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Hello all! :)

Today I'm sharing one final card using the Simon Says Stamp November Card Kit.



Here it is:

I've had so much fun playing with this month's card kit! The colors are just so yummy and the embellishments are great too! Thanks, Heidi! If you'd like a chance to play with it too be sure to comment on any or all of the cards I made this week using the card kit and I'll post a winner on Monday, November 12th.

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Celebrate!

Hi everyone,

Welcome back! Today I'm sharing another Simon Says Stamp November Card Kit card.



I mentioned on Tuesday just how much I love the chevron/herringbone patterned paper from the Basic Grey Serenade collection found in this month's kit. Today's card shows another way to use it:

I cut along the outline of the pattern again but this time I made banners from it. :) I hope you'll stop by tomorrow for my final card using the Simon Says Stamp November Card Kit. Be sure to leave comments on this weeks' posts too for your chance to win a November Card Kit of your own!

Thanks for coming over!

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Simon Says Stamp Thinking of You/Sympathy Card Challenge

Hi everyone!

***Before I get to this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge I just want to remind you that the rest of the week (days) I'm posting cards using Simon Says Stamp's November Card Kit. Comment on any of those posts for your chance to win one for yourself. :) ***


Welcome to another Simon Says Stamp Challenge!!!

This week's challenge is to make a Thinking of You or Sympathy card. These can be such difficult cards to make and I find it's always good to have a few on hand.

Here`s my card for this week's challenge:

I used my Silhouette and Silhouette Glitter Sketch Pens for the flower. The sentiment is from Hero Arts.

Here's what I used to make this card:



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 go HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 
Sarah

Love from Simon Says Stamp (Novmber Card Kit)

Hi everyone,

Just popping in quick to share a second card using the wonderful Simon Says Stamp November Card Kit.

Here's the kit in case you missed my post from yesterday:



Here's my card for today:

I {heart} the chevron (or is it herringbone?) pattern in this Basic Grey paper and wanted to focus on that pattern with this card. Also, note the big musical heart stamp I mentioned yesterday. Love it!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Remember all comments left this week are eligible for the draw to win a November Card Kit of your own! Thank, Heidi!

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Simon Says Stamp November Card Kit (& a GIVEAWAY)

Hi everyone,

I hope you all had a great weekend! Mine was low key and involved cleaning and a bit of craft room organizing. :)

This week I'll be sharing some cards I made using the November Simon Says Stamp Card Kit. This month's kit is another fabulous one which includes some fabulous papers from Basic Grey's Serenade collection. I love how warm these papers are, especially as the weather gets colder. Kristina Werner has come up with another wonderful Simon Says Stamp! stamp set for this kit. I LOVE the big musical heart! The last thing I want to draw your attention to is the coaster. I've decided I just love these coasters and did something fun with the one included in this month's kit.

Here's the full kit:



...and here's today's card:

 
I used my Tim Holtz distress markers to color the kraft part of the coaster (the black resisted it)! I first tested the markers on the back of the coaster to see how they would look and to decide which colors I wanted to use).

Here's what I used to make today's card (the first 8 items are included in the kit):


I hope you'll stop by tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday to see the rest of the cards I made using this kit (and drop in Wednesday for a new Simon Says Stamp Challenge). Sweet Heidi has offered a Simon Says Stamp November Card Kit to one of my blog readers! One commenter from this week's posts will be randomly drawn to win the kit and the winner will be announced next Monday, November 12th. I hope you have a wonderful week!

Sarah

Paper Craft Tips & Tricks share

Hi everyone,

First I just want to say a big 'thank you' for all your support and kind works with my WCMD win! You are all such an encouragement to me. Thank you!

Secondly, I wanted to share a card I have published in Paper Crafts Tips and Tricks special issue. This was such a fun issue to work on and really stretched my creativity! I really enjoyed the whole process, from submitting ideas, to working on the technique squares (for the heat embossing section), 2 heat embossed cards, and a few other cards for other sections of the magazine. And once I got my hands on this issue? Wow! So full of get ideas!

Here's one of my heat embossed cards:

I heat embossed the center panel multiple times and while the embossing powder was still hot I pressed the butterfly into it for a number of seconds to make the impression.

For my heat embossed projects in this issue I used American Crafts Zing! embossing powders. I've also heard good things about the Wow! powders but have yet to try them myself.

A couple of my cards from other sections of this issue were up on the Paper Crafts Connection blog a couple weeks ago and you see can see them HERE and HERE. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah

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Big News!!!

Hi everyone!

I just had to pop in to share some big news with you all! You can see the announcement HERE! I am beyond thrilled and totally humbled to be one of the 4 winners in the LOVE category of Paper Crafts 2012 World Card Making Day Contest! Thank you SO much to the entire Paper Crafts team for this wonderful honour and thank you to all of you who stop by to visit my blog for all of your kind words and encouragement. I appreciate it! Here's a little thank you card for all of you:

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