Simon Says Stamp’s Challenge Blog Celebrates their 3rd Birthday ,,, :-)

This week we are celebrating our 3rd Birthday! This calls for a party and of course you all are invited! In honor to really celebrate we will be having extra prizes at Simon Says Stamp and a special sale for followers of this challenge only, be sure to check out below for details!

FIRST PRIZE
a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore


(the first number picked by the random generator)

The next 3 numbers drawn will each win: Simon Says Stamp Card Kit of the Month MAY 2012 YOU CAN DO ANYTHING

That is not all !! EVERYONE will get a gift this week too !! It is time to reward all of our lovely followers and supporters who join us week after week :-)

Beginning today, May 2nd at 12:00 EST and ending Friday, May 4th at 11:59 EST you can receive 10% off all your purchases by entering the code bbsim1

When you go to check out, enter the promotion code at the bottom of the page that says "Billing & Shipping" at the top. There will be a box for you to enter your promotion code which will automatically deduct this amount from your total upon check out

We're so proud of our amazing team, please be sure to check out everyone's fantastic Birthday themed inspiration this week!
GD Dora
Lols thats me :-)
Chris
Jo
Domi
Debby
Heather
Christine
Mandy
Dawny P
Melissa
Marcea
Becca
Joy

we all really appreciate your comments so if you find some time to spare please pop around to everyone :-)

For my card I just had to play with my new Silhouette Cameo machine and made a cupcake shaped card :-) ,, and it does stand up,,, but I wouldn’t place it in a draught ,,,, :-) The cupcake design is from the Silhouette online store and I copied, flipped and welded to make it foldable. I used Neenah Desert Storm paper for the cupcake base, I stamped this with a Hero Arts Cling Dots stamp and Hero Hues Latte Chalk Ink and then scored lines to create texture.I used Kaiser Crafts paper for the topping, I embossed this with a Sizzix Swirl folder and then glittered all the raised bits with pink glitter. I coloured the swirly icing yellow and added glitter ,, my goodness this is sparkly ,,, and then I glittered a Monarch butterfly too,, even the No 3 s glittered ,,, too much glitter ya think ??? nah ,,,, :-) I added some Brittania Card Candi , some pink/white stripe ribbon, a button from my stash and I finished with twine.

Thanks for looking :-) Dora and the DT have all made some gorgeous creations for you to see this week so please pop over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see them ! :-)

Challenges :

Craft Your Passion ,,, Lots of Texture

The Squirrel and the Fox ,,,,, Food

Craft Your Days Away ,,,, Just for Children

Crafty Emma Candy and Cupcakes

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Anything Goes on the PTW :-)

Hi all, I hope you’re all fit and well:-)

another Tuesday already and time for a new theme over on the Papertake Weekly Challenge :-)

ANYTHING GOES ,, with the optional extra of using lace :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely girls over at Lili of the Valley so a fab £10 voucher to the store for one lucky player :-)

For my card I used this yummy Lots of Cupcake image, stamped on Neenah card with Memento ink and coloured with Copics. The papers are from a Victoria Gardens pack from Echo Park. I added some pink lace, white twine, a brad from American Crafts, a ribbon slider and some pink gems. I stitched all the edges, added glossy acents on the cherries and added oodles of star dust stickles on the icing :-)

Thanks for looking :-), our fab GD’s for this month, Hazel and Jane and the DT have made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the PTW to see them ! :-)

Challenges :

Creative Mondays ,,,, Anything Goes

Lollipop Crafts ,,,,, Anything Goes

Crafty Emma ,,, Candy and Cupcakes

Glitter Geeks ,,,, Stitches

Creative Card Crew ,,,, Ribbon

Creative Craft ,,,,, Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesday ,,,, 2 or more ribbons

Bella’s Birthday :-)

Hi all :-) I am back with another card using one of the gorgeous new stamps from the Wild Rose Studio :-) This one is called Bella’s Birthday, isn’t she CUTE !! :-)

I followed the fab layout on the Sketch Saturday Challenge, thanks Jo :-)

I stamped the image twice onto neenah card using memento ink, coloured with copics, paper pieced the present and layered the balloon and bow, popping these up on pop dots. I used Bella’s Papers and purple SU card for layering, for one of the panels I used plain white card embossed with a Swiss Dots folder and some yellow mesh that I have had in a drawer for ages. I added faux stitching, a heart swirl and some flowers that were a gift from Debby, some yellow ribbon and a few Card Candi dots. the sentiment is from a WRS Greetings Set and I added the compulsory star dust stickles for sparkle :-)

I would like to welcome my new teamies, Kate aka Downright Crafty and Vicky aka Vixx Handmade Cards to the Wild Rose Studio Design Team :-) Congratulations girls xx

Thanks for looking :-) I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Challenges :

Sketch Saturday ,,,, Sketch

Sentimental Sundays ,,,, Cards for Kids

Craft Your Days Away ,,,, Just for Children

Crazy 4 Challenges ,,,, Paper Piecing

Stamp Scrap and Doodle ,,,, Birthday

Crafts and Me ,,,, Embossing

eek ,,, midway reminder for the House Mouse ‘Grab some Tea for an Anything Goes Challenge :-)

Hi all :-) did you have a nice weekend ?? I hope so :-) I had a nice time experimenting with my Silhouette Cameo machine, I didn’t make very much but I was learning how to use it and I just LOVE it ,,, my new bestest friend ,,, :-)

Tea and Sympathy ,,,for our Anything Goes Challenge :-)

To join us on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge you must use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie image :-)

I used this very cute ‘Color Me Better’ image, coloured with copics and I inked the edges with Vintage Photo DI. I used paper from Karen Foster and 7 Gypsies, a Martha Stewart border punch, some Hero Arts ribbon and a few Robins Nest Dew Drops. The sentiment is from LOTV and I finished with Star Dust Stickles :-)

My sister fell off her bike and broke a bone in her foot so she is now off work and having to put her feet up so I made this card for her ,,,

Next up is a Tea Bag Dispenser that I made using the Silhouette Cameo machine.

I downloaded the design , cut it out, stuck it together, I used a Tim Holtz Typeset Alphabet die to cut ‘TEA’ and stuck those on the front using glossy accents, I added a TH Hitch Fastener to the top to make the lid handle,, simples ,,, :-)

We are sponsored by House Mouse Designs so a fab $25 gift certificate on offer

AND

Pizzazz Aplenty will be giving away a fab pack of embellies worth $10 ! :-)

Thanks for looking :-) Please visit the HM&F Challenge blog to see what my fellow meece sisters have made too ,,, sooo cute !!

Challenges :

Come and Get It,,, Anything But a Card

Crafty Ann’s ,,,, Stitching

Crafty Catz ,,,, Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks ,,, No Stamping ( on the tea dispenser)

C.R.A.F.T ,,,, Animals

Craft Us Crazy ,,, Fave Stamp Company ,,,,,

Cute Card Thursday ,,,, Animal

Crafting For All Seasons ,,, Anything But a Card

Top Tip Tuesday ,,,,, Anything But a Card ( thanks Samantha :-))

Saturated Colours on the Totally Papercrafts ..

OK ,, time to get out your shades ,,,, Caroline has chosen the theme this week ,,,,

SATURATED COLOURS ! :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely Krista Smith aka Saturated Canary so the theme is really fitting eh ! :-)

All the DT were given a choice of image and I chose this very cute Party Hardy , isn’t she cute ! :-)

I printed the image twice, coloured her with copics and inked the edges with Spun Sugar DI. I cut her out, leaving the banner and her legs in the background. The papers are from a Bo Bunny Ambrosia pack and I used purple SU card ( from Mandi) for layering. I used a Grand Calibur, Grand Circle and Grand Scalloped to cut her out. I used my Silhouette Cameo machine to cut out the banner , coloured them with copics and stamped designs on them to funky them up a bit ,, :-) I added oodles of star dust stickles, some pink vintage tape from The Ribbon Girl, to finish I cut out the star with a MFT Stacking Stars die, coloured with a copic and then sprinkled with yellow glitter.

Krista will be giving one lucky entrant a choice of 2 fab digi images !! :-)

Thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some fabulous cards for you to see and EVERYONE has used a Saturated Canary image,, that just shows how much we all like them eh ! I think this is the first time that no one opted out ! :-)

Challenges :

Saturated Canary ,,,, Happy Birthday

Crafty Creations ,,, For Little Girls ( my 6 yr old niece b’day)

Crazy Amigo ,,,, Bunting

Paper and Such Design,,,, Just for the Girls

Tuesday Throwdown ,, Use some sparkle

Digi Makeover …… Birthday

Ooh La La ,,,, Bold and Bright

The Crazy Challenge ,,,, Girly

Playtime with my new Silhouette Cameo :-)

Hi all :-) its time to take Jessie walkies so this will have to be quick ,,, she’s biting me and dragging me off my chair as we speak ,,, it is 20 past 4 so am already 20 mins late !! :-)

There is a fab online course at the mo ,, called ‘A Cut Above’ and it is going through all the things you can do with your dies and die cutting machines, Cuttlebug, Big Shot etc and the Silhouette Cameo, if you would like to join in you’re not too late :-)

I made my first card to join in with the Less Is More Challenge whose theme is ‘Charming’ :-)

I used a fab ‘Hugs’ text from Ali Edwards,this was cut out of black card on the Silhouette Cameo machine. I used a Hero Arts Eggshell Notecard for the base, I inked the edges of this with Peeled Paint DI, stamped with a Hero Arts Flourish stamp, inked with a Snow Cap paint dabber and then stuck the die cut frame with text over it, I used a Martha Stewart Burtterfly punch, coloured with Mustard Seed DI and added some gems and then doodled the antennae and flight path with a black pen. I added a little charm on a twine bow and finished by stamping the word ‘sending’ using part of a Unity sentiment stamp.

Next I made this card following the brief on the Crafty Ribbons Challenge ,,, Yellow, Pink, Orange :-)

The starting point was the flowers … I was playing with my machine and I wanted to make some flowers ,,, so I cut several using a 12x12 sheet of Tim Holtz Shabby Vintage paper and then inked them with Victorian Velvet DI. I then sprayed with water, scrunched and fixed together with a brad. The yellow card was made using plain white card, inked with the Mustard Seed ink and then brushed with Sunflower Sparkle Perfect Pearls.

I embossed the background using a Sizzix flower folder, added a Tim Holtz Elegant Flourish, made a panel using a Martha Stewart border punch, added some orange twine and used a MFT Button Quartet die to make the button.

thanks for looking ,,, time for walkies ,,, see ya later

Challenges :

Fab n Funky ,,,, No DP

Paper Pretties ,,,, CAS

Shopping Our Stash ,,, Starts with ‘B’,,, Blooms, Button, Butterfly

Simon Says Stamp and Show ,,, Your Favourite Word ,,, ‘Hugs’ ! :-)

Wish I was there ,,,,,,,, :-)

Hi again :-) I am back with a card I made for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge whose theme is No Patterned Paper :-)

I have recently bought these fab London themed stamps, Miniful and The Tower Bridge so I wanted to use them :-)

I stamped the image and coloured with copics, I then inked the edges with Stormy Sky DI and glittered the edges with star dust stickles. To make the background I used the stamp resist technique, I used a Hero Arts Distressed Stripes stamp, inked with versamark and embossed with white EP. I then used several colours of distress inks to create a weird looking night sky ,, well London does have pollution and it creates all sorts of reflective colours I then sprayed the whole thing with Lindy's Gang Long John Silver glimmer spray ,,, soo gorgeous and shimmery IRL ! I then stamped the London Bridge with Archival ink and coloured slightly with Distress Markers.

The signs are from a Unity ‘Along for the Ride set and I added a strip of ribbon to finish :-)

Thanks for looking :-) I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

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