Simon Says: Sparkle and Shine!

Hello crafty friends it's Wednesday and that means it's time for a new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

This week Simon Says: Sparkle and Shine and we are featuring always amazing Memory Box products - it isn't a requirement to use them but if you have them we would love to see them! Come join the fun for the chance to win a $25.00 gift card to the Simon Says Stamp Store!  

I am obsessed with this die set! I had such fun making these Ornaments that could also be used as gift tags. I am keeping them for my own tree but I may make more to give as tags/gifts. They were so easy and relaxing to put together,

I die cut all of my felt elements and sewed them together. I stuffed the stockings before closing off the top. When closing off the top, I sewed in some twine to hang them.

For my Sparkle and Shine I added some holly die cut from glitter card stock and some of my shiny red sequins and seed beads from my stash!

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Kim

Simon Says: Thanks/Thanksgiving!

Hello crafty friends it's Wednesday and that means it's time for a new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

This week Simon Says: Thanks/Thanksgiving and we are featuring CZ Design products - it isn't a requirement to use them but if you have them we would love to see them! Come join the fun for the chance to win a $25.00 gift card to the Simon Says Stamp Store!   

I love that CZ Design is designing French sentiments! I am awaiting the new Joyeux Noel die by CZ for my holiday cards! I also used fall colours for my ink blend that I don't usually turn to but I am super happy with the way it turned out.

I used this amazing Simon Says Stamp Stems and Leaves stencil with a mix of Picked Raspberry, Festive Berries, Abandoned Coral and Aged Mahogany Distress Inks. I then added some Finetec Gold paint splatters to the background.

I die cut my Merci sentiment with a mix of glitter and gold specialty card stock and decided to add a Simon Says Stamp leaf die to pair with the Merci die.

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Kim

Simon Says Stamp Festive Fun Release - Blog Hop Day 1!

Happy Friday Crafty Friends! So happy to be a part of the Simon Says Stamp Festive Fun Release Blog Hop for day 1! We’re giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop the blog comment section. Simon Says Stamp will select the winners and post on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday the 13th of November. 

I had such fun playing with some products from this new release! It really is festive! I am so ready for the holiday cheer this year.

I love making gift tags and clearly need many for Christmas. The products I used for these two sets of tags were perfect in scale and easy to mass produce! For the first tag, I used the new Holiday Candies 3x3 stencil.

I ink blended Picked Raspberry and Festive Berries Oxide Ink on my pre-cut Simon Says Stamp Tag, then moved up the stencils to finish off the tag coverage.  I then die cut the Merry Christmas die from Sugar Crystal glitter paper. A Tim Holt Candy on all three and some red twine!

This tag is so fun featuring the new Snowman Cupcake Wafer Die. I die cut my elements for the cupcake snowman and put them together and set them aside to dry. I die cut my tags using an older Simon Says Stamp tag die and used a Simon's Snowflake 3D Embossing folder.

I added my cupcakes to the tag using foam tape and stamped my sentiment on the smaller die from the same tag set by Simon. I added the secondary tag using twine and added a heart to all three! 

See hop order below and have fun! Don't forget to leave a comment on every stop on the hop for a chance to win a $25.00 gift card!

HOP ORDER: 

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Caly Person

Nichol Spohr

Jennifer McGuire

Suzy Plantamura

Amy Rysavy

Emily Midgett

Debby Hughes

Lisa Addesa

Miriam Prantner

Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Kim Hamilton

Jean Doeringsfeld

Carly Minner

Bobbi Lemanski

Lea Lawson

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Simon Says: Thinking of You!

Hello crafty friends it's Wednesday and that means it's time for a new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

This week Simon Says: Thinking of you and we are featuring This Calls for Confetti products - it isn't a requirement to use them but if you have them we would love to see them! Come join the fun for the chance to win a $25.00 gift card to the Simon Says Stamp Store!   

I started by ink blending a white panel using Distress Inks and then die cut my This Calls for Confetti leaves from the Autumn Artisan Dies. I then lined the sides with my Finetec gold paint and added some gold splatter as well. I set them aside to dry and started work on by 3D embossed background panel.

I sprayed the panel using Hero Arts Unicorn White spray and patted the excess. I gold embossed my Simon Says Stamp sentiments on chocolate brown card stock and used the oval die from the Autumn Artisan die set.

I used foam tape and glued everything to my panel. To finish off, some Coffee Bean candy hearts from my stash!

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Kim

Simon Says: Anything Goes featuring Gina K. Designs!

Hello crafty friends it's Wednesday and that means it's time for a new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

This week Simon Says: Anything Goes and we are featuring always  fun Gina K. Designs products - it isn't a requirement to use them but if you have them we would love to see them! Come join the fun for the chance to win a $25.00 gift card to the Simon Says Stamp Store!   

Such sweet mice in the Giving Hearts Stamp set by Gina K. Designs! I started by stamping and colouring my mouse using my COPIC markers and then fussy cut my image and set it aside.

I used a Simon Says Stamp Snow 3D embossing folder for my panel and then stamped my sentiment from the same Gina K. stamp set.

I glued my panel to me card base using fun foam fro dimension and added my image using foam tape. To finish off, some red candy hearts from my stash!

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Kim

Simon Says: Christmas!

Hello crafty friends it's Wednesday and that means it's time for a new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

This week Simon Says: Christmas and we are featuring always super fun Pink & Main products - it isn't a requirement to use them but if you have them we would love to see them! Come join the fun for the chance to win a $25.00 gift card to the Simon Says Stamp Store!   

If you follow my blog and accounts, you will know without a doubt that I adore making gift tags.  These sweet penguins from the Pink & Main Cup of Good Cheer clear stamp set are so perfect for tags! These were so fun to make. I coloured my images with COPICS and fussy cut them, I didn't order dies because the lines are simple enough to fussy cut.

I paired these cuties with a Lawn Fawn round stitched tag and snowflake. I die cute my coloured card stock and ink blended some darker colours. Once dry, I added some Unicorn Spray by Hero Arts.

While my tags were drying I stamped and die cut my sentiments and the candy cane tag. I glued my elements with a mix of Lawn Fawn glue and foam tape. I cut some twine from my stash and added my sentiments!

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Kim

Simon Says: Halloween/Spooky

Hello crafty friends it's Wednesday and that means it's time for a new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

This week Simon Says: Halloween/Spooky and we are featuring always amazing Simon Says Stamp Brand Exclusive products - it isn't a requirement to use them but if you have them we would love to see them! Come join the fun for the chance to win a $25.00 gift card to the Simon Says Stamp Store!  

I love Halloween crafts! I don't give cards but I do make chocolate gift bags for kids of family and friends so, I of course, had to make tags. I am obsessed with this Halloween Treats stamp set, so I made a set of four.

I stamped and coloured my images using my COPIC markers and used the accompanying die cuts. I then die cut my tags from Neena white and some Doodlebug patterned papers. I added some Doodlebug Washi tape to the bottom.

I used foam tape for my images and added them to the tags. I stamped the Boo from the same stamp set and used the die and added them with foam tape as well. To finish off some super fun This Calls for Confetti Creepy Sequin and Clay Confetti mix and some black striped twine from my stash!

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Kim

Simon Says: Add Some Texture

Hello crafty friends it's Wednesday and that means it's time for a new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

This week Simon Says: Add Some Texture and we are featuring Paper Rose Studio products - it isn't a requirement to use them but if you have them we would love to see them! Come join the fun for the chance to win a $25.00 gift card to the Simon Says Stamp Store!  

Such a fun a simple card to put together, testament to the products quality! This took maybe 10 minutes once I picked my paper. I trimmed my background paper by Paper Rose Studio to an A2 size and added it to a card base. I then die cut this large scale die set also by Paper Rose Studio with a mix of specialty card stock.  I glued the layers together and added them to the base using foam tape for added dimension.

To finish off and add some texture, I added some chunky glitter to mimic snow to the large Merry sentiment!

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Kim

Simon Says: Things With Wings

Hello crafty friends it's Wednesday and that means it's time for a new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

This week Simon Says: Things With Wings and we are featuring always amazing Honey Bee Stamps products - it isn't a requirement to use them but if you have them we would love to see them! Come join the fun for the chance to win a $25.00 gift card to the Simon Says Stamp Store! 

So I have been wanting to use these bells by Honey Bee for two years, this was the week, lol. I die cut my elements using a mix of specialty card stock and glued them together. I used a Simon Says Stamp 3D embossing folder for my background panel and slim frame for the green inlay.

I put my panel together on my card base and added my bells.

I then die cut an older Honey Bee Noel die (I am half French Canadian and most of my family is unilingual French, I use this a lot). I then coloured a Simon Says Stamp bird for my Things With Wings. I cured a bird landing on church bells, lol! Go check out the Challenge!

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Kim