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simon says stamp monday challenge: delicious drinks

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  challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too :) 

This week our challenge is Delicious Drinks and I wanted to create a fun card for a friend who loves tea. I used the Tim Holtz Sizzix Cafe Colorize, and cut and assembled the tea cup in 3 different colors. For the background, I stamped and embossed the background from the Flurry and Pine Background duo stamp, embossed it with clear embossing powder on Distress Watercolor Cardstock and sprayed it with Distress Spray Stains in Tea Dye and Hickory Smoke. 

I created my own sentiment using the Alphanumeric Theory dies and then added it to the card with the cups stacked way up. As a final touch I handcut the tiny tea bag and added a heart from the Falling Hearts dies to complete it. 

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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sometimes there are just no words...&#*$!

That is exactly why you need the Kelly Purkey Bleep die from Simon Says Stamp. This is the perfect greeting for a card to send to a friend when you just don't have the right words to say. But this die certainly sums it all up. Happy Monday! 

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simon says wednesday challenge: summer food and drink

 

Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog. This week's challenge theme is Summer Food and Drink and the design team is using products from Hero Arts. There are so many fun things to choose from, but I am loving this Hero Arts Summer Lovin' set right now, and am always in the mood for a summer beverage! 

I was inspired by the frosty beverage right on top of the lovely inspiration board created for us by Joy this week. What a great collection of summer treats! Can't wait to see which one inspires your creation this week.

Remember, just by playing along and linking up your project to the SSS Wednesday Challenge post you can qualify to enter a $50 shopping voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.

One lucky winner will be chosen at random, it could be you!

I hope you get to join in on all the fun and play along with the challenge. I can't wait to stop by some of your blogs and take a peek at what you have made. Have fun! 

Make sure to check back each Wednesday for another fun challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog! 

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simon says stamp challenge: things with wings

Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog. This week's challenge theme is Things with Wings and the design team is using products from Studio Calico. If you couldn't tell from last week, I've been really into my stencils lately, and I love all of the great ones from Studio Calico, especially this Triangle one.

Remember, just by playing along and linking up your project to the SSS Challenge post you can qualify to enter a $50 shopping voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store. One lucky winner will be chosen at random, it could be you!

I hope you get to join in on all the fun and play along with the challenge. I can't wait to stop by some of your blogs and take a peek at what you have made. Have fun! 

Make sure to check back each Wednesday for another fun challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog! 

 

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simon says stamp challenge: use washi tape!

***If you are looking for my Mama Elephant post for today, please scroll up***

Time for another challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog. This week's theme is WASHI TAPE and the design team is using all kinds of fun tapes!!!! You know this is one of my favorite products and I did not just use one roll but a whole suite of this fun Sweet Bella MT tape, which is my very favorite brand. 

Time to grab your favorite tape and make a card for this week's challenge. Just by entering you could win a $50 shopping voucher to Simon Says Stamp. That's a whole lot of washi!!!

I hope you get to join in on all the fun and play along with the challenge. I can't wait to stop by some of your blogs and take a peek at what you have made. Have fun! 

Make sure to check back each Wednesday for another fun challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog! 

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simon says stamp challenge: put a stamp on it!

 

This month Simon Says Stamp celebrates STAMPtember™, and we are having a special week at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog, with a design team member BLOG HOP!  Each member of the Challenge Blog Design Team has created a special project to share with you. Each design team member is giving away a $25 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp just for completing the hop and leaving a comment on each DT member's blog. 

The challenge theme for this week is Put A Stamp on It (it is STAMPtember™ after all) and the design team is also using washi tape on their creations.  One lucky challenge participant will win a grand prize, a $100 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. 

You have two chances to win this week:

1. A chance along the way to win a $25 gift certificate for hopping onto my blog (and the blogs of the other design team members and leaving a comment on each team member's blog). 
2. A chance to win the $100 grand prize voucher for entering our challenge over at the Challenge Blog.

Winners will be announced at 8AM September 12. I'm celebratingSTAMPtember ™ with this handmade card:

I love these two new sets from Lawn Fawn. The A Birdie Told Me set is perfect for making your own customized card. Wouldn't a little one love to get one of these with their name on it? And the Interlocking Backdrops were used in two ways...I used the arrow as a background element by stamping it on my card and I used the hexagons to make a faux washi tape strip. 

Please hop to my teammates' blogs. Each of them has a special handmade work of art to share with you and also more chances to win prizes along the way! Enter the "Put a STAMP On It!" Challenge and be sure to put a STAMP on it and you could be the lucky winner of our GRAND PRIZE $100 Simon Shopping Spree!

The next stop on the blog hop is Dawny P's blog. Please make sure to hop along to all the blogs for a chance to win!  When you reach the end of the hop, you will wind up on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog (which is the place where you want to enter the challenge for the grand prize!!!).

Thanks to all for hopping, if you happen to encounter a broken link along the way, you can go back to the beginning with links to everyone who is participating in the hop.

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catching up

It was a super busy weekend and so far a really busy week...but last night I got some time to sit down in the crafty space and do a little catching up. 

I signed up for the Fold It, Pop It, Flip It, Zip It! class taught by Julie Ebersole over at Ellen Hutson. It's still not too late to sign up!  Julie does a great job explaining how to construct these fun cards, and who wouldn't love to get one of these babies in the mail! This is from Monday's lesson, and I love that it folds flat for mailing: 

Can't wait to spend some time in the crafty space this weekend. If you are around on Sat at 4 PM EST, I am hosting a 90 minute scramble over on the Hero Arts flickr group which is guaranteed to be fun, and there is a fabulous prize to be won! Hope all of you Moms out there have a great Mother's Day!  

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classes scheduled for May & June in NYC and NJ

My classes have been scheduled for May and June! You can see the schedule here.  I have added a new store to the list of places I teach and will be teaching at Paper Anthology in Kenvil, NJ. If you are in the area, I would love to see you in class! 

the perfect silhouette giftbox

Back with another Silhoutte project. I love this gift box download from Lori Witlock over on the Silhouette store, and I thought it would be fun to pair with this 3-D bow. SO easy to put both of these pieces together, the box folds like a dream! 

I secured the flap with a velcro dot to hold it closed. I'll let you in on a little secret-this is the perfect size gift box to hold a few rolls of washi for a favorite crafty pal. The perfect gift in my opinion! 

clean & simple saturday: party time!

For my sweet mother-in-law. Heading out to celebrate with her today.