Simon Says: Use Dies in DieCember!

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

This week Simon Says: Use Dies in DieCember and we are featuring always amazing Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Brand 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!   

Holiday Cheer! This is a two-week challenge and I had such fun with this one, I do love the colours. I started using Tim Holtz woodgrain card stock and die cut my top panel (dies listed below) and added it with foam tape to the woodgrain card base. I then die cut my snowflakes and glued them to the panel.

I added my Holiday Cheer dies to the bottom of the card and finished using some Pink Fresh gems.

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Kim

Simon Says: Gifts!

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

This week Simon Says: Gifts and we are featuring always amazing Lawn Fawn 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 gift tags! These were super fun to make. I started by ink blending with my Candy Cane Stencils on a piece of 4.25 x 8.5 Kraft card stock. I then added some glitter embossing so the Unicorn White ink wouldn't smear as I worked on them.

I die cut all of my elements for the candy canes from Tonic specialty card stock and put them together. I then added them to the tags using a mix of glue and foam tape. I stamped my sentiment and added the strips to the tags with foam tape.

To finish off, a Tim Holtz candy to the centre of the bow and some fantastic red twine from my stash!

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Kim

Simon Says: Winter Blues

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

This week Simon Says: Winter Blues and we are featuring always amazing Tim Holtz 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 in love with this stencil by Tim Holtz, who wouldn’t want a large polka dot tree! I picked the Paper Rose patterned paper and some Tonic blue glitter paste. I set it aside to dry, once completely dry I put my panel between two heavy books so the paste would not warp the panel. 

I « decorated » my tree using Pink Fresh Studio drops. I then die cut my Tim Holtz Noel die (most of my family is French Canadian) from two glitter card stocks and offset them. I liked the punch of red and it made the sentiment more visible. 

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Kim

Simon Says Stamp: DieCember is here!

Happy Sunday crafty friends! It's finally DieCember over at Simon Says Stamp!!! We are having a Blog Party to celebrate!

I love DieCember! Most festive month of the year with these amazing new products! I am sharing two cards today with products from the new release :)

This card is so going to my Mom, her Father had a love of birds and this sweet scene using the new Mod Plant Blocks stencils, the Rustic Nest dies, Winter Cardinal dies and the Christmas Botanicals Clear stamps will be perfect.

I ink blended my Mod stencil using Simon Says Stamp Marine Pawsitively Saturated ink then masking and stamping my foliage using Mist and Raindrop Pawsitively Saturated inks. I then die cut my elements and did some mild ink blending and put everything together using a mix of foam tape and glue.

I stamped my sentiment from the same stamp set and added some berried to the leaves!

This one is all about shine! I used all specialty card stock for maximum impact. The amazing die is the new Starburst Plate and I paired that with my favourite Joy die from a few years ago and some sweet Simon Says Stamp Snowflakes!

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Kim

Simon Says: Anything Goes featuring My Favorite Things!

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 amazing My Favorite Things 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 do love Anything Goes and I do LOVE MFT products! This die set is super fun, specially for a gift card! I die cut my pieces using the Gift Bag Die by MFT from some fun Lawn Fawn patterned paper and put it together using two sided tape.

I then die cut my handles from some Tonic Specialty Card Stock as well as the Joy die also by MFT. I do apologies for my pictures, I do not have a sophisticated lighting system, lol. I wait for proper natural light and it's late fall in Montreal... typically grey! 

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Kim

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: 

Simon Says Stamp Blog 

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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