Simon Says Stamp Masculine/ Father's Day Challenge

Hi everyone!

Welcome back for another Simon Says Stamp Challenge!

This week's challenge is a Masculine/ Father's Day Challenge! The design team is featuring product from the one and only Tim Holtz!

I decided to make a masculine birthday card using three different Tim Holtz products (a stamp, embossing folder, and die):

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

You're So Amazing Card: Cards for Maddy

Hi everyone!

I'm popping in real quick to let you know about a card drive going on for a special girl named Maddy (in case you haven't heard about it yet). You might remember that Simon Says Stamp had a card drive for her back in July of 2012. Here is a recent post about Maddy and her battle with cancer. You can find the details about the current card drive HERE and learn how you could win a $100 Simon Says Stamp gift voucher in the process of bringing Maddy some sunshine. I hope you`ll send a card to a sweet girl who could really use some encouragement right now.

Here's the card I plan on sending in this week:

Thanks so much for visiting. I hope you'll make a card for this special girl or go through your stash of cards and find something you could send.

Have a great week,
Sarah

Simon Says Stamp Summer Release Blog Hop!! ...and a GIVEAWAY!

Hi everyone!

Welcome to the Simon Says Stamp Summer Release Blog Hop! (You should be arriving from the super sweet Lorraine (Lols) Aquilina's blog). I am so excited to be participating! Simon and his crew of talent have hit it out of the ball park with this release!


Wowzers, right!?!? Lots of new favourites for me and I used just a few of them for today's hop. :)

Let's get started... I LOVE this little skunk and just had to make 'her' all pink and flowery. I thought the Sunshine die behind her (cut out of the note card and backed with patterned paper) helped draw the eye to the sweet little stinker. ;)

Supplies:


For this next card I used the new Simon Says Stamp Flat Bottom Clouds die to cut out a rainbow of colors. I thought they looked like fun funky scallops when placed upside down... and the sentiment is a combination of two from the new Inside and Out Sayings stamp set.

Supplies:


My final card uses possibly my very favourite item from this new release, the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Full Card Hexagons die. A few days before these goodies found their way to my house I came across THIS BLOG POST with these pictures...

 

...and I was totally inspired to make this:

I used the Two Tier Folded Banner die, but shortened it to make a one tier banner.

Supplies:



We all know a Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop just isn't a blog hop without a giveaway! Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a grab bag filled with stamps, papers, and embellishments to one randomly selected commenter on every blog in the hop! You have until Thursday, June 6th at 9:00 pm to enter. Winners will be announced on the Simon Says Stamp blog Friday, June 7th.

Thanks for stopping by! Your next stop is the talented Jo Nevill's blog. If you come across any broken links along the hop you can find the full list of participants at the Simon Says Stamp blog. Happy hopping!

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge

Hi everyone,

Welcome back for another Simon Says Stamp Challenge!

This week's challenge is fan favourite Anything Goes! The design team is showcasing Bottle Cap Inc and/or Authentique.

Here's my card using some Authentique Peaceful papers:

I thought I'd take this more elegant/neutral paper pad and make something fun for a little boy. :)

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

My Favorite Things

Hi everyone,

I'm stopping by today to share a new opportunity I have. I was contacted by Kim van der Sanden, owner of My Favorite Things, with the offer of being part of their affiliate program. Of course I jumped at the chance of promoting their fabulous stamps, dies, and embellishments. The logo below can also be found on my side bar and that one will take you to their online store and earn me a little commission in any sales made through it. ;)

Here are a couple of cards I've made recently using some versatile dies from My Favorite Things. The Fishtail Flag Stax has been a favourite set of mine and gets lots of great use. 

Here I used the Fishtail Flags along with My Favorite Things Chevron Stripes die for a card for a past Simon Says Stamp Challenge:

Fishtail Flags Stax and Chevron Stripes Dies:

After Kim contacted me I couldn't help but head over to My Favorite Things and stock up on some more goodies to play with. Here's what I picked up (I love that you can buy coordinating stamps and dies together or separately):

Here are some other fabulous products from My Favorite Things that have made it onto my wishlist (I'm not sure why some of the pictures aren't showing up. Sorry about that):

If you're into coloring they have great images for that too! 

I'm happy to say that most of these great products can also be found at Simon Says Stamp! Yay!

Thanks so much for stopping by and for showing your support through your sweet comments and through shopping through my affiliate links! I really appreciate both! I'm hoping to order some more My Favorite Things goodies in the near future and will have to pick up a few things for a giveaway. ;) 

Sarah

Simon Says Stamp Take a Pic Challenge (& SSS June Card Kit Winner)

Hi everyone,

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

This week's challenge is: Take a Pic! :) Anything about cameras or photographs will fit the bill.

Here's my card using the super fun Smile background stamp from Hero Arts. I had fun coloring all those little cameras. :)

Here's my supply list:

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.

Before I go I wanted to announce the winner of the Simon Says Stamp June Card Kit: Something Awesome.

The winner is...

Martha Green who said...
Fun card - I like that!

May 18, 2013 at 6:27 PM

Congrats, Martha! Please email me with your shipping info so I can pass it on to Simon Says Stamp! Thanks so much for the great giveaway, Heidi! :)
 
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah

You Are Amazing! (Simon Says Stamp June Card Kit)

Hi everyone!

I'm back with another card using the  Simon Says Stamp June Card Kit: Something Awesome! I'm getting lots of great masculine cards out of this kit (and some feminine ones too)! :)

For today's card I used another great element from the Basic Grey Hipster Snippets 4x6 pad. I loved this fun guy in glasses peeking up over the edge of the paper. I added a strip of red patterned paper to the left side, rounded the edges, and stamped my sentiment in the thought bubble. I topped it off with one of the wonderful Thank You Wooden Flags from Jillibean Soup. Before adding this panel to my card base I added a strip of the fun Freckled Fawn Tiny Mustache washi tape.

Here's my card:

Supplies:


Just a reminder that sweet Heidi, owner of Simon Says Stamp, has given me an extra June Card Kit to give away! Just leave a comment on any of my card kit posts (this is my fourth and final before the giveaway ends) by Tuesday, May 21st at midnight EST and I'll post the winner on Wednesday, May 22nd!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah