Autumn Birthday

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

Photo Inspiration

and here is a fabulous mood board created for us by the lovely Jenn Shurkus 

We are showcasing Paper Smooches Products this week! You don't have to use them to join in with the challenge but if you have some 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 didn't want to make a Halloween card its not something we send to each other here in the UK although they are fun to make. As soon as I saw the Silhouette Flowers from Paper Smooches I knew I was going to use them. At the time I hadn't worked out how.

In the end I got out the Oxides and used my favourite technique since its easy to do. I stamp a craft Sheet with the inkpad and mist some water and smooch the cardstock in the ink. I made 3 different colourways and then used dies to cut them out. I then blended ink in places where the initial ink smooching missed or to bring out more colour, for example the purple flowers.

I love those dragonflies couldn't believe my luck when I saw them in the die set. I decided to cut out the word Autumn with Paper Smooches Sassy Letters  well I thought it was Doodlebug Booville but then I worked it out it wasn't so it could be I Love Family by Echo Park both are out of stock now they weren't when I made the card. To be honest as long as its an Autumn orange or yellow any make would do.

To finish I added Birthday Wishes using Simon Says Stamp Best Hugs.

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Bear Hugs

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

Thank you for joining us for the A Bit Of Sparkle Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is

Furry Friends 

This week we are showcasing Paper Smooches 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

I really wanted to use the cow Chubby Chums from Paper Smooches but they were out of stock so I went for my second idea to use the Chubby Chums Pals I just love the crab and its sentiment but not going to work for Furry Friends!

Why not some Bear Hugs from the Bear stamp instead and he worked a treat even stamped him a hat from the stamp set too.

It just so happens that I have some new Doodlebug paper arrive in the craftroom and you all know how I love their 6inch pattern card packs. This one is called At the Zoo but great male colours and very handy for stamp set that I used on last weeks Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge card.

Yes I've used the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles, I consider them a essential part of my craftroom and the Stitched Banners as well, apologies they are out of stock for the moment and I stronger suggest you use Notify when back in stock. I also consider the Holiday Shapes and Large Holiday Shapes a must have they have replaced all my star and heart little punches and dies are much easier on my hands as well as the space.

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Animal Magic

Hello, all! Welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!
Thank you for joining us for the Father's Day/For A Guy Challenge! We loved seeing your fun and innovative designs this week! Please join us this week for our brand new challenge!
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This week the challenge is...

ANIMAL MAGIC

We are looking to the animal kingdom for inspiration for our 'Animal Magic' projects! From butterflies to buffalos, kittens to kingfishers, we will be looking forward to see which animal you choose for your project!
Many of us have fur babies that are very much a part of our family and we would love to know what little critters live with you! Maybe you could add photo's of them on your post too!

We are showcasing Paper Smooches 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.

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

I already had the Chubby Chums but I needed the Chubby Chum Pals I simple loved the sentiment so I had to use the crab but is he an animal maybe I've stretched the challenge a bit. I also decided I would use the Splitcoast Stampers  Card Sketch 596.

I had already recently brought from Simon Says Stamps the Doodlebug Anchors Aweigh no worries there. The sketch called for a shaker box but I if I had planned that I would have brought Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Mix sequins which would have given the shaker more interest. Instead I used the Mixed Baby Cup Sequins which is out of stock needless to say my basket is full of sequins while I wait for new release.

Back to the card less waffling using the Simon Says Stamps Stitched Squares I made my shaker box and using the Lawn Fawn Stitched Scallop Border I made the red borders.

My crab was layered and I saved one image uncoloured so I had one to cut the eyes out I would have used goggle eyes but they're in a safe place! The sketch called for something either side of my crab so I made two life savers from the Simon Says Stamp Sailing stamp set as you can see I didn't like it so I added one of them in corner. I finished the card with some twine from Doodlebug Lipstick and Bubble Blue.

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Hello, friends! Welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog!
Thank you for joining us for the Have A Heart Challenge. We hope you will join in with our new theme!
We will be back soon with the name of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher!
This week the challenge is...

One Layer!

For this challenge you may add die cut pieces and embellishments but the front of the card should look like one layer. We know this one can be tricky for some folks, but we also know you guys ROCK OUR SOCKS every week, so we can't WAIT to see what you do with the One Layer challenge! Your designs inspire us! Show us what you can do!
We are showcasing PAPER SMOOCHES PRODUCTS this week. You don't have to use them to join in with the challenge, but if you have them we would love to see them used! Paper Smooches offers a wide variety of stamps including cuteness, pretty designs, every day basics, and amazing sentiments! Be sure to check out their latest to see what you may need to add to your collection!

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store! I think that would be pretty fun to spend, how about you? *wink*

To make my card first I used the Bundle of Stitched Shapes from Simon Says Stamp to make the size of card I want. I then used Simon Says Stamp Stitched Oval and embossed the centre, I also used the same die to make a mask for the centre.

I then used the Paper Smooches Swirls and Curls stamps and using a Black dye Inkpad stamped round my oval. The Handwritten Greeting from Simon Says Stamp looked a bit lost in the centre so I add the black ribbon.

You may think this isn't one layer since I've stuck it onto a card but in the past I've made so many mistakes I'm not prepared to waste card stock stamping directing to the actual card. So my first card is what it would look like if it was made as a one layer, I suppose you could emboss the bundle of shapes and cut round the three sides and fold along the top.

To be honest although most people would be happy with the above card I'm a mat and layer type of gal. So I lifted the front of the above card and mat and layered with black and white and now in my opinion job done.

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

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Monsters

I wanted to make a card using the Paper Smooches We adore you but they didn't fit inside the circle but I had stamped then anyway.
I found a sketch from Retro Sketches a few weeks back and though I could used some scraps to make my own background papers using a  punch.
The smile die is from Simon Says Stamps and the stars are using the Simon Says Stamp Mini Stars die, the stitched scallop border is from Lawn Fawn.
I was really please how this turned out.

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Twine

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 will be back soon with the name of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher
This week the challenge is

TIE IT UP

use ribbon, twine or anything you can think of to add a knot of a bow to your creation.

We are showcasing PAPER SMOOCHES 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

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

I wanted to use twine in a different way rather than what I normally do. So I did a bit of research and saw a card with twine round an aperture. Well that looked a bit difficult for me but once I made my circle panel I had an edge to butt the twine up against and that seemed to work a treat.
I used the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Circle and then used Simon Says Stamp Birthday Circle die. You have to be careful with the circle sentiment because its easy to stretch.
Now my image is using Paper Smooches We Adore You, I originally wanted to use the group of monsters but they didn't fit in my circle so I used this cute group. I actually used the Birthday Circle die to make sure it fitted in the centre.
The paper and the twine are Doodlebug, I think I have several colours of the twine and very often I end up buying two of the packs of papers.
To finish I've used the Simon Says Stamp Assorted sizes of sequins to help improve on all the white space.

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

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All Creatures Great and Small

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Thank you for joining us for the All Things Bright and Beautiful Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.
We will be back soon with the name of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher
This week the challenge is

ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

We would like to see animals on your creations this week.

We are showcasing PAPER SMOOCHES 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

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

I knew I was going to use the Paper Smooches Chubby Chums although in my head I had planned to use a couple of the chums but the card didn't want to go that way.

First of all I created my sky, first I cut out the Simon Says Stamps Cloud Bank and stuck onto a bit of card and trimmed round the edges to give me a stencil. Then I blended ink across the top moving it down creating clouds.

Since I was paper piecing my Kites from Simon Says Stamps Soaring for you, I stamped directly to card to give me the position then added the stamped string and bows.

Moving down we have the MFT fence along with the Paper Smooches Dog Icons Kennel which I used the Avery Elle Wood grain and more on to make it look like its was made from wood.

I finally got my hands on Sending and Wishing stamp set it always seemed to sold out before I could place my order I even had to buy the dies again just so I could buy it. I noticed its reserved for about the third or fourth time.  But it works brilliantly with the Simon Says Stamps Wishing die which I cut out twice so it really pops off the card.

The green bit of card is from Echo Park Fine and Dandy and just so happened to be on my desk.

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

 

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No backlinking allowed, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw

In the Doghouse

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

Thank you for joining us for the  Emboss It Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too :-)

We will be back soon with the name of the lucky winner of the  $50 Voucher !! :-)

This week the challenge is

LETS HAVE A LAUGH

something funny/humorous. We need a bit of cheering up on these cold winter days :-)

We are showcasing Paper Smooches 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 :-)

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

I had to have and use the Dog Icon die but I see I'm not alone and its out of stock at the moment but I'm sure in will be replenished soon. The first card I've used some American Crafts and I used a Spellbinder circle for my cut out and using the Friendship Circle stamps for the absolutely perfect sentiment.
When you cut the paws out don't throw the waste away use it as a template to lay out the parts of the paws.

It was simple I had to use the dog house and I just used Simple Stories Say Cheese papers. The sentiment is computer generated. Then I used the MFT Fence and Grass dies.

Finally my last card is using a Paper Smooches Chubby Chums with the dog house die, I stamped on Kraft card since it suited the Simple Stories Say Cheese paper and gave me a doggy colour without have to do any colouring but I paper pieced the eyes. It just so happened the Friendship Circle Stamps also have this sentiment too which also worked a treat. Oh the bones were a die with the Dog Icon.

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A Portrait of Snowmen

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

MONOCHROMATIC

We are showcasing Paper Smooches 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!

I was really please how my card turned out once I decided to frame the snowmen it all fell into place.
The papers are Christmas Cheer from Lilybee designs and the Snowmen are Paper Smooches Swanky Snowdudes. Had great fun adding mouths, moustaches and pipes. You get all the tiny details so make you Snowdudes original to you.
To make the Village scene behind the Snowdudes I've used Memory Box Country Landscape which is out of stock at the moment but if you have even the Modern or even the Evergreen Landscape both would work just as good.
I cut the frame using a Square Nestabilitie but cut the out side to my requirements then I finished off using
To finish a sentiment using the Holidays Apothecary labels stamp and die set and a couple of Small Forest Tree both from Simon Say Stamps Exclusive die and stamps.

Now you know the drill to win the chance of this fabulous prize you have to enter the challenge with a new card no backlinking and you need to enter your post using the linky thing on the challenge blog. Also you need to link to the challenge in your post or you won't be eligible for the prize.