Photo Inspiration - Simon Says Stamp DT

Good afternoon lovely peeps!

Today I have two cards to share with you as I am playing catch up from being ill, so lets get down to business!

It's Wednesday which means -

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SIMON SAYS STAMP WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE

& this week our challenge is
PHOTO INSPIRATION
Jenn has created a photo board to inspire us all & we are looking forward to seeing what you come up with!



& this week the design team are featuring



products on our cards.
If you have them we would love to see them but as always it's not compulsory to use them to enter our challenge.

Don't forget you can enter our challenge 5 times and there is no limit to how many challenges you combine your entry with.

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

This week I am featuring these lovely Leaves 2 Wise Dies by Paper Smooches & I have teamed them with a cute Stamping Bella image called Patricia Loves Pumpkins. 

To create the leaves I blended a mix of distress inks onto white card stock & then die cut the leaves using the inky blend, & I have coloured the image with copics.

The sentiment is from Simon's Bouquet Of Thanks stamp set from the One Of A Kind release & I have stamped it with Simon's Dark Chocolate ink pad.

Other supplies used -

Copics, Memento Ink Pad, May Arts Twine, Kaisercraft 6.5" Papers, Violet Galaxy Crystal Drops, Tim Holtz Stamp Platform, Ink Blending Tools, Dusty Concord, Brushed Corduroy, Wild Honey, Dried Marigold & Mowed Lawn distress ink, Elizabeth Craft Designs double sided tape, Tonic Guillotine, & Cuttlebug.

The copic colours I've used are -

skin - E11, E00, E000, R30, hair - E44, E43, E41, clothes - E43, E41, E40 / YR24, YR21, YR20 / C3, C1, C00, Pumpkin - YR27, YR07, YR04, YR15, Leaves - BG99, BG96, G85, Sunflower, YR23, YR21, YR20.

As always our lovely Heidi is sponsoring our challenge with a $50 voucher for the fabulous 

Simon Says Stamp Superstore

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

Crafty Creations - anything goes, Crafting From The Heart - anything goes,  Inspiration Destination - anything goes, Lemon Shortbread - anything goes, Creative Moments  anything goes, The Crafty Addicts - anything goes, Create & Makes - anything goes

My second card today features a die from Simon Says Stamps new release

  Merry & Bright

& is called Holly Oval Frame.

There are so many gorgeous products in this new release that I want them all lol.

I created this card when I was really poorly & as my head was absolutely pounding so I chose to create it very simply and even that was a struggle at the time!

I created a simple water colour wash background with Primas Pastel Dreams Water Color Confections set & die cut my Holly Oval Frame using Hero Arts Woodgrain card stock. I also used Simon Says Stamps & Dies On A String set from the STAMPtember release & stamped the snowflakes and sentiment using Simon's Audrey Blue, Deep Sea & Surf Blue ink pads.

I used foam pads to mount the Holly Oval Frame & also some of the snowflakes to add more dimension to my card & finished with some Simply White Crystal Drops.

Thanks for stopping by