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simon says stamp crafty hugs release blog hop: day 2

Hello crafty friends and welcome to Day 2 of the Simon Says Stamp Crafty Hugs Blog Hop! I am so thrilled to be participating in this hop and sharing some cards using the new release with you today. I hope you have had some time to check out all the new products in this release and if not you can see them all right HERE. Before I show you my projects, I wanted to alert you to the code HUGS4U which is in the banner above. Be sure to use the HUGS4U code when you place your order to get a Rainbow Shattered Glass Deco Foil with your order, good until 5/31 at 11:59 pm EDT! You should have arrived here from the blog of the fabulous Sidnie Des Jardins.

I made 2 completely different types of cards for you today. The first uses the new Hibiscus Bloom die. This die is big and beautiful and I made a 5 x 7 card with it using lots of bright watercolors. To create this card, I cut 3 of the Hibiscus Bloom and stacked them together to make a dimensional element, and adhered it to my card panel. Then I watercolored in and around the die cut creating several layers of color. When the paint was dry, I added some splatter of gold metallic spray and a CZ Design sentiment strip to finish the card. Super bright and super messy layers, but I love how it came together! 

For my next card, I did A LOT of Copic coloring, and I found it super relaxing to create. I used the Work of Heart set to create a card with a very special thank you message for an ER nurse that I know. I stamped the sentiments in the center of the card, then I stamped the other images from the set all around the sentiment to create a pattern. I started with the largest images and then filled in the pattern with the tiny hearts and colored it all in. When the coloring was done, I outlined all of the shapes with a Cool Grey marker and then added a little color to the sentiment itself. 

Ready for even more Crafty Hugs Inspiration? Be sure to stop by all the stops on the hop and leave a comment! Each comment gives you a chance to win a $25 shopping voucher to Simon Says Stamp...the next stop on the hop is the awesome Laurie Willison, and I am sure she has created something very special for you. For the full list of stops, see below. 

HOP ORDER:

Simon Says Stamp Blog   

Laura Bassen

Debby Hughes

Yoonsun Hur

Heather Hoffman

Bibi Cameron

Barb Engler

Sidnie Des Jardins

Cheiron Brandon

Laurie Willison

Caly Person

Betty Wright

Bobbi Lemanski

Lea Lawson

Preeti Chandran

Lin Brandyberry

 

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simon says stamp monday challenge: we're going around in circles

Hi crafty friends, welcome to this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! Thank you for joining us us for last week's All A Buzz challenge and we hope you will join us in this week's challenge We're Going Around in Circles. I've used lots of circles on my card this week including images cut from the Sizzix Stacked Circles die. 

 

To make my card this week, I started by stamping the gears from the Stampers Anonymous Inventor 7 stamp set onto Distress Watercolor cardstock and then inking up the panel with DIstress Spray Stain in Pumice Stone and Speckled Egg. I gave the paper a mist of Distress Mica Spray in Brushed Pewter (be careful not to overdo this step-a fine mist will give you just enough shine). Once the panel was dry, I inked the edges with Black Soot Distress Ink. 


To create the colored circles, I used Distress Oxide sprays directly on the craft mat area of my Glass Media Mat and used the Inventor 7 stamp to stamp the multicolored image onto a piece of black watercolor cardstock. Once that was dry, I arranged the Stacked Circles dies onto the black piece and ran them through my die cutting machine. Now onto the fun part, putting it all together. I glued my panel onto a piece of colored Kraft Stock, then onto a piece of Blackout cardstock. Then I adhered the colored circles to the black and white image using foam tape. 


Once the colored circles were adhered, I added a Baseboard Doll, a Quote Chip and some Hardware Heads to complete the card. 



The lovely folks at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take our your crafty supplies, make something following this week's prompt and add your project to the InLInkz at the bottom of the post on the SImon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog :) All winners are chosen randomly, so anyone can be a winner!!! 

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

 

 

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simon says stamp monday challenge: all a buzz

Hi crafty friends, welcome to this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! Thank you for the It's A Dog's Life Challenge Last week and I hope you will join us for this week's challenge too. This week our challenge is All A Buzz, and I have stuck to the traditional theme and created a card with a bee theme. To create my card, I cut the bee from the Sizzix Geo Insects set and embossed it with Distress Embossing Glaze in Hickory Smoke, Fossilized Amber and Rusty Hinge. I created a bunch of background papers using Distress Ink on Distress Mixed Media Heavystock and then cut them out with the Stacked Tiles Hexagons dies...I love that they come with so many sizes and so many multiples of each in one package. 


I stamped all of the Hexagons using different background and floral stamps including Halftone and Rings, Flower Shop, Faded Type, and Mixed Media 1. 

To create my background, I made a panel of Mixed Media cardstock inked with Antique Linen Distress Ink and stamped with the Halftone Stamp. I adhered my bee to one of the light colored Hexagons, and then added the stamped and inked ones around it (all of them were popped up with foam tape for dimension). I added a Quote Chip with some Hardware Heads to finish the card. 

The lovely folks at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take our your crafty supplies, make something following this week's prompt and add your project to the InLInkz at the bottom of the post on the SImon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog :) All winners are chosen randomly, so anyone can be a winner!!! 

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

 

 

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simon says stamp: it's a dogs life

Hi crafty friends, welcome to this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! Thank you for joining us for the Spritz and Splatter Challenge last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too. This week our challenge is It's A Dogs Life Challenge.  

This week I have created a mixed media tag featuring tons of Tim Holtz Idea-ology products, the focal point being a Baseboard Doll of a boy and his dog. To create this project, I covered a Mini Etcetera Tag with Worn Wallpaper. Then I took a Vignette Panel and painted it with Antique Linen Distress Paint (I gave it about 3 coats). Once the panel was dry, I added Distress Crackle Paste around the edges of the panel and let it dry. When it was dry and had cracked, I added some Frayed Burlap Distress Crayon over the cracked paste and smoothed it in with my fingertips.

 

Once my Vignette Panel was dry, I added my focal elements including a: Baseboard Doll, Vintage Flair, Stencil Chip, Clippings Stickers, Junk Drawer Baseboards and Urban Layers. I added Hardware Heads to the corners of the panel. 


I adhered the panel onto my Mini Etcetera tag, and then added a Quote Chip to the bottom of the piece and a Vintage Clip to the top of the 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

 

 

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 monday challenge: spritz and splatter

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 Spritz and Splatter challenge and the design team is using products from Paper Artsy, and we'd love for you to use them too if you have some :) 

For my project this week I created a tag inspired by one of the most recent Facebook Live demos from Tim Holtz using the Distress Paint Resist Technique, building lots of layers with Distress Paint and Stencils. I created all the layers of paints, then when the panel was completely dry, I used the Splatter Brush to add splatter using the Paper Artsy Fresco Paint in French Roast over the entire panel. I finished the card with a Photobooth photo and some die cuts from the Media Marks Thinlits set, and a sentiment from the Mini Motivation stamp 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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