Jennifer McGuire & Tim Holtz Beyond Instruction with Creative Chaos!

Fellow team member, Stephanie, and I had the honor and pleasure of travelling to Boston the past few days. We gained a tremendous amount of valuable knowledge. Monday, we were blessed to take an entire day of class with both Tim Holtz and Jennifer McGuire Tag Team Teaching. They called it Creative Chaos, I called it a dream come true. For wonderful details, and even AWESOME video of Jen and Tim in action, please visit Jennifer's Blog HERE. Hopefully she will soon feature her personal video that she created with Tim Holtz prodigy- it is a MUST SEE! Todd from Hero Arts created the video below:

The above work is what we made with Jennifer McGuire. (Her original work is above)

Below is what we made with Tim Holtz. (His original work is below) Please see Tim's blog HERE for his story and eye candy inspiring pictures from the weekend (into Monday) journey.


If you EVER have the opportunity to take a class, meet, twitter, or blog either of these folks, I urge you PLEASE DO SO IMMEDIATELY. It is no wonder that Jennifer and Tim are the leaders in this industry. Not only do they have (OBVIOUS!) talent, they both have a charisma that will captivate you to no end. Energy - CHECK. Sense of humor - CHECK. Clever ideas - CHECK. Hard working - CHECK. Good person inside and out - CHECK! The list goes on and on and on.

Thank you Jennifer. Thank you Tim. You continue to lead us in an industry that is rewarding for our souls. I call art soul food. You help us promote making food for the soul and teach us how to help others do the same. Thank you, Thank you!

Have an awesome and inspired day!

Luv
Heidi

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Inspirations: Send a Smile!

Use a multi-color stamped image to create a decorative border on a card.

Here's what you'll need:

1. Medium Accent Pearls
2. Light Blue Accent Pearls
3. Diamond Stickles Glitter Glue
4. Old Paper Ink Pad
5. Walnut Stain Ink Pad
6. Broken China Ink Pad
7. Faded Jeans Ink Pad
   
8. Watermark Stamp Pad
9. Snow Layering Papers
10. Butterfly Punch

11. Hero Arts Stencil Art Clear Stamp Set



How to make it:

1. Stamp flowers randomly on the front of a folded card with VersaMark ink. Add Stickles to the center of each flower and let dry.
2. Ink the stencil image with various colors of Distress ink. Spritz lightly with water to blend. Stamp on white cardstock.
3. Trim and cut image as shown and attach to the front of the folded card.
4. Punch a butterfly and add to card. Embellish card with accent pearls.
5. Put it in an envelope, address it to someone special, and make their day! :)

Have fun!!!

Steph

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Spring Easter Challenge!

Want to see more projects like Jane's from above? Please visit Simon's Spring and Easter challenge this week! It's chocked full of ideas to inspire you to play along too! You could even win a prize shopping spree!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend! Morgan and I are busy in the warehouse shipping and listing new goodies for you to see! She just made a few hundred flower baggies for a surprise we have coming up in April!!!

Luv
Heidi

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Happy Friday, 2 Lucky Ducks!

Happy Friday Everyone!!! I'm happy to announce the 2 winners from recent blogs...

First, Congrats RAVEN! You win the candy from the Clear & Simple Blog!

Here's what Raven had to say:
"I simply love all of them my fav. would have to be the Clear & Simple Stamps MP3 DARLING Music Girl Note. I love the 50's and the whole gets me excited to create something with it.
Hugs,
Raven"

Please send me your email, and I'll send it right out to you!

Lastly, Congrats JULYE! You win the Pre-order Magnolia stamp of your choice!

Here's what Julye had to say:
"Oh these are all so cute if I only had the pennies, which would ask to come live with me first...what a hard decision I think it would have to be romantic Tilda as she looks so shy and coy that she wouldn't dare to ask but would so love to give them all a home especially the pirates and pricesses and Edwins , all the boy cards I could make fabby. Thanks for sharing and so love the inspiration card it is beautiful thanks Julye"

Please send me your email, and I'll send it out to you as soon as they arrive in our warehouse!

My email is: Steph@SimonSaysStamp.com.


Steph

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New Whiff of Joy! Be Inspired!

Dancing Party Willow

Great, fresh & new designs from Whiff of Joy...check 'em out!! The first five in this blog are from the brand new "City Girl" collection...perfect fun with a touch of whimsy that can literally coordinate with endless occasions for the "City Girl" or at least at heart!


Shopping Willow



Willow w/Champagne


Willow Dressing Up


Cool Oakley


This Blooming Spring Kit is Brand NEW for this Month! A large uncut set with 17 images (including sentiments) gives you many options to get creative and make a design your very own!






Blooming Spring Kit




Spring Collection

Check out our large Whiff of Joy Selection HERE.

Keep the great ideas flowing!

Steph

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PRE-ORDER Magnolia Special Collection!

Curtsy Princess Tilda


Happy Tuesday, everyone! I am so excited for this new collection of Special Edition Magnolia Stamps. They are oh so cute and perfect for the spring summer season for endless surfaces!! Would you like to be one of the first in the world to get one? You can pre-order NOW, and as soon as we receive shipment, they will be sent to you! Also, the highly anticipated 3rd volume of Magnolia Ink will be shipping soon and is also available for pre-order! This is a VERY high quality magazine that provides step by step how to's, templates, and gorgeous full color inspirations! It is a MUST for any and all Magnolia fans!!


Tilda w/Jolly Roger



Fairy Tale Tilda



Midsummer Night's Dream Magnolia Ink Vol. 3


Pre-order the ENTIRE Special Collection HERE:

*PRE-ORDER Magnolia BARREL SKULL & ANCHOR Rubber Stamp Special 2010 Price: $12.95	*PRE-ORDER Magnolia CURTSY PRINCESS TILDA Rubber Stamp Special 2010 Price: $12.95	*PRE-ORDER Magnolia FAIRY TALE TILDA Rubber Stamp Special 2010 Price: $12.95
*PRE-ORDER Magnolia FLOWER GIRL TILDA Rubber Stamp Special 2010 Price: $12.95	*PRE-ORDER Magnolia GIFT GIVING TILDA Rubber Stamp Special 2010 Price: $12.95	*PRE-ORDER Magnolia LOVE BANNER Rubber Stamp Special 2010 Price: $13.95
*PRE-ORDER Magnolia MAGIC TILDA Rubber Stamp Special 2010 Price: $12.95	*PRE-ORDER Magnolia MAGIC WAND Rubber Stamp Special 2010 Price: $11.95	*PRE-ORDER Magnolia NEWLY WEDS Rubber Stamp Special 2010 Price: $12.95
*PRE-ORDER Magnolia PIRATE EDWIN Rubber Stamp Special 2010 Price: $12.95	*PRE-ORDER Magnolia PIRATE TILDA Rubber Stamp Special 2010 Price: $12.95	*PRE-ORDER Magnolia PROM DATE EDWIN Rubber Stamp Special 2010 Price: $12.95
*PRE-ORDER Magnolia PROM QUEEN TILDA Rubber Stamp Special 2010 Price: $12.95	*PRE-ORDER Magnolia ROMANTIC TILDA Rubber Stamp Special 2010 Price: $12.95	*PRE-ORDER Magnolia ROYALTY TILDA Rubber Stamp Special 2010 Price: $12.95
*PRE-ORDER Magnolia SHARP DRESSED EDWIN Rubber Stamp Special 2010 Price: $12.95	*PRE-ORDER Magnolia SITTING SUIT EDWIN Rubber Stamp Special 2010 Price: $11.95	*PRE-ORDER Magnolia TILDA WITH JOLLY ROGER Rubber Stamp Special 2010 Price: $12.95
*PRE-ORDER Magnolia WISH GRANTED TILDA Rubber Stamp Special 2010 Price: $12.95

Special thanks to Dena, for the gorgeous inspirations!! :-)

***Blog Candy Alert! Join our following, and tell me the stamp from this collection
that you are anticipating the most, and you will have the opportunity to win it! I will randomly draw a winner on Friday, March 26th.


Steph

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