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Simon Says Stamp To Love release day

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Hello crafty friends! I am so happy to be sharing a project using some goodies from the new Simon Says Stamp To Love release. I have used the Oh, Shiitake! stamp and die set from this new release. Anyone you know need a little levity right now? This stamp set is perfect! I began with an A2 size card base cut from smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed down a piece of pattern paper to leave about a half inch white border. I used a bit of distress ink to add a bit of dimension to edges of the panel. I stamped the mushrooms from the Oh, Shiitake stamp set in black ink and colored them using copic markers. I fussy cut them out and arranged them around the pattern paper panel with 3d foam squares. The sentiment is also from the stamp set and I used the coordinating dies to cut it out. I finished this project off by adding detail to the mushrooms with a white detail pen. I hope you enjoyed the project I made and got some inspiration. Make sure you check out all of the new goodies from thi...
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Simon Says Stamp Use Dies/DieCember

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Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme is Use Dies/DieCember We are featuring exclusive products from Simon Says Stamp . You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would to see what you make. As always just for entering you will be eligible for the drawing of a  $25 voucher to the Simon store! I am sharing a fun shaving cream technique to create backgrounds to showcase dies from Simon Says Stamp. I heard about this technique about 25 years ago. I have seen it pop up here and there over the years and I finally wanted to give it a try. I created a reel over on my Instagram page showing how I did this. I began with 110lb white cardstock 8 1/2 x 11 sheet cut into four pieces. I used shaving cream to create a fluffy rectangle bed on a flat plate. I used a palette knife or off-set spatula to smooth the top surface of the shaving cream. I then chose a few dye based re-inkers in blues and pinks....
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Make a Wish candles

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I am always looking for new or fun ways to share background techniques for your card projects. This is not a new technique but it sure is fun! The possibilities are endless! Have you tried using die cuts to create a textured and customized background? For the background panel: I die cut the Birthday Wishes and shadow 5 times and glued them together and arranged them in a diagonal pattern on a white piece of cardstock that I had trimmed down to leave a bit of a border. With a paid of large sharp scissors I trimmed of the pieces of the word dies that were hanging over the edge. I used some of those pieces to fill in area on the panel that needed it. I then die cut the candles from two shades of scrap cardstock in each of the 5 colors. I adhered them together with liquid glue. I die cut the flames for the candles from matte gold cardstock. I then added the candles and flames to the card with 3d foam squares for dimension. Last, I created the Make a Wish sentiment using a stamp from the...
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Lawn Fawn Gifts

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Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme is    Gifts We are featuring products from Lawn Fawn . You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would to see what you make. As always just for entering you will be eligible for the drawing of a  $25 voucher to the Simon store! I am happy to share a project using a few of my favorite holiday stamp sets from Lawn Fawn. I have created some fun gift tags for this challenge. Each tag is made using a circle scalloped eyelet die and nested circle dies cut from green and red cardstock adhered together with liquid glue. Squirrel tag: Using black ink I colored the images from the Cheery Christmas stamp set using copic markers. I fussy cut them out and popped them up with foam squares. I stamped the sentiment from the Toboggan Together stamp set . Reindeer tag: I stamped the reindeer and christmas lights from the Cheery Christmas stamp set in black...
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Festive Elephants card and tag

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Sharing a project using the adorable Festive Elephants stamp set from the Simon Says Stamp DieCember release . This set is just too cute. I have made a card and matching tag to share today. I made the A2 size card base from smooth white cardstock. I then die cut a pattern paper panel to leave a thick white border and adhered to the card base. I then die cut the MERRY sentiment from white, red and pink cardstock. After I assembled, I adhered to the center of the card base. I then stamped the images from the new Festive Elephants with black alcohol  friendly ink.  I colored them with copic markers and fussy cut them out and added them around the Merry sentiment with foam tape. I then die cut some small snowflakes and added them to the card along with a stamped sentiment in red ink and cut into a strip. I used a tag die from my stash and used left over pattern paper and red cardstock. I added another copic colored image from the stamps set. I added more snowflakes to the tag and...
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Tim Holtz Winter Blues

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Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme is   Winter Blues! We are featuring products from the amazing Tim Holtz . You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would to see what you make. As always just for entering you will be eligible for the drawing of a  $25 voucher to the Simon store! I am happy to share a project using Tim Holtz Distress Inks . There are so many amazing inks out there but I have to admit for years now distress inks are my go to medium when adding color to my projects. I have created a fun distress inked blended background. I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then masked off a rectangle on a panel of white cardstock to create an ink blended and stamped background. I used three shades of blue distress ink starting with the lightest shade first, then the medium and around the edges, the darkest. I then used a large snowflake stam...
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Simon Says Stamp DieCember Blog Party

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I'm so happy to be sharing inspiration for the Simon Says Stamp DieCember blog party! Be sure to take advantage of the  exclusive promotion for this blog party👇👇  I'm one of those rare people that begins to decorate for Christmas until after Thanksgiving. Using the new Ornate Star die I created ornaments for my little flocked Christmas tree. I feel like I could make a dozen of these easily! I die cut the Ornate Star die once from gold cardstock and once from silver cardstock. I then glued the die cut stars on to silver and gold glitter paper. I weighted it with a large acrylic block to help the stars adhered firmly to the glitter cardstock. When the adhesive was dry I used a craft knife to cut out the stars from the glitter cardstock. I then die cut the Merry Christmas sentiment from red metallic cardstock and white cardstock and adhered together for thickness and glued them carefully to the stars as to not have a glob of glue mess up the shine of the metallic cardstock. I...
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