Add A Die Cut! - Simon Says Stamp DT

Good afternoon lovely peeps!

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SIMON SAYS STAMP WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE

This week our challenge is -

Add A Die Cut!

The design team are featuring

Memory Box

 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 have chosen to feature Memory Box Just A Note Posh Script Craft Dies which I have paired with my new Simon Says Stamp Bitty Birdhouse die & my older, & frequently used Large Tag wafer die.

I have added an adorable bunny from Simon Says Stamps Hoppy Days Ahead clear stamps set which I have stamped using Ink On 3 Fadeout ink pad & coloured with my copics. I also stamped & coloured a floral border using some of the accessory stamps from the Hoppy Days Ahead stamps set.

I received my stamp set in my Simon Says Stamp March Kit of the month which as always has so many fabulous goodies inside. 

I wanted a pastel background that wouldn't overwhelm the stamps or die cuts so I created it using Simon Says Stamps Interlocking Circles stencils set from the new Good Luck Charm release, with Mowed Lawn, Scattered Straw & Broken China Distress Inks, & applied the ink so the pattern would fade out towards the edge of my card.

Other supplies used - 

Simon Says Stamp Blending Brushes, Simon Says Stamp Green Apple & White Woodgrain cardstock, Antique Linen & Pumice Stone Distress Inks, Tacky Glue, Double Sided Tape, Guillotine Comfort Paper Trimmer, Neenah Solar White cardstock, Prima Flower, May Arts Twine, Nuvo Crystal Drops

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! 

I didn't want to end my post today without sending love not only to all our friends in Ukraine but also the innocent Russian people affected by this horrendous war.

The world watches in horror at the news reports we are seeing & hope the peace you deserve can be found again very soon.

Thanks for stopping by &  stay safe!

xxx

Use Dies & / or Punches! - Simon Says Stamp DT

Good afternoon lovely peeps!

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SIMON SAYS STAMP WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE

This week our challenge is -

Use Die & / or Punches!

The design team are featuring

Memory Box

  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. 

Today's card features Memory Box Catalina Wreath Wafer Die which I didn't intend using for this challenge but my DT parcel with the products I intended to use is somewhere in Switzerland for some reason & didn't arrive in time. The Catalina Wreath die is so pretty I'm more than happy to use it again & have done many times.

I die cut the Catalina Wreath using white cardstock & then coloured the flowers using Copics and then dusted my die cut with prisma glitter.

I die cut a large tag and then placed it on Simon Says Stamps Stitched Whirl background die to add the lovely pattern to my tag. 

For my sentiment I have used Simon Says Stamp You Matter stamps & die & I chose this sentiment as I made my card on Monday which was the day those of us in the England were at last allowed to "cautiously" hug our friends & loved ones for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

Other supplies used - 

  Black Cardstock, Black Pigment Ink Pad, ModaScrap Spring Blossoms paper pack, Tacky Glue, Double Sided Tape, Guillotine Comfort Paper Trimmer, Simply White Crystal Drops

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a $25 gift voucher for the fabulous Simon Says Stamp store.

Thanks for stopping by 

xxx

Midsummer Blues - Simon Says Stamp DT

Good afternoon lovely peeps!

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SIMON SAYS STAMP WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE

This week our challenge is -

Midsummer Blues!

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 Memory Box pretty Catalina Wreath craft die.

I die cut my wreath using white card stock and then coloured it using my copics. I have teamed it with some lovely Simon Says Stamp wafer dies, the Large Tags die, Bundle Of Stitched Shapes, Flickering Butterflies & the Butterfly Drift die.

Other supplies used - 

 Tacky Glue, Double Sided Tape, Tonic Guillotine, Simply White Crystal Drops, Silver Foil Pearls, Glitter,  Twine, Guillotine Comfort Paper Trimmer, Gems

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! 

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

Our annual Kids Summer Vacation Challenge is live on the challenge blog & as always is open to kids between the ages of 2-16 years & the theme is 

ANYTHING GOES WITH SPARKLE

Click HERE or the image to take you directly to the post on our challenge bog 

There are 3 lovely grab bags sponsored by Simon Says Stamp as prizes :)

Add A Die Cut - Simon Says Stamp DT

Good afternoon lovely peeps!

 at

SIMON SAYS STAMP WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE

This week our challenge is

Add A Die Cut!

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 have created a card featuring Memory Box Wrapped Scalloped Rectangles dies set.

I heat embossed Simon Says Stamps Pretty Peonies Background rubber stamp using SSS white fine detail embossing powder onto Canson XL watercolour paper & then water coloured it using Altenew watercolour pans.

I die cut another rectangle using the second smallest of the Wrapped Scalloped Rectangle dies out of the background I'd created and then foam mounted it onto my background. I die cut one of Simon's Stitching Butterflies & some Flickering Butterflies using SSS white woodgrain card stock & added them to my card along with some Violet Galaxy &  Simply White Crystal Drops.

The sentiment is from Simon's Friendship Messages stamps set & has been stamped in Simon's Black Pigment Ink.

 Other supplies used -

White Gouache, SSS White Woodgrain card stock, Simon's Black Pigment ink, Canson XL watercolour paper, Elizabeth Craft Designs Double Sided Tape,  Tonic Guillotine, Acrylic Blocks, Tonic Scissors, SSS Tacky Glue.

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,  Lemon Shortbread - anything goes, Creative Moments  anything goes, The Crafty Addicts - anything goes,  Crafting From The Heart - anything goes, Get Creative Challenges - anything goes,  Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

Don't forget our annual 

Simon Says Stamp Summer Vacation Kid's Challenge is live on the challenge blog HERE for all children between the ages of 2 & 16 inclusive.

The kids challenge is -

ANYTHING GOES WITH SPARKLE!

Today I am sharing another gorgeous card created by one of my little guest designers, my 7 year old great niece Casey.

I love how our Casey has coloured Simon's cute Bees stamps, and just look at that lovely sparkle :)

Simon Says Stamp is sponsoring this challenge &  

we have not 1, not 2 but  3 surprise parcels of crafty goodies, hand picked by Simon. All winners are chosen at random, Good Luck to all!

Frame It! - Simon Says Stamp DT

Good afternoon lovely peeps!

 at

SIMON SAYS STAMP WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE

& this week our challenge is

FRAME IT!

& this week the design team are featuring



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 have chosen to feature Memory Box Pinpoint Square Layers dies & I have created a picture frame by die cutting Simon Says Stamps Woodgrain card stock several times with the pinpoint squares and layering them together, and then adding some twine to finish.

The sweet image is Stamping Bella's Bess The Butterfly rubber stamp which I have stamped in Memento Tuxedo black ink and coloured with my copics. 

My background has been created using Tim Holtz Botanical 3D Texture Fade Embossing Folder & a strip of pretty Prima paper.

The sentiment is from Simon's Friendship Messages stamp set and I have stamped it in black ink and die cut it using Simon's Tilted Banner dies.

The copic colours I've used are -

skin - E11, E00, E000, R30. hair E44, E43, E41, dress - RV95, RV93. RV91, wings - C3, C1, C00 / RV52, RV10, RV000 / RV95, RV93, RV91

 Other supplies used -

Simon Says Stamp Flickering Butterflies & Scallop Stitches dies, Pearls, Elizabeth Craft Designs double sided tape, Elizabeth Craft Designs Soft Finish Card Stock, Tonic Guillotine, Acrylic Blocks,  Copic X-Press It blending card, Glitter, Nuvo Glue Pen,

Cuttlebug.

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

Thanks for stopping by