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January 27, 2020

simon says stamp monday challenge: all loved up

Hi crafty friends, welcome to this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! Thank you to all of you who played along with us last week in our Home Decor Challenge and I hope you will join us again this week. This week our theme is All Loved Up and I hope you all will give this challenge a try and share your creation with us :)

This week I created an adorable Valentine card using a new Colorize die from Tim Holtz, Theodore. Isn't he the cutest? If you haven't tried this type of die before, they just keep getting easier to put together! The most important step is to cut out all of your pieces before assembly :) I cut Theodore out of all the different browns of my Classic Kraft Stock Paper Stash and assembled him and put him aside while I worked on the background.

For the background, I cut the Falling Hearts die out of a piece of 4 3/4 X 6 3/4 Distress Watercolor Cardstock. Then I ink blended the watercolor panel using Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry and Candied Apple DIstress Oxides. I used a die pick to punch out all of the little hearts.

To finish my card, I cut the sentiment out with the Alphanumeric Tiny Type and the Alphanumeric dies and arranged them on strips of watercolor cardstock. I just love the look of these Colorize dies and hope you will try them out for yourself!

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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You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in!

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January 20, 2020

simon says stamp monday challenge: home decor

Hi crafty friends, welcome to this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! Thank you to all of you who played along with us last week in our Rust It Up Challenge and I hope you will join us again this week. This week our theme is Home Decor and I hope you all will give this challenge a try and share your creation with us :)

This week I created a mini Mixed Media Panel that will be perfect to display on a little shelf in my studio where I rotate the artwork from time to time. For this panel, I used some of the brand new Dina Wakley Gloss Sprays. You are definitely going to want to get your hands on some of these! To create the panel I used the new Gloss Sprays and the star chipboard shape from the Basics Chipboard shapes and used it as a mask. Then I sprayed over the panel with more sprays.

I added the x's using black paint, a foam blending tool and the Xs stencil. Then I added additional layers and marks with Scribble Sticks and then added white Scribble Stick around the outline of the stars to make them pop. To finish my piece I used a focal image and a sentiment from the I Spill stamps.

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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Do you use Instagram ? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too

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January 13, 2020

simon says stamp monday challenge: rust it up

Hi crafty friends, welcome to this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! Thank you to all of you who played along with us last week in our Something New Challenge and I hope you will join us again this week. This week our theme is Rust It Up and I hope you all will give this challenge a try and share it with us :)

For my card this week, I wanted to use the new Tim Holtz Sizzix Retro Type Bigz die. I cut it out and painted it with Black Soot Distress Paint. Then I added bits of Grit Paste along with Fossilized Amber, Rusty Hinge and Ground Espresso Distress Paints over top. To make it even more rusty, I added some Prima Rust Effect paste over top with my finger.

For the background, I swiped a piece of Distress Watercolor Cardstock through some Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap Distress Inks that I sprayed with water and some Tarnished Brass DIstress Mica Spray, drying it with a heat tool and adding layers of ink.

Once my background was dry, I used Archival Inks and Rusty Hinge Ink Distress Ink to fill it up with images from the Stampers Anonymous Documented set. I stamped a sentiment from the Glorious Garden set onto a piece of paper and put it through the typewriter and then added the tiny heart from the Falling Hearts dies.

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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Do you use Instagram ? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too

You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in!

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January 10, 2020

simon says stamp: hey bestie and love you more blog hop day 1

Welcome to Day 1 of the Simon Says Stamp Hey Bestie and Love Your More releases! I have a few fun cards I'd love to share with you today but before I do that, take a peek at the banner above - it includes a special code for a free die (while supplies last) with any $50 or more purchase. This offer expires on 1/12 so make sure to pick out your favorites from the Hey Bestie and Love You More releases! Remember, this is only day one of the hop, and there will be even more inspiration for day 2 tomorrow.

SImon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from their blog comment section. They will pick a winner from each blog and post on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 15^th of January, so be sure to leave a comment below :)

I always love getting a package with new release products from Simon Says Stamp and I have created a few cards to share with you today.

The first card features the brand new Etched Snowflake Background from the Hey Bestie release. I love the style of these snowflakes and the AMAZING detail that you get from the cling. I embossed the snowflake design in white, and painted it in with my Daniel Smith watercolors in Phthalo Blue, Prussian Blue, Phthalo Turquoise, Lunar Black and Indigo then gave it a bit of white and gold splatter. I mounted the panel onto a gold mat, then mounted it onto a white notecard. I die cut the CS Design Thank You die from Simon Soft Navy cardstock and mounted that onto my panel.

For my second card, I stamped the Heart to Heart background onto black card stock and embossed it with clear embossing powder for a tone on tone look. I cut the Rainbow Heart out using all the colors of Tim Holtz Metallic Kraft Stock from the Confections pack. I finished it off with a sentiment from the Reverse Miss You sentiment strips.

For the third card, I created something a little different with the new Peony Bouquet stencil. I cut a panel of yupo paper and then applied Ranger texture paste through the stencil and let it dry. With an old paint brush, I painted Pool alcohol ink onto the top of the panel. For the flowers, I used Alcohol Pearls in Enchanted, Intrigue, Alchemy and a tiny bit of Smolder (for the flowers) and Sublime and Envy (for the leaves). I absolutely love the how the texture paste looks when painted with the pearls.

We can’t wait to see the inspiration you add to our Hey Bestie and Love You More galleries. Please make sure to add your creations there so we can all see the fabulous cards you have made! The next stop on the hop is the AMAZING Lea Lawson, please hop on over and see what she has created for you!

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January 07, 2020

seasons givings blog hop winner!

Hi crafty friends, thanks to all who entered my Seasons Givings Blog Hop Giveaway. I truly appreciated all your stories and comments about the thoughtful gifts you gave last year. You can find the winner on the original post HERE.

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January 06, 2020

simon says stamp monday challenge: something new

Hi crafty friends, welcome to the first challenge of the new year over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Thank you for joining us in the Party Time challenge over the last 2 weeks and we sure hope you will join us this week too!

This week our challenge is Something New and the design team is using products from Darkroom Door. I've created a fun Tim Holtz Etcetera tag this week using Distress Paints in lots of bright colors along with a few of my favorite stencils, including the Dots Small Stencil from Darkroom Door.

To create this look, I painted the entire #8 Etcetera tag with Picket Fence Distress Paint. Once the paint was dry, I took a few of my favorite stencils and bright colors of Distress Paints. I added the first color, then took a stencil and wiped through it with a baby wipe to remove the paint. I let each color dry before adding the next color. Then I used the Splatter Brush to splatter the entire tag with Black Soot Distress Paint. To finish the tag, I added some Ephemera, and a Photobooth photo. To finish the tag, I add a Quote Chip, a Foundry Adornment, and a Clippings Sticker.

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

Follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

Do you use Instagram ? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too

You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in!

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January 01, 2020

seasons givings blog hop: year 8

***Updated with new winner: Jo has let me know that she has some of the things in the prize already and would love to pass it on to someone who could really use it. How generous!

New winner is: Karen Kuschel

My goal is to include more water coloring in my projects this year, this giveaway is great for that! I always give my daughter a monthly subscription to something she loves as she lives in Chicago away from is and I like it that it reminds her she has a fan club close at heart. This year is teas of the month. She can think of us and how much we support her as she relaxes with her special teas each month. ❤

Posted by: Karen Kuschel | January 02, 2020 at 07:56 PM

***Updated with WINNER: Congrats Jo Anne Malicoat who said "I don't know if this qualifies as a "gift" exactly, but an elderly woman uses the same vet as we do, and I was in there one day and overheard her making payment arrangements because her sweet kitty was sick and she couldn't pay. So after she left I settled her bill for her and asked the vet to keep it anonymous. I felt so good knowing she wouldn't have to worry about that any more.". I truly enjoyed reading all of your stories about the wonderful and thoughtful gifts you gave this year. Thank you all for hopping along. Comments are now closed :)

Happy New Year crafty friends! One of my favorite days of the year is here, the Seasons Givings Blog Hop. This is a perfect time to reflect on the past year, think about goals for next year and to appreciate each and every one of you. Thank you to all of you who left a sweet comment on my blog, attended one of my classes and events, or followed me on Instagram this year. I love teaching, and I always love to share what new things I have been using or buying, and you know if you are a follower that I absolutely LOVE rainbows...so a rainbow giveaway it is!

TO ENTER: Leave me a comment telling me what the most meaningful "gift" you gave this year was (bought, handmade, or even the gift of your time). I will pick a winner sometime on January 7th. **Prize can be mailed to US addresses only, thanks for understanding**

I wanted to share a few of my favorite 2019 rainbow finds with you for my giveaway this year. Included in my giveaway are:

Josie Lewis Limited Edition Watercolor Paint Set (yours will be new of course!)
Simon Says Stamp Rainbow Heart Wafer Die
Yellow Owl Workshop Color Wheel Socks
Yellow Owl Workshop Color Wheel Lapel Pin

If you love rainbows as much as I do, you might be interested in some of my favorite rainbow creations from my Instagram account this year. Please be sure to follow me at @cheiron for even more rainbows....