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simon says stamp monday challenge: not a card

Hi crafty friends, welcome to this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! Thank you for joining us for the Create a Scene Challenge last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too. This week we are have a Not A Card challenge, so create anything but a card, a tag a piece of home decor, whatever you like! 

For my project this week I created a tag inspired by one of the most recent Facebook Live demos from Tim Holtz using the remnant rub resist technique. I love the look of this one, and always forget about it. I used DIstress Spray Stains in Mermaid Lagoon, Picked Raspberry and Squeezed Lemonade along with Remnant Rubs to create the background. I finished the card off with some Scribbly Butterflies that I cut from kraft core cardstock and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I added a Theories Quote Chip and some Hardware Heads to complete my tag. 

As you may know, the Simon Says Stamp Store is accepting new orders, but have longer shipping times for the moment due to the coronavirus. With this in mind we have made the difficult decision to suspend the $50 voucher for this challenge.

We know that many people are staying safe at home and we would love it if you would continue to enter the challenges and have fun! We are all in this together!

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

 

 

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simon says stamp: sunny days ahead blog hop day 1

Hi there crafty friends! It's time for another Simon Says Stamp release - Sunny Days Ahead. Sounds like something we could all use right about now. These stamps and dies are all about the moms and grads...and anyone who could use a fun congrats. There are so many great stamps and dies to choose from and you can see the entire new release HERE. Please note the banner above - if you place your order anytime between now and 4/26 at 11:59 EDT and use the code SSSINK, a free Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink will be included with your order while supplies last :) This is the first day of the hop and there are SO many amazing designers hopping today with tons of inspiration. Be sure to come back tomorrow for Day 2 of the hop, with another round of awesome designers. 

Simon Says stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop randomly selected from the comments, so be sure to live a little love below for your chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 29th of April. You should have arrived here today from the blog of the wonderfully talented Barb Engler....

Today I have made a few different cards for you. I love playing around with different styles of cards using new products. For my 3 cards today, I have used the new CZ Design Extra Large Congrats on all of my cards in 3 different ways. 

For the first card, I combined the Extra Large Congrats with a graduation cap patterned background that I stamped using the caps from the Hats off Grad set. I stamped the caps in a pattern with Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink and then outlined them with a Cool Grey 2 Copic Marker. I cut the words out with white cardstock and Simon Says Stamp Black Glitter Cardstock. Super easy!  

 

For the second card, I used the tulip background to make a more generic Congrats card by embossing the Tulip Background with gold embossing powder and coloring them in with watercolors from the Prima Pastel Dreams watercolor set. I cut the Extra Large Congrats from white and Gold Glitter cardstock on this one to give it a more elegant look. 

I couldn't NOT make a rainbow card. For this card I paired the Extra Large Congrats with a rainbow background. To make this background, I created a rainbow panel with some Distress Oxide Blending in all my favorite rainbow colors, then stamped over it with the Diagonal Stripes background. For this card, I cut the sentiment out of black and white cardstock. 

The next stop on the hop is the blog of the amazing Lea Lawson, please hop on over to see what she has created for you today! 

 

HOP ORDER:

Simon Says Stamp Blog   

Jennifer McGuire

Kristina Werner

Cathy Zielske

Nina-Marie Trapani

Nichol Spohr

Lisa Addesa

Heather Ruwe

Suzy Plantamura

Kathy Racoosin

Barb Engler

Cheiron Brandon

Lea Lawson

Betty Wright

Bobbi Lemanski

Lin Brandyberry

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simon says stamp monday challenge: create a scene

Hi crafty friends, welcome to this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! Thank you for joining us for the 'E' is for Challenge last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too. This week we are have a Create A Scene challenge, so use your imagination to create a scene in your project! 

For my project this week I created little beach scene (which is what I am dreaming of right now) using the Tim Holtz Tropical and Happy Hour Thinlits dies. To create the background I used DIstress Paints to create a sunset sky. 

As you may know, the Simon Says Stamp Store is accepting new orders, but have longer shipping times for the moment due to the coronavirus. With this in mind we have made the difficult decision to suspend the $50 voucher for this challenge.

We know that many people are staying safe at home and we would love it if you would continue to enter the challenges and have fun! We are all in this together!

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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get cracking on christmas: april 2020

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

Hero Arts is hosting a Stay Crafty Challenge each month and we’ve partnered up with them to challenge everyone to work on their holiday cards. Hero Arts will always have a special place in my heart, since they are the first stamps I ever used (and bought) when I started stamping. 

I had an awesome Hero Arts Color Layering Peace set that I bought last year that had never seen ink and decided to take it out and play around with it. It was so much easier to use than I thought it would be and I love the results. If you know me, I do love a good rainbow holiday card, and this message is just as perfect for right now as it is for the holidays! Using a MISTI makes it so easy to do, and I think I'll create a bunch more before I put all my supplies away! I lined each part of the stamp up (one at a time) on the MISTI and stamped with Distress Oxide inks in all of my favorite bright colors. 

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simon says stamp monday challenge: 'e' is for

Hi crafty friends, welcome to this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! Thank you for joining us for the Add Some Texture Challenge last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too. This week we are have an 'E' is for challenge, so use your imagination to incorporate any thing with and 'E' into your project! 

For my project this week I created a multicolor trapped Emboss resist background. I created a watercolor panel in all of my favorite colors, stamped the Tiny Text stamp over it and then embossed it with clear ink. I added black ink over the entire panel and then buffed it off with a dry cloth to reveal the color underneath. 

 

Once the background was complete, I cut another piece of Distress Watercolor cardstock and stamped one of the floral images from Flower shop onto the tag using a multicolor stamping technique. I finished the tag with a sentiment from the Simple Sayings set. 

As you may know, the Simon Says Stamp Store is accepting new orders, but have longer shipping times for the moment due to the coronavirus. With this in mind we have made the difficult decision to suspend the $50 voucher for this challenge.

We know that many people are staying safe at home and we would love it if you would continue to enter the challenges and have fun! We are all in this together!

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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day 1/100: the 100 day project

Day 1/100 Supplies used: Flora and Fauna (cloud die, rainbow die, sentiment from Unicorn Car stamp set) 

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simon says stamp monday challenge: add some texture

Hi crafty friends, welcome to this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! Thank you for joining us for the Spring Mood Board Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too. This week we are have an All About Texture theme and the design team is using Stamperia products. You don't need to use them to play along, but if you have some, we'd love it if you did. 

For my card this week, I started off by using Dina Wakley Cotton Watercolor Paper for my card base, which has a great textured surface. I sprayed it with Gloss Sprays in Turquoise, Ocean and Olive. 

Once the sprays were dried, I added additional layers of texture by painting Magenta Dina Wakley Media Paint onto the Spaced Dots stencil, spraying it with water and "printing" it onto my surface. When that was dry I applied Cheddar paint through the Tim Holtz Digits stencil using a foam blending tool. 


To finish the card, I used a piece of Collage Collective 2 (Vol 2) as a focal image, and used stamps from the Collaged Hearts set. To give the card tons of shimmer and shine, I used Stamperia Gold Glamour pigment mixed with water and applied drips and splats all over my card to give it lots of interest.

As you may know, the Simon Says Stamp Store is accepting new orders, but have longer shipping times for the moment due to the coronavirus. With this in mind we have made the difficult decision to suspend the $50 voucher for this challenge.

We know that many people are staying safe at home and we would love it if you would continue to enter the challenges and have fun! We are all in this together!

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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simon says stamp: united we craft blog party

Hi there crafty friends! I hope you are all staying safe and healthy at home. If you have been going to work during this time, I'd like to send special thoughts out for your safety, and know you are appreciated. 

Today I am thrilled to join a bunch of wonderful designers for a United We Craft party at Simon Says Stamp. Although Simon Says Stamp is unable to ship at the moment, you can support them by filling up your carts and wish lists so that when we get through this, your order is ready to go. 

As you may have seen on social media and in the graphic above, we are using the #sssunitedwecraft hashtag to show the ways we are all crafting and staying involved in our crafty community during quarantine. We would love for you to share what you are creating or even share photos with you and your family creating—your kids, your significant other, your pets, or anyone else in your house OR photos of Zoom craft sessions or Instagram story parties that you are having with your creative friends.

At this time, crafting is bringing us together in new ways. We would love to see what you are up to! Please be sure to share with us and using the hashtag #SSSUnitedWeCraft :) 

I have a little happy mail inspiration for you. I have been spending a lot of my crafty time making cards for friends and family, and sending out a ton of happy mail. What better way to send a smile than to include a rainbow in the envelope. I have 3! rainbow card ideas to share with you today. For these cards, I pulled out some Simon Says Stamp exclusives from previous releases (but all still available for purchase) that I hope will give you some ideas for your own creations. 

The first card uses the Good Vibes die along with the Plank Background watercolored in a rainbow of colors....

My second card uses the Triangle Element die (also watercolored in a rainbow of colors) and finished with an All Things Happy Sentiment Strip.

And the final card uses a rainbow painted Clustered Leaves die cut over a stamped You Matter Background along with the Miss You die.

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