Pure Innocence Christmas

Yup still making Christmas cards. This image is an Pure Innocence one from MFT it’s a few years old though now.

I paper pierced the angels dress and glittered her wings.

Pretty paper EchoPark or Carta Bella, sentiment Simon says Stamp but the banner die is again MFT. Mistletoe die an old one from Penny Black.

I planned to card make today but the brain went blank so gave up.

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Thank you for joining us for the Thinking Of You Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.
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This week the challenge is

CHRISTMAS 

We are showcasing My Favorite Things Products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

I knew what My Favourite Things I wanted to use Mountain Range die (apologies the die is now out of stock) and the cute Pure Innocence Dashing By.
I decided to also use the Echo Park Hello Winter for the Mountains and for the Circle Frame using Simon Says Stamps Stitched Circle dies.

Now I had to work how to bring them together first of all I had to add some snow to the top of my mountains which was using the die again on white card and cut the tops in a wavy manner. Then of course I need to sort out the sky behind them and decide to use the Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow stencil but to emboss through my big shot.

I then used the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Hills and Slopes to place in front of my mountains and making a space for the my Stitched Framed Image. I now needed a sentiment and it just so happened the Simon Says Stamp December Kit arrived in my craftroom and I used the Gifts of Love stamp set.

To finish I needed some Snowflakes so I used Simon Says Stamps Stitched Snowflakes, now you can see they look like ordinary small snowflakes but the paper you've cut out from has stitches of the shape of the snowflakes left so you can use the die two ways. I've also cut them out in fun foam it gives them great dimension.

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Anything Goes

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ANYTHING GOES 

It's time to let your imagination run wild and create whatever takes your fancy !

We are showcasing our very own SIMON SAYS STAMP EXCLUSIVE Products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

I'm still in my Clean and Simple phase and I wanted to used the new Simon Says Stamp My Sunshine stamps and die.
Now when I saw sneak peeks of the new release I'm sure I saw a sun with what I thought holes cut out but that wasn't what I received then I noticed the dotty stamps in the stamp set, that would be why. So I stamped my sun and with the Simon Says Stamp White Pigment ink I stamped the dots in each ray. Then I used WOW white embossing powder and yes that was the sun I saw and now I'm happy.
My little girl is of course Pure Innocence which is perfect for paper piecing which helps to bring the papers together which are Echo Park.
Love the sentiments with the My Sunshine stamp and I was determined to use one of them and I thought this one was perfect. To finish my card I added some clouds using the cloud dies from Simon Says Stamp Lets Fly a Kite.

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Button Birthday

Liking the lighter mornings otherwise you could still be waiting for a card because I didn't have one today but managed to make one yesterday although no time to photo it.
I used the Sweet Sunday Sketch and my Pure Innocence Cute as a Button has been coloured for a while so long that its now sold out at Simon Says Stamp where I brought it from.
I used the Happy of the Happy Birthday die from Simon Says Stamp and used the Birthday part of a sentiment from their Birthday Messages. The flowers and fence are all my MFT but did use a small circle punches for the smaller flowers.
I've paper pieced her clothes, for some reason I always feel she needs to be dressed this way, the papers are Doodlebug.
Fingers crossed I have another successful day making cards and not just filling up the bin.

Sketch

Its sketch time on Everybody Art Challenge this week possibly my favourite weeks. This card was put together pretty quick too once I decided to used the stripy page in the Teresa Collins Nine & Co paper pad.
I did have to cut it in half because it didn't fit but it didn't matter cos thats hidden under the image mat.

I used a dotty embossing folder and the Happy Banner Pure Innocence and then I had to use my Crochet Border die from MFT for round the circle.

I thought the stamp set that was in Simon Says Stamp March kit would work well with the flowers in the strip and I used the Liquid pearls that also came in the kit which is now permanently on my desk. To complete the card I used SSS Birthday die. Oh and not forgetting I paper pieced her dress from a piece of dotty paper in the paper pack.

Do pop over and check out the team also hope you can join us this week.

Today sees me going off to swear I am who I say I am and then the lovely Grenouille Greetings is coming with my Stampin Up order.

Pure Innocence

I have to thank my lovely Gretha my team-mate from Mo's Dream Team for the idea of using the Poppystamps stamps has a border, love it so much I'm sure this will be used again before Christmas.
My little angel is a Pure Innocence and those papers are Doodlebug again.
The sketch if from Freshly Made Sketch for this week although I love how this turned out, I feel it should have a sentiment or ribbon. Trouble being I couldn't find a sentiment small enough, pretty sure I have one somewhere, as for the ribbon just couldn't work out where. Still it is cute and another card done.
Once again I'm pleading with Mr Blogger to post my schedule post, we should be back sometime today.

Simon Says Stamp Stars

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This week the challenge is ,,,,,,,,

WE'RE SEEING STARS

We are showcasing STUDIO CALICO products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

After my bit of failure of a card this morning, I love how this card turned out so much so I'm going to have a hard job sending it away.
First of all the papers are Simple Stories Hello Baby and I also used for the Pure Innocence Picture Perfect clothes not sure why but she cries out for these to be paper pieced.
I've also used the Spellbinders Curved borders die to bring interest to the top of card, I saw this on Dawny's blog and loved the idea.
My stars are some chipboard one from Studio Calico and my thanks sentiment is from Simon Says Stamps but I cut it out twice to help it stand out. The banner words were computer generated by me using Word and using a square punch to make fish tail end.

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Back to school

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Thank you for joining us for the Summer Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.
ALSO please don't forget that we have a Kids Vacation Challenge running throughout the whole month of August CLICK HERE  for more information 

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This week the challenge is ,,,,,,,,

BACK TO SCHOOL

For some the holidays are already over and this is just the time to make encouragement cards to pop in to lunch boxes, notebooks, school calendars etc. Or you could personalize a shop bought item. We're looking forward to seeing your creations.
We are showcasing MY FAVORITE THINGS products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

Oh dear its nearly time for the little uns to go back to school and no doubt school uniform shopping is on the agenda and the dreaded shoes buying and once they're back in school it will downhill all the way to Christmas and another year over. Gosh that sounds so depressing.

So something a bit cheery,  my card and although I haven't used a Back to School sentiment decided that I'll turn it into a Birthday Card and used Paper Smooches Birthday words die. A tip when cutting it out,  add some double sided tape on the back of the card before cutting out and use the left over cut out to use has a guide to stick the letters on your card.

I also decided on a Pure Innocence stamp I Wheelie like you, I thought this one with her bike would work for Back to School. I paper pieced her clothes using the Authentique Radiant pack that I used for the rest of the card.

The paper clips and the clipboard top are all from MFT Office Supplies die set originally brought for scrapbooking but worked out really well for this card. I've also discovered how to use the clipboard parts and if I had my sensible head on I would have worked it out without finding out and  thinking duh.

Just added some enamel dots  these ones are from Doodblebug.

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

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Spots and Dots

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Thank you for joining us for the Let's Be Clear Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.
We are welcoming 3 new designers onto the Design Team this week. Please join us in welcoming the lovely  VIRGINIA.  JENN  and CARYN 
We would also like to thank LAUREL, EMILY and LAURA for all of their lovely creations over the past months/years. We wish you all the very best of luck for the future.
We will be back soon with the name of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher
This week the challenge is ,,,,,,,,

SPOTS AND DOTS

We are showcasing  Paper Smooches Products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

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My card is plan B because I was going to cut out the Birthday Word Wise from Paper Smooches along side of my Pure Innocence image but Mr Big Shot had an hissy and it didn't cut properly. So I cut the words out in Pink didn't like it, White no wasn't keen and in the end I decided on the grey but I'm still not convinced.
I've already said the image is Pure Innocence from MFT but haven't said that she is called Happy Mail.
The papers are Authentique Flourish and the flowers are Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch.
I actually used the Mojo Monday sketch this week.

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

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Peek-a-Boo

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This week the challenge is ,,,,,,,,

ANYTHING GOES

We are showcasing American Crafts Products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

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For some reason I thought this challenge was for stripes and its just as well it isn't cos I kinda of cheated. I just used strips of card stock but I do love how this card turned out.
First of all I used American Crafts Amy Tangerine Plus One paper pad and I also use MFT Pure Innocence Peek-a-Boo which I used the dotty sheet from the paper pad for her dress.
The fancy border is from MFT Crochet Border since its one of my favourites you might know that already.
The stars are a Simon Says Stamp Stars die  I just cut out in some scraps of colour card that matched the colours in the floral strip at the top of the card.
Some Doodlebug twine and a button from a very large stash of buttons I have to finish.

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

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Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Thank you for joining us for our CAS Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too. We will be back soon with the name of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher This week the challenge is ,,,,,,,,

 ANYTHING GOES  

 

We are showcasing Lawn Fawn Products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

Well this isn't a good start I can't work out whose papers I've used. I know I got them from Simon Says Stamps because they do all the brands I love like Echo Park, Pebbles, Doodlebug and  Simple Stories to name a few.
So lets go to the Lawn Fawn items instead, if you follow my blog you will have seen this little boat before but this is the card I brought it to go with. The stamp set is called Float My Boat and the so is the die set to go with it, my little anchor came from the same set. Of course you need some waves for your little boats so I've used the MFT Formal Flourish, here I just cut them out twice in each colour and over lapped them. Then you need a sailor for you boats and I've used a Pure Innocence one again from MFT called Sailor Girl obviously. Forgot to mention the fishtail banner sentiment is using one of the Birthday Sentiment set from Simon Says Stamp.

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

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Wheelie like you

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This week the challenge is ,,,,,,,,

Have A Heart  

We are showcasing our very own Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Products this week. To see the whole fabulous Valentine 2014 release CLICK HERE or on the logo :-)

You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used :-)

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Not the busiest type of card but I do love how it turned out first is my cute Pure Innocence image called Wheelie Like You. For a change I just coloured her in with my pencils now with the finished card I'm glad I did since the patterned card was quite busy.
My Hearts are from Simon Says Stamps they are the small doily heart but it works out you get these three although the small heart is the waste from the outline heart just cut out in different papers which are of Simple Stories Say Cheese.
Now the  larger heart I cut out twice one in a bit of scrap card so I could hand cut the centre out to use as a template but I discovered I only had that one dotty pattern sheet since I knew where my other mats were going I gut out the centre with enough to make my dotty heart.
All I needed to do was to finish with some Doodlebug Twine and fishtail banner which I used a square punch to get my fishtails.

So now it's YOUR turn ! Happy Crafting !!

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