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simon says stamp wednesday challenge: anything goes!

Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog. This week's challenge is Anything Goes and the design team is using products from Cas-ual Fridays and/or Technique Tuesday. I decided to use a fun set from Teri Anderson for Technique Tuesday called Pucker Up. I love the bold images and greetings in this set! 

Remember, just by playing along and linking up your project to the SSS Wednesday Challenge post you can qualify to enter a $50 shopping voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.

One lucky winner will be chosen at random, it could be you! 

I hope you get to join in on all the fun and play along with the challenge. I can't wait to stop by some of your blogs and take a peek at what you have made. Have fun! 

Make sure to check back each Wednesday for another fun challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog! 

 

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*Technique Tuesday Clear Stamps PUCKER UP Teri Anderson	*Mama Elephant FEMME FRAMES Creative Cuts Steel Die MEL-001D	*Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# COTTON CANDY CC16	*Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# BLACK BL8	*Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK AIP31468	Neocolor II Watersoluble Crayons
*Tim Holtz DETAILER WATER BRUSH Ranger Watercoloring TIP33080	*Ranger Inkssentials MINI GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Dimensional Adhesive .5oz	*Tim Holtz Distress Glitter CLEAR ROCK CANDY Ranger TDG39150	*Tim Holtz Sizzix VAGABOND MACHINE Die Cutting Embossing Alterations 656850	*Tombow Adhesive Craft Stamp DISPENSER & REFILL Dot Pattern Runner 62143 Permanent

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classes coming up in august in NYC and NJ!

I have a bunch of classes coming up in August. I will be teaching at The Ink Pad in NYC and One Little Spark in Little Egg Harbor, NJ.

There is something for everyone this month...whimsical cards, cards full of Distress techniques, and even an art journaling class. All the info is below, please call the store directly to sign up and reserve your spot at the class table. Hope to see you in a class!

Lighthearted Lawn Fawn Cards
Tuesday, August 5th: The Ink Pad, NYC 212-463-9876 7pm
Saturday, August 23rd: One Little Spark, Little Egg Harbor, NJ  609-296-2751 10am

 
Stenciled Backgrounds
Thursday, August 14th: The Ink Pad, NYC 212-463-9876 7pm

 

Get Started In Art Journaling
Saturday, August 23rd: One Little Spark, Little Egg Harbor, NJ  609-296-2751 1pm 

simon says stamp wednesday challenge: emboss it!

Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog. This week's challenge theme is Emboss It and the design team is using any kind of Embossing-heat, dry, embossing paste...you name it. I wanted to use this new Tim Holtz Carved Instuments set to make a fun collage style card, so I made my background with some Ranger Foil Cardstock and embossed with a Bubble texture fade: 

Remember, just by playing along and linking up your project to the SSS Wednesday Challenge post you can qualify to enter a $50 shopping voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.

One lucky winner will be chosen at random, it could be you! 

I hope you get to join in on all the fun and play along with the challenge. I can't wait to stop by some of your blogs and take a peek at what you have made. Have fun! 

Make sure to check back each Wednesday for another fun challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog! 

 

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simon says stamp wednesday challenge: spots and dots

Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog. This week's challenge theme is SPOTS AND DOTS and the design team is using products from Paper Smooches. I've used this cute critter from the Little Fella set along with some dots from the Geographic set to make a fun boy card: 

 

We also have three new gals (Caryn Davies, Jenn Shurkus and Virginia Lu) joining us on the design team, and their first post is this week...so stop by and check out their work too! 

Remember, just by playing along and linking up your project to the SSS Wednesday Challenge post you can qualify to enter a $50 shopping voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.

One lucky winner will be chosen at random, it could be you! 

I hope you get to join in on all the fun and play along with the challenge. I can't wait to stop by some of your blogs and take a peek at what you have made. Have fun! 

Make sure to check back each Wednesday for another fun challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog! 

 

SUPPLIES:  

*Paper Smooches LITTLE FELLA Clear Stamps Kim Hughes	*Paper Smooches GEOGRAPHIC Clear Stamps Kim Hughes	*Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad ORANGE PEEL ink005	Simon Says Stamp Fog Ink	*Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# AUDREY BLUE AB19	Simon Says Stamp Fog Cardstock
Copic Marker set	*Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB REAM Super Smooth Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets	*Ranger Inkssentials MINI GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Dimensional Adhesive .5oz	*03559 Fiskars SURECUT CARD MAKING Paper Trimmer Cut Line 9 Inches

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my tim holtz ideaology storage (aka "the tower of tim")

Making the tags each month for the 12 Tags of 2014 is definitely fun for me. I have been collecting so many of Tim's ideaology trinkets for years and keeping them in their packaging. I don't want to even open the packs sometimes because I want to keep everything nice and neat! I finally found a perfect solution to store all of these little goodies and I affectionately refer to it as the "Tower of Tim". I sat down this month, and finally opened all the packages and put each set of trinkets in its own drawer. These Art Bin drawers that I ordered from Amazon.com are the ideal storage for me. 

The first one has a bunch of small drawers for the things I know will never make their way back into the package:And the second one has big drawers that hold some of the larger items: 

Here's what they look like all filled up with Ideaology goodness. I added dividers to my drawers so I could store a few items in each drawer and added labels so I could find everything easily. These units are easy to bring over to my table when I am working on projects so I can have all my little trinkets at my fingertips. Any of the items that have little stickers that go with them are kept together in the drawer with the stickers:

Here's a closer look at the drawers with all their labels: 

 
It is super easy to pick out the things I want now that I don't have to try to close up all the packaging! 

***I have a winner on my giveaway post from last week, Donna Gibson, I have emailed you!  

YOU CAN BUY THESE BINS ON AMAZON.COM: 

Art Bin Store-In-Drawer Ca binet, Translucent

Art Bin Store-In-Drawer Cabinet, Translucent

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12 tags of 2014: july

Playing along with Tim's tags of 2014 for July...and I couldn't love this theme more! The bubbles texture fade really makes this tag come to life. And just for fun, I've added a bright pink seahorse. Here's a close up of the wonderful crackle:

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simon says stamp wednesday challenge: let's be clear

Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog. This week's challenge is    Let's Be Clear-just use something "clear" on your card (acetate, vellum, clear embossing paste, etc) and the design team is using products from Clearly Besotted.

Here's a close up of the "window":

Remember, just by playing along and linking up your project to the SSS Wednesday Challenge post you can qualify to enter a $50 shopping voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.

One lucky winner will be chosen at random, it could be you! 

I hope you get to join in on all the fun and play along with the challenge. I can't wait to stop by some of your blogs and take a peek at what you have made. Have fun! 

Make sure to check back each Wednesday for another fun challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog! 

 

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compendium of curiosities III: challenge 6

Today I'm sharing a project I made for the CC3 Challenge. This challenge follows along with the techniques in Tim Holtz's latest book, Compendium of Curiousities III, and this week's Altered Burlap Panel can be found on p.37. This is the first challenge that I am playing along with, and I had so much fun making this panel! 

You can see all the details about the challenge on Linda Ledbetter's blog here.  This challenge is being sponsored by The Funkie Junkie and they will be giving one lucky player a $25 shopping spree.

I was inspired by Tim's July tag and I wanted to make a canvas with his new dies and try out the "sand" technique of course!  To make the background, I used marbled distress paints and used the Bubbles texture fade to "stamp" on some bubbles. 

Here's a close up of the fun letters: 

and the fabulous sand technique that I will certainly be using again: 

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enjoy today

Another fun card using Tim Holtz's watercolor background technique and stencils. I made quite a few of these backgrounds while playing with this technique for the June tag and I thought I would start turning them into cards. I loved the bright pinky/purple combo on this bubble background and thought it would look great with the soda bottle from the Treats Blueprints set. 


More fun bows...and a little enamel charm with a rub on:

 

 

Do you love Tim Holtz stamps as much as I do? I have an extra of this set below. Just leave me a comment below and I will pick a lucky winner to receive it!

 

 

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simon says stamp wednesday challenge: shake it!

Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog. This week's challenge is Shake It! (make a shaker card or packet) and the Design Team is using Simon Says Stamp exclusive products. DId you know there are some new ones coming out on July 11th? Make sure to check out my Instagram feed all week for some sneak peeks :)

This week I used my favorite color scheme (rainbow) along with the Simon Says Stamp Wide Stripes Background and the Happy Bubble Stamp & Die set. This stamp is SUPER easy to ink up with the Mini Distress Ink Cubes:

Here's a little close up of my shaker. I just love the word bubble shape: 

Remember, just by playing along and linking up your project to the SSS Wednesday Challenge post you can qualify to enter a $50 shopping voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.

One lucky winner will be chosen at random, it could be you! 

I hope you get to join in on all the fun and play along with the challenge. I can't wait to stop by some of your blogs and take a peek at what you have made. Have fun! 

Make sure to check back each Wednesday for another fun challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog! 

 

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