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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Steampunk Valentines!

Hello! I'm so excited to share with you today fun twists on traditional Valentine's cards! Can you believe it's almost Valentine's Day? Here in America, Valentine's Day is a big day and we send out as many Valentine's cards as we can possibly do! Valentine's are for all the special people in your life; a special neighbor, your best friend, your family, and everyone you love! I remember when I was younger it was so exciting to count up the Valentine's my friends would sneak in my locker or on my desk at school!

Isn't this combination of Inkadinkado stamps and Jolee's Stickers just perfection?!

Here are simple directions to make one of your own:
1. For each Valentine, fold a 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of black cardstock in half to create a side-folding card. Cut a piece of white cardstock to 2 7/8" x 4 3/8" and mount to the center of the card’s front panel. Set aside.

2. Cut white cardstock to 2 3/4" x 4 1/4". Stamp the Cogs image with black ink as desired on the panel, choosing the density of the ink color by either stamping directly after inking or stamping first on scrap paper then onto the cardstock for a softer, more faded image. You can stamp the image multiple times to fill the space, perhaps making your images different densities. Colorize the full panel with your choice of one or more dye inks using a piece of sponge as an applicator. Adhere this panel to the center of your card.

3. Stamp the Clock with Wings image once or twice, depending on which card you are making. Fussy-cut the wings and colorize with dye inks, adding glitter glue to the edges. Adhere the wings to the back of the heart sticker you will be using. If layering two sets of wings, offset them slightly. Attach the wings and sticker to the card with 3D-Dots.

4. Add further embellishments such as the pearls and gear stickers.

List of supplies:

InLinkz.com

Of course we have to give a shout out to our Steampunk Design King- Tim Holtz! Check out this Steampunk theme tag he did during the 12 Tags of Christmas, we are still in love!

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Thanks for reading today! And Happy Valentine's Day (early) if I don't talk to you again before the 14th! :)

-Michelle
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Friday, February 10, 2012

Pencil Stamping!

Hi readers! Happy Friday! Wow, the weeks really are flying by aren't they? It seems like just yesterday we were all complaining about how hot it was outside.. but now we have ourselves an Ohio winter!

First- the winner from the "You Are My Happy" blog post is: Bunnyfreak! Please email Fran@SimonSaysStamp.com with your shipping information and the title from your blog you won! Congrats!

Today I have a really cute little stamping style to share with you!

Pencil Stamping! I found this image of examples from Pinterest (do you have a Pinterest account?! We think it's a MUST for inspiration and sharing of ideas! Request an invite or have someone who has a Pinterest account already send you one!)
I love the whimsical circle appearance! After some more research on Pencil Stamping, I found some other great examples too!

The website Babble had an article from Liz Stan about doing these Pencil Stamping activities with your kids! It's a great way to get them into colors and the idea of stamping- without giving them your precious stamps you use for your projects! (Plus, one thing I remember from being a kid, is I loved taking something used for one specific thing.. and using it for something completely different! Imagination is King!)

What a great idea this is! Create your own button stamps- or any other type of shape for that matter! Just use an adhesive, glue a button or other shape to the bottom of a pencil, and stamp the image! Jenny Doh does a great little tutorial on her blog, check it out here!

And for those of us who know exactly what type of pencil stamp we'd like to make- there's Barbara Ann to explain! Check out how rustic and adorable these eraser designs are!

I hope this sparked some creativity and imaginative ideas for you! Even the smallest or simplest items around your house can be used for designing, stamping, paper-crafting, etc!

Supplies to use with your pencils:

InLinkz.com

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Thanks for reading! Enjoy your weekend!

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Jennifer McGuire's Favorite Adhesives!

Happy Thursday, bloggers! Today things might get a bit sticky in our blog, so grab some wipes, some Goo Gone, or whatever helps to clean up best, and happy reading... :)

Our sweet friend, Jennifer McGuire recently talked about her favorite adhesives on her blog, and we really love the variety of her favorites! Check out her video above. And if you aren't visiting everyday already, please check out her blog HERE. It's full of rich, beautiful, and inspiring posts!

What are your favorite adhesives? One brand or kind of adhesives that you must have next to you when you start a project? Without further ado, here is the list of Jennifer's favorites:

Dot Glue Runner (Permanent)
*This item is refillable

Dot Pattern Runner (Permanent)
*This Item is Refillable

Foam Dots

1/6" 3-D Foam Dots

Glossy Accents
*Also available in MINI

Mini Multi-Medium Matte
*Also available in FULL SIZE

*CONGRATS* To blog candy winner Emily Keaton of the Hero Arts stamp set from your comment on the Jennifer McGuire/MFT blog! Please email fellow teammate Fran at Fran@SimonSaysStamp.com to claim your prize!

***BLOG CANDY ALERT*** We would love to give away all 6 of Jennifer's favorite adhesives to one lucky Simon Says Stamp blog follower! Please make sure you are following, and comment on this post with YOUR favorite adhesive! We will announce a winner next week!

Have a great day, bloggers!

Steph

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