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simon says stamp monday challenge: winter blues

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 is Winter Blues and I have used some blue Snow Flurries Distress Mica Stain and Tumbled Glass ink. I cut the bird from the Funky Nordic set and gave it some texture by stamping the Stripes and Holiday Background onto it using Tumbled Glass Ink. I cut the remaining pieces from some Mica Stain Papers I had in my stash and arranged them onto a panel of Distress Black Heavystock. I splattered the card with Gilded Foundry Wax by mixing it with a bit of Isopropyl alcohol and splattering it with a paintbrush. To finish my card, I cut the word hope from the Christmas Cutouts dies using a piece of the paper I had sprayed with the Snow Flurries Distress Mica Stain. 

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 Stamps DieCember® Release Blog Hop Day 1

Hello crafty friends! Welcome to Day 1 of the Simon Says Stamps DieCember® Release Blog Hop! Before I get to the project, I want to let you know about a special code in the graphic above you can use while shopping. Use code FLURRY to get the Aidan Snowflake free with purchase - see the instructions in the graphic above on how to add this to your cart. This gift with purchase will expire 12/8 at 11:59 pm EST and is good while supplies last.

SImon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from each blogs comment section. Simon Says Stamp will choose the winners and will post them on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday the 13th of December. The winner should email Simon Says Stamp to claim his/her prize :)

I have a fun wintery card for you today using the new Fretwork Snowflake Wafer die. I created the background using the Icy Snowflakes Embossing Folder and dies. To create my background, I used a piece of Distress Watercolor Cardstock, then misted it with water using a Distress Sprayer. I sprayed the panel with Distress Mica Stains in Snow Flurries, Unravelled, and Wonderland then dried it with a heat tool. I added some Glossy Accents and Distress MIca Flakes to add to the snowy texture. I cut the Fretwork Die several times from Champage Glitter Cardstock and Clear Acetate and layered them together. I finished the card with a sentiment from the Graceful Holiday Greetings stamp set. 

HOP ORDER:

Simon Says Stamp Blog 

Laura Bassen

Nichol Spohr

Cathy Zielske

Barbara Tarayao

Emily Midgett

Keisha Charles

Mindy Eggen

Miriam Prantner

Cheiron Brandon

Heather Ruwe

Bobbi Lemanski

Barb Engler

Jean Doeringsfeld

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simon says stamp monday challenge: trees

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 is Trees and I have used some of my favorite new Simon Bottle Brush (small and large) trees this year cut from Glitter and Metallic cardstocks to create this fun rainbow Christmas card

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: tag it

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 is Tag It and I have created a set of MINI Holiday Tags using one of my favorite Tim Holtz Sizzix die sets, Christmas Minis. I cut a bunch of tags out in pink, kraft, white, red and black from the Framelits Tag dies then added a little something (stamping/stenciling/embossing) to each one. See details under each individual tag photo :) 

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

Gingerbread Person Tag: Cotton Candy Cardstock, Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide stenciling through Mini Stencil 57, sticker from Christmas Sticker Book

Stockings Tag: DIstress Kraft Heavystock, attach twine with Tiny Attacher,  sticker from Christmas Sticker Book

Present Tag: Distress Watercolor Cardstock, Distress Sparkle Texture Paste through Mini Stencil Set 57, sticker from Christmas Sticker Book

Wreath Tag: Lipstick Red Cardstock, Sparkle 3D Texture Fade, sticker from Christmas Sticker Book


Santa Tag: Black cardstock, Simon Says Stamp white pigment ink stamping using Media Marks 2, sticker from Christmas Sticker Book



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: thanks/thanksgiving

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 is Thanks/Thanksgiving and I have created a thank you card that uses Thanksgiving-ish colors. I used the Twining Berries Embossing Folder along with the Privet Branch die and the Fancy Thanks die in fun fall-ish colors. 

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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take an online class with me! - Hero Arts Mixed Media Stamp-Along

If you have ever wanted to take an online class with me, I am thrilled to announce I will be teaching in the next Hero Arts Mixed Media Stamp-Along! I will part of a group of wonderful instructors teaching a lesson in the next all day Stamp-Along with Hero Arts on Saturday, January 20, 2024. Right now you can get early bird pricing for only $25! This would be a great holiday treat for yourself, or why not buy a spot for a crafty pal too?

There is a bundle that features the main suppliesfor this class available too (while supplies last) you can purchase it HERE. 

I hope to see some of you in class! 

simon says stamp monday challenge: grunge it up

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 is Grunge it Up and the design team in using products from Carabelle Studio. I used their Hamsa stamp as the focal point and adding some extra color with this Gelli Roll Moonlight pen set and this Gelli Roll Moonlight set too. 

I created the grungy background by mixing my Distress Ink reinkers with water for some really concentrated color and adding some Dina Wakley Stoked Glossy Acrylic Medium. I added a little stamping using the Ledger Script stamps and some Distress Archival Black Soot Ink. I added some stenciling with the Numbered and Speckles stencils and then white splatter and stitching to finish it up. 

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 All the Joy Release Blog Hop - Day 2

Hello there crafty friends! Today I am thrilled to be joining Simon Says Stamp to celebrate their latest release, All the Joy. You can shop the entire release HERE. Before we get to my card today, I have a special code to share with you...use code STAR to get the Holy Stars Stencil free as a gift with any purchase. This gift with purchase will expire 11/5 at 11:59 pm EDT and is good only while supplies last.

Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from each blog comment section. They'll chose the winners and post on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday the 8th of November. The winner can claim their prize by emailing Simon Says Stamp! 

Now onto the card...today I have created a card using the new Fancy Ornaments Embossing Folder and dies.

I embossed the folder twice using Distress Watercolor Cardstock, then ink blended over one of the panels using Distress Oxide Inks then cut those ornaments out using the dies. I inked the edges of each ornament  with Black Soot Distress Ink and a foam blending tool and gently bent them to give them a little dimension. I added a bit of shimmer and Gilded Foundry Wax to each ornament using my finger, and then set it with an embossing gun. 

Once the ornaments were dry, I adhered them to my second white embossed panel. To finish my card, I stamped and embossed the sentiment from the Graceful Holiday Greetings stamps and dies in white on black cardstock to make the colors pop, and die cut it with the matching dies. I hope you enjoyed learning how this card came together and here are a few more peeks at it for you :) Be sure to see the hop list below to get to the next person on the hop!

HOP ORDER:

Simon Says Stamp Blog 

Nina-Marie Trapani

Nichol Spohr

Laura Bassen

Suzy Plantamura

Mindy Eggen

Lisa Addesa

Cheiron Brandon

Kulbir Kirkland

Miriam Prantner

Dilay Nacar

Barb Engler

Allison Frazier

Channin Pelletier

 

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Fodder School 2 You Tube Hop!

FODDER SCHOOL 2 YOU TUBE HOP! Hi there crafty friends. If you have been hanging around here for a while, you know that I have loved @fodder.school since year 1 and love sharing some projects from it each month. Today I am participating in a hop over on my You Tube Channel with several artists sharing projects from Fodder School 2 and some of the projects I created during the 2023 Fodder School Challenge 🎨 Hope you will stop by and take a peek. I get a lot of questions from other card makers asking if this is something they would like, and my answer is always a resounding yes! So many great techniques to try and the best part is you can do them at your own pace. Fodder School 3 started in October, so now would be a great time to start. 

YOU CAN VIEW THE VIDEO HERE: 

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Here is the full list of participants in today's hop over on You Tube: ⁠
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Tiffany Sharpe @tiffanysimplysharpe⁠
Wendy Solganik @willa.wanders⁠
Megan Quinlan @meganquinlanstudio⁠
Mystery Bridgers @mystery_b_arts⁠
Erin Bishop @eb_mixedmedia⁠
Rona Keith @rona.keith.art⁠
Shelly Sharp @shellyasharp⁠
Karen Elaine @karenelainecreative⁠
Emily Stam @someartdesigns⁠
Cheiron @cheiron⁠
Jynene Hartman @jynene_at_sage⁠
Rebecca Chapman @Rebeccachapmanart⁠
Netty Poyser @nettys_journal_bliss

simon says stamp monday challenge: thinking of you

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 is Thinking of You and I created this fun fall thank you to tell a friend how much I appreciate all she has done for me recently! I used the Waffle Flower Multiple Fall Leaves stamps, dies and stencils, the Print and Script Thank You die and lots of Distress Inks and Distress Paint splatter. 

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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