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

USE CRAFT DIES

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

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11.12.2024

Simon Says … Gifts

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

This week the challenge is

GIFTS

We are showcasing Lawn Fawn 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

What better gift than that of booze? Ok, any drink will do but in my case there’s nothing more festive than a glass of fizz!! I made a bottle tag by die cutting a circle from a panel of red card stock and scoredacross the top part to create a tag.

To decorate it I made a snowy scene using the Puffy Cloud Border dies from Lawn Fawn and adhered them on the bottom of the tag.

I used the Tim Holtz Vault Winter Wishes snowman and the tree and gift from Christmas Minis dies and added Rock Candy Glitter to EVERYTHING and added them to the winter scene.

Finally I used the Sizzix Sideorder Letterboard set to create my sentiment – Be Merry (well if you insist!!)

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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04.12.2024

Simon Says … Winter Blues

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

This week the challenge is

WINTER BLUES

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.

My card this week is a texture extravaganza!! I started by creating a textured panel form Distress Watercolor Cardstock and used the Speckles Stencil with Distress Texture paste. I added Distress Oxide ink over the top in Tumbled Glass spritzed with water and then splattered with Picked Fence Distress paint and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink.. I spritzed again with Tsukineko Frost Shimmer Spray. Before adhering it to the card I roughed up the edges of the panel using a Tonic Paper Distresser

I set that aside to dry and got on with die cutting all my pieces for the front of the card. I used some Simon Says Stamp Snowflake Dies ( the ones I used are not available at this time but there are other beautiful alternatives here) and cut them from white card then coated them with Distress Rock Candy Glitter. I did the same with the Winter word die from the Tim Holtz Hoilday Worlds: Script die set.

In the centre I die cut the snowflake and ice skates in white from the Vault Winter Wishes die set and coloured the heels of the boots with Distress Watercolor Pencils. I laced the boots and added tiny pompoms to the ends of the laces. I cut a second snowflake from blue and layered them together.

To finish I added Distress Rock Candy Glitter to the tops of the boots and adhered everything in place.

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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