Hello Everyone ... Dan here, standing in for Linda while she whoops it up at CHA! Thank you for playing along with last week's challenge ... The winners will be announced on Wednesday .... so don't forget to check back ... this could be your lucky week! This week Simon Says Stamp and Show ... Some Love! If you want to join in the fun ... all you need to do is ... create something that ties in with our theme ... pop it on your blog ... and come back here and link up so everyone can see what you made! To start you on your way... take a look at some inspiration from the Design Team ...
Of course Linda had to go vintage to show some LOVE and created this sweet triptych using Victorian era vintage images. She accented them with Tim Holtz stamps from the Odds and Ends and Urban Grunge sets. The Grungeboard heart and wings were inked with Vintage Photo and Broken China Distress Inks and dry embossed with the Patchwork embossing folder.
One of her high school romance novels became the base for Nancy’s paper wreath, the pages of which are now touched with Ranger Platinum Stickles. The centerpiece is a few pieces of Tammy Tutterow’s ribbons - the colors working perfectly with one of the birds in 7 Gypsies ATC Vintage Tags set. The tag, which is affixed with a Tim Holtz Memo Charm, can be changed with the seasons - today’s being Tim’s Love ticket from Love Struck.
Nancy had so much fun decorating this paper mache heart shaped box. The chipboard wings were embossed with Tim Holtz Texture Fades and then tinted with Antique Linen Distress Ink. Lots of stickles were added to *bling* the heart. Visit Nancy's blog for more information on all the elements used to create this project.
Made a card full of love, using Tim's Heart Wings die... The heart is cut from chipboard, painted with Claudine Hellmuth Gesso. When dry was inked, then covered with distress stickles and glitter, the wings from satin and the crown coloured with paint dabber. Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die was used to create the rose, the seam binding coloured using distress inks and the wonderful sentiment from Crafty Secrets Bird Notes. The papers are 7 gypsies and embossed with the bingo texture fade.
Please do stop by the Design Team's individual blogs for more detailed pictures and further information on their work ... just click on their names.
The Design Team are looking forward to seeing your interpretation of the theme! Fanfare required here ... Because our wonderful site sponsor Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $50 gift voucher! Oh yes people $50!!
The prize will go to a random entry chosen by Random Generator. The challenge will close at Midnight Eastern time on Sunday 6th February 2011 and the winner will be announced during the following week. To qualify all you need to do is create a new piece of work ... post it on your blog ... with a link to this site and then pop a link below so everyone can come see what you made! And who knows ... if you don't win this prize ... your work may be selected for the much sought after Top Three Blinkie.
Have fun everyone :o)
Please link directly to your post NOT your blog and please do not include links to work that has been posted prior to the first day of the challenge ... Thank you :0)
It's that time of the week again so without further ado ... here are the results for the Polka Dot challenge ... the winner of the randomly drawn $25.00 Simon Says Stamp Gift Voucher is
Number 71 Stephanie Hester
Congratulations Stephanie ... Please email Linda with your details so we can arrange for you to start buying stash :0)
The three winners that have been selected to join the elite club of vintage artists that can proudly display our top three blinkie are ... 9 Hels Sheridan 29 Kathleen F 64 Sarah
Congratulations to each of you ... we LOVED your Dots! Please email Linda and she will send you the Top 3 Blinkie! You may have to wait a little while for a reply this week as Linda will be on a plane ... but please be patient and she we get back to you as soon as she can! We had lots of fabulous entries so Thank you to everyone that took part.
Okay guys ... that's it for now ... don't forget to check out this week's Challenge ... we have a wonderful $50 prize and, as always, we cannot wait to see what you make :0)
Hello Everyone ... Thank you for playing along with last week's challenge ... The winners will be announced on Wednesday .... so don't forget to check back ... this could be your lucky week! This week Simon Says Stamp and Show ... a Childhood Memory!
If you want to join in the fun ... all you need to do is ... create something that ties in with our theme ... pop it on your blog ... and come back here and link up so everyone can see what you made! To start you on your way... take a look at some inspiration from the Design Team ...
One of Dan's earliest memories is of attending the New York World's Fair in 1965, not long after his family had emigrated to the USA. Among the products he used in this piece are 3 Tim Holtz stamp sets (Dance Card, Psychedelic Grunge and Rockstar) and Distress Ink pads in Weathered Wood, Fired Brick and Walnut Stain.
Linda grew up on a farm in a small country town and wanted to recapture that childhood feeling with the wall hanging she created using stamps from Artistic Outpost's Home and Keeper stamp sets. The denim look of the letter backing was created with the Cuttlebug Paisley embossing folder with white craft ink sponged on the high parts. And, of course, the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die was used to create the handmade paper/fabric flowers.
One of Lori's fondest childhood memories is visiting her Gram and Gramps house, where Gram was always baking. She chose a 12 x 12 scrapbook layout to commemorate that, using the recipe page from the Seasonal Paper pack, the Fabulous Flourish stamp, the rosette die and some Thicker cloth letters.
Nancy has wonderful memories of the Valentine card boxes she made in elementary school. Here she's made a folded easel box card, reminiscent of those. The drawer's made with Core'dinations paper, the drawer "pull" is a Tim Holtz Idea-ology Charm Clip, the "Be Mine" are letters from The Girls Paperie Chipboard Alphabet Eclectic Paper Letters Type .. all of the details can be found on Nancy's blog.
I remember my friend's Grandmother's treasure box ... it was a beautifully decorated cigar box filled with Postcards, photos and letters from her sweetheart... I loved listening to her stories. I have covered my cigar box with Tim Holtz Lost and Found Papers ... an Ornate plate and Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 stamps and some chipboard flowers. Now I just need to fill it up!
Please do stop by the Design Team's individual blogs for more detailed pictures and further information on their work ... just click on their names.
The Design Team are looking forward to seeing your interpretation of the theme! Fanfare required here ... Because our wonderful site sponsor Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $50 gift voucher! Oh yes people $50!!
The prize will go to a random entry chosen by Random Generator. The challenge will close at Midnight Eastern time on Sunday 30th January 2011 and the winner will be announced during the following week. To qualify all you need to do is create a new piece of work ... post it on your blog ... with a link to this site and then pop a link below so everyone can come see what you made! And who knows ... if you don't win this prize ... your work may be selected for the much sought after Top Three Blinkie.
Have fun everyone :o)
Please link directly to your post NOT your blog and please do not include links to work that has been posted prior to the first day of the challenge ... Thank you :0)
It's that time of the week again so without further ado ... here are the results for the Masking challenge ... the winner of the randomly drawn $25.00 Simon Says Stamp Gift Voucher is
Number 5 Sharon (aka CelticCrafter)
Congratulations Sharon ... Please email Linda with your details so we can arrange for you to start buying stash :0)
The three winners that have been selected to join the elite club of vintage artists that can proudly display our top three blinkie are ... 9 Chris 34 Candy Colwell 46 Stampersue
Congratulations to each of you ... we LOVED your masking! Please email Linda and she will send you the Top 3 Blinkie! We had lots of fabulous entries so Thank you to everyone that took part.
Okay guys ... that's it for now ... don't forget to check out this week's Polka Dot Challenge ... we have a wonderful $25 prize and, as always, we cannot wait to see what you make :0)
Hello Everyone ... Thank you for playing along last week ... The winners will be announced on Wednesday .... so don't forget to check back ... this week it could be you! For this challenge Simon Says Stamp and Show ... Some Polka Dots!
If you want to get dotty with the Design Team ... all you need to do is ... create something with Polka Dots ... pop it on your blog ... and come back here and link up so everyone can see what you made! To start you on your way... take a look at some inspiration from the Design Team ...
Nancy used lots of goodness from Wendy Vecchi's Studio 490 for this week's challenge. The heart & sentiment are from Studio 490's Love to Make Art stamp set and the butterfly from Studio 490's Nature's Art stamped on Clearly for Art.
Nancy wanted to try her hand at a file folder book & Webster’s Pages’ WonderFALL papers caught her eye, both to cover the ‘pages’ & to make a Tim Holtz Rosette. Lots of elements were added, including Jenni Bowlin’s Punctuation Tickets & a number of Tim Holtz’ Idea-ology parts. Wendy Vecchi’s Collectible Art stamps provided the perfect phrases on tags & tabs.
It all began with "Once Upon a Springtime" for the polkadots!! Which then brought about visions of flowers in a field and off Lynne went creating yet ANOTHER flower. She used Eyelet Circles and Peony dies by Spellbinders and coffee filters. She colored her flower using Reinker Mixtures of Worn Lipstick, Mustard Seed, Spice Marmalade, Shabby Shutters, Scattered Straw, Spun Sugar...to name just a few!! And the ULTRA distress look was created using her Distress if All.
Wanted to make a grunge bag but thought she would start with something a little smaller... She's used the Tag and bookplates die as the template. Began with the flower from Botanical art, stamped directly onto grungepaper and covered with glossy accents. The polka dots were stamped using ranger paint dabber, which resisted the distress inks. The back has had the same resist treatment but using the leaves from nature's art. The sentiment is also from nature's art stamped using archival black. The strap is the polka dots ribbon from Websters pages holiday trims.
This week Linda went dramatically different than her usual shabby chic style with bold black and white polka dots accented in a rich dark red. On her polka dotted front panel, she used stamps from the Tim Holtz Mini Classics set and for the sentiment inside, stamps from the Urban Grunge collection were used. Silver metal pieces accent the front panel, cut from Ten Seconds Studio Metal using the Spellbinders Fleur de Lis die.
In my opinion ... NOBODY does Polka Dots like THE Wendy Vecchi! I used lots of Wendy's beautiful stamps to decorate my hinged frame. I must admit ... I got a bit carried away creating Grungepaper flowers and nearly covered all my Polka Dots up ... so I added a few dotty butterflies from Make Mine Mini Art ... just for good measure. All of the flower centres are Idea-ology Foliage... the butterfly bodies are Game Spinners and if you look really closely you may be able to spot some Ranger Black Enamel Accents too.
Please do stop by the Design Team's individual blogs for more detailed pictures and further information on their work ... just click on their names.
The Design Team are looking forward to seeing your work! Drum Roll required here ... Our wonderful site sponsor Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 gift voucher!
The prize will go to a random entry chosen by Random Generator. The challenge will close at Midnight Eastern time on Sunday 23rd January 2011 and the winner will be announced during the following week. To qualify all you need to do is create a new piece of work ... post it on your blog ... with a link to this site and then pop a link below so everyone can come see what you made! And who knows ... if you don't win this prize ... your work may be selected for the much sought after Top Three Blinkie.
Have fun everyone :o)
Please link directly to your post NOT your blog and please do not include links to work that has been posted prior to the first day of the challenge ... Thank you :0)
It's Winners Day so here are the results for the Newest Stamp challenge ... the winner of the randomly drawn $25.00 Simon Says Stamp Gift Voucher is
Number 43 Donna
Congratulations Donna ... Please email Linda with your details so we can arrange for you to start spending your dosh :0)
The three winners that have been selected to join the elite club of vintage artists that can proudly display our top three blinkie are ... 9 Isa Norris 89 Marilyn 101 Candy Colwell
Congratulations to each of you ... we LOVED your entries! Please email Linda and she will send you the Top 3 Blinkie! We had lots of fabulous entries so Thank you to everyone that took part.
Okay guys ... that's it for now ... don't forget to check out this week's Masking Challenge ... we have a wonderful $25 prize and, as always, we cannot wait to see what you make :0)
Morning all ... Thank you for playing along with the last challenge ... The winners will be announced on Wednesday .... so don't forget to check back ... this could be your lucky week! This week Simon Says Stamp and Show ... Some masking!
If you want to join in the fun ... all you need to do is ... create something that ties in with our theme ... pop it on your blog ... and come back here and link up so everyone can see what you made! To start you on your way... take a look at some inspiration from the Design Team ...
Lynne chose to do a layout for this weeks challenge....something very different but very "ARTSY". The design was based upon the colours of the photos of her son....Black Soot, Barn Door and Pine Forest. She misted the Hounds Tooth Prima mask with a Black Soot "REINKER MIXTURE" (mini mister, reinker ink of choice, perfect pearls of choice and water). For accents around the photo montage she used a piece of Film Strip stapled to the page with her Mini Attacher and then accented with brads altered with the Texture Hammer. To finish off the page she added strips of Tissue Tape.
Lori wanted to demonstrate the versatility of Studio 490 stamps and also wanted to try the masking technique with the Adirondack paint dabbers, so she came up with this whimsical painting on a canvas panel. She stamped the butterflies from the Nature's Art, Botanical Art and Make Mine Mini Art sets onto a tag cut from mask sheets using the tag and bookplate die, then carefully cut out the butterflies and used the negative mask to fill in the butterflies with paint dabbers in Red Pepper, Sunset Orange and Purple Twilight. For more information on Lori's beautiful flowers ... check out her blog.
Kim uses a few masking techniques on her card. The card base, was first sprayed with glimmer mist to give a subtle colour and then she used Tim Holtz Floret Mini Mask for the corners.The main image is cut from nestabilities labels 8, inked with distress inks and Wendy's text stamp. Kim wanted to try something new (for her), she poured some masking fluid onto her non stick sheet and pressed the botany image from fairytale frenzy and stamped over the text piece. When dry she went in with distress inks to really bring out the contrast against the mask.
Please do stop by the Design Team's individual blogs for more detailed pictures and further information on their work ... just click on their names.
The Design Team are looking forward to seeing your work! Drum Roll required here ... Our wonderful site sponsor Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 gift voucher!
The prize will go to a random entry chosen by Random Generator. The challenge will close at Midnight Eastern time on Sunday 16th January 2011 and the winner will be announced during the following week. To qualify all you need to do is create a new piece of work ... post it on your blog ... with a link to this site and then pop a link below so everyone can come see what you made! And who knows ... if you don't win this prize ... your work may be selected for the much sought after Top Three Blinkie.
Have fun everyone :o)
Please link directly to your post NOT your blog and please do not include links to work that has been posted prior to the first day of the challenge ... Thank you :0)
Here we are at Wednesday again ... which means it is that time of the week… Fan Fare please … here are the results for last challenge ... the winner of the randomly drawn $50.00 Simon Says Stamp Gift Voucher ... oh yes $50 is ...
Number 27 Zoe (Aus)
Congratulations Zoe ... Please email Linda with your details so we can arrange for you to start your shopping spree :0)
The three winners that have been selected to join the elite club of vintage artists that can proudly display our top three blinkie are ... 34 Susan K 42 Candy Colwell 44 Cristina
Congratulations to each of you ... your work was gorgeous! Please email Linda and she will in turn send you the Top 3 Blinkie! We had lots of fabulous entries so Thank you to everyone that took part.
Okay guys ... that's it for now ... don't forget to check out this week's Newest Stamp Challenge ... we have a wonderful $25 prize and we are looking forward to seeing what you make :0)
Happy New Year everyone ... Here at Simon Says Stamp and Show we would like to wish you the best of everything for 2011. Now the business part ... Thank you for playing along with the last challenge ... The winners will be announced on Wednesday .... so don't forget to check back ... this could be your lucky week! This week Simon Says Stamp and Show ... Your newest Stamp!So come on ... dig through those socks ... stockings or whatever else you left out for Santa ... alternatively ... use a stamp you have had for yonks ... but never used :0)
If you want to join in the fun ... all you need to do is ... create something that ties in with our theme ... pop it on your blog ... and come back here and link up so everyone can see what you made! To start you on your way... take a look at some inspiration from the Design Team ...
One of the newest stamp sets in Nancy’s stash is Tim Holtz’s “Postcards” & it’s one of her very favorites! The tag was colored with Forest Moss, Wild Honey & Vintage Photo Distress Inks, then the 7Gypsies ATC tag was embellished with tickets from Tim’s Lost & Found paper pad, faces from the same paper pad placed under Film Strip Ribbon and a vintage pop bottle cap.
Nancy was so excited about receiving this new Hero Arts stamp from Simon Says Stamp Superstore that she couldn't wait to make a card with it. You can find the stamp in the new Hero Arts 2011 Catalogue and it's called Musical Collage. This stamp is so beautiful it didn't need many additions to make it sparkle. Nancy added ribbon with a button topper, a small banner with pearl drops and gave the little bird some color with Copic Markers.
Linda decided to kick off the new year by making a calendar with her newest Tim stamps. She has wanted the Fabulous Flourishes set forever and was thrilled to finally own it! She created the calendar frame out of cardboard and covered it with designer paper. At the top and the bottom are strips of 10 Seconds Studio metal that she embossed with her Cuttlebug and sanded. The January calendar sheet is slid in from the side and can be removed and replaced with the subsequent months as the year goes by. Her other new stamp set, Tim Holtz's Mini Classics, was also used to stamp the background of the January sheet. The sheet was also sponged with Stormy Sky and Vintage Photo distress inks. Check out Linda's blog for full details about her 2011 calendar.
Lori doesn't keep track of which stamp is her newest, but she's sure that a couple of Studio 490 stamps would be included in that group! The newest stamps she used were from the Be Happy...Make Art, and Fashion Style and Art sets. Vines made with grungeboard and the Regal Crest die, and a bright background made using Cranberry and Butterscotch Colorwash complete this cheerful tag to help with the winter doldrums!
Lynne knows her tag has a bit of Christmas flare to it but her theme is Winter. One of her FAVORITE new stamps is from Tim's Sketchbook stamp set....the pine bough. In keeping with the winter theme she used another of her favorite NEW stamps, the Fabulous Flourish by Hero Arts, which she embossed using White UTEE. The Snowman was cut using Winter Wonder and embossed with the Snow Flurries Texture Fade. The edge of the tag was accented using Faux Snow.
Kim's newest stamp is a couple of crafty secrets sets, although they're an older set she has only had them a few days.. so she set to work and decided to make a vintage hanging using sweet stuff. She started with some of Wendy's magnificent art parts, covered them with cosmo cricket's circa 1934 patterned papers and inked edges with distress inks. The background was created by stamping directly onto sticky back canvas and heat embossed to give a red work effect. The birds are paper pieced and raised on adhesive foam. Kim has added a few flower's created using Tattered florals die with pearl centre's. Finished off with a bow from seam binding and a little vintage lace sprayed with sand glimmer mist.
Please do stop by the Design Team's individual blogs for more detailed pictures and further information on their work ... just click on their names.
The Design Team are looking forward to seeing your work! Drum Roll required here ... Because throughout December our wonderful site sponsor Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 gift voucher!
The prize will go to a random entry chosen by Random Generator. The challenge will close at Midnight Eastern time on Sunday 9th January 2011 and the winner will be announced during the following week. To qualify all you need to do is create a new piece of work ... post it on your blog ... with a link to this site and then pop a link below so everyone can come see what you made! And who knows ... if you don't win this prize ... your work may be selected for the much sought after Top Three Blinkie.
Have fun everyone :o)
Please link directly to your post NOT your blog and please do not include links to work that has been posted prior to the first day of the challenge ... Thank you :0)