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Simon Says Stamp Sweet Wishes Blog Hop - Day 1

Hello there friends! Welcome to Day 1 of the Simon Says Stamp Sweet Wishes Blog Hop. The entire new Sweet Wishes release is available to purchase now. I have a fun card using some products from this release, but before I get to that I want to bring your attention to the special shopping code above. Be sure to use FYCHR to get the Fancy Tidings of Cheer die FREE with any purchase. Just follow the instructions in the graphic to claim your free gift! The gift with purchase offer will expire on 10/13 at 11:59 pm EDT (while supplies last). 

ALSO - Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from your blog comment section. They will choose the winners and post on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday the 16th of October. The winner can email them claim his/her prize :)

I have a trio of cards to share with you today using the Sketched Leaves Stamps. The first card is very traditional where I stamped the leaves in an all over pattern on my card base using Distress Archival Inks then watercolored them with Distress Inks. I added some simple splatter and sequins and cut the sentiment and popped it up with foam tape. 

For the second card, I kept it simple with a purple and gold theme. Everything from the Sketched Leaves set is stamped and embossed, then I splattered the card with a bit of Distress Foundry Wax in Glided. 

For my final card, I wanted it to have a more mixed media look. I stamped the background using the Tim Holtz Tidbits stamps, then stamped the Sketched Leaves over it in Hickory Smoke Distress Archival Ink. Then I stamped more leaves in color on top and embossed them using Distress Embossing Glaze. I stamped and embossed the sentiment onto a strip of vellum and stitched it to my card. 

Be sure to stop at all the stops on the hop and leave a comment for your chance to win! 

HOP ORDER:

Simon Says Stamp Blog 
Laura Bassen
Nichol Spohr
Cathy Zielske
Barbara Tarayao
Mindy Eggen
Miriam Prantner
Bibi Cameron
Cheiron Brandon
Heather Ruwe
Keisha Charles
Karin Åkesdotter
Kath Stewart
Barb Engler
Betsy Green

 

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IN PERSON CLASSES: Sunday 11/17 at Calgo Gardens, Freehold NJ

Class card photos coming soon! Join me for one (or two) classes on Sunday, November 17th in the yurt at Calgo Gardens in Freehold, NJ! 

Many Thanks Card Class - Sunday, November 17th MORNING SESSION 11am-1pm at Calgo Gardens Freehold, NJ

Create 5 thank you cards perfect for the fall season and beyond. We will be using stamps and stencils from Tim Holtz, Simon Says Stamp, Concord & 9th and Waffle Flower. 

Student required supplies: Adhesive runner, liquid adhesive, foam tape, Tim Holtz travel glass mat or other surface to work on, an apron is always a good idea! 

PURCHASE MANY THANKS HERE:

 

Clean and Simple Christmas Card Class - Sunday, November 17th AFTERNOON SESSION 1:30-3:30 at Calgo Gardens Freehold, NJ

Create 5 clean and simple Christmas cards with sparkle and shine that will be easy to replicate for your own Christmas card making! We will be using stamps, stencils and dies from Tim Holtz, Simon Says Stamp and more! 

Student required supplies: Adhesive runner, liquid adhesive, foam tape, Tim Holtz travel glass mat or other surface to work on, an apron is always a good idea! 

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NEW VIDEO: Fodder School 3 Video Hop

Hello there crafty friends! Today I am joining a group of artists in a VIDEO HOP over on my You Tube Channel with a quick peek and some of the projects I have created in Fodder School 3. This was the third year I have participated in Fodder School, and I love to get a new lesson from a different artist each month. I did not complete them all, but truly enjoyed all of the ones I did get to create and will get back to the other lessons when I have some time. 

I get a lot of questions about Fodder School. What is it, what do you make with all the fodder etc, and I hope I give you a little insight into that here! If you get a chance to take a peek, I hope you will give it a like and/or leave me a comment. Thank you so much for all your support of my art! 

tim holtz idea-ology: santa mica shaker card

Sharing a quick and simple shaker card with Tim Holtz Idea-ology today.  All of the new Christmas Idea-ology for 2024 is available NOW to purchase at Simon Says Stamp!

With just a few packs of Ephemera and some Distress Collage Medium and foam dots, it is super easy to create beautiful and unique Christmas cards. I'll be sharing a few of these ideas here with you over the next week. Most of the time, I like to work in a batch, but today I made a special Santa shaker card with one of the elements from the Christmas Emporium Layers Pack. I loved the Santa Mica packaging layer and thought it would be fun to make a shaker card with some Distress Mica Flakes. 


I added a Transparency behind the window, created a shaker by using some foam tape and filling the shaker space with the Mica Flakes. I adhered the shaker to a piece of the Christmas Backdrops (love those tiny dots!). 

On top of my shaker I added the Santa, Candy Cane Stick and Star from the Christmas Layers and Paper Dolls Pack and a sticker from the Christmas Sticker Book. 



To finish the card, I added some white spatter to look like snow and then used a palette knife to add some Snowfall Grit Paste in little areas around the card. Stay tuned this week for more cards using Tim Holtz Idea-ology including some quick and easy card sets :)

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: 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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