23.10.2014

More Simon Says Stamp dies – my new favourite!

Did I mention how much I love the new die collections from Simon Says Stamp??  No?  Well i LOOOOOOVE them – I mean, REALLY love them!  The little houses from the Village set and the Stitched Slopes and Hills – they’re amazing!  I know there are lots of other companies out there with similar things (I have quite a few and love them all too) but there’s something about the SSS ones – the addition of the stitch-only dies for the slopes….genius!!  What a world of options they open up!!

Winter village 1I used the Village and slopes dies on my card today – such an easy design to create yet  SOOO Christmassy and simple to mass produce – imagine the different colour options?  The added bling of sequins just adds the right amount of sparkle too!  I think I’ll be making quite a few of these this year!!

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22.10.2014

Simon Says …. get KRAFTY!

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

This week the challenge is ,,,,,,,,

GET CRAFTY AND USE KRAFT 

We are showcasing HERO ARTS  Products this week, you don’t have to use them but if you do 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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We have been a very lucky design team this week – the fabulous peeps at Hero Arts sent us all some amazing goodies to play with and I was lucky enough to receive the Christmas Crystals stamp set and a fabulous cling background stamp (so sorry – I don’t know the name of it!!).

I stamped the kraft panel in Versamark and heat embossed it in clear embossing powder.  I then stamped and embossed the three ornaments in gold and added glitter to the different facets in shades of blue and green.  As you know – glitter is murder to capture in a photo!!  I added a coat of Glossy Accents over the top so the whole thing is SUPER shiny!!

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I hope you can get a chance to play along this week – I love to use kraft card so am looking forward to seeing all of your fabulous creations!

There are fabulous Give Aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog , if you haven’t subscribed by email you may want to so you don’t miss out 

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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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20.10.2014

Avery Elle – Seasonal Sentiments

Hello there – today I have a first!  I’ve made a Thanksgiving card!  Obviously Thanksgiving is an American and Canadian tradition so we have little call for these cards over here but I was so drawn to this image in the Seasonal Sentiments set from Avery Elle.  I kept the card simple by embossing it in Gold Tinsel (Ranger) embossing powder on a white panel cut using Finished Frames.  I added a a little bit of gold shimmery twine and mounted it to a small 4 bar size card.  Love this cute little size for a change from A2.Season's Greetings 1

AveryElleST1429SeasonalSentimentsHope you all have a good week – I’m in London today meeting some wonderful crafty friends – I’ll share some pics soon!

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