Monday, June 24, 2013

Creative NEW ways to use your SSS Exclusives!

Hi Bloggers! Happy Monday to you! I hope you had a great weekend! Today we have the pleasure of sharing cards from 3 magnificent designers: Debby Hughes, Joy Taylor, & Pamela Ho using Simon Says Stamp exclusives!! First up we have 3 fabulous cards from Debby Hughes!!


Hi, it’s Debby here! When I was asked to look at the new Summer Release from Simon Says Stamp in an unexpected way, the first thing that struck me was that the pillow from Kristina’s Pillow Talk stamp set would make and awesome treat packet! For my card I gathered together Kristina’s cat Mannie (from Furry Kisses) and of course Simon (from Stylish Simon) and with some creative masking I was able to create a little scene where Mannie is giving Simon a bag full of dog treats!

For my next card I looked at the beautiful and intricate Devonshire butterfly die and thought that when the butterfly was cut into two and the wings angled to overlap each other they made a stunning frame to draw attention to the Be diecut. I kept a to the light and airy feel by stamping some sentiments from the matching Be set in grey down the left side and accented with some Clearly Beloved sequins.

Finally, and don’t kill me for this one as we are barely into summer, but I think the leaves from the Leaf Column dies (outline cut in white and background in red, green and yellow) make awesome Christmas lights! I added a little twinkle to the lights by stamping one of the flower centers from Petal Pieces

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Next up we have an awesome & trendy card for summer by Joy Taylor!

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Last, but certainly not least, we'd love to welcome first time Simon Says Stamp guest designer, Pamela Ho!! I just love her Bee card & envelope!

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Thanks for reading today and a huge thanks to these 3 magnificent designers for inspiring us today!!!






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135 comments:

  1. Great inspirational cards!
    xxx Margreet

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  2. Love all of these! And it's never too early for Christmas in my house. I'm so happy to see another idea for Pillowtalk too...it's one of my favorite new sets. Thanks so much for sharing all of these.

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  3. Love all the diversity of these cards! Nice work ladies!

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  4. Great cards. Very lovely and less is more!! xxx Marianne

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  5. Such a gorgeous Bee Strong card!

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  6. Great idea for the holiday lights card. It is nice to get double use from the little leaves. I think you are smart, the holidays for crafting, are just around the corner.

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  7. Wow--lots of great card designs today!

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  8. Gorgeous cards! Some great ideas here!

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  9. I LOVE joy's card!! probably because it is so nautical :D

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  10. Great cards! And I think the little leaves make great twinkle lights!

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  11. Amazing cards but the sรณlidas one is genius, love it .

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  12. all of these are super cute! I really like the Christmas lights one. :)

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  13. Magnificent yes! Awesome designer and lovely cards.

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  14. Beautiful creations! Y'all are making me want more stuff!

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  15. i love them all. those dies are so detailed!!!
    -Rachel w k
    rwkrafts.com

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  16. Great cards. Love the looking at things differently angle. The dismembered butterfly makes a great frame and love those twinkle lights

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  17. These are all amazing creations, I love them all!

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  18. I love repurposing things to use in different ways. Thanks for the post. Great cards.

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  19. 'Love all of these awesome cards. Thanks so much for sharing!!

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  20. Outstanding cards!!! I love each one of them! Everyone is so skilled--thanks for sharing!

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  21. WOW so many gorgeous creations here again. All of them are awesome work in all their different ways. Great work girls and thanks sooo much for the inspiration here again.

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  22. There's such talent on this team! LOVE the cards!

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  23. love them all, the devonshire butterfly one, that did something to my heart. spectacular for sure. thanks designers for sharing your creativity.

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  24. absolutely stunning cards!!! .. great inspiration :)

    I just seen I WON!!! one of the prizes :) :) .. WOW!!! thank so much
    off to email you xxx

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  25. Thank you for sharing these beautiful cards!!

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  26. wow these cards are awesome! Beautiful work ladies!

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  27. Good grief...you have the best guest designers ever. Such amazing talents, each one of them.

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  28. Fantastic cards, thanks for sharing!

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  29. wow amazing cards...love the talent you showcased today.

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  30. I'm in love with Debbie Hughes' BE card. So CAS. Way to stretch our dies.
    I'm not mad at you for making a Christmas card!

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  31. Fabulous cards. I especially love Debby's BE card. Great ideas for stretching what we have. TFS

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  32. beautiful cards thanks for sharing your talent

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  33. Fab cards, I'm drooling over Debby's Be card!

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  34. These cards are all so creative! The Christmas lights one is so clever!

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  35. Nicely done, ladies. I especially like the "Be" and "Bee" cards.

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  36. Beautiful cards. I love the Bee card. Thank you

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  37. What clever ideas! I think I'm working on owning all of the SSS dies!

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  38. These are all fabulous and the Christmas lights are pure genius!

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  39. AWK! These are all so wonderful but I do have a special place in my heart for the Simon card...so cute!

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  40. Gorgeous cards, love the bee card and Christmas lights :)

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  41. Wonderful cards. I especially like the sense of humor in the first card.

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  42. I am loving everything I see. Thank you for the inspiration and for sharing.

    Hugs ~ Mette

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  43. These cards are fantastic! Love the way Debby has used the stamps and dies in a completely different way. So clever

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  44. Love the best friends card. I have to get those stamps. I've used the honeycomb and bee on several cards. They are fun to make. All of the cards were great.

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  45. Fabulous! I absolutely LOVE the "Be Amazing" card...just beautiful!

    www.theeverydayscrapbooker.weebly.com

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  46. LOve all the cards you all made amazing cards.

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  47. Love that dog treat bag idea with the bones, how cute! And I love the use of the butterfly wings, how pretty! Great cards today!! Thanks for sharing.

    Katie B.

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  48. All fabulous cards. Debby's creativity is awesome!

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  49. Thanks for the beautiful inspiration cards! I especially like the Christmas lights card, it's brilliant!!

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  50. Love these! Thanks for the inspiration :)

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  51. Wow Debby! What creative & inspiring out of the box ideas.

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  52. Wow! Amazing cards today - thanks for sharing

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  53. Wonderful cards! Love the Christmas lights!

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  54. Wonderful cards! Love the Christmas lights!

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  55. Oh my goodness these are cute! LOVE the twine on the Christmas lights card!

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  56. Oh the Bee card is so cute. I love the sentiment paired with the honeycomb paper peeking through the cut out window.

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  57. Wonderful cards love the be amazing card

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  58. Very creative cards! Especially like the Christmas lights.

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  59. Very creative, I love all the cards. TFS

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  60. lovely cards today thanks for sharing them with us.

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  61. great cards today thanks for sharing them.

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  62. Love the cards!! Great ideas for using the stamps that I would not have thought of. Love the kitty and doggy one and the Christmas lights.

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  63. Awesome cards! As a crafter you can never be too early for Christmas. There is so much to do!

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  64. Such inspiring and creative ideas for the dies, love these fabulous cards!!!

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  65. Each of these unique cards is wonderfully inspiring. I love Debbie Hughes' fun ideas, especially the intricate butterfly wings for framing!

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  66. What wonderful inspiration. These are all fabulous.

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  67. Wonderful cards! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  68. Ladies, your cards all rock! I can't honestly choose a favorite because they're each quite special!

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  69. Cute cards! Love the butterfly one!

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  70. Wow, fabulous cards! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  71. Awesome cards... Love the SSS stamps and dies. TFS!

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  72. Love Christmas card! Brilliant!

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  73. Wonderful cards, love the Christmas card, and the Be card with the list of sentiments. thanks for the inspirations.

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  74. These are sure brilliant! Thanks for the extra ideas. :)

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  75. Fantastic cards! Thanks for the inspiration! I love Mannie & Simon together!

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  76. Gorgeous cards and it's never to early for Christmas inspiration.

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  77. All of the cards are great! Thanks for sharing.

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  78. My father died 3 weeks ago and the 'bee strong' card just stood out to me so much....a beautiful simple msg, gorgeous colours and a card that everyone needs to receive sometimes in their lives.

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  79. Wow! All three designers have some amazing projects. My favorite may just "bee" the bee strong card! Tee hee! I'd like to do something like that and hang it somewhere I could see it daily to remind me not to let the small things get to me... Thanks!

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  80. What fantastic cards. Thanks for sharing.

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  81. Love all these cards. Great designs and stamps.

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  82. Love seeing products used in an unexpected way~Thanks Debby!
    What a cute Treat Bag! Great idea for Christmas Lights!
    {It's never too early for Christmas cards at Operation Write Home}

    All the cards are great!
    Especially like the cut-out bee wings with vellum

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  83. Fabulous cards. I so love that bee. No worries...I absolutely love the Christmas tree lights. Great idea! Thank you for sharing!

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  84. Your products are fantastic and the designers very inspiring!

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  85. I sure do like the nautical stamp set!

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  86. I love those cards, especially the nautical one. I love how she combined all those images in one.

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  87. Wow, these are some seriously creative cards, ladies! LOVE them all!

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  88. Such adorable cards. I especially like Debby's crisp, clean cards.

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  89. I love seeing all the ways that your dies can be used. Thanks for the inspiration. :D

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  90. Very clever ideas. I'm always amazed at how some people can look at one thing and use it for something completely different. :)

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  91. these are great card, especially love the Be set one x

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  92. Great cards! I absolutely love how Debby used the butterfly die on her second card! Wow! :-) xx

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  93. Oh my goodness..........amazing cards, thanks for sharing!

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  94. Awesome cards ladies! ~God bless~

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  95. These are such an adorable cards!!!

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  96. These are so adorable! So glad you posted them!

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  97. Ohhh these are all fabulous! TFS :)

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  98. Love that Christmas card!! I really HAVE to get that die. . . thanks for sharing!

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  99. The doggy and kitty are so cute! My dog and cat were so close, it reminds me of them. My cat just died of cancer...

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  100. Awesome! Always great to know that how to maximize the stamps and dies so that more money can be saved and making our mind to think out of the box!

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  101. Great cards gals! Thanks for sharing ways to use the Summer Release!

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  102. So cute with the pets! And Christmas can be done anytime, in my opinion!

    Kris in Alaska
    funamom at yahoo dot com

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  103. What fabulous cards and you know I have to agree with you on those leaves from the Leaf Column dies do look kind of like Christmas lights. Fantastic idea!! Way to go!!!

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  104. Gorgeous cards! I'm anxiously awaiting my first SSS card making kit can't wait to join in the fun!

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  105. Absolutely gorgeous cards! I'm so excited that SSS is creating so many beautiful stamp sets and dies...can't wait til my order gets to me so I can play!

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  106. Love the matching envelope for the bee strong card!

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  107. Love all of these cards!! Such cool ideas I would have never thought of, especially the Christmas lights from Debby.

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  108. Truly amazing ways to use the SSS dies. I love the christmas lights done with the tree leaves and flower sparkle!

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  109. Fabulous cards! I'm in love with the bee one...I have a thing for bees ;)

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  110. Love all the cards! I especially love what Debby did with Mannie and Simon on her card!! The Christmas card made me a little nervous though!! LOL! (6 months from TODAY until Christmas btw!) I love bee card too!

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  111. Magnificent cards! Love the nautical set.

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  112. Love all the cards and the matching envelope is awesome.

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  113. Great cards! I love the Christmas lights-I like to see a die used in an unusual way.

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  114. The first three are super clever. Especially Simon and Mannie!

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  115. great cards, I love seeing what other creative idea everyone comes up with. Specially liked the leaves as Christmas lights! brilliant

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  116. Wonderful cards and some great ideas for using the dies.

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  117. I love the Christmas lights card. So beautiful.

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