Anniversary Butterflies

 I was inspired by a card on instagram so I decided these MFT butterflies stamp and dies would work for the white embossing on vellum and cutting pretty pastel card to place behind the vellum. 

The base of the card was using Sunny Studio background die and the Hero Arts Daisy stencil. I embossed with the stencil, I did think about giving the flower centres a touch of colour but glad I didn’t it would look too much.

Since I needed a couple of Anniversary cards I found some anniversary stamps and embossed on matching card in white.

I spent yesterday working out how to use the Spellbinders Glimmer hot foil system, I did watch a couple of you tube videos but I’m so pleased with the results. I’ve ordered some sentiment dies so I can spend some time making sentiment strips.

Butterflies

I was dead jealous that the Simon says Stamp card kit had the amazing butterflies stamps and knew I wouldn't be receiving that one when I suddenly remembered that I have the Hero Arts Antique Butterflies a really old set but it works just as well.

I did used copics to colour them and I coloured two each of the designs so I could cut the two top wings to layer on the base one to give a 3d effect. The antenna are cut from a butterfly die that comeswith the body and wings separate so the the body part is stuck underneath. It just makes it easier to cut them out.

The leaves die is SSS Clustered Leaves and I used one of their Birthday sentiments. The frame was made with a Wooden Frame die from Hero Arts. 

Beautiful World

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

Thank you for joining us last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is Add a Sentiment

We are showcasing Hero Arts  this week, which just so happens to be Simon says Stamp Brand of the Month. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

The lovely folks over at Simon says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the challenge Blog. You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

Intially I brought the Hero Arts Beautiful World Stamps mainly because I love this sentiment from it but when I discovered the World Window die from them I knew I was meant to have it.

A rather busy weekend meant I could only really manage a simple card but I did managed to make two the same but different.

The blue sea is made with Blue Oxides with the smooching technique and watercolour card.  I used the water coloured card for the front remembering the right side up couldn't really have South America at the North Pole!

With some scraps I used the Simon says Stamp Large Holiday Shapes for my hearts.

This card is the same minus the Hearts and using Simon says Stamp Circle Thins.

Must have another go with the die maybe some green and beige blending for my countries.

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Hero Arts

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Thank you for joining us for the Card + Envelope Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is

Clean And Simple 

We are showcasing Hero Arts Products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this Challenge post! You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

Its strange that on Instagram my CAS cards get the best views but give me a CAS challenge and my brain goes to mush.

I made a card and so wasn't happy with it, so I got out this gorgeous Hero Arts Thorn Tree and Grasses die and with the fabulous Simon says Stamp Moments of Grace sentiment worked out brilliantly together.

Here's the card I wasn't happy with I used the same sentiment and I used the Simon says Stamp Honey Leaves die which I coloured with copics definitely will use this idea again.

The Hero Arts Color Laying Owl I stamped in Browns didn't like it so I stamped it again in Greens I felt it was better but still wasn't happy which is why I made the other card.

The image mat was using Simon says Stamp Stitched Rectangles and the dotty green papers is Pink and Main Sunset Paper. I'm going to have to have another go at this card to redeem myself.

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Anything Goes

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Thank you for joining us for the Bling It On Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.
This week the challenge is to make whatever takes your fancy!

Anything Goes 

We are showcasing some fabulous Hero Arts Products this week! You don't HAVE to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used! I am sure most of you will have quite a few  Hero Arts Products in your drawers!

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

I made quite a few cards before I left for my hols in Spain just hope I can remember what I used. First of my Hero Art Christmas Mice Stamps I stamped the cheese a few times so I could use the bit of holly to decorate my card.

I used My Favourite Things Stitched Collage Frame for placing my mice. The sentiment is Simon Says Stamp Yuletide Greetings. Which I stamped and embossed with Silver Embossing Powder.

To make my snowy scene in the other square I used Simon says Stamp Stitched Slopes and Hills and my trees are cut out from the Memory Box Stitched Circle Trees.

I place the frame on navy card and used the Tonic Nuvo White Crystal Drops for snow.

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Bright and Cheerful

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Thank you for joining us for the Frame It Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.
This week the challenge is

Bright And Cheerful 

We are showcasing Hero Arts Products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your bright and cheerful makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

I had this idea for a card using Hero Arts Welcome Neighbor, it didn't quite turn out as it looked inside my head but it did turn out well.

First of all I cheated I couldn't be asked to mask and stamp usually it goes wrong when I'm nearly done so instead I stamped all the different house, colour in using Prismacolors and then fussy cut all of them. It was easy to fussy cut since they were basically simple straight lines but if you prefer there are dies.

I then layered them to where it was pleasing to the eye and no white spaces in between. Once I was happy I stuck then down and used the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles. The sentiment and clouds are all from the Hero Arts stamp set and just a bit of coloured card to finish off.

There's a new release just check the above photo link.

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Tigers

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.

Happy New Year!! We hope you all have a happy and healthy 2018!
This week the challenge is

Something New

Maybe you received some new craft supplies for Christmas, or maybe you would like to make a New Home, New Baby project. Whatever 'new' thing you would like to make we will be looking forward to seeing your project!
We are showcasing Hero Arts  Products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have them we would love to see them used.

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

Hope I can remember what I used for this card I made it before Christmas with my DT parcel of new goodies. I decided to get the Hero Art Layering Bengal Tigers, I thought they would make a good male card. I believe there is a die but I just brought the stamps since the tigers looked easy to fussy cut out.

As most of you know I'm pretty lazy and it just so happens that I had some thin cardstock that I had already smooched some Distress Oxides in Wild Honey, Spiced and Fossilized Amber. So I used the stamps to stamp the tigers. Once cut out I used the Distress Markers in Pumice Stone round the edges I find it hides the white core.

It was then I had to think of what to do with my tigers so once again I got the Distress Oxides out and made the scene and using the grass stamps that came with the tigers I stamped some grass.

To finish I used the Simon Says Stamp Painted Happy Birthday die but just choose the one word and stamp the Happy  using Simon Says Stamp Happy stamp set.

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Hero Arts

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.
We also have a special challenge for children between the ages of 2 and 16! CLICK HERE or on the logo to go directly to the challenge page


This week the challenge is

Anything Goes 

This week we are showcasing Hero Arts Products. You don't have to use them for the challenge but if you have them we would love to see them used.

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

The moment I saw this Hero Arts Thorn Tree and Grass die I knew I wanted it, thinking it would be a perfect addition for Scrapbooking just need the right photo. But in the mean time a CAS card to show it off.

I cut the tree twice once in brown and once in green, I carefully cut the branches off the green piece and then llayered it over the brown tree. I used Stick it foam squares cut to the size I wanted to give dimension but I stuck the two end to the brown card, I then overlapped the tree on the side of the card.

The sentiments I used is the Simon Says Stamp Seeing Stars to finish.

Are you getting excited for Stamptember which is only a couple of days away, I know I am.

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Triple Frame

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

We will be back soon with the lucky winners of the $50 Vouchers

This week the challenge is

A Hint Of Pink 

This week we are showcasing Hero Arts Products . You don't have to use them for the challenge but if you have them we would love to see them used.

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

I brought some new pink mini inks for this challenge from Hero Arts called Flower Petal Bold so in theory I could use any stamp and use the inks but in the end I may have overdosed on Hero Arts.

So first stamping with three of the mini inks I stamped the Hero Arts Leafy Vines and I decided to use the Simon Say Stamp Stitched Rectangles which allows me to triple layer without the halo you get if you cut and layered and then stamp.  I added a bit of plain card behind each layer to high light each layer.

My flower is another Hero Arts stamp called Antique Rose Stem but I discarded the buds and stem.
At this point I had already worked out my card was looking busy but I need something to stand out so I decided to use the Hero Arts Handmade Tags.

Finally I used Simon Says Stamp Sending and Wishing sentiments stamp set and I used the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Banners because I could fit it all in the stamp sentiment frame.

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Make it Sparkle

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

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

We would like to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for a Happy and Prosperous 2017!

We will be back soon with the name of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher

This week the challenge is

Make It Sparkle 

This week we are showcasing Hero Arts Products.  You don't have to use them for the challenge but if you have them we would love to see them used.

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

I make sure well in advance that I have new showcasing products for Simon Says Stamp but its obvious many of you love the same things I do because there Hero Art Coffee Mugs Tags are out of stock. But you could still use a coffee cup stamp or die with a decorative stamp to make the same effect.

I use the Hero Art stamp onto red card with Versamark and used Enchanted Gold Embossing powder.
I stamped the mug on red card for the top and bottom and white card for cream topping. I didn't buy the dies so I had to fussy cut but I always use a Distress Pen Pumice Stone round the edges to hide my rubbish cutting out.

I see you love the Simon Says Stamp Poinsettia but I did use the sentiments from this set because it made stamping the sentiment easier when you can stamp with different colours and not have mask any off.

I used a Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles for my sentiment and used the Simon Says Stamp Poinsettia Parade die. The pearls and gold ribbon I found in my stash but the papers are Echo Park I Love Winter.

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting 

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