Simon Says: Get In Shape!

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

This week Simon Says: Get In shape and we are featuring Altenew 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 ordered some of the newer Altenew card stocks and figured it was as good a time to feature it. It is 80lbs, a little lighter than I like but the texture is fantastic and the colours are so fun to work with. I die cut my panels and used a Spellbinders Embossing folder scored my backing piece and glued them together. I ink blended to top panel using some purple ink to mimic my flowers.

I added my gold frame on top of the panel and die cut my elements for the florals. I ink blended the flowers and the leaves. I added the gold centres and finished them off with gold gems. I glued my flowers to the panel. I used the same purple ink for my sentiment and added it to my panel. To finish off, the same gold gems scattered on the panel.

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Kim

Simon Says: Something New!

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

This week Simon Says: Something New and we are featuring always amazing Whimsy 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!   

I had not used my colour pencils in so long! I had fun colouring this, I adore Kraft and coloured pencils :)

I started by using my Simon Says Stamp Outline Hearts Stencil from the newest To Love release with White Unicorn Ink and set the panel aside to dry. I then stamped my image and coloured in my dog with my Faber Castetell Polychromos pencils.

I die cut my Whimsy Stamps Heart and lined up my stamp, stamped it again (I fussy cut the coloured one and wanted to stamp it for the Balloon Strings.

I then glued my heart down and added my images using Foam tape. To finish off, I stamped my sentiment to the top of the panel.

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Kim

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!

Go to the Simon Says Stamp Blog for the entire Party list!

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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