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simon says stamp monday challenge: sun moon & stars

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for playing along with us last week in the challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too :) 

This week our challenge in Sun Moon and Stars and I have created a card with a fun galaxy background using the moon and stars from the Tim Holtz Sizzix Christmas Cutouts. 

See full supply list at the bottom of this post :)  

 

 

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join up to 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

You can find links to the supplies I've used below; click on the picture of shop icon to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you :) I truly appreciate your support. 

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simon says stamp monday challenge: watercolor

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for playing along with us last week in the Art Journal challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too :) 

This week our challenge is Watercolor...and I played with my Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils and the gorgeous Floral Trims stamp. I also used my Distress Watercolor Pencils shavings palette. I have a video on my You Tube Channel on how you can create a palette like this of your own! 

See full supply list at the bottom of this post :)  

 

 

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join up to 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

You can find links to the supplies I've used below; click on the picture of shop icon to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you :) I truly appreciate your support. 

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simon says stamp monday challenge: art journal

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for playing along with us last week in the Inspired By Music challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too :) 

This week our challenge is Art Journal and I was able to play with the Back From the Vault Distress Paints and the new Tim Holtz Surface Media Mat to create this fun journal spread. I used some paints, gesso, stencils and stamps to create layers and then added a Photomatic photo, Salvaged Tag and a Snarky Small Talk Sticker to finish my spread. 

PAINT COLORS USED: Crushed Olive, Spun Sugar, Dried Marigold, Pumice Stone, Wild Honey, Tumbled Glass 

See full supply list at the bottom of this post :)  

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join up to 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

You can find links to the supplies I've used below; click on the picture of shop icon to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you :) I truly appreciate your support. 

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simon says stamp monday challenge: inspired by music

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for playing along with us last week in the Paint It challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too :) 

This week our challenge is Inspired by Music and my tag is inspired by the Taylor Swift song Lavender Haze. I created a fun mixed media tag with all the Distress Purples to create this fun Mixed Media Tag. I applied layers of paint, spray and lots of stamping on the dried layers with Distress Archival Ink. I finished my tag with some ephemera, a photobooth photo and stitching. 

See full supply list at the bottom of this post :)  

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join up to 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

You can find links to the supplies I've used below; click on the picture of shop icon to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you :) I truly appreciate your support. 

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simon says stamp monday challenge: let's paint

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for playing along with us last week in the Make Your Mark challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too :) 

This week our challenge is Paint It and we are challenging you to play with paint. The design team is also using products from Dylusions, and although not a requirement, we would love it if you used some too :) 

This week I made a mixed media background complete with paints, sprays and stencils. I used the Dylusions Rose Quartz Spray, Cracked Pistachio, Wild Honey and Crackling Campfire paints and gesso along with stencils and stamps to create my painty background. 

See full supply list at the bottom of this post :)  

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join up to 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

You can find links to the supplies I've used below; click on the picture of shop icon to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you :) I truly appreciate your support. 

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simon says stamp monday challenge: make your mark

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for playing along with us last week in the Rainbow challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too :) 

This week our challenge is Make Your Mark...and I have created some fun marks with the brand new Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Brush Arch Stencil, Alcohol Inks and Yupo. I finished my tag using the Sizzix Seal and Stacked Hearts dies along with a sentiment from my favorite noteworthy stamps to create this rainbow colored tag. 

See full supply list at the bottom of this post :)  

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join up to 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

You can find links to the supplies I've used below; click on the picture of shop icon to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you :) I truly appreciate your support. 

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simon says stamp monday challenge: rainbow

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for playing along with us last week in the Lucky challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too :) 

This week our challenge is RAINBOW!!! And I have paired the latest Tim Holtz The Inspector stamp with a palette of rainbow. I stamped the Alpha from this set as my background then traced over it with my Distress Watercolor Pencils then lightly sprayed with a Distress Sprayer to let the pigment bleed a bit. Once it was dry I inked the edges with Black Soot Distress Ink. I stamped and colored the inspector and then stamped him again and cut out the glasses and insides and backed them with some rainbow "lenses" and added Glossy Accents to them. For the sentiment, I stamped and colored in the letters then colored everything around the letters with a Micron pen to make the strip appear black.

See full supply list at the bottom of this post :)  

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join up to 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

You can find links to the supplies I've used below; click on the picture of shop icon to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you :) I truly appreciate your support. 

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brand new tim holtz + stampers anonymous stamps and stencils!

Hello there crafty friends! There are BRAND NEW stamps and stencils available now from Tim Holtz at Simon Says Stamp! They are available now to order. Be sure to also save the date for Tim Holtz live this Saturday at 12 NOON EDT! 

Simon Says Stamp has an I WANT IT ALL Option in case you do :) My favorites from this release? The Everyday Art Elements stencils are a sure winner in my book and I will certainly be using the Note Quotes on EVERYTHING...

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simon says stamp monday challenge: get lucky

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for playing along with us last week in the Stencil It challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too :) 

This week our challenge is Get Lucky and I created a mixed media tag using one of the Tim Holtz Small Talk stickers as the basis for my tag that says "If You're Lucky Enough to Be Different, Never Change". I combined papers from the Backdrops 5 and Palette Collage Paper for my background, added lots of sprays, stamping with the Media Marks 2 set and Distress Mica Stain splatter. I scribbled over some of the paper with Distress Watercolor Pencils. 

Then I added some Ephemera, a Photomatic photo, and the clover cut from the Lucky Love dies. I finished the tag with the Small Talk Sentiment sticker and some Velvet Trims. 

See full supply list at the bottom of this post :)  

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join up to 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

You can find links to the supplies I've used below; click on the picture of shop icon to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you :) I truly appreciate your support. 

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hero arts: april 2023 release blog hop + giveaway!

Hello there crafty friends! Today I am thrilled to be sharing some cards that I created playing with the newest April My Monthly Hero release from Hero Arts. The My Monthly Hero release for April is a fun, eclectic mix of florals and mixed media (which is right up my alley)! There are two kits available: 

Classic Kit:



The Classic Kit includes a 6" x 8" stamp set full of elements to mix and match for creating flower clusters, vases filled with blooms, and interesting patterns - either in the background or right on the flowers and vases themselves! Two red rubber cling stamps add even more pattern options. There are dies to cut out all of the elements, including the messages. An exclusive washi tape with a handwritten script pattern can be added to your design or on your envelopes, and four Core Ink cubes round out this version of the kit.

Premium Kit: 

The Premium Kit includes a 6" x 8" stamp set full of elements to mix and match for creating flower clusters, vases filled with blooms, and interesting patterns - either in the background or right on the flowers and vases themselves! Two red rubber cling stamps add even more pattern options. There are dies to cut out all of the elements, including the messages. An exclusive washi tape with a handwritten script pattern can be added to your design or on your envelopes, and four Core Ink cubes round out the items also available in the Classic version of this kit. The star of this upgraded Premium Kit are the Fancy Dies to cut out vases, greenery, and blooms. The options for die and color combinations are endless! Decorate the vases with the stamps, or use the fun doodle stencil included. The final element is a great set of enamel stickers, which match the fun & funky collage theme of this kit release!

I created a fun set of cards using this release, to resemble floral paintings. I gave each card a background using matte acrylic paint, added some stenciling to each one and added a few doodles using gel pens to give each card a real mixed media feel. I added some scratching into the paint and some texture paste to some of the vases for even more interest. 

I stamped the sentiments over painted panels in the same colors as the backgrounds, then stamped the sentiment using Black Soot Archival Ink. I cut each panel to 3 3/4 x 5 and mounted it on an A2 card. It was super fun to experiment with a bunch of color schemes and I love the look of the matte paints. 

I hope these cards give you some ideas for using these kits and stretching your supplies to create cards with tons of color and texture! 

GIVEAWAY:

Hero Arts will be giving away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, April 9th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

BLOG HOP:

Hero Arts 

Hero Arts Creative Team: 

Channin Pelletier 

Dana Joy 

Emily Midgett

Ilina Crouse

Kelly Taylor 

Lydia Fieder

Mindy Eggen

Pocono Pam 

Seeka

Special Guests: 

Cheiron Brandon (you are here!) 

Essie 

Jennifer Kotas 

Meg Brooks

Nichol Spohr

Rebecca Keppel

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