Hi Everyone...welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Thank you for joining us for last week's challenge and we hope you can join us this week too because The first challenge of the month is when the team showcase one particular brand/company and this month we are all using fabulous products from Studio Light. You don't have to use their products to join in the challenge, but if you have them in your stash, we would love to see what you make with them. We are also welcoming the lovely and talented Wanda Hentges as our May Designer In The Spotlight ..read more

Hello my friends, well here we are at the last day of April already and I'm sharing another card made with the Celestial Wishes stamp set included in the Simon Says May Card Kit. The kit is still available to buy at time of writing or if you wish you can purchase individual items from the kit HERE. In a way this is a wishful thinking kind of a card because after weeks of non stop rain, wind, hail and even snow, I'm definitely ready to say hello to some sunshine. I smooshed the Iced Spruce Distress Oxide ink pad on to my craft mat on my Glass Media Mat and spritzed with water to create a light ..read more

Hi Everyone...welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Thank you for joining us for last week's challenge and we hope you can join us this week too because and the theme for this week is... FEMININE I created cards with a feminine theme using 49andMarket Spectrum Gardenia Classic papers for the backgrounds, Sizzix/49andMarket Painted Pencil Butterflies stamps and dies and Hello You Sentiments, decorated with Tim Holtz/Sizzix Vault Boutique Thinlits and Idea-ology Snapshots Vol 2. I trimmed papers from 49andMarket Spectrum Gardenia Classic Collecti ..read more

Hello my friends, I'm back to share a trio of cards I made for the YouTube Live launch of Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous new stamps and stencils using Abstract Florals. I love the bold statement these beautiful images make on a card and decided to keep the background fairly simple using Alcohol Inks. I trimmed Ranger White Yupo to create 3 - 4" x 5.1/4" panels, stamped the images and sentiments from Abstract Florals, inked with Black Soot Distress Archival ink, sprinkled with Ranger Black Embossing Powder and heat set. The Yupo is a plastic substrate and is prone to warping when heated, so I ma ..read more

Hello my friends, Sizziz and 49andMarket have come together and released a fabulous collection of stamps and dies which are right up my mixed media street and combined with 49andMarket Spectrum Gardenia Classic papers as ready made backgrounds, I had a fun time creating a trio of easy peasy, quick to make, encouragement cards. I used 49andMarket Spectrum Gardenia Classic 6" x 8" papers trimmed to 3.3/4" x 5.1/4" and stamped the images from Painted Pencil Butterflies 666634, die-cut with the dies included with the stamp set and stamped the sentiments from the Hello Sentiments stamp set 666630 ..read more

Hello my friends, I'm back to share another card with the products from Simon Says Stamp Celestial Wishes May Card Kit using the Celestial Wishes stamp set and Warm Tones Pawsitively Dazzling Gems. You can check out the contents of the kit or if you wish, purchase individual items from the kit HERE. This was such an easy quick one layer card that I forgot to take step-by-step photos during the making process. I trimmed Neenah 110lb white card included in the kit to 4" x 5.1/4", stamped the large leaf image from the Celestial Wishes 6" x 8" stamp set repeatedly down the left side of the pane ..read more

Hello my friends, I'm back to share the Her version of the notebook from an earlier post using Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Curiosity Shop and Wheel and Labels Layering Stencils. I trimmed Distress Watercolor card to create the covers for the notebook, coloured with a light wash of Scorched Timber Distress Oxide ink and applied Scorched Timber and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink through the Wheel Layering Stencil using a Tiny Blending Tool. I repeated the process with the Labels Layering Stencil using Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide ink. I inked the number strip from Curiosity Shop with Peele ..read more

Hi Everyone...welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Thank you for joining us for last week's challenge and we hope you can join us this week too because and the theme for this week is... IT'S UP IN THE AIR I created a floral card using lots of favourite Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous products - Abstract Florals/Faded Type stamps and Mini Layering Stencils from Sets 59 and 60. I added a Tim Holtz/Sizzix BrushStroke Butterfly as the It's Up In The Air element and film strips from Vault Picture Show. I finished with a sentiment from Stampers Anonymou ..read more

Hi my friends, welcome to my stop on Day 2 of the Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop for the Celebrate release.  I'm thrilled to be joining lots of talented friends and designers to share inspiration using products from this fabulous release. You can check out all the products from this release over at Simon Says Stamp HERE.  Simon Says Stamp has a blog hop exclusive give-away, the Groovy Happy Birthday die is FREE with any purchase, just enter the code GHBD when you checkout. This promotion is valid until April 21 at 11.59 PM EDT or while supplies last. Sim ..read more

Hello my friends, I'm sharing a card made with the Celebrating You 6" x 8" stamp set and dies and the Lace Heart die from Simon Says recent Celebrate release. There are so many amazing new products in this release and you can check them all out HERE. I sprayed Worn Lipstick Distress Spray Stain and Distress Oxide Spray on to the craft mat on my Glass Media Mat, spritzed with water, pressed a 3.3/4" x 5" panel of Distress Watercolor card into the inks, dried and repeatedly tapped back in to pick up the remaining droplets. I die-cut the Simon Says Lace Heart from Distress Watercolor, Vellum a ..read more