Christmas Stamp It card with video tutorial

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week it's all about "Stamp it". Because it's STAMPtember at Simon Says Stamp we're also showcasing one of the products from this release.

Another Christmas card from me, it's actually much too early for me to make Christmas cards at this time. But I got the Inside Christmas Greeting stamp from the STAMPtember release, so that's the reason LOL. I started with the Simon Says Stamp Deco Diamonds background stamp and Gold Gmbossing Powder. With Nuvo Expanding Mousse Worn Linen I've given it a metallic layer, and colored it in a sort of pattern with Nuvo Shimmer Powder Golden Sparkle.

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Shadow Skull Halloween card with video tutorial

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week it's all about "Using a clear element". And we're also showcasing Visible Image products. So if you have any, we would love to see them in your project.

The Skull Shadow mask was my starting point for this card. First I made the background brown with Distress Ink Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain. With Sticky Grid I attached my card to my surface, and then I also stuck down the mask with washi tape. Without the Sticky Grid it would have been a lot harder to keep everything in place and get a nice and clean result from the mask.

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STAMPtember Christmas card

Hi everyone,

It's September and that means it's STAMPtember® at Simon Says Stamp! This is the 10th anniversary, and there are lots of extra's and fun things planned during this month. And today is the STAMPtember® Blog Party! There are lots of gorgeous projects to see that have used products from this amazing STAMPtember® release. So go check it out after reading this post of course :).

And check the special offer below, you can have you're own exclusie 10th Anniversary STAMPtember Apron for FREE! Please read all the details about it below. It's a limited offer!

From the STAMPtember® release I got the Inside Christmas Greetings stamp set to play with. This stamp set has all kind of sentiments that are perfect for inside but also on a Christmas card. I started with the background like I almost always do. I used Opal Magic Paint Blue-Gold and Green-Gold and started building up color. With Infusions and Distress Oxide Broken China.

The way the Infusions looked made me think of Christmas trees, so I stamped the Tree Line stamp on top of it with Archival Ink Jet Black. And I felt there was snow in the air, and I used the Snowflakes stencil with Worn Linen Nuvo Expanding Mousse.

 

On top of a strip of Simple Stories Basic paper I stamped the Inside Christmas Greetings sentiment with VersaMark Ink and used Simon Says Stamp White Embossing Powder. Around the edges I applied Distress Ink Ground Espresso and on top of that I added Bonding Powder that I heated and rubbed Driftwood foil on it. 

   

SUPPLIES:

Simon Says Clear Stamps INSIDE CHRISTMAS GREETINGS sss202028 STAMPtember 2019	Neenah Solar White Cardstock	Prima Flowers OPAL MAGIC BLUE GOLD Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint	Prima Marketing OPAL MAGIC GREEN GOLD Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint 963651	Paper Artsy GREEN MAN Infusions Colored Stain CS18	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad
Versamark Watermark Stamp Ink Pad	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GROUND ESPRESSO Ranger	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayon WALNUT STAIN	Couture Creations DRIFTWOOD MATTE FINISH Heat Activated Foil co726064	Simple Stories Basics 6x6 Paper Pack	Tim Holtz Layering Stencil SNOWFLAKES THS050
Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2015 TREE LINE CMS244	Prima Marketing CLEAR GESSO 8.5 OZ. Art Basics 961466	WOW BONDING POWDER WX01	Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER WHITE Fine Detail	Dylusions Ink Sprays - Black Marble	Tonic WORN LINEN Nuvo Expanding Mousse 1700n
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide BROKEN CHINA	Crafter′s Companion - Extra Strong Tape Runner

And below all the people that made amazing stuff with the new release:

1. Simon Says Stamp blog
2. Barb Engler 
3. Ashley Tucker   
4. Mandy Stacey   
5. Courtney Kreeber
6. Christine Smith   
7. Svitlana Shayevich     
8. Karen Bull           
9. Cathie Cowles     
10. Betty Wright       
11. Michelle Lupton   
12. Gayatri Murali     
13. Lisa Addesa         
14. Debby Hughes   
15. Miriam Prantner 
16. Nina-Marie Trapani     
17. Karin Åkesdotter 
18. Amy Rysavy       
19. Shari Carroll       
20. Leigh Houston 
21. Suzy Plantamura 
22. Bibi Cameron     
23. Vicky Papaioannou     
24. Heather Ruwe     
25. Jennifer McGuire 
26. Keeway Tsao     
27. Kristina Werner   
28. Laura Bassen     
29. Lea Lawson       
30. Amanda Korotkova     
31. Tracie Pond       
32. Yana Smakula
33. Megin Brooks     
34. Caly Person               
35. Debby Yates       
36. Jill Dewey Hawkins            
37. Lin Brandyberry   
38. Rosemary Dennis
39. Heather Hoffman 
40. Lisa Hetrick         
41. Adelle Emery     
42. Laura Tyson       
43. JD Collins           
44. Janette Kausen   
45. Kath Stewart       
46. Lorraine Aquilina      
47. Mindy Eggen       
48. Yoonsun Hur       
49. Jenn Shurkus     
50. Seeka Yang       
51. Maura Hibbitts     
52. Lydia Fielder       
53. Virginia Lu         
54. Jessica Frost-Ballas   
55. Yasmin Diaz       
56. Cathy Zielske     
57. Daniel West       
58. Maria Peters       
59. Keisha Charles   
60. Cheiron Brandon 
61. Crystal Thompson
62. Joy Ott                      
63. Jeff Lindberg       
64. Tammy Stark       
65. Pam Torkelson   
66. Susan R. Opel        
67. Preeti Chandran 
68. Jan Tinklenberg 
69. Marcea Watkins 
70. Lisa Tilson         
71. Nichol Spohr       
72. Penny Ward       
73. Sandra Mouwen 
74. Sidnie Des Jardins     
75. Michelle Short     
76. Desiree Kuemmerle     
77. Amber Rain Davis
78. Emma Williams 
79. Bobbi Lemanski 
80. Tina Smith 
81. Veronica Zalis 
82. Michelle Peckham 
83. Vera Wirianta Yates 
84. Michelle Murray   
85. Misty Elam 
86. Meihsia Liu   

Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!

Hugs,
Sandra

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S is for Scary card

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week it's all about "S is for...".

Of course I had to come up with an S that had to do with Halloween. And fortunately that wasn't so difficult. I started with the background using the Halloween Collage Paper, and I applied Clear Gesso over it. That works better to apply color like Infusions and Nuvo Shimmer Powder. But first I used different stamps from the Undertaker to fill in the white spaces. Then I added some texture with the Bubble stencil and Texture Paste that I made black with Distress Paint Black Soot.

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Halloween ATC with video tutorial

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week it's all about "ATC's" short for Artist Trading Cards.

Yes, it's Halloween season! My favorite topic for creating projects and this week I made an ATC. I cut this out of thin corrugated cardboard, because I was going to make it dimensionally. I started with Clear Gessso, to ensure that the colors mix even more than normal. For the first layer of colors I used Distress Ink Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge and Black Soot. I was surprised that Spiced Marmalade and Rusty Hinge became yellowish. I really wanted to go for a deep orange with a black background, and that's why I added Infusies Orange County and Nuvo Shimmer Powder Storm Cloud.

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Midsummer Blues card with video tutorial

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week it's all about "Midsummer Blues".

For this card I used a lot of shades of blue, such as Distress Ink Mermaid Lagoon, Broken China and Faded Jeans and Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers, Stormy Sky and Faded Jeans. And of course a little brown for the vintage look, and it had to be Distress Ink Ground Espresso, my favorite brown of all time. Although this technique takes more time to give color to a complete background, I like it so much more because you are more in control than with the Distress Sprays. I don't know how to handle sprays properly, I guess. My spraying results are not pretty at all.

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Simon Says Stamp Birthday card with video tutorial

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week it's all about "Happy Birthday". It's our 9th anniversary of the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, and we're showcasing Simon Says Stamp exclusive products! So if you have any, please use them in your projects.

It has been 9 years since this challenge was founded! And that is reason for a birthday party! I made a grungy birthday card to celebrate. I started with Distress Oxide Spray and Distress Spray Stain. A quick way to create a background with lots of color. A bit of a messy way, but that's okay. After everything was dry I applied some shimmer with Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls Spray and the Simon Says Stamp Diamon Circles stencil.

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