Make Your Own Background - Simon Says Stamp DT Card

Hello lovely peeps,

I am loving the late Summer warm, sunny days we are having at the moment they are just perfect for me as I'm a wimp in the cold and a whinger when it's too hot lol.
I have had so many card orders this last few weeks and I have at last ticked off all the orders I had to make which was a huge sigh of relief, I just need to get myself organised with my blog again and I will at last have caught up with myself at last :)

On to today's card -

 

 at

SIMON SAYS STAMP WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE

& this week our challenge is

MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND

 

 My lovely teamies and I are featuring Gelato's on our cards this week, if you have any we'd love to see them but as always it's not compulsory to use them to join our challenge.

   I've only used Gelato's once before and that was to colour an image with so creating the background was a little challenge for me

I used Gelato's to watercolour my papers and I love them. I added more colour to some areas as I didn't want the paper to be all one shade and then I painted some watered down Gesso (included in the kit) over the top in places before adding some embossing paste using stencils.

 

The Copic colours I've used are -

skin - E11, E00, E000, R12, hair E44, E43, E41 clothes - C3, C1, C00 / RV55, RV52, RV000 / R85, R83, R81 

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

Simon Says Stamp Superstore

Don't forget to visit the new SIMON SAYS STAMP STORE BLOG  for lots of fabulous inspiration, candy, and lots of  lovely new or featured products.

  

That's me finished for today peeps, thanks for stopping by 

 

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STAMPtember® Magnolia Inspiration & a HUGE special Magnolia sale

Hello peeps,

Today I have the huge honour of being the Guest Designer on the

SIMON SAYS STAMP STORE BLOG

 showcasing the adorable Magnolia stamps for this years

STAMPtember®

celebrations.

Simon Says Stamp was founded in 2002 with an interest in exclusively selling rubber stamps it didn’t  take long until we realised we couldn't stop there. For more than 10 years we have celebrated rubber stamping and its glory. We work to bring companies from around the world together in a one stop shopping environment. Rubber stamps still remain the heart of our business and we are celebrating by hosting a “STAMPtember®" event intended to inspire, educate, and celebrate the delight of rubber stamping. Part of the enticement of rubber stamping is that stamps can be used in creating  or complementing ANYTHING! From stamping dates on bank documents and postage parcels in the early 18th century rubber stamping has dramatically expanded to include card making, scrapbooking mixed media and many forms of altering and expressing art.

Sneak Peeks!

 

I have created two cards for this feature and my lovely  friend & teamie Heather is also sharing a beautiful Magnolia card along with mine so you need to hop over to the

SIMON SAYS STAMP BLOG

to see our whole cards.

Also, Simon Says Stamp has a very special, very limited time sale going on in celebration of STAMPtember®! Starting today, use code MAGNOLIA at checkout for

50% off all Magnolia branded items

There is more!

Blog Candy alert! Comment on this Magnolia Inspiration post on the SIMON SAYS STAMP STORE BLOG for a chance to win some items from Simon's STAMPtember® stash!

Enjoy!



Simon Says STAMPtember® 'Stamp-It' Challenge and Blog Hop

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

Thank you for joining us for the Anything Goes Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is ,,,,,,,,

STAMPtember® 'Stamp-It' and Blog Hop

You must create a project using a rubber or clear stamp, no digi images allowed, add your creation to the linky AND hop around the designers blogs leaving comments along the way.  We are only showing sneak peeks of what we made so you need to visit our blogs to see our creations in all their glory :-)

You should have arrived here from our very talented and lovely

 LOLS blog 

if not then   

 CLICK HERE 

 to go to the start of the hop on the

  Simon Says Stamp Store Blog 

TODAY is Heidi's Birthday, as you know Heidi is the owner of Simon Says Stamp and we would like you all to join us in wishing her a very Happy Birthday

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

 We are showcasing the new STAMPtember® products that have just been released. CLICK HERE to see them all. It is a HUGE release with loads of fabulous stamps, dies, stencils and much more !

My card today features some of the new and gorgeous brand spanking new STAMPtember® stamps, the Leaf Background & the Leaves & Scribbles stamps, and of course that little hand belongs to none other than the adorable Miss Tilda.

 I often like rummaging around amongst my older stamps & have found another of my very neglected Magnolia stamps which I have inked up for today's card along with some of my favourite Simon's own brand fabulous products.

The copic colours I've used are -
skin - E11, E00, E000, R12, hair - E44, E43, E41, clothes - RV93, RV91, RV000 / C3, C1, C00, leaf - G94, G43, YG61, mushrooms - W4, W2, W00

 So now it's YOUR turn ! Happy Crafting !!

From here you need to hop on over to our lovely and super talented
Melissa's blog

You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in :-)

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