08.01.2025

Simon Says … Get in Shape

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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  SOMETHING NEW Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too

This week the challenge is

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.

I went for a simple tag shaped card by die cutting a large tag shape from pink cardstock ( I used a retired Avery Elle set but a similar one is available by Mama Elephant HERE). I adhered it to an A2 card base and trimmed the corners off giving me the card base shape. I then used the Altenew Watercolor Stripes Stencil on a piece of white card using Distress Oxide ink in Shabby Shutters and die cut it using the Lawn Fawn Rounded Rectangle Stackable Dies.

I die cut various foliage and toadstool shapes from the Tim Holtz Funky Foliage die set and coloured them with Copics before arranging them onto the card front.

To finish I die cut the Wishing sentiment using Simon Says Stamp die.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

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So now it’s YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

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01.01.2025

Simon Says … Something New

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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  Use Dies Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too

This week the challenge is

We are showcasing Whimsy Stamps 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.

I am still not ready to let go of the festive feeling so decided to go with a frosty wintery card. I was inspired by the Whimsy Stamps Slimline Sweater Embossing Folder. (a new craft item I recently purchased so I’m using that as my challenge qualifier !!) It gives that cozy, knitted effect which I thought was perfect for the frosty feel to the rest of the card.

I blended some blue ink over the embossed white card panel and adhered it to the front of the card. I then took the Tim Holtz Vault Winter Wishes die set and cut snowflakes from vellum and white card (which I also ran through the embossing folder).

I adhered them to the card base and added some Ideaology Christmas droplets to the centres.

I then stamped and coloured the small snowman from Mr Frostie using Distress Watercolour Pencils and popped him onto the card front with foam tape. I added distress Rock Candy glitter and finished with a sentiment using the Tim Holtz Holiday Words Scripted.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

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So now it’s YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

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18.12.2024

Simon Says … Use Dies in DieCember® featuring Simon Says Stamp!

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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  Gifts Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too

We would like to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! This challenge will last for 2 weeks and we will be back on the 1st January!

This week the challenge is

We are showcasing 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

I have another festive card to share this week – will never get bored of making Christmas cards I don’t think!

I started with a forest green card base cut to A2 size. I then created a panel from kraft cardstock by stamping the Tim Holtz Perfect Plaids stamp in Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide ink and over the top used the Tim Holtz Poinsettia Layering Stencil with Transluscent Grit Paste. Once it was dry I used the Paper Distressing Tool by Tonic to rough the edges of the panel before adhering to the front of the card.

For the focal piece I used the Vault Festive Wreath die and cut various foliage elements using three different green cardstocks along with some pine cones. I added a little detail by blending with distress inks and a blending brush on the die cuts.

In the centre as a bold sentiment I die cut the Simon Says Stamp Believe die using kraft and red cardstock and layered them up before adhering to the front of the card.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

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So now it’s YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

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