Mondays with May: Inspired by Amy Tangerine!

It is a bright and beautiful day, and what could make it better than spending some crafty time with Amy Tangerine? May Flaum reporting in for a happy crafting kind of Monday!

There is a lot to love from the great sticker books to the cute designs of her papers to the way that the products work beautifully with not just her own line, but past lines and other brands as well. I also love that I can scrapbook, make little daybooks, or make cards and other projects too. Today I'm going to share two projects made just for the Simon blog. First, let's get out our embroidery template!

I can't say enough good things about this product - it is so easy to punch the holes (and the kit comes with a needle and threads too!) and you can use it on all kinds of projects. I used mine to make a cute little notebook.

Amy's newest line also has a set of slick writers - which I love! these pens are bright beautiful colors and I love the pop of pink I added just coloring in the details on this little notebook.

Those sheer letter stickers are a favorite too - they look great layered and you can see patterns through them so they make things extra fun.

Now I'm feeling like getting kind of messy and making a special card. To do this I used a credit card and scraped a thick layer of paint in the middle of a chunk of patterned paper. Then I squished my sticker down in the middle and really pressed so the paint would ooze out of the edges. I love this look!

I then layered and stitched my trimmed piece of patterned paper onto cardstock that had been inked (with dylusions). Wanting even more layering, I layered it onto another chunk of white paper and misted with teal dylusions and water.

Shop the supplies:

I am so in love with Amy's products - I just can't stop! You can find another stitched project over on my blog today, as well as a special discount code (limited time only!) for the Simon shop.

Be sure to pop on over to May's blog for a SPECIAL coupon code to Simon Says Stamp that you'll only find there!!!

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Amy Tan Inspiration from her NEW line? YES, Please! + Class Giveaway

Hi Bloggers! Happy FRIDAY to you! I really enjoy Amy Tan's style, and her newest collection with American Crafts does not disappoint! With cheery colors, fun surprises of texture, and that cool hand-drawn playfulness, you're sure to love it too!

Big thanks to Amy for sharing these awesome scrapbook pages and front cover of a daybook! I hope they inspire you to craft and maybe even check out this new collection!

Shop Yes, Please, or ALL of Amy's Products!:

I hope this blog has been very inspiring and dare I say it, "Craft-cational" ;) Have a happy day!!
Thanks for reading!

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BONUS! Class Giveaway!
Comment on this blog for a chance to win a spot in this class! If you have already bought the self-paced class and win, you will get a refund of your purchase or you can send a spot to a friend!
*Previous class participants are not eligible for the giveaway. 

The Inspiration University: Design Principles class is now ready as a self-paced class! Join Britta Swiderski as she walks you through the Design Principles and shows dozens of methods and techniques for applying them to your own projects. 

The class consists of 10 complete lessons with additional introduction and review, over 5 hours of exclusive video content. Each lesson is centered around four videos: a traditional whiteboard-style lesson, the making of a helpful reference tag and two cards. There are more than two dozen never-before-seen cards from Britta and a wonderful group of guest designers, all helping you understand and learn about the Design Principles. It's like going to college for card making and design all at the same time! 

Included with this self-paced class is a refined, printable ebook to guide you through the lessons and supplement each lesson with more tips and tricks. All class material is accessed through the portal at brittaswiderski.com and Google Drive; class participants have lifetime access to all class material.
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Crafting Ideas from Amy Tangerine? Yes, Please!

Hi Bloggers! Happy Friday to you!! This has been another Holiday CRAZY week! What are your plans for the weekend? We'd love to hear/read them! ;)

Speaking of weekends... I just ADORE these mini day books from Amy Tangerine! What's great about them to me is that you can just record a night/day per book (there are 3 books per pack), and they are small enough to throw in your purse if you want to write stuff down right when it happens!

The bottom line is, you will love looking back on these books and the fun memories you had! :) Amy Tan was sweet enough to share with me a mini book that she was working on! It looks so fun, and it's all about the details! Let's take a peek at Amy's mini book...

Get your own mini day books and appropriate embellishing material..whether it's a CRAFTY night or a DATE night! :)



Attention Amy Tangerine fans... new product will be coming soon to Simon Says Stamp! Be sure to subscribe to our blog for lots of sneak peeks of new products...coming soon!

Do you enjoy traveling or do you enjoy the new destination more than getting there? If you answered YES to that, then this kit (pictured below with Amy!) is the one for YOU! It's packed full of all the pint sized fun you need to make a trip WHIRL by!

This fantastic travel kit includes label stickers, embroidery thread & needle, This To That adhesive tape runner, self-inking mini date stamp, round tip scissors, one black Precision pen, glue stick, mini stapler, thumb tacks, decorative bag and organizing insert. (Ideal for use with Daybooks!!)

Thanks for reading today!
  
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Brand Spankin' New American Crafts!

 

Hi there bloggers! Happy Saturday to you!! I hope you're all having a particularly fantastic weekend!  Even though, yes, I know we are still not quite to Halloween or Thanksgiving for that matter... I'm going to take a moment to show you some really really COOL new American Crafts products that have been rolling into Simon Says Stamp!

Are you loving the holiday shapes in the top picture? I sure am! I had so much fun creating a fun holiday tag with the cute little light bulb shapes in the tag above! What do you think?

Here's a sampling of the fun holiday paper packs we just got in from American Crafts! A card maker's delight!

If you're not quite ready for the holidays, we just received NEW Amy Tangerine & NEW Dear Lizzy products as well! We have lots and lots to discover so do a bit of "window shopping" & enjoy!

BLOG CANDY ALERT! Join our following & comment on this post to win an exclusive pack of Simon Says Stamp goodies! Winner to be announced on Monday, good luck!

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Amy Tangerine Inspires in STAMPtember™!

Hi Bloggers! Happy 23rd day of STAMPtember™ to you!  Wow, what a whirlwind of a month! Never fear... we still have a full week of STAMPtember™ fun, inspiration, & surprises!! Today we have a very special guest, Amy Tan, known for her fun scrapbooking layout skills & awesome fashion insight!

Here is a little info about our featured designer today:

Born and raised in Chicago, Amy spent much of her childhood wallpapering her bedroom walls with the colorful and glamorous pages of fashion magazines. She learned how to sew her senior year of high school and what developed was her first passion: designing. Within five years, she had become an award-winning designer and founder of the popular handcrafted t-shirt line Amy Tangerine. Her collections were featured in hundreds of retail outlets, including Bloomingdales, Neiman Marcus and Barneys New York, and yielded impressive worldwide sales.

In 2007, her business expanded to include scrapbooking, with her fashion design work now being produced on a custom basis. Her love for sharing her clothing and now also paper crafts has taken her all over the globe and given her the opportunity to teach creative classes from Hawaii to Tennessee. 

Amy very graciously provided us with step by step photos through her creative process along with some notes behind her process. Enjoy!

After getting this square print of an Instagram photo in the mail from Persnickety Prints, I knew I wanted to make the layout colorful. At first I was just going make it an 8.5"x11", but as I got going, I realized I wanted it to be 12"x12". I began by misting the white cardstock with a Studio Calico mask and Mister Huey's.

 While it was drying, I stamped the Field Notes and pencil with StazOn. 

While that was drying, I selected some elements I knew I wanted to use, including Hero Arts Shadow Inks. I stamped away and then pieced the elements together.

  Finished it off with a journaling card, some sewing and some added embellishments. 

TA-DA! Gorgeous layout!!

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Mondays in May with May!

Between the warm spring air, flowers blooming, and how trendy bright colors are right now Amy Tangerine’s new line Sketchbook combines all of these wonderful things and brings them into a paper crafting collection. Today I have two brand new projects to share with you!

This line works fantastically with any neutral from white to kraft to grey or black. Not only that, but items are easily used for smaller projects like cards, or full sized layouts. Today I have two brand new projects to share with you – first up a card where I’ve used a bit of glossy accents and distress stickles to create a fast and simple card.

I absolutely adore the watercolor look and feel that many of the papers and embellishments in this line have. What would take me some time and mess to create myself, I can have instantly and in beautifully bright hues.

Card Supplies:

I challenged myself to try to make a 12” layout (on a cardstock base) using the 6” mini paper pad and my stash of new Sketchbook goodies. With a little stitching, lining up some patterned papers, and creative placement of a few things – you’d never know I didn’t have full size sheets of patterned paper! Plus, I love how the patterns are shrunk down and how that looks on this page.

The black outline on a lot of the accents is great – it adds that pop of contrast that I love in my pages.

This layout is very straight forward – just a pair of 4x6 photos that I wanted to feature, and some creative layering. What I was happy to find is that the colors aren’t overwhelming, or too powerful. Mixed with the right amount of neutrals, and photos that aren’t overly busy, it’s the perfect match!

Layout Supplies:

I can see myself working with this line for spring and summer photos, vacation photos, general girlie photos, and so much more. It is incredibly versatile, easy to use, and it works well with so many of my favorite lines and with so many of my favorite color mediums.

Before I go, I’d like to share some of my favorite ink, paint, and distress stickles to compliment this line:

To see more of May’s work, check out her blog at www.mayflaum.com

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