Stamp It! Cards Volume 9 publication and giveaway winner!

Hi everyone,

I'm here today to share the one card I had picked up for Paper Crafts Stamp! Cards Volume 9. It's a Father's Day card that I made for an earlier call and resubmitted. I may have submitted it 3 times before it got picked up but I really liked so I kept at it, lol.

Anyways, here it is:

This is what I used to make it:


...and I also have my Simon Says Stamp August Card Kit winner to announce!

The winner according to Random Org is....

Jnett who said...
Fabulous kit and wonderful card. Great job!

July 28, 2012 6:08 PM

Congrats, Jnett! Please email me using the button on the right side of my blog with your full name and mailing address and I'll pass it along to sweet Heidi of Simon Says Stamp!

Thank you all for stopping by! I really appreciate it! :)

Simon Says Stamp Children's Summer Holiday Challenge

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to pop by and let you all know that the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog is hosting their annual Children's Summer Holiday Challenge! :-)

The theme is Anything Goes and this challenge is specifically for children between the ages of 2 and 16 years of age so now is the time to let your Children, Grandchildren, Nieces and Nephews loose in your craft rooms !! :-)
There are 2 very special prizes for this event !! 2 lucky winners will each win a fabulous Junior Stamper Kits !! Whoo Hoo !!! :-)

This Children's Challenge will run until 8am EST on 31st August so you have plenty of time to join in !! AND you can enter and many times as you like!

When linking your child's project over at the Simon Says Stamp Children's Summer Holiday Challenge, please add your child's age after their name on your link so we know how old they are :-)

We are all looking forward to seeing what you make !! Have fun and Happy Crafting !! :-)

REMEMBER THIS IS THE CHILDREN'S CHALLENGE ONLY :)

Unfortunately July has played a fast one on me and I thought I had one more week to get the kids creating. I missed the deadline. Boo. :(

I did however rummage through one of my son's memory boxes and came across cards that his siblings made for him this past winter when he had a really bad tummy bug (as well as a card he had made at some point too). :)

Here are their cards:

                                                                      Jaden - age 9

                                                               Chris - age 7 (at the time) 

                                                                   Zachary - age 5

                                                                      Janelle - age 5

I hope you'll check out the Simon Says Stamp Children's Summer Holiday Challenge and encourage your young crafter to participate. :)

Thanks for stopping by!
Sarah

Simon Says Stamp! August Card Kit Card #4

Hi everyone,

Welcome back for the final card I'm sharing using the Simon Says Stamp! August Card Kit: Flower Girl. As you can see this kit is just jam packed!



Here's my final card:

Love the yummy colors included in this kit and the great Basic Grey alphabet stickers? Perfect for cards!

Here's what I used to make it:


A big thanks to Heidi of Simon Says Stamp for once again letting my play with this month's kit! Each month's kit just gets better and better! For your chance to win your own Simon Says Stamp! August Card Kit just leave a comment on any or all of my 4 Card Kit posts from this week and I'll post a winner Monday July 30th.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I really appreciate it! :)

Simon Says Stamp! August Card Kit Card #3

Hi everyone,

If you've been following my blog this week you know that I'm spending the week posting cards I've made using the Simon Says Stamp! August Card Kit: Flower Girl. This is such a fun kit and so easy to work with! Love it!



I really wanted to make a card where the focus was on the stamps and this is what I came up with:

Here are the products I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by again! Remember that the comments you leave on any or all 4 of my Simon Says Stamp! Card Kit posts will give you a chance to win your on Simon Says Stamp! August Card Kit! thanks to the one and only Heidi of Simon Says Stamp!

Simon Says Stamp Challenge (Any Thing Goes) with Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Dies

Hi everyone!

I hope you're all having a great week! I can`t believe we`re already about half way through the summer! Crazy! Today I`m back to share a project for this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge.

This week's challenge is an Anything Goes challenge and the design team is using some very special products this week...Simons Says Stamp`s very own Exclusive Dies! Awesome, right? ;)

Here's the card I made using their Star Border Die:

...and here`s a close up...

To make this card I first made my notecard, then cut another piece of white cardstock slightly smaller. I ran the smaller piece through my die cut machine with the Star Border Die. I positioned it where I wanted it to be on the notecard and did a little marking to determine where on my notecard to add my adhesive. (I also used some post it notes to mask the side edges so as not to get any glitter on the outer edges). Once I covered the designated area with adhesive, I adhered the front panel to my card. I then masked off each row of stars one at a time so I could apply the different colors of glitter without having them mix. Finally a sentiment from Paper Smooches was added. Please, feel free to email me if you have any specific questions about it.

Here are the products I used:


As always, the very generous Heidi of Simon Says Stamp is offering a $50 gift voucher to one lucky participant in this week's challenge so I hope you'll play along...but first head over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog to see what the other designers have created! :)

Simon Says Stamp! August Card Kit card #2

Hi everyone!

I'm back today to share another card featuring the Simon Says Stamp August Card Kit: Flower Girl. I had so much fun with this kit and found it so easy to put my cards together. Love that!



Here's today's card:

I took one of the Ranger Industries #5 Manila tags included in the kit and traced it onto the floral patterned paper, cut it out, and embellished it to use on my card. The only embellishment here not included in the kit is the twine.

Here's what I used:

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to come by again this week to see what else I made using the Simon Says Stamp August Card kit! Remember to comment on any or all of my 4 card kit posts for your chance to win one yourself from the fabulous Heidi of Simon Says Stamp!

Simon Says Stamp! August Card Kit (& a GIVEAWAY)

Hi everyone!

Happy Monday! I'm back from a week in Chicago with the family where we were on vacation and, well, now I need a vacation. ;) I did get to spend an afternoon at CHA and it was great to meet a few online crafty friends for the first time and see some old friends once again. :)

Before I get to today's post I'm going to announce a new winner of my 'New Home Blog Giveaway' since I never heard back from the first winner. Random Org picked #8.....

Melissa Shea said...
Love your new blog! Awesome banner too :) Thanks for the giveaway :)

June 3, 2012 5:58 PM

Congrats, Melissa! Send me an email with your addy and get these stamps out to you. :)
 
Okay, onto today's post:

All this week I'll be sharing cards made with Simon Says Stamp! August Card Kit: Flower Girl, except for Wednesday which will be my regular Simon Says Stamp Challenge post.

Doesn't this kit just ROCK?!?!?



Here's my first card:

And here are the products I used to make it:


Leave a comment on any or all of my Card Kit posts: today, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday for your chance to win your own August Card Kit thanks to the super sweet Heidi of Simon Says Stamp! I'll announce the winner Monday July 30th.

Simon Says Stamp Dawny`s Sketch Challenge

Hi everyone!

I hope you're all having a great week! Sorry I haven`t been around more but we`re having a busy, busy summer. :) The good news is I'm back today to share a project for this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge. ;)

This week's challenge to create a card using this wonderful sketch created by Dawny!

The design team is using My Favorite Things products. My favorite Things has wonderful dies, stamps, and some die-stamp sets as well. Fun stuff!

Here's the card I made:

Here are the products I used (the first two are My Favourite Things dies):



As always, the very generous Heidi of Simon Says Stamp is offering a $50 gift voucher to one lucky participant in this week's challenge so I hope you'll play along...but first head over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog to see what the other designers have created! :)

Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Let's Get Fruity!!!

Hi everyone!

I hope you're all having a wonderful summer! :) I'm back today to share a project for this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge.

This week's challenge to create something 'fruity'. I decided to go with cherries and use some yummy Hero Arts stamps. :) Here's my card:

I started with Hero Arts' Lattice background stamp on kraft and also created my own background on the light pink cardstock using their Designer Fruit set. Using Hero Arts' "You're the Best" set I stamped the ribbon on white cardstock using Pool Mid-tone Shadow Ink. (I cut the ribbon tail part off and added my own with May Arts ribbon). I used Tim Holtz Distress Markers to color the 'sweet cherries' image and stamped it on white cardstock, die cut the image with a circle die and adhere it to the rest of the image with foam adhesive. Finally, I used some Glossy Accents to add some shine to the cherries.

Here are the products I used:


As always, the very generous Heidi of Simon Says Stamp is offering a $50 gift voucher to one lucky participant in this week's challenge so I hope you'll play along...but first head over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog to see what the other designers have created! :)

Simon Says Stamp Challenge: ATC or Tag

Hi everyone!

I hope you're all having a great week! Happy 4th of July to my American friends! :) I'm back today to share a project for this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge.

This week's challenge to create an ATC or tag and the design team is using Tim Holtz products. Can't go wrong with that that, right? ;)

Here's the tag I made:

I decided to make a shaped tag that can be added to a gift or even put on a blank notecard to make a homemade card. Please, feel free to email me if you have any specific questions about it.

Here are the products I used:


As always, the very generous Heidi of Simon Says Stamp is offering a $50 gift voucher to one lucky participant in this week's challenge so I hope you'll play along...but first head over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog to see what the other designers have created! :)