cheiron brandon designs

neat and tangled: later alligator

It's Day 3 of the Neat and Tangled release and you are going to love the Later Alligator set we are featuring today! These little critters are totally adorable and perfect for so many occasions. Today, I kept them simple with a fun Distress Oxide inked Snake Scales Cover plate background...

Be sure to stop by the Neat and Tangled Blog to see all of the design team inspiration! Don't forget - there is a giveaway every day this week of the set(s) being featured that day, and a $25 gift certificate up for grabs at the end of the week. Comment on all of the design team blogs all week for a chance to win.  Winners will be announced on Friday at 7:30am EST!

simon says stamp monday challenge: red/white and or blue

 

 

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the Food and Drink Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too

 

 

This week the challenge is RED, WHITE and/or BLUE and the design team is using products from Darkroom Door. For this week's challenge I created a fun and funky alcohol ink background and used the Darkroom Door Artsy Triangles stamps along with some Alcohol Lift-Ink reinker through the stencil to pull up some of  that ink and create a fun pattern. I added lots of red, white and blue including some of my favorite pieces of Tim Holtz Idea-ology...

 

 

 

 

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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simon says stamp monday challenge: anything but a card

 

 

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the All Things Bright and Beautiful Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too

 

 

This week the challenge is Anything But a Card...and I've created a Framed Panel using some of my favorite Funky Florals....

 

 

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

 

 

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simon says stamp monday challenge: all things bright and beautiful

 

 

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the Masculine Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too! This week the challenge is All Things Bright and Beautiful and we are using stamps from Paper Artsy. 

 

I used lots of bright colors and Tim Holtz stamps and stencils to create my background for my Paper Artsy pigs and added a sentiment with some Tim Holtz Snarky Small Talk. 

 

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

 

 

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Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the Inspired by A Song Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too!

 

This week the challenge is MASCULINE and I have created a Tim Holtz Etcetera Tag based on the Foundry Tag that says 'The Webb Co, Allentown, PA". I created a the background of my tag by covering it with Metallic Paper that was run through the Foundry 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder:

 

I added a image from the Found Relatives pack and a combination of a few different words and phrases to tell the story of my piece along with a Foundry Adornment: 

I love the mixture of metals and the patchwork effect of it all together with the different wood accents: 

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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Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the Stencil It Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too!

 

This week the challenge is Inspired by a Song, and my song pick for this challenge was Empire State of Mind by Alicia Keys...I was inspired to create a Citiscape of a place where dreams come true: 

 

I created a starry sky panel by spraying Distress Resist Spray onto a piece of Mixed Media Heavystock. Once it was dry I inked over it with Blueprint sketch Distress Oxide (the texture in person is AMAZING). I cut the buildings from the Tim Holtz Sizzix Metropolis dies and inked them with various colors of Distress Inks and added clouds and stars and the moon from the Snowglobe 2 Thinlits dies to create my starry scene. 

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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Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the Ombre Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too! 

 

This week the challenge is STENCIL IT and I couldn't wait to break out my Tim Holtz Stencils. I created a simple tag using a few of my favorite stencils and also wanted to play with the new Sizzix Shadow Script 3 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

 

 

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 

 

 

 SUPPLIES: 

 

 

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the Time's Up Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too :) 

 

This week the challenge is OMBRE and this week we are using products from one of my favorite artists and designers Dina Wakley! We would love for you to use some of her products in your challenge entry if you have some. This week I've created an altered tag with tons of Dina's paints.

 

I painted the ombre background onto the tag that I had covered with die cut letters, then removed some paint with a baby wipe through the Dollops stencil. Then I mixed some turquoise paint with crackle paste and added that through the Spaced Dots stencil. Once all of this was dry I added images and a sentiment from the Contour Figures set and colored them with Scribble sticks. I also wet the ends of the scribble sticks and used a paintbrush to flick color over my project. Everything was adhered with Ultra Thick Gel Medium. All supplies are linked at the bottom of this post :) 
 

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 

 

 

 SUPPLIES: 

 

 

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the  Flower Power Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too :) 

 

This week the challenge is Time Out and I've created a fun card about my favorite time of day, happy hour! What better way to celebrate this fun time of day than with these super cute Mini Cocktail Blueprints stamps from Tim Holtz. 

 

I love these planks dies and couldn't wait to make a background out of them. To begin, I cut out the planks and colored them in with a wash of Hickory Smoke Distress Ink and Black Soot Distress Paint attached each of them to my card with foam tape. 

 

To create more interest on the panel, I used the Distress Splatter Brush to splatter on paints in Picked Raspberry, Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon and Picket Fence to coordinate with the cocktails.  

 

Then I stamped the cocktail stamps using Jet Black Archival ink and cut them with stitched rectangle dies. I colored them in with Distress Inks that I pressed onto my craft sheet and picked up with a waterbrush. Once that was done, I inked the edges with Distress Ink. 

 

To finish off my card, I added the cocktails to the card using foam tape and used a sticker from the Snarky Small Talk stickers that I mounted on some metallic kraft stock. I love the look of these fun planks for a background and am sure I will be using them a lot more in the near future! 

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 

 

SUPPLIES:

 

 

 

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the  A Trio of Something Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too! Also, there is a DESIGN TEAM CALL going on for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, scroll down for more details on how to apply :)

 

 

This week the challenge is Mythology/Inspired by a Story and I've used Tim Holtz's Hipster stamps to create a hipster version of A Cat in the Hat: 

 

 

 

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

 

We’re having a Design Team Call on our sister Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . If you are interested in applying please CLICK HERE for more details.

 

 

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 

 

SUPPLIES: 

simon says stamp monday challenge: masculine

 

 

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the Inspired by A Song Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too!

 

This week the challenge is MASCULINE and I have created a Tim Holtz Etcetera Tag based on the Foundry Tag that says 'The Webb Co, Allentown, PA". I created a the background of my tag by covering it with Metallic Paper that was run through the Foundry 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder:

 

I added a image from the Found Relatives pack and a combination of a few different words and phrases to tell the story of my piece along with a Foundry Adornment: 

I love the mixture of metals and the patchwork effect of it all together with the different wood accents: 

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!

SUPPLIES: 

 

simon says stamp monday challenge: inspired by a song

 

 

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the Stencil It Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too!

 

This week the challenge is Inspired by a Song, and my song pick for this challenge was Empire State of Mind by Alicia Keys...I was inspired to create a Citiscape of a place where dreams come true: 

 

I created a starry sky panel by spraying Distress Resist Spray onto a piece of Mixed Media Heavystock. Once it was dry I inked over it with Blueprint sketch Distress Oxide (the texture in person is AMAZING). I cut the buildings from the Tim Holtz Sizzix Metropolis dies and inked them with various colors of Distress Inks and added clouds and stars and the moon from the Snowglobe 2 Thinlits dies to create my starry scene. 

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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simon says stamp monday challenge: stencil it

 

 

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the Ombre Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too! 

 

This week the challenge is STENCIL IT and I couldn't wait to break out my Tim Holtz Stencils. I created a simple tag using a few of my favorite stencils and also wanted to play with the new Sizzix Shadow Script 3 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

 

 

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 

 

 

 SUPPLIES: 

simon says stamp monday challenge: ombre

 

 

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the Time's Up Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too :) 

 

This week the challenge is OMBRE and this week we are using products from one of my favorite artists and designers Dina Wakley! We would love for you to use some of her products in your challenge entry if you have some. This week I've created an altered tag with tons of Dina's paints.

 

I painted the ombre background onto the tag that I had covered with die cut letters, then removed some paint with a baby wipe through the Dollops stencil. Then I mixed some turquoise paint with crackle paste and added that through the Spaced Dots stencil. Once all of this was dry I added images and a sentiment from the Contour Figures set and colored them with Scribble sticks. I also wet the ends of the scribble sticks and used a paintbrush to flick color over my project. Everything was adhered with Ultra Thick Gel Medium. All supplies are linked at the bottom of this post :) 
 

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 

 

 

 SUPPLIES: 

simon says stamp monday challenge: time out

 

 

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the  Flower Power Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too :) 

 

This week the challenge is Time Out and I've created a fun card about my favorite time of day, happy hour! What better way to celebrate this fun time of day than with these super cute Mini Cocktail Blueprints stamps from Tim Holtz. 

 

I love these planks dies and couldn't wait to make a background out of them. To begin, I cut out the planks and colored them in with a wash of Hickory Smoke Distress Ink and Black Soot Distress Paint attached each of them to my card with foam tape. 

 

To create more interest on the panel, I used the Distress Splatter Brush to splatter on paints in Picked Raspberry, Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon and Picket Fence to coordinate with the cocktails.  

 

Then I stamped the cocktail stamps using Jet Black Archival ink and cut them with stitched rectangle dies. I colored them in with Distress Inks that I pressed onto my craft sheet and picked up with a waterbrush. Once that was done, I inked the edges with Distress Ink. 

 

To finish off my card, I added the cocktails to the card using foam tape and used a sticker from the Snarky Small Talk stickers that I mounted on some metallic kraft stock. I love the look of these fun planks for a background and am sure I will be using them a lot more in the near future! 

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 

 

SUPPLIES:

 

simon says stamp monday challenge: mythology/inspired by a story

 

 

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the  A Trio of Something Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too! Also, there is a DESIGN TEAM CALL going on for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, scroll down for more details on how to apply :)

 

 

This week the challenge is Mythology/Inspired by a Story and I've used Tim Holtz's Hipster stamps to create a hipster version of A Cat in the Hat: 

 

 

 

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

 

We’re having a Design Team Call on our sister Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . If you are interested in applying please CLICK HERE for more details.

 

 

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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