Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Dies and/or Punches

Hi everyone!

I'm back today for another Simon Says Stamp Challenge!!!

This week's challenge is to use dies and/or punches and the design team is showcasing the wonderful Simon Says Stamp's exclusive dies. If you have some we'd love to see you use them. Otherwise any dies or punches will work. :)

Here's my card using Holiday Shapes and Mod Tree. (I've linked to the dies further down).

Here's what is used to make my card:



I hope you'll join us in this week's challenge! Up for grabs is the usual $50 gift voucher for the Simon Says Stamp store as well as a special prize package of Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Dies!

 

For all the details and to see what the other designers have come up with go HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah

Hero Arts Snowflake Die Card

Hi everyone!

Before I talk about today's card I just wanted to mention that I forgot to post a giveaway for a Simon Says Stamp October Card Kit last week...so, I went ahead a picked a winner from the comments that were left. Surprise!!! :)

The winner is:

Jingle who said...

Another beautiful card! You are rocking this kit!

October 4, 2012 10:35 AM

 Congrats, Jingle! Send me an email through the button on the side bar with your shipping info and I'll pass it on to Heidi and the crew at Simon Says Stamp! :)


Welcome back to Hero Arts week! This week I'm featuring cards made using some new products from my favourite stamp company, Hero Arts! If you missed yesterday's post you can scroll down to see it. :)




ETA: I'm having a little giveaway too!

I've been wanting to do a Hero Arts giveaway this week but have been trying to decide exactly how I wanted to do it. Seeing that I've also just reached 100 followers with my 'new' blog has given me the extra push to figure it out. :) I've decided that on Monday, October 15th I'll post ONE winner who can choose TWO Hero Arts Stamps of their liking (either cling, clear, or 1 of each). I'll order them through Simon Says Stamp and have them sent out to the winner. :) Sound good? All you have to do is leave a comment on one of my Hero Arts posts this week: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday. I would also appreciate it if you followed my blog if you aren't already but I won't make you. ;) All comments left before midnight EST Sunday, October 14th are eligible.

Today's card is a shaped card! I LOVE making shaped cards! This one features Hero Arts new Dotted Snowflake cling stamp, Big and Small Snowflakes dies, Neon Blue dye ink, and Believe clear stamp set.

I LOVE the huge size of the large snowflake. Just right for shaped cards. :)

Tomorrow I have another Christmas card to share. This time for the new Simon Says Stamp Challenge. It does use a sentiment from Hero Arts but isn't really part of my Hero Arts week. ;) Thursday and Friday are all about Hero Arts though. I'll hope you'll be back for all 3 days. :)

Here's what I used to make today's card:

Hero Arts Week!

Hi everyone!

Happy Monday...and Happy Thanksgiving to all of my fellow Canadians! :)

I've decided to do a little something special on my blog this week and dedicate it to my absolute favourite company, Hero Arts! :)



Here are the top ten reasons why I love Hero Arts:

1.  I LOVE their stamps...and love that they create stamps to satisfy a variety of tastes. There's something for everyone. :)

2. They have the most wonderful design team (Jennifer McGuire, Shari Carroll, Lisa Spangler, and many others) who continue to inspire with their work. They are also some of the nicest people I know.

3. They are VERY generous! As a winner of a number of their challenges, a past Day on the Blog Winner, and past Hero Hostess I have been very blessed by their generosity.

4. They have an amazing publication incentive. The best one I've come across.

5. They regularly ask their customers for suggestions for future stamps via the Hero Arts flickr group.

6. The Hero Arts flickr group is one big happy family. LOTS of women. No drama. ;)

7. Their clear stamps are of the best quality, made in the USA from genuine photo-polymer.

8. Hero Arts goes above and beyond to run a 'green' company, doing what they can to protect the environment.

9. I love their coordinating papers, inks, buttons, and gems. They also have dies and embossing folders that work with a number of there stamps. So. Much. Fun. :)
 
10. Hero Arts has partnered up with other fabulous companies (Sizzix, Basic Grey, Studio Calico) to bring us stamps that co-ordinate with products from these companies. 

ETA: I'm having a little giveaway too!

I've been wanting to do a Hero Arts giveaway this week but have been trying to decide exactly how I wanted to do it. Seeing that I've also just reached 100 followers with my 'new' blog has given me the extra push to figure it out. :) I've decided that on Monday, October 15th I'll post ONE winner who can choose TWO Hero Arts Stamps of their liking (either cling, clear, or 1 of each). I'll order them through Simon Says Stamp and have them sent out to the winner. :) Sound good? All you have to do is leave a comment on one of my Hero Arts posts this week: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday. I would also appreciate it if you followed my blog if you aren't already but I won't make you. ;) All comments left before midnight EST Sunday, October 14th are eligible.

Ok, enough typing. ;) Here's a card I had a tonne of fun making using Hero Arts' new Merry Christmas Tree stamp and die-cut set and their new dot swirl embossing folder from the Medallion set. I also used various Hero Arts embellishments which I have linked below.

 Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you'll join me tomorrow for another card featuring Hero Arts.

Sarah :)

Paper Crafts Holiday Cards & More Vol. 7

Hi everyone,

Happy World Card Making Day!!! I'm not sure whether I'll actually get a chance to play today. I have to make a couple of salads for a Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow and also get the house cleans from top to bottom.

 

I thought I'd just pop in to share a card I have published in the current Paper Crafts Holiday Cards & More.

Here it is:

I die cut the nativity with my Silhouette. I also cut out 2 copies of just the outline of it for the card front and back. The nativity scene is adhered to the card front with foam dots.

Thanks for stopping by!

Here's what I used:

Simon Says Stamp October Card Kit: Card #4

Hi everyone,

Thanks for joining me again today! I have one final card to share this week using the Simon Says Stamp October Card Kit.

A few days ago I mentioned that this kit is perfect for so many different occasions: weddings, anniversaries, masculines cards, baby cards, and all occasions cards. Today I'm sharing a sweet and simple baby card made using the kit. Here it is:

This has been such a great kit to work with! Thanks so much to Heidi and Simon Says Stamp for letting me play with it! Thanks to all of you who've stopped by to visit and for you kind comments. I really appreciate it!

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

Simon Says Stamp October Card Kit: Card #3

Hi everyone,

Welcome back! Today I'm sharing another card I made using the Simon Says Stamp October Card Kit.

 

Here it is:

I wanted to embellish one the white satin flowers from the kit for this card. I cut out one of the small flowers from the same patterned paper I used as my background to use as a flower center, adding Liquid Pearls to the very center of it. I also stamped a couple of leaves from the stamp set, cut them out, and added them to the flower as well. 

Thanks for dropping by! Here are the links to the products I used in making this card:

Simon Says Stamp: Glimmer & Sparkle Challenge

Hi everyone,

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

Today's challenge is Glimmer & Sparkle! So make your project SHINE!!! :) The design team is using products from Lindy`s Gang. This is a new-to-me company and I`m so glad to have been introduced to it! For my card I used this spray called Buccaneer Bay. It is absolutely GORGEOUS! A fabulous combination of blue and brown. I love it!

Here`s my card:

The ticket die cut was sprayed with the Buccaneer Bay mist. Once dry I stamped Hero Arts Envelope Liner over top. Here`s the full list of what I used to make this card:



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