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Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Pop It Up

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

This week the challenge is to pop it up. You can choose to use 3D Foam or a Pop Up element on your creation.

Pop It Up

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

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 here. 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!

Here is my card for the challenge inspiration. I used Gift Card Pop-Up Dies, Thanks A Latte Stamps, Birch Tree Dies, and Knit Picky Fall 6×6 Paper pack from Lawn Fawn.

To begin, I stamped Thanks A Latte on 80lb Neenah White Paper and colored the images using Copic Markers and then I fussy cut them all.

I pulled out Knit Picky Fall 6×6 paper pack, and diecut the papers using Gift Card Pop-Up Dies and Stitched Tree Borders Dies. To make backgrounds, I trimmed blue and brown papers into A2 size, then I diecut Birch Trees out of 110lb Neenah White, which were also colored with Copic Markers.

I adhered background panels inside the Card Base made of 110 Neena White, then I adhered birch trees and leaves followed by Gift Card Pop-up sleeve and Thanks A Latte images.

I had bought a gift card with a fall scene on it at a local Starbucks Coffee Shop, and put it in the standing sleeve as shown in the pictures.

Sentiment from Emphatic set was stamped on Ivory Card Stock and adhered on the bottom of the scene.

The outer front panel of this card was made with simple design.

I used Mod Stripe Stencil and Beautiful Flowers 2 Stamp set from STAMPtember® Release, Big Friend Dies, and Espresso Jewels. The images and diecuts were all colored with copic markers.

I love how the moods in the front and inside the card are totally different. Can you imagine that these two different scenes are just in the same card? ;)

So now it's your turn.

Happy Crafting♡

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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 Give Aways 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.

We are celebrating STAMPtember® for the whole month. Hope you will enjoy with us and visit the STAMPtember® Gallery for your inspiration!

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Stamp It for STAMPtember®

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

This week we are celebrating STAMPtember® and challenging you to use stamps on your projects, no digital images allowed.

Stamp On It

STAMPtember® is a very special month in the Simon Says Stamp calendar. Its a time for a big crafty celebration with lots of new products being released and different events happening over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog throughout the whole month of September. This week we are showcasing some new and fabulous STAMPtember Products! Of course you can use whatever you like on your creations!

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! 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 challenge inspiration. I used Beautiful Flowers 2 set.

To begin, I stamped a large bouquet from Beautiful Flowers 2 set on 80lb Neenah White paper using Memento Black Ink, then I colored the blossoms and leaves with my copic markers. After I finished coloring, I splattered white and gold inks around the bouqet and let them dry.

Next, I trimmed the panel into 3.25×7.25 inch and then I stamped small sentiments in the same set here and there. "Thanks" was foam mounted to give it some dimensional look.

Finally, I foam mounted it onto Fog Gray card base of 3.5×7.5 inch size, and finished off the card by adding some Ivory Jewels.

Main Copic Colors I used are as follows.

R46-R43-R34-R32-R20-R30

R89-R85-R83-R81

G29-G24-G21-G20

That's it from me for today. I hope you enjoyed it. I had shared two other cards featuring this Beautiful Flowers 2 set in my previous post, so please take a look at them if you need more inspiration on this set.

So now it's your turn.

Happy Crafting♡

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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 Give Aways 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.

STAMPtember® Gallery for your inspiration!

Thank you for reading this post. Hope you enjoyed it.
Have a wonderful day.
Happy STAMPtember® !
Marge ♡

Sunday, September 2, 2018

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® 2018 Blog Party

Hi, there and welcome to my blog for the super fun Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® Blog Party, today.

Please read until the end of this post and you will find a surprise banner that has special sale code in it ;)

I shared a card featuring Big Picture Book Fox Dies yesterday(click here), and I have two more cards to share with you here.

I started by diecutting Big Picture Book Fox Dies out of Cream Off White Card Stock and I colored the diecuts using various colors of copic markers.
The faces were so that I couldn't stop making them. As I wanted to give them a very lovely background, I chose soft tone plaid pattern paper.

I also added a white diecut border I made from Wavy Scallop Stitches Dies, where I stamped a sentiment from Messages for Everyday set and then adhered Big Friend Diecut which had been colored with copic markers.

I assembled the card one by one from Peacock Teal Card Base, blue plaid background, white wavy scallop border, foxes and finally to enamel dots using glue and foam tapes when necessary.

For my second card, I made a circle window out of Neenah Texture White Card Stock using Frond Collage Dies. I then colored the leaves in green and brown using Zig Clean Real Brush Markers. In turn I cut the panel using Wonky Rectangles Dies and foam mounted it onto a piece of soft green Plaid Paper to make it look dimensional.

Next, I adhered Big Picture Book Fox Diecuts I had colored and assembled using foam tapes.

I chose a sentiment from Yes You Can set and heat embossed it in white, then I cut the paper in fishtail tag shape. Wow Bright White Super Fine Embossing Powder is perfect for small se timents like this.

In order to give my card some clean and natural look, I rounded Ivory Twine and made a bow (I chose Ivory instead of Natural Twine as I wanted clean look ). Sentiment piece was placed on the twine and fixed with foam tapes too.

As a final step, I adhered the panel onto Fog Gray card base , then I finished it off by adding some Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix.

Can you tell the three different color schemes on my foxes today? I used W gray copic matkers, E09-E07-R05-E04, and E49-E59-E57-E55 for each . Which one is your favorite color shade?

Here's anothet set of cards featuring our Beautiful Flowers 2 and Mod Stripe Stencil :)

To begin, I stamped Beautiful Flowers 2 on 80lb Neenah White, and I cut them using my Scan N Cut, but you can use Beautiful Flowers 2 Coordinating Dies. Next, I colored the images using copic markers.

For the first card, I trimmed a 4×5.25 inch panel out of Ivory Card Stock, then I ink blended it very lightly using Distress Oxides. I then placed Mod Stripe Stencil on the panel and ink blended with the same colored Distress Oxides again to make tone-on-tone look. In turn, I applied Nuvo Glimmer Paste through the stencil to give the background some sparkling and dimension.

Next, I cut a vellum piece into 3×4.25 inch, and adhered it onto the stencil background with Ivory Twine Ribbon on it. I then foam mounted a flower in the center with a sentiment blcok that was chosen from Message for Everyday and was heat embossed in white using Super Fine White Embossing Powder.

Finally, I foam mounted the panel onto Ivory Card Base and finished off the card by adding Metallic Gold Sequins in 6mm and 4mm.

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For my second card, I decided to go simple.

First, I cut a Diamond Pattern panel out of 110lb Neenah White paper, then I adhered it onto white card base using pop dots.

I then adhered Beautiful Flowers 2 images using foam tapes and a Natural Twine Ribbon as shown in the picture. To embellish the card I added some Ivory Jewels.

I really love this Beautiful Flowers 2 set which has several small floral pieces and large bouqet in it as well. It is so versatile that you can create lots of designs with just one stamp set. I'll share another card using this set later in a few days :)

That's it from me for today.

Thank you so much for your visit and reading this long post. I hope you enjoyed it.
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Don't miss to visit Simon Says Stamp Blog, Simon Says Stamp Store and STAMPtember® Gallery for more inspiration.

Happy STAMPtember® and Happy Crafting!

Marge♡

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Saturday, September 1, 2018

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® 2018 Release!♡

Yay~! It's finally a full reveal day for STAMPtember® at Simon Says Stamp!

Hi, crafty friends!

I'm so excited and thrilled to share the news for STAMPtember 2018 release.

If you’re new to STAMPtember®, here’s what it’s all about in a nutshell:

During the month of September, we debut a wide assortment of amazing and inspiring products in conjunction with a wide range of manufacturers. It’s a celebration of who we are and what we do. It focuses on all of us coming together as a community of friends; each sharing a common love for creativity and sharing handmade-kindness. To kick off the month, on September 1st Simon releases a mega AWESOME Simon Exclusive release of STAMPtember® products.

So, here's my card featuring one of the Simon Exclusive of STAMPtember® products. I used Big Picture Book Fox Dies.

To begin my card, I pulled out Cream Off White Card Stock and diecut it using Big Picture Book Dies. I then colored the diecuts using copic markers and assembed them into a lovely face of fox.

For background, I used Neenah Desert Storm card stock to make a Diamonod Pattern Panel and foam mounted it onto the same colored card base.

Copic Markers :

E29-E18-E15-E13

R20-R30-R00

W09-W08

For sentiments, I heat embossed FOXY from Hello YOU stamp set using Wow White Super Fine Embossing Powder. The Big Friend was cut out of regular white card stock, and then I colored the top letters using copic markers(B39-BG78-BG75).

Once I had done all the elements, I foam mounted them onto the Diamond Panel using Foam Tapes and Darice Adhesive Foam Squares. I then finished off the card by adding some colored enamel dots.