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simon says stamp monday challenge: happy birthday

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 Happy Birthday, and the design team is celebrating the 14th!!! Anniversary of our challenge and using products from Simon Says Stamp. I used the new Monstera Stencil and a CZ Design Scripty Hugs die to send some Birthday Hugs. In honor of our birthday this week, Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $50 voucher to one lucky particpant!!! 

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

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher (this week in honor of our birthday!) 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: 4 legged friends

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 Four Legged Friends and I have created a mixed media tag with a Tim Holtz Paper Doll as the focal point. Don't you just love this little boy with his dog?  I used Distress Spray Stains, covered the tag with some opaque crackle paste through the Linked Squares stencil and added some stamping and splatter. 

I added some Ephemera Snippets, a Paper doll and a Quote Chip Label to finish the 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 cheering for you blog hop - day 2

Happy Saturday crafty friends! I am so happy to be joining Simon Says Stamp to celebrate their newest release Cheering for You. I have two cards to share with you today using products from the new the Cheering For You release.

Before I get to the cards, I wanted to let you know that Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from each blogs comment section. The winners will be posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday the 31^st of July. The winner should emai Simon Says Stamp to claim their prize :)

The two cards I created today are two different looks with the new Cheering Wafer die The first card uses the Crimped Blossoms Embossing Folder. I embossed a panel of a panel of Distress Watercolor Cardstock then inked blended over it with inks from the Blue Lagoons Ink Cubes then sanded over it to reveal the white core of the cardstock. Once that was done I splattered some Gilded Foundry Wax over the top. I cut out the coordinating flower and ink blended in the the center and added some more Foundry Wax to the center. Finally, I cut the Cheering die from Gold Metallic Kraftstock and embossed the sentiment from the Cheering stamps in gold. 



For the second card, I used one of the A2 Acetate Cards to create a festive card with the Cheering die and a bunch of "confetti" dots punched out from gelli prints I had in my stash. I adhered the dots all over the front, added the die cut sentiment then added some more dots to fill in the space, and also popped some up with foam tape. Super fun and easy card to create! 



HOP ORDER:

Simon Says Stamp Blog 

Nina-Marie Trapani

Laura Bassen

Suzy Plantamura

Nichol Spohr

Mindy Eggen

Tina Smith

Cheiron Brandon

Lisa Addesa

Lorraine Aquilina

Barb Engler

Jessica Vasher

Nicki Baxley

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new alcohol ink colors + you tube video!

Hello there crafty friends! I hope you all have seen the newest Alcohol Ink Colors from Tim Holtz + Ranger! There are 10 fabulous NEW Alcohol Ink colors that have been added to the palette. I have been swatching and experimenting with these colors this past week and have created a new You Tube video walking through all of the new colors, sharing some fun combinations and creating the panels shown below. 

You can watch the video over on my You Tube Channel and create these panels along with me! 

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: add a sentiment

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 Add A Sentiment and I have used the new Floristry stamp from Tim Holtz along with the coordinating dies from Simon Says Stamp. I stamped the image onto a piece of Audrey Blue cardstock and embossed in white. I also stamped it it Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide and embossed it with Peacock Feathers Distress Embossing Glaze. I cut the flowers out of the glazed piece and layered them onto the white with foam tape and added the Hello Friend sentiment to complete my 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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new tim holtz stampers anonymous: deconstructed

Hello crafty friends! I have another card using brand new Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous stamps for you today and this time I am using the Deconstructed set. When I first saw set and the image with all the circles around it, I immediately thought color wheel...


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

To create my card, I wanted it to have a semi-grungy background, so I started by coloring a panel of Distress Watercolor Cardstock with Antique Linen Distress Spray Stain. I like to spray the stain onto my glass mat and then dip the paper into the droplets of stain, drying then repeating to build up layers. Once that was done I stamped my image from Deconstructed onto the dried panel using Distress Archival Ink in Black Soot. 

I continued by coloring in the panel with Distress Watercolor Pencils in all the colors of the rainbow and blended them out with a Detailer Waterbrush. Once my panel was dry I added a little Black Soot Distress Paint as well. To complete the panel, I added some Black Soot Archival Ink to the edges, roughed them up with a Distress Edger and added some stitching to the perimeter of the panel. 


To finish the card, I matted the completed painted panel onto a piece of Metallic Kraft Stock and then adhered the entire panel to a black notecard cut from Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock. For the sentiment, I cut a strip of watercolor cardstock, colored and inked it similar to my main panel and stamped a sentiment from the new Floristry set. 

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new tim holtz stampers anonymous: sign painter

Hello there crafty friends! Today I am sharing a card using some brand new Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Stamps. Today I am using the new Sign Painter stamps to make fun customized cards. These are the perfect size letters and numbers for cards...

To create these cards, I thought of a few sentiments that I would like to work with and then stamped the letters in different bright colors. Today I am sharing YOU ARE THE BEST AND HOORAY...

I lined up the stamps to get an idea of where they needed to be placed then just stamped in rainbow colors stamping one letter at a time with Distress Oxide ink, then embossing in the same color of Distress Embossing Glaze. 

Everything is just lined up the best I could using my stamp positioning tool to stamp, emboss then place the panel back for the next letter. 

I repeated the same process for the HOORAY card, using a bit of a more of a warm color palette. I think this would make a great guy card too. I can't wait to make some more of these with names or other fun sayings on them. 

Hope you enjoyed this look at Sign Painter, I'll be back with more ideas using some more of the new stamp sets soon! 

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simon says stamp monday challenge: lots of layers

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 Lots of Layers and I have created a fun card with a background panel using Distress Inks, layered over with Distress Oxide stenciling, some stamping and LOTS of splatter and Distress Spritz to finish. To complete my card, I added a focal image from the Media Marks 2 set and a sentiment from the Abstract Florals set. For a bit more sparkle, I added some Soapy Bubbles sequins. 

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: summer fun

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 Summer Fun and this week I have created a card in all the fun colors of summer. I used the Simon Says Stamp Sunshine stencil and blended Distress Inks through it. Before removing the stencil, I sprayed each layer with a coordinating color of Distress Spritz to add sparkle and shine. I finished my card panel using the I Think the World of You Wafer Dies cut from Matte Gold Cardstock. 

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: add some red, white and/or blue

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 Red, White and Blue and I am ready to celebrate the 4th of July! Today the design team is using products from AALL & CREATE and I have used the Lotza Dots stencil on my background along with Distress Spritz in Barn Door and Uncharted Mariner. For the focal image, I used a stamp from the Tim Holtz Americana Blueprints, and colored it in with Distress Watercolor Pencils. I cut a bunch of stars from the Starry Night dies from Metallic Kraft Stock. 

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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