Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Simon Says ,,,,,, Use Dawny’s Sketch

Hi all :-) This is a long post so get coffee :-)

First of all, thanks for all your entries to our food and drink challenge :-) I hope you all join us this week too !!!


Before moving on to this weeks challenge we need you to cancel all your plans for next week, all leave is cancelled !! ha ha We need you all here to join us on a
HUGE Stamp-tember Blog Hop and Treasure Hunt !!




For the second year in a row the Simon Says Stamp and Show & the Simon Says Stamp Challenge are joining forces to celebrate the approaching fall and winter holidays. Be sure to come back on August 31st, (MN Ohio Time, 6 pm CET ) to start the hop. It will run through to September 5th. Simon Says Stamp is offering a FANTASTIC GRAND PRIZE , and there will be other opportunities to win some hidden treasure too ! So make a note in your diaries and make sure you are here to join in the FUN !! :-)


This week Dawny P has made us a fabulous sketch to follow, thanks Dawny xx You may rotate/flip the sketch as you like but the original sketch must be 'there' to see :-)




As usual Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 voucher to her FANTASTIC Simon Says Stamp Superstore !! For fabulous tutorials, inspiration and candy you should keep an eye on the Simon Says Stamp Blog too Heidi and her staff have recently from the CHA and have ordered loads of THE hottest new products. Keep an eye on the All New Just In Pages there are sure to be lots of fab new goodies arriving right now !!



The DT are showcasing Lawn Fawn Stamps this week and if you have them we would like to see them, but you don't HAVE to to join in :-)



For my card I used a few stamps from the Lawn FawnJust My Type’ set, very little colouring with ‘C 00, C o1 and Co3 Copics. I stamped the image twice, coloured and cut one out and then layered with pop dots. I inked the edges with Tumbled Glass Distress ink and added some glossy accents to the dial. The papers are Echo Park from the ‘Walk In the Park’ pack, I thought the swirly design ‘echoed’ the twirly cable !! :-) I added a few dots of Star Dust Stickles to a few of the dots on the spotty paper,, as you know stickles are mandatory on my cards !! LOVE STICKLES !! The curly flex edging was made using a die that I bought at the NEC and I used a Martha Stewart scalloped border punch too. The sentiments and little thumb tack are all from the same Lawn Fawn set and I added a Flattened Chrome cap with a Vintage Typewriter Image and topped with an Epoxy Dot. I do love these Bottle Inc products ,, fab embellies :-)

I finished with a couple of Stamping Bella ‘Coal’ dots, the one I have linked to is 10mm but the ones I used are 5mm, the smaller ones will be back in stock soon. I love these ,, they are slightly glittery and I think are really cool embellies especially for masculine cards ,,, and being a Coal Miner’s daughter I HAD to have them Smile





Thanks for looking , Sarah, our fabulous Designer in the Spotlight and the DT have all made some amazing cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see them Smile

Don't forget that we still have the Children's Challenge running too. That one finishes next Monday so there is still a few days to let your kids loose in your crafty corners :-)

Challenges :


Craft Us Crazy ,,,,, Anything Goes

Crafty Ann’s ,,,,, Scallops and/or fancy borders