SSS Laura's Grid Backgrounds & SSS December Card Kit Winner

Hi everyone!

I'm popping by today to share a set of cards I made using Laura Bassen's brilliantly designed grid-related products. She designed these for Simon Says Stamp. I had SO much fun playing with these products to create my own backgrounds. Backgrounds are my favourite stamps to work with and I was totally in my element coming up with my own background designs.

For the card with the circles, I stamped the Grid Play Background with Simon's Barely Beige Ink on Neenah Desert Storm Cardstock and used Simon's White Pigment Ink to stamp the circles. All the other backgrounds were stamped using only Simon's White Pigment Ink. The additional stamp sets used to create the backgrounds were Simon's Grid Play Clear Stamps for the cards with the blue, orange, and red backgrounds, and Simon's Live Well Stamp Set for the card with the green background. Once the ink was dry, I coloured the images with Prismacolor Pencils. I matted the stamped panels with Neenah White Cardstock before adding them to backgrounds with coordinating colours. The white heat embossed greetings were stamped with a sentiment from Simon's Brush Stroke Messages and the cards were finished off with various enamel shapes.

Before I go, the winner of the Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit is...

Rhodé who said...

I love the mint colors and the wood patterns in the holiday kit!!! The glitter ornaments are beautiful. Like the tags!

November 16, 2017 at 9:39 AM

Congrats Rhodé! Please message me via my sidebar with your mailing info so I can pass it on to Simon!

Thanks for stopping by!
Sarah

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30% off Simon Brand Products!!!

Hi all,
I'm just popping in real quick to let you know that Simon Says Stamp is having a huge sale on their exclusive brand products.

Here's the link. Details are here:

Happy shopping!
Sarah

SSS December Card Kit: Sparkly Christmas Tree & GIVEAWAY!

Hi everyone!

I'm back to share a final card featuring the adorable Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit. 

ETA: The December Card Kit has now sold out! Individual components can still be purchased and I still have one to give away!

Here it is:

For today's card I die cut Simon's Stitched Dress up Tags Die from the Neenah Desert Storm Cardstock and a piece of the Doodlebug Milk and Cookies Paper. I stamped the adorable tree image and sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Christmas Squad Stamp Set using Simon's White Pigment Ink. I coloured the image with Prismacolor Pencils and added some Clear Wink of Stella to the star. The Simon Says Stamp Colorful Confetti Sequins were added with Multi Medium Matte. I used foam tape to adhere the tag to a piece of Doodlebug Milk and Cookies Paper cut with one of Simon's Wonky Rectangles and adhered the panel to a top-folding notecard made from Simon's Ivory Cardstock.

If you're interested, you can pick up the Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit for just $29.99 + shipping. If you'd like to receive this kit and future kits for only $24.95 + shipping per month, you can SUBSCRIBE HERE.

Heidi, owner of Simon Says Stamp, has given me an extra Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit to pass on to one of you! Just leave a comment on any or all of my December 2017 Card Kit posts and I'll announce a winner Monday, November, 27th.

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah

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SSS December Card Kit: Glittery Ornaments & GIVEAWAY

Hi everyone!

I'm back to share another project featuring the Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit.

I recently purchased the Altenew 3D Ornament Dies and couldn't wait to play with them. I thought the beautiful Tonic Glitter Papers would be perfect to use with them.

I die cut the pieces needed and adhered them together, being sure to add my silk ribbon before them were completely together. I used Hero Arts Mini Clothes Pins to help keep them together as they dried. I then added some of Simon's Colorful Confetti to each triangle. I made tags from the Doodlebug Milk and Cookies Papers using one of Simon's Bundle of Stitches Dies and decorated them with sentiments from the same papers and images from the Doodlebug Milk and Cookies Shape Sprinkles and Doodlebug's Sugarplums Shape Sprinkles. Finally, I slid the tags over the ribbon and they were ready to hang up. 

While making the ornaments I did add a bell inside the blue one so it will ring when shaken. I thought it would also be fun to make advent ornament to count down to Christmas. While putting the ornaments together, I could add a bible verse or some candy and one ornament would be opened a day from December 1st to the 24th. This paper from the Doodlebug Milk and Cookies Papers could be used to make tags for each day:

Here are some close ups of my ornaments:

If you're interested, you can pick up the Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit for just $29.99 + shipping. If you'd like to receive this kit and future kits for only $24.95 + shipping per month, you can SUBSCRIBE HERE.

Heidi, owner of Simon Says Stamp, has given me an extra Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit to pass on to one of you! Just leave a comment on any or all of my December 2017 Card Kit posts and I'll announce a winner Monday, November, 27th.

Before I go, I wanted to mention that Simon has just released their special Limited Edition Holiday Card Kit: Mint Wishes. This kit is not part of the regular monthly card kit and each year it has sold out fast.

Here it is:

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah

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Simon Say Stamp December Card Kit Reveal & Giveaway!

Hi everyone!

Today is reveal day for the adorable Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit.

Isn't it CUTE?!?!

Here's the card I made for today's reveal featuring some of the adorable stamps from the Simon Says Stamp Christmas Squad Stamp Set coloured with Copic Markers along with some of the Doodlebug Milk and Cookies 6x6 papers:

 

If you're interested, you can pick up the Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit for just $29.99 + shipping. If you'd like to receive this kit and future kits for only $24.95 + shipping per month, you can SUBSCRIBE HERE.

Heidi, owner of Simon Says Stamp, has given me an extra Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit to pass on to one of you! Just leave a comment on any or all of my December 2017 Card Kit posts and I'll announce a winner Monday, November, 27th.

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah

Supplies with affiliate links at no extra cost to you (Simon's Christmas Squad Dies do not come with the kit but can be purchased separately):

Two Monochromatic Hearts Card Sets

Hi everyone!

I hope you'll pardon the picture-heaviness of this post. I have TWO card sets to share today. They both have the same basic design but the different backgrounds give them a bit of a different feel I think.

For both card sets I die cut all sorts of patterned paper scraps using one of Simon's Nested Circle Dies. For the first set of cards I adhered the hearts to matching backgrounds for a monochromatic look. I added white heat embossed sentiments and flowers that I die cut with Simon's Mini Flowers and Leaves Dies.

For the second set of cards I used the same colour families for the hearts but adhere them all to taupe backgrounds before finishing them up with the heat embossed sentiments and floral embellishments.

Here are close-ups of some of the cards:

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

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