the same two colours to stipple the “sunshine” die cut before inlaying back into the frame die cut. Ahh, summer – how I long for you to come (yes, I know it’s July but in England that means nothing, lol!!)

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