27.04.2016

Simon Says … Anything Goes

27.04.2016 by 9 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 our Make It Girlie 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

ANYTHING GOES

We are showcasing STAMPENDOUS 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

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I decided to create a floral Mother’s Day card for the challenge this week.  It was last month here in the UK but I know elsewhere in the world it is in May so I’m not entirely behind with this card!!!  I used the pretty Fronds stamp set from Stampendous to create a simple bunch of flowers – they could have been picked fresh out of any English country garden!!  I stamped them in a light ink then used Zig Clean Colour Markers to colour loosely over the image.  To give it a more water coloured appearance I went over the ink with a water brush.  I die cut the panel with the Scalloped Dotted Border die from Avery Elle and finished with some twine and a few sequins.

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So now it’s YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

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If you use instagram add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too!

You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

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22.01.2016

MFT Sketch Challenge #264

22.01.2016 by 3 Comments

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When I was at CHA I was lucky enough to hang out with some of the gorgeous and fabulously fun MFT girls.  I got to meet Laina Lamb, the designer of some of my all time favourite MFT stamp sets and she was kind enough to give me the brand new Undeniable Chemistry stamps and dies to have a play with.  I don’t often get time to join in with many challenges these days but I thought this week’s sketch was pretty fab so I used it to start me off.  I turned it on it’s side but it’s still there!!

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I created a background using various images from the set and stamped them in Avery Elle Fog pigment ink.  I added a few touches of colour using Zig Clean Colour markers and added a wee bit of bling here and there with some adhesive sequins.  I used the belt die from the Santa Suit Die-namics and cut a panel of purple cardstock and one of vellum and finished by stamping and embossing the sentiment in white.

Whilst I was in the scientific mood I thought I’d carry on and created this little 4-bar card using some of the cute dies.  I blended on some Distress ink and splashed a wee bit of water to give the bubble effect.

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Thanks Laina and MFT – it was so amazing to meet you in “the flesh”!

 


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23.10.2015

MFT Guest Designer day 2 (and guess what? More Christmas!!)

23.10.2015 by 17 Comments

Hi there – back again with a few more creations using the MFT October release goodies.  First up I have a couple of cards I created using the Pure Innocence set, Dashing By.  I love theses designs, they are so easy to colour!  I used Zig Clean Colour markers for the little girl and created a water coloured panel for the background.  The sentiment is from Gift Tag Greetings.

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The second card features the Radial Stitched Circle Die-namics again with a watercoloured backdrop.

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My final prpoject features the AMAZING Tag Builder 4 Blueprints Die-namics.  What a fantastic set!  I paired them up with the Winter Wonderland set and the fabulous Gift Tag Greetings stamp set.

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GIVEAWAY TIME

Thank you stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed my projects.  In the spirit of giving and all that is Christmas, I thought I’d have a little giveaway here on the blog.  Just leave a comment below (or on yesterday’s post) telling me what your favourite thing about Christmas is and I’ll select someone at random to win an AWESOME Snow Flurry stamp set.  You can also find me on Instagram (@glittermesilly) and follow me there!

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