Grateful for your Friendship (and Giveaway Winners)

Hi everyone,

Happy Monday!

First, I want to thank you all for your sweet words concerning my Stamping Royalty win! Having such encouraging and supportive friends really makes it that much more special.

Supplies:


Secondly, I have a couple of giveaway winners to announce. I haven't heard back from my May Card Kit winner so I'm picking a new one.

The new winner is....

Larissa Heskett who said...
WoW!! I am LOVING your Creations!! THANKS for sharing and for the chance to win!! Have a Fabulous Weekend!! =)

April 19, 2013 at 9:05 PM

Congrats, Larissa! If you could send my your mailing information I'll pass it along to Simon Says Stamp. :)

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I also have the Simon Says Stamp $50 e-card winner from the May Card Kit Blog Hop to announce. The winner is...

Janet a.k.a. swanlady21 who said...

Great feminine and masculine cards! All from one kit.

April 19, 2013 at 10:34 AM

Congrats, Janet! Simon Say Stamp will be in touch with you about your prize!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah

Some Exciting News!

So, there's kind of a little bit of a BIG announcement being made over on the Paper Crafts Connection blog today...(check it out and then make sure to come on back). ;)

Eek!!! Can you believe it?! I'm still pinching myself here! Thank you SO much, Paper Crafts, for picking one of my cards as a winner in the Season's Greetings category of Stamping Royalty! I'm truly, truly honoured! Here's a little "thank you" made with products from two of my favourite stamping companies, Hero Arts and Simon Says Stamp:

Supplies:

Thank you so much for sharing in my excitement. Once my prize arrives I'll be sure to have a few giveaways. ;)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge!

Hi everyone,

Welcome back for another Simon Says Stamp Challenge! 

This week's challenge is Anything Goes! The design team is using product from Impression Obsession. Impression Obsession makes dies, clear stamps, and the most amazing background stamps! I have quite a few of them on my wish list. ;) For today's card I decided to use the fun Spatter background stamp. I heat embossed it with various colors of American Crafts Zing! Embossing Powder and then heat embossed some die cut Simon Says Stamp flowers to match.

Here's my supply list:


I hope you'll join us in this week's challenge! Up for grabs is a $50 gift voucher for the Simon Says Stamp store thanks to sweet Heidi! For all the details and to see what the other designers have come up with please go HERE.

Before I go I just wanted to mention that Simon Says Stamp is having a fun challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers. If you happened to get your hands on the Simon Says Stamp April Card Kit here's your chance to put it to use! One winner will receive a $25 e-card for the Simon Says Stamp Store. You can get all the details HERE.
 
Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sarah

Just Because (and Simon Says Stamp May 2013 Card Kit Winner)

Hi everyone,

I'm popping in real quick to announce the winner of the Simon Says Stamp May 2013 Card Kit.

Congrats to...

Tracy who said...
What a beautiful card. Looks like the liquid pearls are a must have in any card makers kit!

April 20, 2013 at 7:01 AM

Please email me your shipping information, Tracy, so I can pass it on the Simon Says Stamp!

Simon Says Stamp did increase the production number of kits this month as the last 2 sold out. Yay! You can find May's kit HERE or SUBSCRIBE every month at a discounted rate.

Before I go I thought I'd also share a card I made for a recent Paper Crafts call that didn't make the cut.

I clear heat embossed Hero Arts' Flower Table Cloth background stamp on patterned paper and then colored in the unembossed areas with distress inks. The sentiment is a great one from Simon Says Stamp. Love the font! Finally, the ribbon is my new favourite from May arts: faux linen. It has a delicate look to it like silk but has much more hold.

Supplies:

Thanks  so much for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful week!

Sarah

Simon Says Stamp May 2013 Card Kit Blog Hop (& GIVEAWAY)

 

Hi everyone!

Welcome to the Simon Says Stamp May 2013 Card Kit Blog Hop!

It's finally starting to feel like Spring around here! Yay! What better way to officially welcome the start of the season than with a blog hop featuring the amazing May card kit: May Flowers.

The Simon Says Stamp monthly card kits are always such an incredible value! They sell for $24.95 if you buy them individually. With a subscription they are only $19.95 plus S&H/ month! This is a great saving on an already great price and ensures that you won't miss out! (The last 2 months have sold out).

Here's a look at this month's kit with it's fabulous Best Mom Ever stamp set, gorgeous embossed/die cut card front, yummy papers, fun chipboard hearts, and so much more! I love the muted pinks, greens, and browns in this month's kit. This kit is an obvious one for Mother's Day but also works perfectly for dads, weddings, anniversaries, etc. 

Here are two cards I made for the hop using the same sketch. One is for Mother's Day...

...and one for Father's Day...

Here's my full supply list:


Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $50.00 gift certificate to one lucky commenter on EVERY blog in the hop!!! That's 9 chance's to win and a total of $450.00 worth of prizes!!! How awesome is that!?! (Thanks, Heidi!) :)

Just leaves a comment on each of the blog hop posts as you hop along to be entered in the random drawing. The giveaway will stay open until Thursday April 25/13 at 11:59 EST and the winners will be announced on the Simon Says Stamp blog Friday April 26/13!

The next stop is the fabulous Vicky Papaioannou! If you encounter any broken links on the hop, you can back to the Simon Says Stamp blog for a full list of participants.

Just a reminder that I'm also giving away a May card kit on my blog! I'll randomly pick a winner from this, this, this, or today's post. I'll announce the winner Monday April 22/13.

Thank so much for stopping by!
Sarah

Simon Says Stamp Travel/ Cityscape Challenge

Hi everyone,

Welcome back for another Simon Says Stamp Challenge!

This week's challenge is to make a travel or cityscape related project.

Here's my travel related card that would be great to give to someone who's about to go on a big trip...

Hero Arts has a number of stamps and dies that work together like the ticket ones I've used here. I stamped the ticket image on a map before die cutting it and dressing it up.

Here's my full supply list:

I hope you'll join us in this week's challenge! Up for grabs is a $50 gift voucher for the Simon Says Stamp store thanks to sweet Heidi! For all the details and to see what the other designers have come up with please go HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sarah

Wonderful Things (Simon Says Stamp May Card Kit)

Hi Everyone!

I'm back to share another card using the wonderful new Simon Says Stamp May card kit!
Here's another look at the kit:

For today's card I decided to focus on the chipboard pieces and the pocket that came with the kit. You might notice that the pocket on my card looks different than the one pictured above. There are 2 different pockets and it's a surprise as to which one you get. ;)

Here's my card:

I white heat embossed the sentiment and adhered the vellum to the pink cardstock by adding a little glossy accents under the hearts so the adhesive wouldn't show. I used my Inktense watercolor pencils to color the chipboard hearts. I can't believe how vibrantly they colored even on chipboard! I think the envelop would be great for a gift card or for putting strips of paper in that each share one of of the 'many wonderful thing' you're thankful for. :)

Here are the links to all the products I used for today's card. The 1st eight items include products found in this month's kit:

Just a reminder that that last two kits sold out quickly so if you're wanting to get your hands on this one you might to order it soon!

As always, sweet Heidi, owner of Simon Says Stamp, has given me an extra card kit to give away! Just leave a comment on any of my card kit posts this week for your chance to win! I'll post a winner next week Monday, April 22nd.

Finally, be sure to come back Friday for a little something special. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah

Simon Says Stamp May Card Kit: Love

Hi everyone!

I'm back with another card using the wonderful new Simon Says Stamp May card kit!
Here's another look at the kit:

For today's card I decided to focus on one of the beautiful patterned papers, the creamy cardstock, a touch of pink, and the vellum. I paired these with a few Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Dies. Here's today's card:

First I cut my patterned paper to size and die cut the larger of the two wide hearts. I then adhered the negative space to my card front and cut the smaller of the two hearts out of the center to create the cream colored frame. I cut another large heart out of the vellum and adhered it to the back of the card front to create a frosty looking window. I added the die cut 'love' sentiment and some mini die cut hearts to finish things off.

Here are the links to all the products I used for today's card. The 1st five items include products found in this month's kit and the three dies used are Simon Says Stamp Exclusives:


Just a reminder that that last two kits sold out quickly so if you're wanting to get your hands on this one you might to order it soon!

As always, sweet Heidi, owner of Simon Says Stamp, has given me an extra card kit to give away! Just leave a comment on any of my card kit posts this week for your chance to win! I'll post a winner next week Monday, April 22nd.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah

Simon Says Stamp May 2013 Card Kit: May Flowers

Have you seen it?!?! The new Simon Says Stamp card kit for May has *just* been revealed! Whoo hoo! It's called May Flowers and although the stamp set "Best Mom Ever" is geared towards Mother's Day, there is SO much in this kit that also works well for dads, anniversaries, thank yous, and so much more. The colors in this month's kit are fabulous too! Wonderful muted pinks, greens, and browns. I've been having a ton of fun playing with it and could not wait to start sharing the projects I've been making.

Here's a look at the kit:

Here's the first card I'm sharing:

For this card I focused on the beautiful Fancy Die Cut and Embossed Card Front that comes in the kit. First, I adhered some patterned paper followed by vellum (to soften the look) onto my note card. I then adhered the Fancy Die Cut and Embossed Card Front on top. I heat embossed the large flower on Neenah white cardstock and used my finger to rub some of the Petal Pink Liquid Pearls all over it. Once dried, I added some leaves that were heat embossed on some of the patterned paper from the kit. I finished things off by adding more liquid pearls to the centers of all the little embossed flowers.

Here are the links to all the products I used (the 1st 8 links are to items included in the kit):


If you're not a Simon Says Stamp card kit subscriber and you're thinking you might want to try this one out don't hesitate! The last two months' card kits sold out rather quickly!

Here's a link to Card Kit of the Month Questions and Answers in case you're wondering how it all works.

I'll be sharing more projects using the Simon Says Stamp May card kit throughout the week. As always, sweet Heidi, owner of Simon Says Stamp, has given me an extra card kit to give away! Yay! Just leave a comment on any of my card kit posts this week (I'm thinking there will be 4) for your chance to win! I'll post a winner next week Monday, April 22nd.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah

Simon Says Stamp Happy Bee Day Card

Hi everyone,

I'm popping in real quick to share a card I made last weekend while crafting with some pretty amazing women. I finally got my hands on Simon Says Stamp's latest release and had SO much fun playing with a number of their newest goodies. I'll be sharing more over next number of weeks.

Here's one of the cards I made. Sorry about the funny angle. I wanted to show the bee's trail all lined up.

Supplies:


Thank so much for stopping by! I hope you have a great weekend!
Sarah

Simon Says Stamp April Showers (Bring May Flowers) Challenge

Hi everyone,

Welcome back for this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge!

This week's challenge is: April Showers Bring May Flowers. :) Anything that has to do with rain or flowers will qualify for our challenge. The design team is featuring my favourite... Hero Arts this week!

Here's my card. I white heat embossed the floral/thanks reverse silhouette image and colored in the flowers and sentiment with watercolor pencils.

Here are the links to the products I used in the Simon Says Stamp store. I linked to a number of different watercolor pencils in the store since I bought mine some time ago and they don't carry them.


 
I hope you'll join us for this week's challenge! Up for grabs is a $50 gift voucher for the Simon Says Stamp store thanks to sweet Heidi! For all the details and to see what the other designers have come up with please check out the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah

One More Simon Says Stamp April Card Kit Share and 2 Giveaway Winners Announced

Hi everyone,

 

I hope your week is going well. I spent the weekend away with some SUPER talented ladies. I did lots of creating and visiting and just had a great time overall. 

 

While there I made another card using the Simon Says Stamp April Card Kit.

Here it is:

This is a pretty straight forward card. What you might not notice is that I die cut the hearts from the washi tape (first adhering it to white cardstock). What I'm sure you are noticing is that I can't get enough of these fun envelopes! :)

Supplies:

 

Unfortunately the last two Card Kits have sold out. If you don't want to miss out be sure to sign up for a subscription! ;) I thought I'd also link to the past card kits that are still available. Lots of fun products in these!

Now to announce a couple of winners.

 

First, the winner of the April Simon Says Stamp Card Kit is....

 

Margie who said...

This is so pretty!! Love it!

April 2, 2013 at 7:21 PM

Congrats Margie! Please email me with you shipping info so I can pass it on to Simon Says Stamp!

                                      

I also want to say thank you to all of you who stopped by my blog for the Simon Says Stamp 2013 Spring release blog hop. I hope you had as much fun hopping as we had creating the projects for you. We had 14 designers participating and some made more than one project! So there was lots of great inspiration and you can still take a look here.  If you haven't had a chance to check out the new stamp and die sets stop by the Simon Says Stamp store here to see them all.  

One lucky winner was chosen from my blog to receive a Simon Says Stamp Goody bag!  And the winner from my blog is:

Pam from Maine who said...

Sorry you didn't get your products in time, but you certainly gave us great ideas. I love the color splash idea. Very creative!

March 28, 2013 at 5:22 AM

Congrats, Pam! Jana Millen from Simon Says Stamp will be in contact with you to get your mailing address so we can get your prize off to you.

Thanks so much to Simon Says Stamp for offering such great prizes for me to giveaway and thanks to all of you for stopping by!

Sarah

Simon Says Stamp April Card Kit - Day 3 (& GIVEAWAY)!

Hi everyone!

Welcome back for my third card kit post using the Simon Says Stamp April 2013 Card Kit (Everyday Happy).

For today's card I focused on using one of the SEI chalkboard pieces that came with the kit:



Some tips:

* Don't try to heat emboss on these chalkboard pieces. They will warp. (Ask me how I know). ;)
* Also, the surface is slick and so you'll want to use a Staz-on type ink instead of pigment or dye ink...or you can use chalk! (That's what they're made for after all). :)

Supplies used:


Unfortunately this month's kit has already sold out BUT if you comment on any of my 3 April card kit posts (Tuesday, Thursday, and today) by midnight EST on Monday April 8th you could still win one! :) I'll be back next Tuesday, April 9th with a final card to share using the card kit and a card kit winner to announce. :) Big thanks to sweet Heidi, owner of SimonSaysStamp.com. for providing these giveaways each month.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah

Simon Says Stamp April Card Kit - day 2 (& GIVEAWAY)

Hi everyone!

Welcome back for my second card kit post using the Simon Says Stamp April 2013 Card Kit (Everyday Happy).

I've been having so much fun with this kit! I'm loving the graphic shapes found in the Happy Everyday stamp set that comes with this month's kit. They pair so well with the bold colors included this month.

Here's today's card:

 
The bottom of the card has 2 rows of washi tape. The pattern matches up really well! I also had fun playing with the geometric borders. :) I used 2 different sentiment stamps from the set to create my greeting and as you can see I just had to use another of the envelopes (this time one of the small ones). I added a couple of the enamel stars and the card is done. :)

Supplies used:


Unfortunately this month's kit has already sold out BUT if you comment on any of my 3 April card kit posts by midnight EST on Monday April 8th you could still win one! :) I posted my first card on Tuesday, I'm posting today, and Friday. I'll be back next Tuesday, April 9th with a final card to share using the card kit and a card kit winner to announce. :) Big thanks to sweet Heidi, owner of SimonSaysStamp.com. for providing these giveaways each month.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah

Simon Says Stamp: Happy Birthday Challenge (with special prizes)!

Hi everyone,

Welcome back for another Simon Says Stamp Challenge!

This week we're celebrating the 4th birthday of the Simon Says Stamp Challenge! Yay! So our challenge is create something birthday-themed. :) The design team is using Simon Says Stamp's Exclusive Products. Lots of great things to choose from! If you have some we'd love to see you use them. If not that's ok! :)

Since you can't very well have a birthday party without pressies Heidi will be giving away 3 FABULOUS Prizes!! Woo Hoo !! :-)

PRIZE 1
This $100 voucher to buy whatever you like in the Simon Says Stamp Store !! :-)

PRIZE 2
This gorgeous Simon Says Die and Stamp Set 'FRIENDSHIP CIRCLES'

PRIZE 3
This fabulous Simon Says Stamp Die and Stamp Set 'FIT TO BE SQUARE'

 

AMAZING PRIZES !! :-) 
THANK YOU HEIDI AND SIMON SAYS STAMP :-)

Here's my birthday card:  

Here's my full supply list:


I hope you'll join us in this week's challenge! Up for grabs is a $50 gift voucher for the Simon Says Stamp store thanks to sweet Heidi! For all the details and to see what the other designers have come up with please go HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sarah

Simon Says Stamp April Card Kit! (& GIVEAWAY)

Hi everyone!

Welcome back! Today I'm sharing a card made using the Simon Says Stamp April 2013 Card Kit (Everyday Happy).

This month's kit is FABULOUS! I LOVE the blue/yellow/grey color combination! The stamp set ROCKS! The envelopes are so fun!

Here's my first card using one of the large envelopes for my card front and some of the fun striped enamel pieces that come with the kit. I finished it off with a great sentiment from the stamp set.

 
I ran the the envelop through my die cut machine with a Simon Says Stamp heart (linked below) and it only cut through the one side of the envelop. I popped the heart out and replaced it with the same one in yellow.

**Note: Be sure to only run the bottom through the machine so you don't damage the envelope's eyelets like I sort of did. ;) **

Supplies used:


Unfortunately this month's kit has already sold out BUT if you comment on any of my 3 April card kit posts by midnight EST on Monday April 8th you could still win one! :) I'm posting today, Thursday, and Friday and will be back next Tuesday, April 9th with a final card to share using the card kit and a card kit winner to announce. :) Big thanks to sweet Heidi, owner of SimonSaysStamp.com. for providing these giveaways each month. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah