Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Anything Goes

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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 Party Time Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

We would like to take a moment to wish you all a Very Happy New Year! Thank you all so much for joining in with the challenges throughout 2018 and we are looking forward to seeing what crafty delights 2019 bring!
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 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! 
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 Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

Here are my cards for this week. I used Greetings Galore set from Stampendous. I had made these two holiday cards before Christmas, and I hope they make sense even though Christmas is literally over :) 





Other than Stampendous stamp set, all supplies used are from Simon Says Stamp.

To begin, I stamped Santa from Christmas Cheer set which was included in the Simon December Card Kit on Watercolor paper using  Sepia ink. I watetcolored the image using my Zig Clean Brush Makrkers.  I then diecut the panel using Postage Stamp Edge Frame Die. 




Next, I stamped holly berry postage stamp image and snowflakes from the same stamp set and I drew lines to make my panel look like a real post card. Instead of writing messages, I stamped my greetings using Greetings Galore set . Then I inked edges a little with Tea Dye ink. I really wanted to put this post card in a mail box, but I had to foam mount it onto Schoolhouse Red Card Base, lols. 



Oh, the letter "Post card" was from Tim Holtz Postcards set. Finallyn I added a little sparkle using Stickles Diamond and a twine bow using Rustic Wedding twine from Crafter's Companion. I love that the Greetings Galore set has lots of useful sentiments that can be used for all occasions through the whole year and I love their fonts, too. This set is highly recommendable. 




I used similar items for my second card.





The blue snowflake pattern paper is from Simon Kit, which you can get separately from Carta Bella Santa's Workshop 6×6. I embellished this card using white ribbon and Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix.





That's it from me for today.
Which one do you prefer ? 







So now it’s YOUR turn. 
 Happy Crafting & Happy New Year!



Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too !


There are fabulous Giveaways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog, if you haven't subscribed by email you may want to so you don't miss out.



You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.
New creations only, please don’t link projects published before the start of the challenge, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw.
Thank you so much for your stopping by and reading this. Have a wonderful day.
Marge ♡

Monday, December 24, 2018

Merry Christmas! & Christmas Card featuring Pretty Pink Posh

Merry Christmas, friends! 
Thank you for all your support, friendship and beautiful inspiration. 
It's been a great year to have spent time with you, I really appreciate. 
Here's a fun Christmas card I made thinkg of you. 



I colored images from Penguin Pals, and Caroling Critters using my copic markers. Background panel was made by ink blending of Bristol paper using some Altenew Dye Inks. I then cut a window using Tree Shaker Dies



A piece of white paper from Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow Christmas 6×6 was used for shaker background. I put various Pretty Pink Posh Sequins into the shaker : Share Kindness Mix, Mermaid mix, Sparkling Clear Seed Beads, Gold Shimmer Seed Beads, and Blush Seed Beads


I adhered my images using glue and foam tapes, and added snows using a white gel pen. As a final touch, I embellished my card with Ocean Spray, Pink Ballerina, and 3mm Sparkling Clear sequins. 


The colors I used are as follows.
Ink : Emerald, Mountain Mist, Desert Night, Cosmic Berry, Rouge, Blush from Altenew.
Copic : C9-C7-C5 & W1-W0-W00 (penguins) , E09-E08-R05-R02 (Fox) , R20-R30 (cheeks), E29-R39-R29-R17-R14 (red), YG99-YG97-YG95-YG93 (Olive Green) 


Thanks for your visiting, my friends. 
May all your wishes come true in this holiday season. 
Marge ♡




Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Party Time

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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 Christmas Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.
This week the challenge is

Party Time

It's time to put on your glad rags and party!!
We are showcasing  Your Next Stamp 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! 
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 Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

Here's my card on which I used Rainbow Sparkle Gumdrops and Watermelon Party GumdropsI made a birthday party card because it was really my birthday when I made this. I made it just for me celebrating my own :) Hope you will like it, too. 


For the background, I did stencil using Celebrate Stencil and distress inks and Detail Blending Tools  then I diecut the panel using Wonky Rectangles Dies
I colored candles from Birthday Borders Stamp set using my Copic markers and diecut the image with Birthday Borders Coordinating Dies.



Sentiment from the same set was heat embossed in white using Fine Detail White Embossing Powder, which I found is super fine to be used in small and/or thin sentiment and highly recommendable. 



I foam mounted candles and sentiment on the panel then I foam mounted the panel onto the Schoolhouse Red Card base
I then embellished my card using Rainbow Sparkle Gumdrops ,  Watermelon Party Gumdrops and May Arts Ivory Twine.  I really love fun colors and sparkles of these gum drops from Your Next Stamp





So now it’s YOUR turn. 
 Happy Crafting



Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too !




There are fabulous Giveaways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog, if you haven't subscribed by email you may want to so you don't miss out.






You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.
New creations only, please don’t link projects published before the start of the challenge, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw.
Thank you so much for your stopping by and reading this. Have a wonderful day.
Marge ♡

Sunday, December 16, 2018

Simon Says Stamp Holiday Tag Kit Cards

Hello, crafty friends!
I hope you are having a wonderful day.
Do you remember Simon Says Stamp's special Peaceful Christmas Holiday Tag Kit which had gone so fast in a day? I was very lucky to have chance of ordering it and a couple of days ago I received my goodies !


Although the kit is no longer available, you can buy each item at Simon Says Stamp Store. 
I love that this kit has a few fabulous stand alone dies and I played with it as soon as I got it since I was still in short of Christmas cards to send out, lols. 




So here I'm sharing four simple cards with you, today. Most of stamps, dies, and design papers are included in the kit and I'll briefly share details for each card below the photo.

< Card 1 >





Supplies : Snowflake Tag Die, Peaceful Christmas Stamp and Coordinating Dies, Christmas Icons Stamp, Wonky Rectangles DiesIvory Card Stock, Schoolhouse Red Card stock, 120lb ultrathick white card stock, Peacock Teal Card Stock, Fine Detail White Embossing Powder, Pearl White Jewel, May Arts Twine Natural, May Arts Twine Ivory, Foam Tape

< Card 2 >




Supplies : Snowflake Tag DiePeaceful Christmas StampStitched Whirl Background Dies,  Ivory Card StockSchoolhouse Red Card stock, Surf Blue Card Stock Fine Detail White Embossing PowderPearl White Jewel, Rainbow Christmas 6×6, May Arts Twine Natural, May Arts Twine IvoryFoam Tape, Enamel dots

< Card 3 >





< Card 4 >




Supplies : Wreath Tag DiesPeaceful Christmas StampSchoolhouse Red Card stock, 110lb Neenah White, Fine Detail White Embossing Powder, My Mind's Eye Winterberry 6×6, Nuvo drops Autumn RedMay Arts Twine NaturalMay Arts Twine Ivory 




Thanks for visiting !

Have a wonderful day.

Marge


Friday, December 14, 2018

Pretty Pink Posh Angel Friends Card

Hi, friends! 
Today, I'm going to share a Christmas Card featuring some old and new products from Pretty Pink Posh



I stamped Angel Friends on 80lb Neenah White paper using Memento Black Ink then I colored the images using my copic markers. For the banner, I stamped the image and sentiment on red card stock with clear embossing ink then I heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I then cut them all using Angel Friends Coordinating Dies. 



For background, I ink blended a piece of Bristol paper using Distress Inks : Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, and Twisted Citron, then I splattered water onto it.  I pulled out Holiday Greetings set to pick two pieces of snowflakes and stamped them all over the panel using various colors of dye inks.  I diecut Tree Shaker Die out of heavy weight watercolor paper twice then glued them top on op using Multi medium matte


I adhered all the elements on my colored panel as in the picture, then I embellished my card using 3mm Sparkling Clear Sequins


Thanks for your visiting and reading this post.
Hope you will have a great day !

Marge


Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Christmas

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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 Wrap It Up Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.
This week the challenge is

Christmas

Christmas will soon be here so lets try to get everything we need to make covered this week!
We are showcasing Creative Expressions 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! 
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 Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

Here's my card for this week. I used Angelina's Christmas Stocking Stamp set from Creative Expressions



I started by stamping Angelina's Christmas Stocking onto 140lb Cold Press Watercolor paper using Versafine Sepia Ink. I watercolored the images using my Zig Clean Brush Markers



Next, I diecut another card stock by using Simon Holly Oval Framr Die, and then run it through again in Tim Holtz Lumber 3D Texture Fades embossing folder to give the front cover woodgrain texture.



 I put this window frame panel onto my colored piece using foam tapes. Then I added sentiment from Winter Scene, which was heat embossed in white on Schoolhouse Red Card Stock. Finally, I adhered the panel onto 100 Neenah Desert Storm Card base and finished off my card by adding some Sparkling Clear Sequins






Here's another card I made using the same Stocking Stamp set, in which I used Midnight Green Cardstock and a few colored sequins for to give some color variation. 






So now it’s YOUR turn. 
 Happy Crafting





Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too !


There are fabulous Giveaways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog, if you haven't subscribed by email you may want to so you don't miss out.



You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.
New creations only, please don’t link projects published before the start of the challenge, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw.
Thank you so much for your stopping by and reading this. Have a wonderful day.
Marge ♡

Friday, December 7, 2018

Simon Says Stamp DieCember® Blog Hop Day-2



Hello, there!
I'm so honored to be joining the Simon Says Stamp Dicember®  Blog Hop Day 2, today. Thank you for inviting me to this party, Simon Team. 

As this is Day 2 of Blog Hop, we already had Blog Hop Day 1, last Sunday.  Please be sure to visit the Day 1 Blog Hop Post if you haven't done so far. 
I'm especially excited about the Diecember Release since I'm a Dies person rather than a stamper. I started my crafting journey by purchasing a Big Shot machine a few years ago after I was amazed by so many beautiful paper crafting works. Honestly I even hadn't known stamps before then, lols !! 
So, which one do you prefer between Dies and Stamps? Please let me know!! :) 



If you came here from amazing Karin's  blog, then you are on a right track. Or you can start your hops at Simon Says Stamp Blog , too. 



I started by diecutting Big Picture Book Panda Dies and Little Body Dies out of Ivory Card Stock and coloring the pieces using my Copic Markers. The copic colors I used were W10-W9-W8 for black and R32-R20-R30-R00 for pink. I then assembled the pieces to an adorable panda by using double sided adhesive tape.



For the background, I used Stitched Whirl Background Dies & Lawn Fawn paper 6×6, Leafy Frame DiesIvory Card Stock.  I then slipped a heart I made using Clipping Heart Die on his hands. I really love how Little Body Dies let our critters hold things on their hands . Too cute, isn't it?






I made more hearts and connected them with a string to make a garland. For letters, I used Small Rounded Alphabet Dies set which is also part of new Dicember® release. 

Here's another design featuring Little Body Dies which perfectly matches with any of Big Picture Book critters. I used Fox Dies from Simon's STAMPtember Release.



If you love Big Picture Book  collection, then this Little Body Dies is a must-have!





My next two cards features Small Rounded Alphabet Dies set and I've summarized details breifly below each photo.



Supplies : Small Rounded Alphabet Dies , Nested Talk Bubbles Dies, Neenah Texture CardStock, CZ design Simple Sentiments No.1, foam tape, Twine, various colors of cardstock & copic markers.
Technique : In-laid diecutting





Supplies : Small Rounded Alphabet Dies, Kadyn Snowflake, Wonky Rectangles Dies, Drifting Stitches Borders,  Neenah Texture CardStock, Rainbow Christmas paper, Pearl White Jewels, Midnight Black Jewels, Wink of Stella Clear.





That's it from me for today. 
Now your next stop to hop along isAnna-Karin's blog. Thank you so much for your visiting and be sure to visit all the blogs listed below. I know you will get a lot of beautiful inspiration. Don't miss the sales and giveaway information, too. 

Hugs
Marge ♡

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Use the code DCMBR27 with your purchase at Simon Says Stamp Store. You will get a free Nutty & Bright stamp set (while supplies last!) with any purchase. The code will expire Sunday, 12/9 at 11:59 pm EST.





Visit Simon Says Stamp DieCember Gallery for more inspiration and share your creations there, too. 



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