Season's Greetings using Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit

Hi everyone!

I'm back today with my final card using Simon Says Stamp's fabulous December Card Kit.I must say the cards I made with this month's kit came together so quickly. Just perfect for this busy time of year!

Here's today's card:

Today's card is another one in which I didn't want to mess around with the gorgeous image on the patterned paper. Because of that I just added a couple of strips of paper/cardstock across the front and did my embellishing there. I stamped my sentiment on one of the label stickers from the kit and adhered cut pieces from one of the holly twigs using Glossy Accents.

Thank you so much for joining me here this week! Just a reminder that sweet Heidi (owner of Simon Says Stamp) has generously allowed to give away one of these fabulous kits on my blog this week. Yay! Be sure to leave comments on any or all of this week's posts for your chance to win! I'll announce a winner Monday December 3rd.

Here's what I used for today's card:

Thanks for stopping by!
Sarah

Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit - Peace, Joy, Love

Hi everyone!

Before I post today's card I wanted to share the winner from the Simon Says Stamp Gratitude Blog Hop last week. The winner is:

Pam who said...

Beautiful cards! I am so grateful for my family. I am the oldest of nine, so my family is quite large. We lost our mom in June, so I'm so thankful we will be together to get through the holidays.

November 21, 2012 8:15 PM

Congrats, Pam! ...and sorry for your loss. I hope you had an extra special Thanksgiving with family. If you could email me with your full name and email address I can pass it on to Simon Says Stamp. They will then contact you to find out the charity you would like the donation to be made to.

Today I'm sharing my third card using Simon Says Stamp's wonderful December Card Kit:

Here's today's card:

For today's card I focused on the pattern in one of the light blue papers and cut out snowflakes from it. I also cut out extra centers and adhered them with foam adhesive after inking up all the edges. You can't really see it in the picture but I also added some Rock Candy stickles in some parts for a little more interest.

Be sure to leave comments on this week's Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit posts for your chance to win one for yourself (thanks to sweet Heidi, owner of Simon Says Stamp). I'll announce a winner Monday December 3rd.

Here's what I used for today's card:

Thanks for stopping by!
Sarah

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge!

Hi everyone,

I'm back with another Simon Says Stamp Challenge!!!

This week's challenge is Anything Goes! Create whatever you like (but please make something NEW)! The design team is playing with Martha Stewart products.

Here`s my card:

I used this Martha Stewart Heatbeat border punch to punch the different sized hearts which I then used to create my snowflake. Fun!

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 go HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah

Simon Says Stamp December 2012 Card Kit - Holiday Cheer

Hi everyone!

I'm back today to share another card using Simon Says Stamp's fabulous December Card Kit. In case you missed yesterday's post here's what December's kit looks like:

Here's today's card:

I LOVE this patterned paper that's in the kit and just couldn't cover it all up or cut it into small little pieces so I let it take center stage. I stamped my sentiment along the bottom of the main image. I die cut a couple of snowflakes and added some round labels from the kit and die cut patterned paper to the centers and called it done. :)

Just a reminder that sweet Heidi (owner of Simon Says Stamp) has generously given me the go a head to give away one of these fabulous kits on my blog this week. Yay! Be sure to leave comments on this week's posts for your chance to win! I'll announce a winner Monday December 3rd.

Here's what I used for today's card. Noticed that many of the items from the kit can also be purchased individually:

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you'll join me tomorrow for a new Simon Says Stamp Challenge!
Sarah

Simon Says Stamp December 2012 Card Kit & GIVEAWAY!

Hi everyone!

I got a sweet little package in the mail last week from Simon Says Stamp with their December Card Kit inside. This month's kit is FABULOUS! Take a look:

I've been having such a great time creating with this kit. The patterned papers are GORGEOUS! I love the wooden 'Merry' piece, the holly, and yummy May Arts ribbon (which you won't see on any of my cards this week because I'm hoarding it. Hee hee.). ;)

Here's my first card:

I think it's pretty self-explanatory. I'll just note that I cut the 'B' and 'E' out of one of the patterned papers from the kit to add to the 'Merry' sentiment. (Do feel free to email me if you ever have any questions about the cards I share). :) And don't you just love the patterned paper background?!?! I definitely let some of the gorgeous papers take center stage this week.

Sweet Heidi (owner of Simon Says Stamp) has generously given me the go a head to give away one of these fabulous kits on my blog this week. Yay! I'll be sharing the rest of my December Card Kit

cards Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week. Be sure to leave comments this week for your chance to win! I'll announce a winner Monday December 3rd.

Here's what I used for today's card. Noticed that many of the items from the kit can also be purchased individually:

Thanks for stopping by!
Sarah

Simon Says Stamp Gratitude Blog Hop!

       *** If you're looking for my Simon Says Stamp Challenge card please scroll down***

Hello crafters!   What are you thankful for?  This time of year we count our blessings and the things we are grateful for. I'm so very grateful for so many things: Christ's sacrifice for me, my husband, kids, and extended family. I'm grateful for good friends who love me just the way I am. I'm also grateful for all of you who stop by and visit my blog. Thank you!

If you've been following along the Simon Says Stamp Gratitude Blog Hop you should be arriving from extremely talented and super sweet Jennifer McGuire's blog. If you're just joining us please start HERE.

Here are a couple of cards I made to say 'Thank You' for some recent acts of kindness shown to me. The first one is going to my dearest friend who knew how much I needed an extra little love on my birthday a couple weeks ago. The other is for our pastor and his wife for having a group of us homeschooling parents and our kids over for a hot dog roast, s'mores, and a treasure hunt through the woods by their house. It was so thoughtful of them and the kids had a blast! :)

 

For this first card I used one of the label dies from the Simon Says Stamp Apothecary Labels set to die cut different patterned papers to create my own patterned background. (It kind of reminds me of quilt.) I used a stamp from the coordinating stamp set for my sentiment. The great thing about these products is that they can be bought separately or at a discounted rate together as a bundle.

 For this second card I used the same stamp and die set as above along with Simon Says Stamp's Curvy Snowflake die, Simon Says Stamp's Folded Banner die, and few other dies. Everything is linked below.

Thanks to Simon Says Stamp I will be giving away a $50 donation to the charity of one commenter's choice.  Just leave a comment with what you are most grateful for and you will be entered in the drawing.  After the winner is chosen Simon Says Stamp will be in touch with you to find out the charity you have chosen.  We will draw winners on Wednesday 11/28.

Also, this Friday Simon Says Stamp will offer a Black Friday discount code to its customers for 35% off selected items in the store. But blog hoppers get the code early for stopping by my blog!  Click here to see the items that are included in the sale. Enter SIMONBF35 in the Promotion Code box (be sure to use all CAPS) and you will get 35% off of those items. Happy Shopping! 

Thanks for visiting! The next stop in the Simon Says Stamp Gratitude Blog Hop is the amazing Kathy Racoosin. If while hopping, you encounter a broken link, you can go back to the beginning for links to everyone who is participating in the hop.

Simon Says Stamp: Dawny's Sketch Challenge

Hi everyone,

Welcome to another Simon Says Stamp Challenge!!!

Today's challenge is to make a card based on this great sketch by design team member Dawny:
 

The design team members are using product from Stamps Happen. If you have some we'd love to see you use them but it isn't required.

Here's my card:

This is what I used to make my card:


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

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah