Christmas — Page 18

30.09.2014

Season’s greetings

Hi there – have you enjoyed the STAMPtember celebrations over at Simon Says Stamp? I can’t believe how many fantastic new products we’ve seen – amazing! I’m here on the very last day of STAMPtember 2014 with a couple of cards made using a set designed exclusively for SSS by Steph at Clearly Besotted Stamps. This set is called Holly Berries and it’s SO elegant – I absolutely love it. Steph actually designed 3 exclusive sets for STAMPtember – check them all out here – once they’re gone, they’re gone!!

Right – I will pop back later and add the linky for the products I used but right now…I’m late for work!!!!!!

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29.09.2014

Giveaway time!

Hi there – are you feeling that chill in the air? Autumn has definitely arrived in my corner of the world and I LOVE it! Before we know it, Christmas will be upon us and I am already getting excited!

So to get in that festive mood I’m sharing three cards today using some of the latest holiday products around. I recently picked up these fabulous wood veneers from Make The Day Special. They’re adhesive so perfect for die-cutting – no fiddly gluing needed! Aren’t they amazing?! I created the snowflake cards using dies from Clearly Besotted Stamps and two contrasting shades of veneer (don’t ask me the names of the woods – I’m terrible at that!). The card with the snowman uses a gorgeous new stamp and die set from Avery Elle called Be Jolly (also available and in stock at MTDS).

AND to keep with the spirit of the season of giving, I have a little something to give away to one lucky visitor of my blog. My lovely crafty chum Tara who runs THE best craft store in the UK has generously given me a pack of her AMAZING wood veneers to give away and all you have to do is leave a comment on this post. I’ll pick a random winner next week (when the Clearly Besotted release celebrations are over – I’ll be a tad busy till then!!).

Remember to leave a comment and I’ll pop back next week to select a winner. This giveaway is open to everyone WORLDWIDE!

Thanks for stopping by.

Caryn x

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17.09.2014

Simon Says TAG IT!

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

Thank you for joining us for the Make Your Own Background Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

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

TAG IT

you can make a tag or add a tag to a card/project.

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.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

Rather than make a tag I made a card and trimmed off the corners to make it LOOK like a tag. I punched a hole at the top and threaded through some twine (tip: cut a small slit in the fold of the card and thread the twine through it before tying at the fold – means you can still open it!!).

I used the Holiday Knit stencil and a few shades of blue Copic marker in the Spritzer tool to lay down the pattern on my card. I then went over it with a sponge blender and white pigment ink. I die cut the new Clearly Besotted Merry Christmas dies and Snowflake die three times from white cardstock and glue them together before adhering to the card front. I finished it all off with a few clear sequins.

Hop you manage to grab some time to play along this week.

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