Glitter Me Silly

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

It’s a Stitch Up

We are showcasing Tim Holtz 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.

It’s Mother’s Day in the UK at the end of March so I thought I’d get ahead of the game. I started by stencilling the base card using The Speckles layering stencil from Tim Holtz using Tattered Rose Distress Ink. I then created a panel using the Damask 3D Texture Fades embossing folder and blended Tattered Rose and a little Worn Lipstick Oxide inks over it. I LOVE this effect. I roughed up the edges using a Distressor tool and then used my sewing machine to add a stitched border around the panel.

I used the Tim Holtz BIGZ Heartfelt die to cut a piece of corrugated cardboard and swiped some Spun Sugar Oxide Ink over it before adding Rock Candy Distress Glitter around the edge. I added Alcohol Inks to some Tim Holtz Ideaology Bouquet stems and glued them on to the edge of the heart and adhered it to the card.

I used a Sizzix All Occasions Thinlet set for my Mother’s Day die cut sentiment – something similar is available HERE.

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

So now it’s YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

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Woohoo! Hello Simon Says Stamp Fans! I’m thrilled to be part of the celebrations for the brand new Favorite Things Release! You should have hopped here from the fabulous blog of

Kulbir Kirkland

If you want to go back the start the please scroll down to find the full list and start from the beginning at the Simon Says Stamp Blog.

This is a long post as I have so much to share! I made 5 cards in total all with amazing products in the Favorite Things Release. For TONS more inspiration head to the Favorite Things Gallery and prepare to be wowed! And don’t forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a $25 gift card to spend over at Simon Says Stamp!

Kicking off with one of MY FAVOURITE THINGS – Christmas!! I know, it’s February but it’s never too early. The Petal Builder Dies and Stencil just screamed PEPPERMINT to me! I used the Simon Says Stamp Diagonal Stripes Stencil and drew lines between the pink stripes with a red glitter gel pen. I die cut the “petals” from red and white card and assembled them to create a cute lollipop!

I used the Petal Builder Stencil for the next card and love how the same products can give such different looks! I pulled out a older Simon die (Circle Smile Die) for the centre of the flower and used the Tiny Words Birthday Stamp Set for my greeting.

My next two cards feature some stunning new products and I fell in love immediately with the new Bundled Swag embossing folder. It’s such a versatile folder and can be used either way up for stunning effects. I paired it with the new “One for the Books” stamp set using various inking techniques and finished off with some Crinkle Ribbon stained with Distress sprays and some of the gorgeous Pale Green Embellishment mix confetti.

My last card uses the new Hip Hip Hooray stamp set. I coloured the cute hippos with Copics and fussy cut them and arranged them around their little muddly puddle! The background is created using the Simon says Stamp Gingham Background stamp and I used the Wavy Scallop Stitches dies for my panel.

The next stop on the hop is the awesome

Emma Williams

The full list is below:

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Nina-Marie Trapani

Nichol Spohr

Cathy Zielske

Barbara Tarayao

Keisha Charles

Heather Ruwe

Alberto Gava

Kulbir Kirkland

Caryn Davies

Emma Williams

Allison Frazier

Bobbi Lemanski

Jessica Vasher

Mary Reiner

Melissa Phillips

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

This week the challenge is

Anything Goes

We are showcasing Penny Black 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.

This week I had the urge to pull out my Heidi Swapp Minc Machine and do some foiling. These Stick and Shine sheets from Penny Black are SO easy to use and I LOVE how they give a gorgeous shiny backdrop to your design. I picked this music themed one called Shimmering Tune

I used some teal foil and ran it through the Minc with the Stick and Shine sheet then die cut it using Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle Dies. I die cut some foliage using the Tim Holtz Garden Greens dies and kept them white so that my Memory Box Azure Dragonflies would pop out. I die them from foiled cardstock and added some vellum wings and a few gems to add sparkle!

I added a die cut (from foiled cardstock) a sentiment from a Pink Fresh Studio die set specific one no longer available but lots of other options)..

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

So now it’s YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

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Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too.

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