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Friday, September 26, 2008

Melissa Frances Has a Romantic Vintage Appeal That You Will LOVE!

My absolute favorite line of embellishments right now is Melissa Frances. The line is packed full of nostalgia, whimsy, celebration, and has a wonderful romantic feel.

The Christmas Glitter Chipboard is perfect for adding that extra "something special" to your holiday projects. It has so many great shapes to use - snowflakes, trees, angel wings, and stars! So many uses, so little time! The ticket books are also great. They are replicas of old labels and such that you can tear out of the book and apply to your projects.

The Breast Cancer Ticket Book celebrates survivors and helps you document the fight against breast cancer. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month - so please ladies, don't forget your self exam!

And you will just fall in love when you see all the fabulous vintage appliques, frames and keyholes. They are affordable, well made, and are so unique in the scrapbooking and cardmaking world. Melissa Frances is just a step above the rest when it comes to these great embellishments. Check these out - Her Majesty Applique, Scroll Applique, Heaven Sent Applique, Provincial Applique, Glastonbury Keyholes, Newcastle White Keyholes, and Hampstead White Keyholes - just to name a few!!! There are sooooooo many more available in the store!

Here are some examples of adorable projects made with Melissa Frances products. This Queen Crown was made by AmberTosh.

This adorable Baby Frame project was made by MeliBean.

This beautifully done scrapbook page is called Snow Fun and was made by carolynp.

Here are a few more ideas from the Melissa Frances Gallery on their website. Hope this inspires you and gets your creative juices flowing! ENJOY!!

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

You Make the Flowers Smile Lia!

Design Team member Lia was so inspired by your comments, she made another card using her Simon Says Cler stamp set "You Make the Flowers Smile". WoW! I just love her work and hope you do too! Thanks for your awesome feedback, I think you brought a big grin to her face, and quite honestly, this card brought a huge smile to mine when I saw it!!!

THANKS AGAIN BLOGGERS!

TO CELEBRATE! Comment to this card and we'll have a drawing tomorrow for a free stamp set "You Make the Flowers Smile".

***CONGRATS ROS! You are the lucky winner! Email us your address so we can ship your free stamps!***

Enjoy The Little Things by Simon Says Stamp Superstore!

Simon Says Stamp has a wonderful stamp set that is great for this time of year! It's called "ENJOY THE LITTLE THINGS". Our Design Team member, Heike, (click HERE To see her blog! ) has created some eye candy using this set for your enjoyment! It's a fun set to use for Happy Halloween cards too!

Comment to this blog and we will have a random drawing tonight *BLOG CANDY ALERT* and the winner will receive this clear stamp set exclusive to Simon Says Stamp!

Added Sept 24 8:20pm:
Congratulations NIXE07! You are the lucky winner! Email me your addy and we'll send you these awesome stamps!!! THANKS For stopping by!

Monday, September 22, 2008

Design Ideas You Make the Flowers Smile by Simon Says Stamp

Our Design Team member, Lia, (click HERE to see her blog! ) has made some gorgeous samples for you using our Simon Says Stamp Clear Stamp set: You Make the Flowers Smile.

Let Lia know what you think! We are lucky to have Lia on our Design Team! She is from the Netherlands.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Back to Basics at the Centerburg Farm Festival

With record attendance, the Centerburg Ohio farming Festival was a weekend thrill. It told me loud and clear that people are getting back to basics! The Arts and Crafts area was full of exhibitors and attendees, it was hard to even get our son into the animal petting zoo, and the homemade ice cream line went on for miles.

Our friend's son and daughter entered the sunflower contest (for real!) The biggest sunflowers you've probably ever seen - there were hundreds of entries! Our friends other daughter loves horses so much, that she volunteered at the horse/pony ride area the entire weekend! Um, there was even a tractor parade! Ironic, that we ran into one of Simon's Team members spending the day there with her family too! It appears that families are spending more time together getting back to the basics -eating organic, riding bikes, shopping at farmer's markets, and spending time together "hobbying". It's good to see... good to see and really good to live. My favorite part was the homemade ice cream! An Older married couple used this John Deere equipment to make homemade ice cream and it was delicious!

Ohio is the heart of it all, and Centerburg is the geographic center of Ohio. It's a rural, tiny town, about an hour north of Columbus of which many people have not heard. It's worth checking out during next year's Farming Festival in September. This is NOT a paid endorsement ;)

Coincidentally, we have tractor stamps and brads in our store: www.SimonSaysStamp.com. Click on their photos for links. These tractor stamps sell well for us, another reinforcement that people are getting back to the basics. In case you are interested, we have lots of other rubber stamps in stock too. Cows, Sheep, Horse, Pig, Rabbit, Frog, Owl and Bird stamps are a part of our selection of over 100,000 items in stock at our Simon Says Stamp warehouse.

Stamps above feature Serendipity Stamps Tractors, Eyelet outlet tractor brads, Happy Hoppers Hoppy Fliers bunnies, Stampabilities Horse Line, Penny Black Ewe, Penny Black Sensations, and Penny Black captivated frog, Hero Arts Hello birdie, Stampabilities Owl.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

My Inspiration

Photo from earlier today, these guys are my inspiration. It's my amazing husband and my sweet lil' boy!

I can't forget the man below too! My dad! Photo taken yesterday:

What or who's your inspiration?

Leave a comment and we'll draw a random name tomorrow evening to win some Christmas Embellishments!

- And the winner is......CONGRATS DORIS! Email me your add so we can ship out your Christmas Embellishments for ou to play with!

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Kaiser Epoxy Brads Are Finally Here!

Sorbet

Elegance

Grunge

Enchanted

I was so excited when these new epoxy brads from Kaiser finally arrived at SimonSaysStamp! Grunge, Enchanted, Sorbet, Elegance, Wonderland and Deck the Halls are only a few out of the many brads that Kaiser has to offer. Wonderland and Deck the Halls would make a great embellishment for any Christmas card or holiday project. Kaiser epoxy brads have a theme to fit any occasion. My favorite are the Grunge brads. They remind me a lot of Tim Holtz' rubber stamps and would go great with any of his projects and ideas!

Wonderland

Deck the Halls

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Simon Finally has Electricity!

Our Data lines, phone lines, lights, computers, email are all up and running again! Thanks for your patience with us! The wind storm that hit Columbus, Ohio 2 days ago put most of our city out of electricity! Thank the Good Lord for beautiful 75 degree days, we were able to spend lots of extra outdoors time with our families. Most businesses and schools were closed too. Isn't it amazing that Hurricane IKE struck us all the way up in Ohio! Fallen trees, snapped electrical lines, even traffic lights were blown over!

We'll be back tomorrow with some pretty pics, but we have some catching up to do!

Don't forget to shop for your holiday projects in our online store: www.SimonSaysStamp.com. We are still offering FREE USA Shipping for orders over $50 and FREE INTERNATIONAL shipping for orders over $100.

Monday, September 15, 2008

Simon Says Stamp GO TEAM!

Although, our favorite football Team, The Ohio State Buckeyes, got beat this weekend by USC, we cheered them on faithfully!

Want to see the shaker we used to cheer them on? One of our Simon creative team members, Heather, made the shaker with our Simon Says Stamp Clear Stamp set "You're A Champ Sports". The GO TEAM Letters were stamped with Inkadinkado's "Jersey Alphabet" Clear stamp set and an inkadinkado clear acrylic block.

Heather used a white label stamped with Tim Holtz Distress Ink. The label sticks easily to a water bottle. (GO GREEN! Recycle!) Add some ribbon, and some colored beads or rocks of your choice and, GO TEAM!

Imagine the possibilities to cheer on your favorite school team! Change the ribbon color, the bead colors, add more to the label, get creative! It's a really quick and easy, (AND FUN) project for you to do with your kids too!

Columbus, Ohio was hit by a terrible storm this weekend and all 4 of our Simon Team Gals working today had no electricity for primping this morning, and were therefore a bit camera shy. Sorry! we weren't allowed to post any smiling faces today!

Who is your favorite sports team? Be the 10th PERSON to comment and let us know and you will receive this Simon Says Stamp Clear Stamp Set "You're a Champ Sports"! Bowling, Softball, Baseball, Football, Basketball, Soccer, and even Hockey are all part of this wonderful Sports Set! *Blog Candy* Alert!

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Hero Arts Owl Christmas Takes the Cake!

We voted on our favorite Holiday Stamp set that Simon Says Stamp carries...The winner is a clear stamp set called Owl Christmas by Hero Arts! Have you seen this stamp set? These festive little owlish critters will add Peace, Love and Joy to your holiday. Try coloring with Watercolor pencils for a special effect.

Card by Lisa Spangler.

Be Inspired!

Don't forget to check out our blog from September 1, 2008! You could be the lucky winner of $100 in products!!!

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Hero Arts Cleardesign Clear Stamps Happy Halloween!

This card art by Tami Hartley inspires me to make Halloween Cards this year! The Clear Stamp set that was used, is called "Happy Halloween" by Hero Arts. Simon Says Stamp sells it in our online store! The haunted house is so cute, but perfect for Halloween too! Bats and pumpkins add a nice touch to any Haloween project!

Try using white Stazon Opaque ink when you are stamping on black! Simon Sells that too (with over 100,000 items in stock, Simon Says Stamp wants to be your premier choice for stamping supplies!)

*Blog Candy Alert! Want this set of Clear Stamps by Hero Arts? Be the 25th person to comment to this post and we'll send it off to you for a fabulous spooky gift!

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Behind the Scenes, Simon's Team is Hard at Work in the Warehouse!

Simon's Team has been hard at work listing brand new inventory. Hanna Clear stamps are now in stock! Oober Cute and ultra chic, these stamps will inspire you to send cards to everyone you know! Nestabilities have been replenished, and the Hero Arts Halloween & Christmas Rubber Stamp collections are to *die for ;) Carla is our Simon Team Member pictured above. Here she is, hard at work listing the new Autumn Leaves clear stamp sets and Inkadinkado Halloween Rubber Stamps.

Have you seen Hero Arts Merry Always stamp set? What about Hero's Three Owls Rubber Stamp? Take a peak in our store, we put ideas in with the stamps for sale to help inspire you!

Get stamping peeps! We're rushing out all of your orders and have THOUSANDS of new products to put onto the shelves the next few weeks!

ENJOY!

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