Congrats Grad! - Simon Says Stamp DT

Good afternoon lovely peeps!

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SIMON SAYS STAMP WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE

This week our challenge is - 

Anything Goes!

The design team are featuring



  products on our cards this week.
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. 

I created a card for this challenge but didn't give it a thought about which brand we are supposed to feature this week so my card features a stamp set from Simon's new Sunny Days Ahead release instead of a Mama Elephant product.

I have used a stamp set called GRAD PARTY & I stamped my images onto Copic X Press It card stock and coloured it with my copics. I have kept my card CAS & have just added a few sequins to embellish.

 Other supplies used - 

Simon Says Stamp Black card stock, 28 Lilac Lane Night Sequins, Moonshine Sequins, Elizabeth Craft Designs Double Sided Tape, Tonic Guillotine, Tim Holtz Stamping Platform, Tonic Scissors, SSS Tacky Glue, SSS Black Pigment Ink Pad

For those who don't know the lovely people at Simon Says Stamp are working hard & shipping orders again so head over for your crafty retail therapy.

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

Crafty Creations - anything goes,  Lemon Shortbread - anything goes, Creative Moments  anything goes, Get Creative Challenges - anything goes,  Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

Don't forget to join us on social media using the hashtag  #SSSUnitedWeCraft 

& share your creations with us.

Stay Safe! 

Flower Power - Simon Says Stamp DT

Good afternoon lovely peeps!

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SIMON SAYS STAMP WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE

This week our challenge is - 

Flower Power!

The design team are featuring



  products on our cards this week.
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. 

On today's card I am featuring Altenew Painted Butterflies & Perfectly Perfect stamp sets & also Altenew Watercolour Pan Set.

I heat stamped & embossed the flowers from the Perfectly Perfect stamp set using SSS Embossing Ink & SSS White Fine Detail Embossing Powder & then water coloured them using my Altenew watercolour pan set & fussy cut them.

I stamped a large butterfly from the Painted Butterflies stamp set using Hero Arts Soft Pink Ink Pad onto Copic X Press It card stock stamping the layers in the same ink to leave a faint outline, & stamping the large outline butterfly in SSS Black pigment ink. I didn't stamp my butterfly on watercolour paper as I wanted a nice crisp white background & not the creamy colour of watercolour paper but I wanted to add some watercolour paint to my butterfly so I braved carefully adding some watercolour paint over my butterfly to add deeper shading to draw the eye.

 I stamped a sentiment from Simon Says Stamps Beautiful Flowers stamp set using Simon's Black pigment ink & mounted it onto fun foam & attached it to my card.

 Other supplies used - 

Snow Crystals, Moonshine Sequins, Elizabeth Craft Designs Double Sided Tape, Tonic Guillotine, Tim Holtz Stamping Platform, Tonic Scissors, SSS Tacky Glue, SSS Black Pigment Ink Pad, Royal Langnickel paintbrush. 

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

Crafty Creations - anything goes,  Lemon Shortbread - anything goes, Creative Moments  anything goes, Get Creative Challenges - anything goes,  Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

Don't forget to join us on social media using the hashtag  #SSSUnitedWeCraft 

& share your creations with us.

Stay Safe! 

Knock On Wood! - Simon Says Stamp DT

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SIMON SAYS STAMP WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE

This week our challenge is - 

Knock On Wood!

Use wood grain papers, embossing folders, stamps, paint effects, wood embellishments, anything wood related.

The design team are featuring



  products on our cards this week.
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. 

On today's card I am featuring Tim Holtz Sizzix Lumber 3D Embossing Folder & Distress Inks.

I haven't coloured using Distress Inks for a long time & decided to have a play with using them again. I stamped some of the images from Simon's Stronger Together stamp set onto Canson XL watercolour paper using Ink On 3 Fadeout ink pad and used a mix of Bundled Sage, Forest Moss, Pumice Stone, Dusty Concord, Shaded Lilac & Seedless Preserves Distress Inks. Once dry I stamped a sentiment from Simon Says Stamps Delicate Flowers stamp set using Simon's Black pigment ink.

 Other supplies used - 

 Tonic Nuvo Simply White Crystal Drops,  Simon Says Stamp Fog card stock & Moonshine Sequins, Die cutting machine, Elizabeth Craft Designs Double Sided Tape, Tonic Guillotine, Tim Holtz Stamping Platform, Tonic Scissors, SSS Tacky Glue, SSS Black Pigment Ink Pad, Royal Langnickel paintbrush. 

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

Crafty Creations - anything goes,  Lemon Shortbread - anything goes, Creative Moments  anything goes, Get Creative Challenges - anything goes,  Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

Don't forget to join us on social media using the hashtag  #SSSUnitedWeCraft 

& share your creations with us.

Stay Safe! 

Elephant Friends! - Simon Says Stamp DT

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SIMON SAYS STAMP WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE

This week our challenge is to use this 

SPRING MOOD BOARD!

The design team are featuring



  products on our cards this week.
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. 

On today's card I am featuring Hello Bluebirds Elephant Friends stamp set. 

I stamped the images onto X Press It Copic Blending card using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad, coloured the images with my copics, & then fussy cut them.

 I die cut some card stock using Stitched Cloud dies to use as templates to create clouds  for my background and then ink blended over the templates using Distress Ink. I also die cut some grass using Simon Says Stamps Grassy Edge die and blended Mowed Lawn distress ink over my die cut to colour. 

Once I'd assembled my card I stamped a sentiment from Simon's Leafy Frames stamp set and foam mounted it before attaching to my card.

 Other supplies used - 

 Spun Sugar, Stormy Sky, & Scattered Straw Distress Ink Pads,  Die cutting machine, Elizabeth Craft Designs Double Sided Tape, Tonic Guillotine, Tim Holtz Stamping Platform, Tonic Scissors, SSS Tacky Glue, SSS Black Pigment Ink Pad

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

Crafty Creations - anything goes,  Lemon Shortbread - anything goes, Creative Moments  anything goes, Get Creative Challenges - anything goes,  Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

Don't forget to join us on social media using the hashtag  #SSSUnitedWeCraft 

& share your creations with us.

Stay Safe! 

Simon Says Stamp United We Craft Blog Party!

Welcome to our super-special and extra epic United We Craft Blog Party, friends!

Now more than ever, it’s time to sit down and craft with our loved ones, keep little hands busy, bring joy to family members, and virtually unite with our crafty friends! You can join us in this crusade by sharing your creative moments using #SSSUnitedWeCraft. Use the hashtag to share photos of what you create and who you create with in person or virtually. It’s our time to shine as card makers! 

So what’s this party all about? While we are staying at home and crafting up a storm to fill our time and do our best to flatten the curve, we wanted to give you a TON of inspiration using previously released Simon Says Stamp exclusive products that you might have in your stash.

It was so difficult deciding which of my Simon Says Stamp exclusive products I was going to feature & I eventually decided to use the pretty Fresh Daisies wafer die, Ornate Background Stamp, White Fine Detail Embossing Powder, Flickering Butterflies wafer die, Woodgrain card stock, Moonshine Confetti Sequins & the sentiment stamp is from Simon's Leafy Frames stamp set.

 Other supplies used - 

SSS Black Pigment Ink, Die cutting machine, Elizabeth Craft Designs Double Sided Tape, Tonic Guillotine, Tim Holtz Stamping Platform, Tonic Scissors, SSS Tacky Glue, May Arts Twine, white gel pen, copics.

I intended taking some photos of the staff at work yesterday enjoying some downtime & creating paper craft rainbows but I was so busy counting & booking in a huge new delivery of medication that I missed the fun!

I thought I would share a couple of older photos of one of my usual craft buddies instead, Miss Daisy Mae who makes crafting entertaining to say the least! She likes to sit directly in front of me kissing my face, preferably on the image I am working on, or on my desk ready to pounce on whatever I am using, or in my light tent when I want to take photo,

& the arrival of my Simon Says Stamp card kit keeps her entertained for ages hahaha.

Stay Home, Stay Safe, Craft & share the love using the SSSUnitedWeCraft hashtag!

Happy 11th Birthday To Us! - Simon Says Stamp DT

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SIMON SAYS STAMP WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE

This week our challenge is 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to u-uussss Happy Birthday to us!!

11 years ago TODAY was our very first challenge! We would like to thank you all for sticking with us through the years!

As you may know, the  Simon Says Stamp Store is accepting new orders, but have longer shipping times for the moment due to the coronavirus. With this in mind we have made the difficult decision to suspend the $50 voucher for this challenge.

We know that many people are staying safe at home and we would love it if you would continue to enter the challenges and have fun! We are all in this together!

This week we are featuring Simon Says Stamps own brand exclusive products



  products on our cards this week.
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. 

On today's card I am featuring Simon's adorable Party Like A Panda Clear Stamps which I have stamped using Ink On 3 Fadeout ink pad onto Canson XL watercolour paper. 

 I have coloured my images using Altenew watercolour pans & mounted my paper onto Simon's Surf Blue card stock & added some May Arts twine & Moonshine Confetti sequins.

 Other supplies used - 

   Elizabeth Craft Designs Double Sided Tape, Tonic Guillotine, Tim Holtz Stamping Platform, Tonic Scissors, SSS Tacky Glue, SSS Black Pigment Ink Pad, White Gel Pen & Nuvo Simply White Crystal Drops

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

Crafty Creations - anything goes,  Lemon Shortbread - anything goes, Creative Moments  anything goes, Get Creative Challenges - anything goes,  Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

Some of you may have already seen that Simon has a new hashtag being used on Instagram & to share your creations with us please add the new hashtag sssunitedwecraft. 

Stay Home, Stay Safe and CRAFT!