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simon says stamp let's chill blog hop: day 1

Hello there crafty friends! I am super excited to once again be joining Simon Says Stamp in a blog hop to celebrate their newest release - Let's Chill.  You should have arrived here from the blog of the amazingly talented Bibi Cameron

Before I share my card with you today, I want to point out the special code (PRISM) in the graphic above that will give you a FREE Doodlebug Design Chasing Rainbows Sprinkles pack FREE with any purchase! with any purchase (while supplies last) - good until 6/19 at 11:59 pm EDT.

I have 2 summery cards for you today in that both feature the new Hello Sunshine die. I love this sentiment for summer cards and am sure I will be using a ton in the near future. For the first card, I paired the Hello Sunshine die with the Fresh Fruit cling stamp background. I stamped the background with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide and then embossed it with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Embossing Glaze. Once my panel was embossed I used Distress Ink Reinkers sprayed with water and a water brush to color in all of the fruits. I love the pink background, it just says summer to me! 



For the second card, I paired the Hello Sunshine die with the new Beach Huts stamps for a sparkly summer card paired with the previously released Sunburst die. I cut the Sunburst die from Glitter Paper, added the Beach Huts hut, surfboard and ball that I colored in with Copics, and the Hello Sunshine that I also colored in with 2 colors of Copics. Super quick and easy and fun! 

Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop to one commenter on each blog!  Simon Says Stamp will choose the winners over the weekend and post on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 22nd of June.  The winner can email Simon Says Stamp to claim their prize! 

I am the last stop on the hop today. To start at the beginning of the hop, please go to the first link (which is the SImon Says Stamp Blog). All the blog hop stops are listed in order below. Thank you for hopping by today!!! 

HOP ORDER:

Simon Says Stamp Blog 

Nina-Marie Trapani

Caly Person

Nichol Spohr

Cathy Zielske

Jennifer McGuire

Suzy Plantamura

Sidnie Des Jardins

Lisa Addesa

Keisha Charles

Amy Rysavy

Alberto Gava

Heather Ruwe

Bibi Cameron

Cheiron Brandon

 

 

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simon says stamp monday challenge: frame it

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for playing along with us last week in the Alcohol challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too :) 

This week our challenge is Frame It and I have used a Lace Baseboard Frame along with images from the new Floral Elements stamps to frame my main image. The main image is a butterfly image stamped from the new Botanic Collage stamps on a background of Distress Oxides in Cracked Pistachio, Squeezed Lemonade and Kitsch Flamingo.

The Lace Baseboard frame was colored with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink. I then stamped and watercolored a bunch of leaves from the Floral Elements set with Distress Ink in Cracked Pistachio and cut them out and used them to make more of a frame around my project. To finish the card, I added some Hardware Heads that I colored with Mushroom Alcohol Ink to the corners of the frame and a bit of white spatter and an embossed sentiment from the Noteworthy stamps set. 

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join up to 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

You can find links to the supplies I've used below; click on the picture of shop icon to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you :) I truly appreciate your support. 

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simon says stamp monday challenge: bright and cheerful

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for playing along with us last week in the Alcohol challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too :) 

This week our challenge is Bright and Cheerful and this week the design team is using products from Katzelkraft. For my card, I used the Katzelkraft Arbores Silhouettes stamp to create a card celebrating a new day with a sunrise and a unique color combination. I stamped the stamp in Wilted Violet Distress Oxide then embossed it with Wilted Violet Distress Embossing Glaze. Then I painted in the background with a few colors of Distress Oxides to create a sunrise sky. To finish my card, I added one of the sentiments from the new Tim Holtz Noteworthy stamp set. 

See full supply list at the bottom of this post :)  

 

 

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join up to 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

You can find links to the supplies I've used below; click on the picture of shop icon to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you :) I truly appreciate your support. 

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*brand new* tim holtz stampers anonymous available to order now

Hi there crafty friends! Brand new TIM HOLTZ STAMPS AND STENCILS are available to pre-order from Simon Says Stamp today! This is the best way to pick your favorite stamps from the new release and ensure that you get the ones that you want. Here is a sneak peek at a couple of the cards I have created with this new release. 


This first one features the brand new Bubbles background stamp...this is one big background stamp and I have already found so many fun uses for it, including water. I used the stamp to create a fun background for the Sea Life stamps in Distress Archival Inks on glossy cardstock, then went over it with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. I also created a little "sign" using one of the sentiments from the new Noteworthy set. This set is full of amazing uplifting sentiments in a super fun handwritten style. 

The second sneak I have for you features a beautiful floral card using the Floral Elements combined with the new Noteworthy sentiment sets. As you can see, these florals and leaves are all separate stamps and can be combined in so many combinations and styles. For this card, I used them along with some Distress Reinkers to watercolor them, matted them onto a mat of Metallic cardstock and then added the sentiment from Noteworthy which I stamped onto black cardstock and embossed in white. To finish the card, I gave it a tiny splattering of Foundry Wax. 

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simon says stamp: hey you blog hop day 1

Hi there crafty friends! I am thrilled to be hopping along with Simon Says Stamp today to celebrate their latest release, Yay You! This release has everything you need to celebrate all the big (and small moments) in your life! Before we get to today's project, I want to bring your attention to the graphic above...be sure to use the code BEAUTY when placing your order to get a gift with purchase while supplies last, the awesome Beautiful die set. This promotion is valid while supplies last or until 11:59 pm EDT on 5/15.

Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from the blog comment section, so be sure to leave a comment below for your chance to win. They will choose the winners and post on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 18th of May. The winner can email Simon Says Stamp to claim his/her prize :)

All the items in the Yay You! release are available to purchase now! I created a card for you today using the beautiful new Dancing Butterflies Hot Foil Plates & Dies. The detail in these butterflies is AMAZING. 

Main Supplies: (all supplies listed at the bottom of this post) 

• Simon Says Stamp Dancing Butterflies Hot Foil Plates & Dies
• Love Hot Foil Plate
• Simon Says Stamp Filigree Slim Plate 
• Simon Says Stamp So Much Love stamps & dies
• Simon Says Stamp Love Shadow Wafer Dies 
• Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Mini Rainbow Stripe
• Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System

To make this card, I started by foiling the Dancing Butterflies Hot Foil Plates using the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System and the Mini Rainbow Stripe Hot Foil and then cutting them out with the coordinating dies. I also cut and foiled the love using the Love Hot Foil Plate and the Love Shadow Wafer Dies. 

Once all of my pieces were foiled and cut, I arranged them on my slimline card that I covered with the Filigree Slim Plate. To finish it, I added a sentiment that I stamped on a card stock strip from the So Much Love stamp set. These foil and cut dies make it so easy to put an elegant card together in just a few minutes. 

HOP ORDER:

Simon Says Stamp Blog   

Nina-Marie Trapani

Caly Person

Nichol Spohr

Cathy Zielske

Suzy Plantamura

Sidnie Des Jardins

Lisa Addesa

Keisha Charles

Heather Ruwe

Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Mindy Eggen

Barb Engler

Cheiron Brandon

Yoonsun Hur

 

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tim holtz sizzix: abstract faces notecard set

Hi there crafty friends! Today I have a little share for you of some cards I created using the Abstract Faces dies from the Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 2 release. I used these to make some fun and easy notecards that you could create for any occasion. 

This die set comes with all the pieces you need to create mix and match faces. Instead of making Abstract Faces, I cut the pieces out of all different materials: cork, foam and felt and used them to create small abstract collages. This would even be a great activity for kids to create cards with you if you cut all of the pieces in advance. To finish the cards, I added a Thoughts Label Sticker to each of them.

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simon says stamp monday challenge: alcohol (drinks or inks)

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for playing along with us last week in the Masculine challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too :) 

This week our challenge is Alcohol (Drinks and/or inks) and I took out the Alcohol Inks to create a few panels and play with some color combinations, and turned one of them into this card. I inked up my Yupo paper with the Alcohol Inks and once the panel was dry, stamped images from my favorite Media Marks 1 and Media Marks 2 sets in Distress Archival Inks. I finished the card by cutting the Make A Wish sentiment from the Bold Text 1 dies and then inlaying a few layers of the letters back in for a fun birthday card. 

See full supply list at the bottom of this post :)  

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join up to 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

You can find links to the supplies I've used below; click on the picture of shop icon to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you :) I truly appreciate your support. 

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reverse confetti: may release *birthday hop*

I am thrilled to be joining Reverse Confetti once again this month to celebrate their awesome May - 9th Birthday release! The entire release is available to purchase now, and there is one very special item that I wanted to bring your attention to - a very special stamp and die set this month, Love Wins. A portion of the sales from this set will be donated to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and The Trevor Project. 

Today I have created a fun card for a purple loving friend featuring the new Roses stamp set and coordinating Confetti Cuts, paired with the new Friend Confetti Cuts. I also added the Brillance Panel and used the frame that came with the Roses Confetti cuts to cut it out and add a bit more texture. Once my image was colored, I added it to the card and added some Distress Foundry Wax in Gilded. I stamped and embossed the sentiment in gold to match and added a few black pearls to finish my card. 

HOP ORDER: 

Reverse Confetti

Michelle Short

Cheryl Espie

Kelly Lunceford

Audrey Tokach

Joy Baldwin

Amy Rohl

Jennifer McGuire

Maria Russell

Becky Roberts

Kavya

Andrea Shell

Lisa Henke

Cheiron Brandon

Anita Madden

Heather Ruwe

Amy Kolling

Jenny Colacicco

Lien Leysen

April Antonio

Dana Kirby

Susan Wymer

Jeanne Jachna

Rachel Alvarado

Tricia Barber

Brandi Mahon

Amy Tsuruta

Richard Breaks

Jeff Lindberg

Colleen Beamish

Ricky Burton - Romero

Joe Sysavath

 

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simon says stamp: masculine

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for playing along with us last week in the Wild and Wonderful challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too :) 

This week our challenge is Masculine and the design team is using products from Tim Holtz. I created a card using one of my favorite guys from the Paper Dolls Portraits. I placed him on a background that I made by embossing Black Alcohol Ink Cardstock with the Circuit Texture Fade and went over with Statue Foundry Wax. Then I created a small panel from one of my Backdrops 3 papers to build my collage using the Portraits Paper Doll, some Memoir Ephemera, Ephemera Snippets, Number Strips a Gauge Dial, and a Metallic Sticker. To complete it I added an Adornments Star, also colored with Foundry Wax and colored the Paper Doll a bit with Distress Crayons. 

See full supply list at the bottom of this post :)  

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join up to 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

You can find links to the supplies I've used below; click on the picture of shop icon to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you :) I truly appreciate your support. 

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simon says stamp monday challenge: wild and wonderful

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for playing along with us last week in the Whatever the Weather challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too :) 

This week our challenge is Wild and Wonderful and I created a card featuring Gladys, who most certainly has a wild side! I cut the Tim Holtz Colorize Thinlits Gladys and added her to a tag that had been sprayed and stenciled using the Stampers Anonymous Dotted Layering Stencil and some Distress Translucent Texture Paste and Distress Spray Stain in Salvaged Patina and Pumice Stone. Then I finished the card with a Small Talk Snarky sticker.





See full supply list at the bottom of this post :)  

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join up to 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

You can find links to the supplies I've used below; click on the picture of shop icon to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you :) I truly appreciate your support. 

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