Simon Says Stamp Blog!: March 2009

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Reminder! Simon Says Challenge Blog Starts Tomorrow!

Just a reminder! The challenge Blog starts tomorrow and you still have time to win the blog candy for spreading the word! Click here for details!

Wait 'til you see the cards the DT team has come up with to inspire you for the first challenge! I am so blown away with excitement that I am like a kid at Christmas!

CLICK HERE to learn more!

Spreading the love one challenge at a time!

Monday, March 30, 2009

Easter Cake Pops, Baking can be as Beautiful as Crafting!

What eye candy! Check out this blog: Bakerella for the recipe and more great pictures for these delightful Spring Cake "Pops"!

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Zoo Animal Vacation at Simon Says Stamp for Domi!

Dt Member Domi used Zoo Animal Vacation and Sending Sunshine Stamp sets from Simon Says Stamp to get creative!

Domi is a Design Team member for our blog and also for our new challenge blog! It is no wonder as her work is consistent and gorgeous! Thanks Domi!

Please let her know what you think of her zoo work by commenting on HER BLOG where she posted one of the zoo animals entry March 25!! Click here to get to her blog. (She has a language translator on the top right) We will choose a random winner on Friday from HER BLOG! If you win, you will receive a complete set of Simon Stamps Zoo animals and some other great embellishments and goodies!

Don't forget to stop by our new challenge blog! The Design Team members have been busy working the challenge that will post Wednesday and I am so so so excited for you to see their work! It has all BLOWN ME AWAY! These gals have skillz!

Spread the love!
Heidi

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Memento Ink and Refills and Copic Markers are Finally Back in Stock!

WOW! We sold out of the Tuxedo Black Memento Ink pads and refills and even the manufacturer was out of stock!

The good news is....we finally have them back in stock at Simon Says Stamp. The best deal is the DUO SET Tuxedo Black Memento ink pad with Memento Tuxedo Ink Refill sold as a set! We do sell the ink pad and refill individually though if you need it! Check it out! Hurry before we run out again ;)

The best thing about Memento ink is that it is the CHOICE ink for using with your copic markers! We finally have the Copic markers back in stock too! Below is the 12 pack set of Copic Sketch markers, but we sell the individual colors, and even the blender pen marker too!

Memento™ dye ink is fast drying and fade resistant. The innovative pad delivers finer impressions and exceptionally even coverage. Essential for use with Copic and other markers as it will not smear.

Fade resistant dye ink captures even your most intricate images. Stamped impressions once dried are water resistant and will not migrate. Dries on all paper surfaces including coated and textured papers. Innovative pad results in finer impressions and exceptionally even ink coverage - perfect for finely detailed and solid images. Available in a vast array of marvelous colors. Water-based and acid free.

Our DT member Iris works great with the Whiff of Joy stamps and copics! Try them especially with your Magnolia Tilda Stamps, Stampavie stamps (Rachelle Anne Miller, Sarah Kay), and your Simon says Stamps! Copic Markers are amazing!!

Smiles!
Heidi

My Baby is Growing Up!

Flirting with Aunt Wendy

Daddy holding him at Baptism

Always climbing into and onto things!

Today hit me really hard, my baby is growing up! He is now 19 months old and boy oh boy has the time just flown by!! It seems like just yesterday that he was nursing. Now he wants to drink out of a big boy cup and use a fork! Hearing him speak is a great joy for me, now his baby coos have turned into words and I have a much better understanding for what he likes, wants and needs (oh thank goodness!) I do miss those cuddly baby days .....

Does anybody know how to slow the clock up a little bit? Time is going too quickly ;)

Heidi

Friday, March 27, 2009

Congratulations Cassie!

Congrats Cassie! Cassie won our Hero Arts 2009 Catalog Rubber Stamp Set SILLY SPRING! Cassie, please contact us so we can send you your awesome stamps!

Thanks!
Heidi

80# Cardstock has Arrived at Simon Says Stamp!

Finally!
After much asking and begging, Simon Says Stamp has 80# weight cardstock in our store from a company other than Stampin' Up! The cardstock is from Core'dinations and it is waaay more than just cardstock! It is a cardstock with a core! Sand it, Tear it, Antique it, or just keep it! The cardstock has a canvas finish on one side and is available in so many colors!

This is premium cardstock folks, absolutely premium!

The chocolate collection shown here looks like just ordinary brown cardstock, but when you tear it, or sand it, you see the beautiful colors underneath. It also works great if you use your cuttlebug and en embossing folder. You can just sand the embossed parts. WOW!

The Black Magic collection has similar results but with black not brown! The colors below are from the Hocus Pocus Assortment!

We have also beautiful color cardstock assortments such as So Mod, Roy G Biv, Nostalgia, and Earthy Elements.

80# Cardstock is very hard to find and is the premium quality cardstock for making cards. This is it!

Acid Free, Lignen Free
Canvas texture
80# Weight

I do hope you will use this cardstock folks! Once you try it, your cards will immediately knock over the durability and premium quality scales!

For your convenience, we offer the Core'dination cardstock packs in 12" x 12", 8.5" x 11", 6" x 6", and 4.5" x 6.5".

Be inspired! Ideas below:

By Kim Moreno

by Kim Hughes

Spreading the love one piece of cardstock at a time!
Heidi

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Big Announcement! Simon has a Challenge Blog!

Simon has a new blog! It's a challenge blog! We hope you'll stop by and mostly, that you will participate! Check out the wonderful Simon Says Stamp blog candy stamp sets! Cats and Dogs Best of Friends and You Make the Flowers Smile!

Lorraine is the manager of the Simon Says Challenge blog, here is a note from her! CLICK HERE TO visit the new challenge blog!

THANKS SO MUCH LORRAINE!!!

Simon offers over 100,000 items in our store. The challenge blog will not be exclusive to any brand. Some of the brands we sell and hope to feature are: Hero Arts, Penny Black, Magnolia, Whiff of Joy Stamps, Hanna Stamps, Craft Secrets Stamps, Simon Says Stamps, Stampabilities, House Mouse, Prima, Fiskars, Maya Road, Sassafras Lass, Inkadinkado, Tim Holtz, Heidi Swapp, Basic Grey, Happy Hoppers, and even more! Stay tuned! We hope to share inspirations and fabulous candies with all of you ;)

"We will be posting the 1st challenge next Wednesday, 1st April. I hope you will all stick a 'post-it-note' in your crafty area so you don't forget to come back and join in the fun.
Ok now for the candy :-) Heidi has very generously offered 2 sets of simonsaysstamp exclusive sets so I think we should have 2 winners, spread Simons slobbery love ha ha ( did you see his cute photo, he is our official blog mascot ) :-)

The winners will be able to choose the set they like, you don't have to have the ones I chose to show!
The DT is allowed to enter this candy too, it is open to you all though the challenge prizes won't be !! :-)

OK the rules:-

Post a link on your blog to this candy telling people about our new challenge and if you also become a follower of this blog you will get a 2nd entry. Just leave a comment letting me know.

Thats all. The blog candy will be drawn on Thursday the 2nd April so you have until Wednesday 1st 8pm CET to enter.(7pm UK time)

good luck to everyone :-)
Lorraine x

p.s someone left a comment in the comments ! that said that she would like to win the stamps so that she could take part in the challenge, I just want to point out that this challenge is open to everyone you do not have to use simonsaysstamp's own set of stamps to participate :-)"

Can Bloggers Help Me find the Name of a Stampin' Up! Stamp set?

Hey bloggers!!! Can you help me find the name of this stamp set?

I know it has purple rubber and is dated 2002, does that mean it would be in a 2002 catalog? Does anybody have one where they could look in a jiffy and let me know the name?

The first person to comment here and leave the name of this set will receive a goody bag from Simon Says Stamp!!!

Thanks for your help if you know ;0
Heidi

REVISED:
THANKS DONNA!!! !Please email me with your address so I can send you goodies!!!

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

It's a Rainy Day in Ohio, but Frogs are Jumping for Joy at Simon Says Stamp!

Oh how I hope the frog ponds will be filling up quickly! I think I saw some tadpoles yesterday, but my son was so busy throwing things into the pond, whatever we saw, quickly scattered.

DT member, Jo, created this card above using her Simon Says Stamp set FROGS JUMPING For JoY! Oh yes, the rain does make the frogs happy, doesn't it? (I much prefer sunshine myself!)

Click here to check out Jo's blog!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Make Spring Flowers Come to Life With Flower Soft!!

Poppy Red

Violet

Fuchsia

Bright Blue

Flower Soft has come out with their new colors and we have them all in stock in our store!! This product is so exciting and I can't wait to make cards using these new beautiful colors! We also sell the MINI jars in our store in ever color! Ivory, Summer, Delphinium Blue, Fuchsia, Bright Orange, Bright Blue, Bright Pink, Violet, Poppy Red, Baby Peach, Spring, Heather, Russet Red, Christmas Green, Vintage Christmas, Baby Pink, Nut Brown, Sunshine Yellow, Lemon, Pale Green, Sweet Pea, Lilac, Lavender, and Baby Blue. Whew!! I think I got them all! :) These bright, bold textured blooms are exactly what you need to give your cards and scrapbook pages the little extra love they deserve.

The neat thing about Flower Soft is that you can come up with you own unique color combination. Try mixing some of your favorite colors together to get your own custom look. I mixed the Lemon, Pale Green and Lilac to make a great Easter floral arrangement. Use for making spring cards or decorating Easter eggs. It is so much fun and very addicting. Don't say I didn't warn you! :)

We also have Kits, Wires and Aleene's PVA Glue to help you get started if it's your first time using this fabulous product.

What do you think about the new colors for 2009? Do you have any questions about the product? I would love to hear what all of you think about these lovely flower embellishments!!

Happy Stamping!

-Amber

Monday, March 23, 2009

Silly Spring Sampler by Hero Arts Jacki Jones

It's a Silly Spring Here at Simon Says Stamp! Look at the cute card idea Jacki Jones made using the Hero Arts Stamps: SILLY SPRING. I love the Easter bunny, chick and egg ideas!

Comment here and you can win the Hero Arts stamp set below named SILLY SPRING! We will do a random.org drawing Friday for the winner!

Still spreading the love,
Heidi

Congratulations Cassie! Please contact us so we can send you your cute stamps!!

Cassi said...: i'd love to win this cute set!

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