Starry Starry Night

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is  Starry Night

We are showcasing Stampendous this week, which just so happens to be Simon says Stamp Brand of the Month. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 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 challenge Blog. You can join 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!

The people at Stampendous also do the House Mouse stamps and I decided to use their Cardinal Bell. We don't get this bird here in the Uk and I decided to just to shadow the wings and leave it white.

But I made a night background with blending some blue using a Blending Brush but before I did I stamped the snowflakes from Simon says Stamp Holiday Greetings and embossed with white embossing powder.

I cut the background with Simon says Stamp Stitched Circle dies and backed with a bit of navy card. I embossed the white with the Simon says Stamp Falling Snowflakes stencil to give a bit interest in all the white.

Luckily I remember that the challenge was for Starry Night and I used a Simon says Stamp Holy Stars die with some White Glitter Card. Before I forget the sentiment is Simon says Stamp Tiny Words Christmas.

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Anything Goes

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

Anything Goes

We are showcasing some fabulous Stampendous 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!

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 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 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 school related makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

Sometimes its really hard to choose a product from Simon says Stamp simply because everyone tends to buy my favourites but when I saw how solid the snowflakes are, I knew I would be able to cut them out so by the time it arrived an idea had already been formed.

So I stamped the Stampendous Winter Blizzard with Versamark and embossed with WOW Opaque White embossing powder. I then stamped it again this time with a pigment inkpad and used the Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder, once set I cut them leaving a bit of border. It was a lot tricky to cut out them I first thought even that or I need to sharpen my cutting scissors.

I needed a sentiment again I stamped and embossed with the same inkpad and powder this time using the Simon says Stamp Believe stamp set and cut out using the matching die set.  Finally the fishtail banner was handmade I think it time I invest in a set of these banners instead of rely of my shaking hands and a pair of scissors.

Can't believe it's the 1st of September on Saturday, I was very lucky to received a Stamptember stamp set and spent all day last Saturday making cards with it.

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Stampendous

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

Anything Goes

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

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a $50 gift voucher to one randomly selected winner to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

My sentiment is straight by the way it's obviously my camera skills in question, I used the Tim Holtz Stamp Positioner. The stamps I used to make the sentiment were Simon says Stamp It's your Birthday also their Melody's Easter stamp set.

My sweet little House Mouse from Stampendous is called Willow Climb, what the camera doesn't pick up is that I used Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen over the buds.

Since my House Mouse is tiny I decided to use the Simon Says Stamp Wonky Frame to stop it being plain and it needed something else. What could be better than some delicate leaves that come with the Simon Says Stamp Forget me Knot flowers.

Now I just need a bit of colour and for this I used the Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow.

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Polar Bears

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

This week the challenge is

Anything Goes

We are showcasing Stampendous Products this week! You don't have to use them to join in with the challenge 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

When I first saw the Stampendous Polar Bears, I knew I wanted them to showcase Stampendous but I can see I wasn't alone and the Stamp and Die is out of stock at the moment. If you love and want them too, I would use 'notify me when back in stock' I've used it a few times.

I still have the Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Winter Petite, in was in stock when I made this card but to be honest you could get away with other pads simply changing the bears scarfs.

I made my snowy sky by using Oxides using Broken China and Salty Ocean but first I stamped Simon says Stamp Falling Snow stamp with Versamark and some Simon says Stamp Clear Fine Detail Embossing Powder.

I used the Simon Says Stamp Slopes and Hills dies to make snow drifts and I used their Stitched Ovals for my snowy background.  To finish I used the Simon Says Stamp Abby Snowflakes dies, each one was cut twice and layered to make them stand out better. Not forgetting the Memory Box Star of Wonder which also got the layered snowflake treatment.

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House Mouse

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Use More Than One Die Cut/Punch  Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is

Anything Goes  

This week we are showcasing Stampendous Products this week. You don't have to use them for the challenge but if you have them 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

Yes I'm still making Clean and Cute (simple) if someone can give me a few good hours a day that would be most helpful!

But back to my card I've used Stampendous Friends Wishes, to be honest it was the words that made this stamp set fall in my basket/cart. House Mouse and myself don't always see eye to eye when it comes to making layered images. I thought I would give it another go but to be honest I only layered his feet and the whole body so fingers crossed it fits into a standard postal slot.

Before layering I cut the image with My Favourite Things Cloud Edges  and some more on white card. Once the clouds were layered to suit me I used Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle. I then used them on piece of white card and using a Inkylicious brush and Simon Says Stamp Island Blue inkpad I made the blue sky. The stuck the clouds and sky together.

To finish I used Simon Says Stamp Celebration Time dies to make my balloons which were cut from scraps left over from the card kits. Do love that heart balloon. The twine is Doodlebug which comes in various colours.

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Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Thanks/Thanksgiving Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is

Christmas Critters

This week we are showcasing Stampendous Products.  You don't have to use them for the challenge but if you have them 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

  

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I'm stalking the postman, my Simon Says Stamp parcel with the Stitched Banners I've brought to replace the ones I've lost are in it and I so wanted to use them for this card whats the betting it will come today.

So today Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge are showcasing Stampendous and how could I resist this Wonderous Christmas Kitten.

I used the Simon Say Stamp Stitched Squares to give my Kitten a frame to put his paws on. The papers are Doodlebug Here comes Christmas. I've used the Simon Says Stamp Wavy Scallop Border to give interest and hide my join of my two papers.

Using the green paper I stamped the holly of the kitten to paper piece the leaves on the hat and I used Memory Box Stitched Holly Leaves.

Instead of using my favourite Christmas Sentiment in a Stitched Banner I used the Simon Says Stamp Winter Snow die with fun foam and the wishes are from Christmas stamp set. To finish I used some glitter on the hat and pom pom.

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting 

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Daisy Leftovers

I made a card a few weeks ago for Simon says Stamp Wednesday Challenge using this Stampendous Daisy. I had no idea what I was going to do for the challenge so I made several daisies and I didn't use all of them and these two cards were made with them.

The first I used the left over strip from this card rather than throw it away I kept that too. The papers are Taylored Expression Hello Happiness. I found the sentiment on a Simon Says Stamp set but I've had a bit of tidy and I can't find it now. Finally my leaves are Simon Says Stamp Cluster of Leaves which works pretty well with this large bloom.

This time I'm kicking myself cos I cut Taylored Expression paper the wrong way didn't notice it until I stamped the Sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Furry Cat in box. If I discovered it earlier I could have turned the card and stamped the sentiment the other way too.
The rest is all the same as the card above with the help of Simon Says Stamp Wavy Stitched Scallop Border.

Well finally we got a taste of Summer yesterday and once I made a card, I spent the rest of the day soaking up the sun, finishing we a bit of bat watching before we called it a night.

Its a bit of a busy week finishing with a crop on Saturday but I given myself a goal a card a day to get me back on track.

A Couple of Daisies

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Thank you for joining us for our Make It Girlie Challenge and we hope you will join in with our new theme!
We will be back soon with the names of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher.
This week the challenge is

ANYTHING GOES

We are showcasing STAMPENDOUS PRODUCTS this week. You don't have to use them to join in with the challenge, but if you have them 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

Mmmm late evening sun is probably not the best time to take a photo the cream colour is suppose to white!
Anyway I love this Stampendous Daisies Mix Cling Stamp and you can buy the dies to match if you don't like cutting them out but you know I love fussy cutting.

So I started out colouring my Daisies and I still have another Turquoise and Pink still to use did I say I love Daisies. I stamped and coloured two for the petals and one for the centre, the second one for the petals I cut off what look like petals behind petals.

Then it was a case of playing with different styles, the first I decided to place my daisies inside the Simon Says Stamps Stitched Squares Die and also used the Simon Says Stamps Stitched Wavy Scallops borders to give a bit of interest. I layered the top and some Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Petite then used Simon Says Stamp Bundle of Stitched Shapes over the two.

Finally I added the Scallop Mat from Avery Elle Sweet Scallop and the sentiment came from Simon Says Stamps Stamp Birthday Messages.

This card was made the same way but I used the Simon Says Stamps Stitched Rectangles the largest the set has and it means you could see more of the Avery Elle Scallop background. Also the sentiment came from Simon says Stamps Handwritten Greetings.

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

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Shade of Brown

This wasn't the first card that came to mind when I saw the new challenge for this weeks Everybody Art Challenge Shades of Brown but I decided to use the Stampendous Snow scene.
I used some Sand and Taupe coloured card and used the matching inkpads to stamp the images, the lighter one for the background and the darker one for the oval.

I got out some of my favourite Christmas dies, the Holly from Penny Black but its been cut up to suit my card and Poinsettia Parade by Simon Says Stamp. Forgotton how the Penny Black Holly eats up my adhesive pearls.

My biggest problem was how to photo the card, the way I usually take has become too difficult to do and Hubby reminded me that we had a tripod for the camera but it took several tries to work out how to take photo without have to alter the tripod each time.

Then I wondered if trying to get a straight card was the problem and all my cards could be taken at an angle but I can't get the OCD part of me, it just doesn't look right.

Anyway do hope you can join us this week and pop over to the challenge to check out the team.

Halloween Simon

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

COLOR INSPIRATION

and here is a fabulous inspiration board, created by the lovely Jenn Shurkus, to help us!

We are showcasing STAMPENDOUS 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 find Stampendous mice a bit hard to layer but I knew I could happily layer the Monica Butterfly. I used a page out of the Lawn Fawn Lets Polka in the dark which I used the Simon Says Stamp Bundle of Stitched Shapes on to give my main mat.

I also used the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles on my image mat. I added the sentiment and spider from the Simon Says Stamp Not so Spooky stamp set.

Then I set about distressing my image mat using Indigoblu Ink Splats. I have to confess the long stamp with small coffee stain shape stamp in the set I cut just after those stains giving me two stamps and more scope for a mixture of both on my card.

I stamped an extra spider on another bit of scrap card and cut out his body then added googly eyes well it is Halloween soon.

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

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No backlinking allowed, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw