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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Bev Rochester continues to Inspire!

Tilda with Hawaii Flower

Happy Saturday, bloggers! Also, Happy (almost) Easter! I'm happy to bring you some GORGEOUS inspiration from our dear sweet friend, Bev Rochester! As I stated in the blog title, she continues to inspire...thanks, Bev! If you'd like to get some of the beautiful color combos she does, try Copic Markers! Not only is Bev's coloring so beautiful but her embellishments and detailing are gorgeous! Beautiful papers, flowers, brads, charms, and so much more!

Belle's Strawberry Tea

Precious Moments

A Pen Friend

***Congrats to EVA, the winner of the Perfect Pearls!! Please email fellow team member Fran (Fran@SimonSaysStamp.com) to claim your prize!

***Blog S.W.A.G. ALERT! Join our following, and comment on your favorite embellishments to use on cards and you could win this gorgeous deeply etched unmounted stamp from Magnolia! I will announce the winner next week, good luck!

Love Sealing Wax Tilda

Have a happy holiday weekend, everyone!

Steph

Friday, April 22, 2011

2 Tattered Angels Projects by Martha Richardson!

Did you know that Tattered Angels products can be used on Fabric? It's true! Here are a few projects by Martha Richardson, a designer for Tattered Angels!

You can create your own flowers...

Try using these products together:

Tattered Angels Chalkboard Mists in the following colors:

-Firefly

-Inch Worm

-Prima Flowers Vintage Trinkets

Color canvas pieces...

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Happy Easter From Inkadinkado!

Easter Delivery

Happy (almost) Easter time :) Thanks to EK Success' Jennifer Brown for this FABULOUS inspiration Simon Says Stamp is excited to celebrate Easter this Sunday! If you're wondering what is going to be your Easter Basket this Sunday, well Simon Says Stamp has a little surprise for all you Inkadinkado fans! NEW Inkadinkado Inchies Stamp Sets!

Dog Bundle

Folk Patterns

Stitch In Time

Graduation

Inkadinkado's Inchies Clear Stamps are the way to go this spring :) Not only do you get 9 separate stamps, but the stamp set comes with a 3.75 x 1.25" clear acrylic block! Rather you're making an everyday card or a craft for a special occasion Inkadinkado Inchies Stamp Sets are perfect for all your crafty needs ; )

***WANT MORE BLOG CANDY?!?!

Want more Freebies!?!?! :) Join our following and comment here on the blog and you could win this Hero Arts Stamp Set! I will announce the winner by random draw next week! Good luck crafters ; )

Happy Easter!
:) Fran

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

How do you spell AWESOME? T-G-F & M-F-T!!

Surfer Anya by Jess Diedrich

Happy Wednesday, bloggers! I hope a little cheery inspiration from some fabulous designers will get you over the 'hump' of the work week! We have had a lot of dreary days in Ohio lately and I'm ready for some sunshine and fun!! These cards put me in the mode for it!

Pretty Poises by Jody Morrow

Get that cool stitching effect with Sew Easy, and that beautiful flower center with Kaiser Pearls, get that cool bling effect on the corners with Say it in Crystals.

Syren by Emma Eads

Love that big, beautiful ribbon? Check out our selection of ribbon from May Arts. Beautiful Prima flowers always top off a card nicely, and what better tool to color your image than Copic markers?

Open Scallop Doily by Eva Doblias

Get the beautiful stamped image she used in the middle of the Open Scallop Doily; it's called Inspired by Spring. I love the way she inked the Pretty Posies di e, you can get this look too by using Tea Dye or Vintage Photo ink on the edges. Get that cool distressed edge by using Tim Holtz's Paper Distresser.

Daisy by Jess Diedrich

I love this sweet image that Jess made! New from The Greeting Farm! I bet she used Copic Markers to color in this image and perhaps the Zig Zag stitcher to get that cool stitched look? This spring paper makes me think of the Springtime pack from Crate Paper, so light and cute!

Four Point Frame & Die Set by Megan Lock

This new Die & Stamp set from MFT is seriously beautiful and versatile!! Perfect for scrapbookers and cardmakers alike!

***CONGRATS TO:
Emily Keaton & Happy Days !! You win some free blooms from the Belle's 'n Whistles blog! Please email fellow team member Fran (Fran@SimonSaysStamp.com) to claim your prize!

***BLOG SWAG (Stuff We All (can) Get!) ALERT!
Spring is in the air! How would you like to win some perfectly lovely PERFECT PEARLS in the new & very springy colors... Pink Gumball, Grape Fizz, & Sour Apple? Join our following & comment on this blog and YOU COULD WIN! I will announce the winner later this week.... GOOD LUCK!

Steph

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

MORE NEW Hero Arts For Spring!?!?

*Winner of the BLOG CANDY from the 7 Gypsies Tissue Creation blog: Kristin from Wilmington!!! Please email me Fran@SimonSaysStamp.com to claim your Lawn Fawn prize!

Hero Arts has released some MORE & NEW Spring Products and Simon Says Stamp has them! But first check out this new Hero Arts technique from the FABULOUS Shari Carroll :)

Flower Text

This is a FABULOUS technique for spring! Well if you didn't know before Hero Arts and Basic Grey have teamed up and Simon Says Stamp is now proud to carry MORE & NEW Spring Stamp Sets :)

Lauderdale Floral

Lauderdale Sunshine

Sweet Threads Set

Sweet Threads Spirals

The sun is shining and so is Hero Arts! Kick off this warm weather with checking out the MORE & NEW Spring 2011 Hero Arts :)

More Spring Catalog

Stay Crafty!
:) Fran

Monday, April 18, 2011

Simon Says, "Teach Me How To Tim Holtz"

What: Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge!!

Theme: Tim Holtz Techniques

When: All week - get your entry in before next Monday (that's when a new theme will begin!)

Why: You might WIN a $50.00 voucher to Simon Says Stamp (shopping spree anyone?)

Where: Stamp & Show Blog

Who: YOU!

To get your creative juices flowing, we have some work from the brilliant Stamp & Show Design Team to help motivate you!

Dan's Creation:

Dan, I've gotta say, David is lookin' pretty good here!! : )

Some things he's used to make this:

-Kraft Resist Card Stack

-Artful Artifacts

Sarah Engles-Greer's Creation:

Sarah used the following items:

-Mini Ornate Stamps

-Distress Inks

Nancy Wethington's Creation:

Nancy has used these products:

-Compendium of Curiosities (some detail about Tim Holtz's techniques)

-Once Upon a Springtime 1 stamps by Graphic 45

Nancy Crissinger's Creation:

Nancy combined:

-Vintage Photo Distress Stain by Tim Holtz

-Hobgoblin Tissue Tape by Tim Holtz

Candy Colwell's Creation:

Candy used these:

-Art Parts Residences by Wendy Vecchi

-Perfect Pearl Pigment Powders

Terry's Creation:

Terry mixed the following products:

-Manila Tag

-Copper Embossing Powder

Kim's Creation:

Kim used:

-Philosophy Tags

-Bitty Grunge Stamp Set

Lori Hassler's Creation:

Lori made this using:

-Gadget Gears Die

-Rays & Retro Circles Embossing Folders

Linda Coughlin's Creation:

Linda combined the following items for her piece:

-Vintage Market Die

-Glues & Adhesives

Linda Elbourne's Creation:

Linda used:

-Fragments

-Mini Butterflies by Wendy Vecchi

Feeling motivated yet? Enter! I triple-dog-dare you ; )

Make it a great week!

-Sarah

Sarah@SimonSaysStamp.com

P.S.- The winner of the 3" Crate Paper swatches blog candy (SWAG) from the Webster's Pages blog is...Natasha!! Thanks for commenting! Please email Fran@SimonSaysStamp.com within 1 week to claim your SWAG! hehe

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Be Inspired by Kathy Racoosin!

Penny Black's Flower Amongst Flowers

Spring is a blooming and Kathy Racoosin knows it ; ) With everything blooming outside be inspired by this tutorial from Kathy Racoosin!

Glue Dots

When you are "cutting" your paper layer the card stock & a sheet of scrap copy paper (it's thinner). After your papers are cut it's important to tape the back of your paper to the Spellbinders die to hold it secure. Kathy used Drafting Dots in this tutorial, but Glue Dots can work also :)

On to the next step :) Kathy then used Fiskars Cloud Punch to make the heavenly background!

It's easy as 1, 2 now on to Step 3 You can sketch your hills on a scrap sheet of paper then Kathy started inking with the Tumbled Glass Distress Ink Pad starting with the lightest first!

Kathy then placed the top part of the scrap paper over the distressed areas and removed the first part of the hill. A dauber is easy to apply the Crushed Olive in these small spaces.

Step 5 :) Kathy used more ink on the edges because when the outsides of card are darker you eyes tend to focus to the center of the card. (Makes sense ; )

Put your papers back on to protect what you have already distressed. It's definitely looking good so far!

Lucky number step 7! Kathy then distressed the second hill with Peeled Paint.

This is the finished result. Doesn't it make you want to sing that one song from the Sound of Music ; )

Now the fun part! Coloring :) Copic Markers are great for coloring and blending of course !

Kathy Racoosin did a fantastic job by adding Flower Soft's Textured Blooms to the mix! Well I hope this tutorial has inspired you to plant your own garden on a card :)

Stay Crafty!
:) Fran