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Simon Says Stamp January Card Kit | Love You Card

Happy Saturday stamping friends!

The January 2014 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit, Loved, is now available HERE and as always it is such a fun, great kit filled with lots of loved themed goodness!

You can pick up the January 2014 card kit HERE for just $24.95 + shipping. Or if you’d like to receive this kit and future kits for only $19.95 + shipping per month, you can SUBSCRIBE HERE. When you subscribe you will receive kits delivered to your door automatically!

I knew when I opened the kit that I had to stamp and color the adorable monster in the kit straight away!

 

 

I used the new SSS Postage Stamp Edge Dies to die cut the vellum from the kit. I used the second largest frame. Then I trimmed one of the 6x6 patterned papers to fit on top. I stamped a greeting from the stamp set near the bottom of the patterened paper and stamped the cute little three-eyed monster on white cardstock and colored it in with colored pencils, blending with Gamsol.

I cut the monster out and glued googly eyes to him for a bit of fun.

I stamped the balloon strings using the SSS Black Ink and adhered the monster to the card.

Next I stamped the balloons using blue and pink inks and added glitter marker over each for sparkle.

I cut the balloons out and popped them up with foam adhesive. Gemstones from the kit complete this fun card!

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Simon Says Stamp has generously offered me the opportunity to give a January 2013 Card Kit away to one lucky recipient!

Please leave a comment on this blog post in the "Comments" section below today's post by Thursday, December 21, 2013, 11:59 p.m. CST for a chance to win this amazing kit! 

Thanks for stopping by!

p.s. The winner of the Simon Says Stamp $25 Gift Voucher from the Valentine's Release Blog Hop is: Paula Morfitt! Congratulations Paula!!!

True Scrap 5 A La Carte Classes Now Available + New Lawn Fawn @SimonSaysStamp

If you have been enjoying the project shares over the past few days showcasing the newest Lawn Fawn products, then you will be excited to know that Simon Says Stamp has them in stock! Whoot!

Click any of the images below to go add them to your shopping cart!

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What did I create with the new stamps and dies?

Here are some links to my latest projects:

• Lawn Fawn Science of Love Card
• Lawn Fawn Handmade Cards 2011 Layout (featuring Quinn's & 123's)
• Lawn Fawn On the Mend Card
• Lawn Fawn Quinn's ABC's & 123's Layout (School Layout)
• Lawn Fawn Love You Tons Card

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Earlier this week the True Scrap 5 Individual classes went on sale!

I created a new banner this morning showing almost all the sneaks of all the projects from my class. You will get to see the creation of six all new layouts, exclusive to TS5 as well as Project Life cards.

Class Description:

"Do you see the current stamping, mixed media and art journal ideas and techniques and want to try them on your scrapbook pages but don’t know where to start or how to use these concepts in a way that works for us traditional scrapbookers? Join Nichol Magouirk in “Stamp It Up A Notch” where she will teach you how to incorporate the latest and greatest mixed media trends (think gesso, paper dolls, gelatos, ink splatters, watercoloring and more!) for your traditional scrapbook page layouts. She’ll help you keep true to your memory-keeping while playing with some of the hottest products and techniques around."

Click the banner below to purchase any of the True Scrap 5 classes for only $9.99 through Christmas!

Purchase only the classes you want. Get immediate access to over 20 hours of video instruction.

Watch from the comfort of your own home!

And at $9.99 each FOR A LIMITED TIME (through Christmas!!!), these are a bargain.

Get ‘em while they’re hot, before the price increases!

Click HERE (of the banner above or in the sidebar) to purchase any of the TS5 individual classes.

More soon! I'm out the door to my daughter's basketball game....

Have a good one!

 

Lawn Fawn Love You Tons

It's time for another project share during Lawn Fawn's December Inspiration Week! Today the Design Team is showcasing the Love You Tons Stamp Set and coordinating dies!

This new stamp set may be small but it is mighty! I used every single one of the stamps on my card. Some more than once! ;)

 

I thought a cute little stack or tower of elephants would be fun and I also thought it might be nice to use some of my 6x6 patterned paper in my collection! A nice break from coloring!

I used a 6x6 Doodlebug paper pad from last year. Many of the designs are tiny which works perfectly for what I wanted for these cute lil' elephants! I stamped the elephants on the patterned paper and fussy cut them. Then I stamped the images again on white cardstock and cut them out with the coordinating die. I adhered the fussy cut elephant to the die cut one and created a tower on my card.

Instead of adhering that second to last elephant, I placed the die on my card front and die cut the shape from the card to create a "window". I did need to run it through twice to get through all 4 layers. Then I adhered this cute elephant to the inside of the card.

I finished off the inside of the card with the greeting and some small stamped hearts! I love when the inside of the card is as pretty as the outside!

I finished the card with a stamped and die cut word bubble from Into The Woods Stamp Set and some small stamped hearts adorned with the Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Marker!

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• Doodlebug Lovebirds 6x6 Paper Pad

• Lawn Fawn Science of Love Card
• Lawn Fawn Handmade Cards 2011 Layout (featuring Quinn's & 123's)
• Lawn Fawn On the Mend Card
• Lawn Fawn Quinn's ABC's & 123's Layout (School Layout)

Be sure to check out all the Lawn Fawn Design Team's projects featuring On the Mend, Quinn's ABC's and 123's dies HERE.

We'll see you tomorrow for another LF card share!

Lawn Fawn On the Mend + Quinn's & 123's Dies

***This is 1 of 2 blog posts today. If you're looking for the December Studio AE Blog Hop, click HERE.***

Today the Lawn Fawn Design Team is showcasing the brand new On the Mend, Quinn's ABC's and 123's dies. I love when LF brings out coordinating dies for older stamp sets!

For my first share today, I have a brand new layout using Quinn's Capital ABC's and 123's....

and Critters in the Forest ..... and A Good Apple ..... and Flying By .... and Quinn's abc's .... and Science of Love ..... and Hats Off To You and .... On the Mend .... Lucky Stars.... and even a little sneak peek for CHA! ;)

Whew! Perhaps I went a bit overboard but once I got started with all these cute images I couldn't stop! And I love creating little collaged scenes like this!!!

I like to create a collage style page for each school year in my kid's school albums and this is last year's layout for my youngest son's book. I am escatic about the coordinating dies for Quinn's ABC's and 123's. You might remember THIS layout I created for my Christmas Cards From Friends & Family Album. I used the dies for that layout as well. There is no way I would fussy cut all these letters and numbers but with dies it makes it easy and FUN!

I die cut, stamped and colored all the images with Copics. I created the chalkboard with actual black paper from the LF Peace Joy Love Collection and stamped on the "blackboard" with Unicorn White Ink for a realistic effect. I used a Kerri Bradford digital die cut (On the Edge) to create the notebook edge on the Peace Joy Love paper. In fact all the paper on this layout is from the LF Peace Joy Love Collection. Christmas paper on a school layout.... and you can't even tell! Yay!

The photo collage is also Kerri Bradord from her Storyboard #3 Kit.

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I also created a card showcasing the new new On the Mend Dies! This has always been one of my most favorite stamp sets, perfect to send to someone who is sick or had surgery, etc. This card is going to a dear friend's daughter! I hope the fun little rainbow of color makes her (and her mom) smile!

I colored the bandaids in with these Copics, then added detail with a black Sakura marker (for the eyes), a white Sakura markers (for the dots) and brushed over the top of each with the Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Marker. I popped each of the bandaids up with foam adhesive, leaving room for my greeting between the last two bandaids!

I thought these little guys needed rosy cheeks!

The black and white background of my card was created by covering a piece of cardstock with Washi Tape! I love making my own "patterned paper" with Washi tape is I don't have exactly what I'm looking for in my stash!

The hearts and die is from the Science of Love Stamp Set. I stamped each and used Glossy Accents to give the hearts some dimension and to secure the coordinating rhinestone to each.

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• Black & White Striped Washi Tape

• Lawn Fawn Science of Love Card
• Lawn Fawn Handmade Cards 2011 Layout (featuring Quinn's & 123's)

Be sure to check out all the Lawn Fawn Design Team's projects featuring On the Mend, Quinn's ABC's and 123's dies HERE.

We'll see you tomorrow for another LF card share!

December Studio AE Blog Hop from Technique Tuesday

***This is 1 of 2 blog posts today. For the Lawn Fawn Quinn's ABC's & 123's and On the Mend Dies, click HERE.***

Hello stampers! 

Today I'm excited to be sharing a new love themed card featuring Great Memory by Ali Edwards, the Studio AE stamp set for December.

This is one of those stamp sets that will get lots of mileage in my craft room. Not only is it perfect for Project Life and scrapbook page layouts, but several of the tabs make fantastic sentiments for cards!

I've been working on some love-themed and Valentine's projects here of late and so I thought it might be fun to show how quickly I was able to make a sweet card using this month's stamp set plus a couple of Ali's other stamp sets! 

FYI: Ignore the fact that with my love-themed card I used Candy Cane Kisses for props. That's what I had and colorwise they looked good! ha!

 

I tried several different ink colors and even some embossing before settling on basic black ink for my greeting. The crisp black makes the greeting legible and is a nice contrast to the reds/pinks of the rest of the card.

 

To create the look of "falling hearts" I used a couple of different sized hearts from Ali's stamp sets (linked below) and used 2nd and 3rd generation stamping to get the nice gradient of color. Believe it or not this is just ONE color of ink! Hero Arts Neon Red. It is yummy!

For the hearts stamped with 1st generation of ink, I colored in the hearts with the Wink of Stella Clear Markers and adorned each with a tiny clear gemstone.

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Be sure to check the blogs of all taking part in the Blog Hop today:

• Ali

• Daniela

• Nichol

• Laura

• Sharyn

• Teri

We’ll give away a prize:

We are going to give away one $25 gift certificate to someone who comments during the hop. To be eligible to win, all you need to do is comment on any of our blog posts!  The lucky winner announced on the 15^th on the Technique Tuesday blog.  

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Lawn Fawn | Science of Love Card + TS5 Individual Classes Available for Purchase!

It's time for another Lawn Fawn Inspiration Week and today the Lawn Fawn Design Team is showcasing projects using the brand new Science of Love Stamp Set and coordinating dies!

This is the cutest set perfect for Valentine's or anytime! I used my favorite Simon Says Stamp Falling Hearts Stencil and embossing paste to create the heart background of my card, sprinkling on light pink embossing powder before the paste dried and then sitting it to the side and heating the embossing powder once the paste had hardened (approx. 15 min. or so).

 

I stamped and colored the sweet little nerdie birdies with Copic Markers.

I used the branch from the Winter Sparrows Stamp Set and stamped it with SSS Dark Chocolate Ink, then die cut the branches using the coordinating die.

The pink and white twine "tied" between the twigs makes the perfect spot for the little girl birdie to sit!

I had to use my favorite Wink of Stella marker to make the stamped and die cut hearts and birds have a bit of sparkle and shine! Glossy Accents makes the eyeglasses on both birds POP! 

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Be sure to check out all the amazing projects the Design Team has created using the Science of Love Stamps & Dies HERE!

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For those of you who have been patiently awaiting the sale of the True Scrap 5 Individual Classes, I am happy to report that you can purchase each of the TS5 Classes individually starting TODAY! Whoot!

 Purchase only the classes you want. Get immediate access to over 20 hours of video instruction. Watch from the comfort of your own home! And at $9.99 each FOR A LIMITED TIME (through Christmas!!!), these are a bargain.

Get ‘em while they’re hot, before the price increases!

Click HERE (of the banner above or in the sidebar) to purchase any of the TS5 individual classes.

 

Simon Says Stamp (Floating Hearts Die) | How Sweet It Is Card

The 2014 Valentine's Release from Simon Says Stamp is ah-mazing! Did you check out the blog hop yesterday? If you'd like to start at the beginning, click HERE.

Today I have another new card share featuring the brand new Floating Hearts Die, SSS/Mama Elephant Filled with Love Stamp Set and new Simon Says Stamp Cardstocks!

When I opened up the Floating Hearts Die I immediately saw not the postive space of with the lines and hearts but that wonderful negative space between each section and immediately thought how fun it would be to "fill" each space with different colors of cardstock for a rainbow effect (one of my all-time favorites!). What could be better than filling each space with the new colors of Simon Says Stamp cardstock?!!!!

To create my card I cut the die nine times using Neenah White, SSS Lipstick Red, SSS Orange Peel, SSS Sunshine, SSS Green Apple, SSS Sea Glass, SSS Island Blue, SSS Blue Violet and SSS Black cardstocks. The die cut piece fits the front of a standard card perfectly! I adhered the white piece to a white card base and simply filled in with the negative space left from die cutting each of the other colors! 

Originally I had thought to cut the hearts from those leftover pieces and adhere them directly over the white hearts however I bumped my project as I was laying them out and they all shifted slightly and I decided that I like how they looked offset from the background even better!

I adhered each heart slightly "off" from the background and applied a thin layer of Glossy Accents to each. Before the Glossy Accents dried, I added a Doodlebug gemstone from my stash to each heart.

To finish my card I used some Stampin' Up Markers to color in the banner greeting from the SSS/Mama Elephant Filled With Love Stamp Set. I love the multi-color greeting that perfectly compliments the rest of the card!

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• Stampin' Up Markers: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Elegant Eggplant, Basic Black
• Doodlebug gemstones

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• Simon Says Stamp 2014 Valentine's Blog Hop Card - Everyday With You Is Amazing

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a fantastic weekend!

Simon Says Stamp Valentine's 2014 Blog Hop

 

 I am so super excited to be blog hopping today showcasing the Simon Says Stamp Valentine's 2014 Release! If you follow my blog you probably already are aware of my affinity for all things heart related and how I love Valetine's decorating and crafting! Oh who am I kidding, I love all seasonal decorating and crafting! I'm a sucker for hearts + red + pink + anything stamp and die related!

Today I have a card share for you featuring the brand spankin' new Falling Hearts Stencil, Heart Rainfall Craft Die, Objects of Love Stamp Set and Perfect Love Stamp Set.

I used embossing paste with the stencil for the white on white heart background and colored pencils to color in the typewriter. I used the brand new Simon Says Stamp Inks to stamp my greeting and finished the design with additional die cutting. 

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Be sure to check out the entire 2014 Valentine's Release HERE!

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Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a $25 GC to the Simon store to one commenter on every blog in the hop.

That's 16 different chances to win!

 

The giveaways for the GC's will close at 6:00pm EST on Thursday December 12, 2013.

 

The next stop on the hop is the fabulously talented....

Laura Bassen!!!!

 

Come back tomorrow for another card share showcasing the Simon Says Stamp Valentine's 2014 Release!!!

 

Mama Elephant | Designer Series Confetti

Hello! Hope everyone survived the big weekend shopping craziness! I was able to cross quite a few things off my gift list without ever leaving home. Yay me! ;)

Today I'm sharing a fun idea on creating a single layer stamped card with matching envelope using the awesome Confetti Stamp Set with some Fair Feathers thrown in just for fun (and because those feathers are my favorite!). 

The Confetti Stamp Set is an incredible set of phrases and images perfect not only for adorning the envelopes that we send our beautifully stamped handmade cards in but you can use the images to stamp the cards as well! I love stamp sets that make stamping the envelopes just as fun as creating the cards!

I have a quick video for you today showing how I made my card/envelope set:

 

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Thanks for stopping by!

 

Cyber Monday Sales

If you're wanting to take advantage of some pretty amazing offers, today's the last day for the following great deals!

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Craftsy Yarn and Fabric sale up to 80% off from 11/27-12/2!
Craftsy has brilliant savings on the craft supplies you want! With up to 80% off yarn and 65% off fabric, get the best prices of the year while you can.

Craftsy Class Sale up to 66% off from 11/29-12/2!
Craftsy has brilliant savings for a limited time only! All their online classes are on sale for $19.99 or less. With classes priced up to 66% off, now is a great time to get the classes you've been eyeing all year! Craftsy classes also make a great gift, so do some holiday shopping for the crafter in your life. 

 

Craftsy Gift Cards are the perfect gift this holiday season!

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True Scrap Pocket Pages is coming on January 25!!!

 

This one-day live, virtual event will offer new and experienced pocket scrapbookers the information and inspiration they need to use the pocket scrapbooking/Project Life format to capture their memories. With sponsors like Simple Stories, Project Life, Gossamer Blue and Studio Calico, it's going to be an incredible event. You can find out more about the event HERE.

 

Lain is offering a HUGE Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend special for pre-registration for this event: $100 off the regular registration of $147! This special will be offered to those who have signed up for our "More info" list so be sure to sign up HERE.

 

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BLACK FRIDAY OFFER DETAILS:
Offer: Stella & Dot - Get and extra 25% off all sale items 11/26 thru 11/2
Start Date: TODAY - 11/26/2013
End Date: 12/02/2013
Coupn Code: No coupon needed
Details: Get an extra 25% off all sale items. Offer expires on 12/2. No coupon code required.

 

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Some of my favorite go-to Therm O Web Products that would make fantastic stocking stuffers for the Paper Crafter in your life! I picked up my fav's this morning during this fantastic sale!!!!

 

(The icraft tape was used for THIS card and the Glitter Dust on THIS card. There are videos for both, too, if you're wanting to see these products in action!)

 

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And I don't want to leave you sewers and quilters out! Therm O Web makes some fantastic sewing adhesive products too! Here are my fav's!

 

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Two Peas in a Bucket is having a....

The free shipping promotional code for November is:  YZ0XGG (That's a zero!)

The free shipping promotional code for December is:  JMJNPS

 

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Today is the LAST day to save 25% site-wide (excluding brand new November products) using coupon code MFTTHANKU at checkout.

Here's just a few of my favorite things and FYI look to see a lot of these in new projects here on my blog soon!!!!

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