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simon says stamp monday challenge: bright and cheerful

Hi crafty friends, it's time for another challenge over one the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Thank you for joining us in last week's Anything But A Card Challenge and we hope you join us this week too. 

To create my panel, I started by coloring a square 6 inch Ranger Hard Core Art Panel with my favorite bright colors of alcohol inks. Once the panel was dry, I added a mat to it with Gold Metallic Kraft Core paper that I cut to 6 1/4 square. I added this to a Dina Wakley Canvas Panel that I cut down to 9 X 9 and painted with Black Heavy Body Paint. 


I adhered some numerical paper that I sprayed with Distress Resist Spray and embossed in gold to the back of a Baseboard Frame. Now to add the texture to the rest of the piece. To do this without covering everything and to make the splatter seamless, I covered the inside of the frame with paper, and I covered the alcohol ink panel with a piece of scrap paper. I stacked the alcohol ink panel then the frame on top of that onto the black canvas panel. I put it into a box and gave it a few generous sprays of Distress Resist Spray, then added Ranger Gold Embossing Powder and heat embossed it. Then I pulled off the pieces of paper that were covering everything up. 

I love the texture and the look of the splatter that you get when combining Texture Resist Spray and Embossing powder. To finish off the project, I added some Hardware Heads to the corners of the alcohol inked panel. I adhere the paper backed frame onto the center of the panel, then adhered a large Faceted Heart which I had cut out of red Metallic Jewels Kraft Stock. 


For the final touch, I added a Quote Chip under the heart, attached to the frame. 



As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store!

 

 

 

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

 

 

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stuff for sale: gently used stamps and dies

Hi crafty friends, it's time for another craft room clean out. I have 23 bundles of stamps and dies ready to ship to you :) Please check out my stuff for sale tab for all the details! 

simon says stamp believe in you blog hop: day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the Simon Says Stamp Believe in You Blog Hop! If you missed Day 1 of the hop, you can see all that fun HERE. You can see the entire release HERE. You should have arrived here from the blog of the amazing Bibi Cameron, if you have missed any of the stops on the hop, you can start at the main post on the Simon Says Stamp Blog. 

Simon Says Stamp is very generously giving away a $25 coupon to EVERY stop on the hop, so be sure to leave a comment on all the stops. The winner will be posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, July 31st. To see even more inspiration, be sure to check out Facebook Live on August 6th at noon EDT! It's always so great to see all of you there.

I have 3 different cards to share with you today. The first one is using the Sunflower Frame die. For my card, I cut the die out of yupo paper, and colored it in with Ranger Alcohol Inks and a very small paintbrush. I added foam tape and adhered to a card where I had adhered a panel stamped with the You Matter background to really let the flower shine.

For my second card, I used the Faceted Stripes Stencil. I used Distress Oxides and blended a soft palette of colors through the stencil, added some small sprays of water to get those lovely water dots and then added plenty of Nuvo drops in coordinating colors. I finished off the card with a simple CZ Design Thanks die and a sentiment strip stamped with the Simple Sentiments 2 stamps.

For my last card, I used the jellyfish from the Never Quit Swimming stamp set....and the "what the Jell" sentiment combined with a simple Hey Die cut from the CZ Design Hey Wafer dies. I created the background with lots of layers of watercolor, some splatters and a spray of iridescent shine.

Your next stop on the hop is the wonderfully talented Karin Äkesdotter... I hope you have a great time hopping along and enjoy your weekend! 

 

HOP ORDER:

Simon Says Stamp Blog

Laura Bassen

Debby Hughes

Yana Smakula

Nichol Spohr

Yoonsun Hur

Heather Hoffman

Bibi Cameron

Cheiron Brandon

Karin Äkesdotter

Emma Williams

Did you know that the brand of the month for July at Simon Says Stamp is Tim Holtz? When you buy any Tim Holtz Branded purchase up until 07/31, a free mini Distress Resist Spray will be added to your order (while supplies last). No code needed :)

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simon says stamp monday challenge: anything but a card

Hi crafty friends, it's time for another challenge over one the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Thank you for joining us in last week's Frightful Things Challenge and I hope you will join in the fun this week for the Not A Card Challenge. This week I have created a Tim Holtz Vignette Tray using a Watercolor Galaxy Background that I created. I added a few layers to the tray, including a Salvaged Baseboard, some Ephemera, a Photo Booth photo and a Quote Chip. 


I finished off the outside of the tray with some Idea-ology Design Tape, then I filled in the entire tray with shiny stars cut from the Radiant die from Metallic Kraft Stock and Swirling Stars dies that were cut from Distress Watercolor card stock that was painted with a wash of gold watercolor. 


So much sparkle and shine on this one and I love the contrast between the dark sky and the gold! 



As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store!

 

 

 

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get cracking on christmas: july 2019

Continuing along with my goal to 'Get Cracking on Christmas' all year long, by creating my Christmas cards with a few crafty friends throughout the year! If you want to see how it all started, go to my original post here.

I'm happy to be able to share a Christmas card this month along with my friend Jenn. Be sure to visit her blog to check out the fabulous cards she has made. If you are in the mood to make some Christmas cards along with us, be sure to post them on Instagram and use the hashtag #getcrackingonchristmas :) 



Today I am sharing a card with the new Tim Holtz Sizzix Nordic Winter die. I could not get wait to get my hands on this one. I know it will be great to make some super quick and easy cards with, but my card today will be a Christmas card for someone really special. To make this card, I cut the die out of woodgrain paper then colored it with Gathered Twigs and Vintage Photo Distress Inks. Now I am ready to cut an inlay all those tiny pieces...


I added double sided tape to the back of the entire panel, then cut the die again in red, yellow, blue, green, beige and white (yep, I even inlaid each and every bit of snow!) It take a lot of work, but for me was super relaxing. Now I just have to find someone very special to send this card to in December :)

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simon says stamp monday challenge: animal magic

Hi crafty friends, it's time for another challenge over one the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Thank you for joining us in last week's Life on the Ocean Waves Challenge and I hope you will join in the fun this week for the Animal Magic Challenge. This week I have created a Halloween Scene with this Halloween cat and a bunch of other fun dies from the new Frightful Things Thinlits dies. There are so many fun Halloween shapes in this set...especially those little ghosts! I can't get over how cute they are. 

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store!

 

 

 

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

 

 

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simon says stamp monday challenge: life on the ocean waves

Hi crafty friends, it's time for another challenge over one the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Thank you for joining us in last week's Make Your Own Background Challenge and we hope you will join us this week in our Life on the Ocean Waves Challenge. I just picked up this new Crackle 3D Texture Fade Embossing Folder and I thought it would make excellent "waves" if I used it concave side up and painted in each section with Distress Inks. 

 

Once that was dry, I stamped and cut out the crab and the sentiment "I'm Sorry" from the Crazy Talk set, and the word "crabby' with the letters from the Blockprint set onto Kraft card stock. I love the carved look of these letters and realize these are something I should be using more often! 

 

When I had all my sentiments together, I added them to the card. I added some hardware heads to the "crabby" sentiment strip that I had aged with some Mushroom Alcohol Ink. I added the crab from the Mariner Blueprint set and tucked a bit of inked Mummy Cloth behind him. 

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store!

 

 

 

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

 

 

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simon says stamp monday challenge: make your own background

Hi crafty friends, it's time for another challenge over one the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Thank you for joining us in last week's Stars and Stripes Challenge and we hope you will join us this week too as we mace our own backgrounds. This week the Design Team is using products from Paper Artsy and I hope you will use some too if you have them. 

For my card this week, I've created a background in the easiest way possible, stamping a beautiful Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Botanical Sketch stamp with Gina K Skeleton Leaves Amalgam Ink and used Distress Inks and Oxides with a Tim Holtz Detailer Waterbrush to color it in.

When the watercolor panel was dry, I used Paper Artsy Fresco Finish Old Gold Metallic Paint to go over all the tiny "dots" on the image. When that was dry, I stamped and embossed the Friend sentiment in gold. I also put some of the gold paint on my finger and went around the edge of the panel to give it a glided edge. 



I stamped the I miss you from the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Crazy Talk set with white embossing powder onto Lawn Fawn Ground Coffee cardstock, then adhered the panel to a note card with foam tape. I fussy cut the sentiment out and added it to the panel with a super thin piece of foam tape. 

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store!

 

 

 

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

 

 

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