Friday, June 29, 2012
Introducing the new members of the stamp & show team!
After many long hours pouring over the entries, visiting and re-visiting blogs, and considering all of the various factors that go into choosing design team members we are excited to announce that four talented crafters will be joining our team!
Let me share a bit more about them [as pictured above, left to right]
Suzanne Czosek is a crafter living in the Midwest (USA) that balances a busy home life with a love of paper crafting. I love her attention to detail and use of texture in her work, not to mention what a wide range of looks that she creates from very aged and vintage to downright adorable.
Next up, Anna-Karin Evaldsson joins us from South Africa, where you can find her inking up a storm. Her layered stamping and her wide range of projects will have you inspired to break out more ink, that’s for sure. I look forward to reading about her creative process, as well as seeing what she dreams up next.
Perhaps you wonder if first time applicants who have no previous design team experience ever get picked – absolutely! This is the case with Sandra Mouwen who joins us from the Netherlands. She creates cards, tags, and so much more. I find myself re-visiting her blog often and looking at her fantastic projects over and over again.
Across the Atlantic Ocean in the southern United States you’ll find our fourth new team member Ashli Oliver. She has an amazing way of sharing her ideas, posts incredible project process photos on her blog that let you into her creative mind, and is totally fearless about getting ink, paint, and generally making a mess.
I think you’re really going to be inspired by each of them in different ways, both with the projects they share here and the detailed looks at their projects and creative process on their personal blogs. Please join me in welcoming them all!
Now that I’ve introduced them, I’ll take a minute and introduce myself! My name is May Flaum, and I’ll be leading up the team as well as dreaming up the challenges and doing all the behind the scenes stuff here at Simon Says Stamp & Show now. I love all things vintage, I can never have too many buttons or trims, and I do enjoy a good book. I’ve worked a lot of jobs in the craft industry over the last decade – currently you can find me teaching classes on-line, doing freelance design work, and almost daily you can find me at www.mayflaum.com. In fact this summer I’m hosting a prize and idea filled (FREE) blog event called “Camp Scrap” that is going on now!
I am really looking forward to seeing your amazing creations, sharing new challenges and ideas with you, and to be working with such an amazing team. I will be making my project debut this week, and you can watch for our new members to begin joining in challenges in the near future as well.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Winners-day...
Before I get distracted, let's get to the good stuff! First up, we have randomly drawn the winner for the $50.00 Simon Says Stamp Gift Voucher and that goes to...
51 Meihsia Liu
Congratulations! Please claim your prize within the next two weeks by emailing May with your details.
Now for the top 3. Each week the Design Team nominates their favorites and the three entries with the most votes get a fabulous blog blinkie! Gotta love those bragging rights. This week the winners that have been selected are...
17 Deb Neerman
118 Mark
185 Gabrielle
Congratulations to each of you ... your work was stunning! Please email May and she will send you the Top 3 Blinkie.
I'd like to thank everyone who took part in the challenge. There is so much creative inspiration happening around here - so you don't want to miss this week's challenge "depth of distress" .
Thanks to Simon Says Stamp for their generosity - each week we give away a $50 gift voucher to the shop that you can use to buy all kinds of fabulous stamps, inks, and paper crafting supplies. Remember - you just need to enter the challenge each week to be entered into the draw!
Monday, June 25, 2012
Challenge | Depth of Distress
Now, our fearless leader Linda has departed for a new adventure, but she left us with an intriguing challenge titled "Depth of Distress". What does that mean to you? How will you interpret the challenge? Will you write in your art journal about a most trying time? Will you scrapbook a distressing event, or create a card for someone in distress?
Somehow, with this blog, I suspect the word distress will more likely trigger everyone running for their Tim Holtz inks, stains, stickles, crackle paint, reinkers, and markers of the distress variety. Luckily, www.simonsaysstamp.com carries all things in the Distress line, including the brand new summer set of colors. The challenge is open to you to interpret however you would like. Let's take a look first at how the design team interpreted this challenge:
To see more photos and detail of any of the design team member's creations, simply click on their name (above the photo of their project) to visit their blog.
For the full rules, read the "challenge rules" posted in the side-bar here on our blog. We can't wait to see what you make.
Depth of Distress Challenge for Simon Says Stamp & Show
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Sunday, June 24, 2012
Congrats to Sarah & family!
Congrats to Sarah - and welcome Ruby! Such a sweet little girl we all wish you the very best!
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Winners-Day!
368 Annie G
Congratulations Annie ... Please claim your prize within the next two weeks by emailing Linda with your details so we can arrange for you to start buying yummy goodies!
Now for the next bit ... every week the entire Design Team nominate their favourites and the three pieces of art work with the most votes gets a fabulous blinkie! This week the winners that have been selected to join the elite club of vintage artists that can proudly display our top three blinkie are...
77 Paula Whittaker
87 Stampersuzz
198 Shelly Hickox
Congratulations to each of you ... your work was Fabulous! Please email Linda and she will send you the Top 3 Blinkie! Thank you to everyone that took part last week. Don't forget to check out this week's Challenge ... this week we want you to see a Bit of Brown! ... and we have another $50 Simon Says Stamp voucher to give away!
Monday, June 18, 2012
Design Team Call
Simon Says Stamp & Show is looking for a few inspiring crafters to join our design team. We are looking for all kinds of people who love vintage styles as much as we do – from anywhere in the world!
Design team members are expected to post weekly to the challenge blog and their own blog, as well as comment on participant blog entries, and promote the Stamp & Show blog through social media outlets. Members receive product, discounts, and other benefits that will be detailed to individuals who are invited to join the team.
Do you love a good challenge? Are you always interested in creating something new and sharing it? Do you love to blog what you craft? We’d love to hear from you!
If you would like to be considered for this team, please email may.flaum@gmail.com with “DT call” in the subject line, and include only the following information in your email:
Name
Blog address
Have you participated in the SSS challenge blogs in the past? If so, please link to one of your projects/blog posts with an entry.
Why would you like to join the Stamp & Show team?
If you could only use one ink pad, which color (and type) would it be?
Attach an image to the email with a single photo of your latest (favorite) creation, and in 3-4 sentences explain why you love it.
Is there anything else we should know about you?
The deadline for this call is Wednesday June 27, at 10am Eastern time. All entries will receive a reply so that you know yours has been received. The new team members will be invited to join by the 30th of June, and new members will be announced on July 23rd, along with the debut of their first projects.
New members to the Stamp & Show team will receive detailed instructions, information, and specific compensation information when invited to join the team.
Simon Says Stamp and Show a Bit of Brown!
Before you take a look at what the Design Team came up with... I just wanted to Say a big Thank you ... This week will be my last post here on the Challenge blog ... I have had a wonderful few years here ... so Thank you to the amazing Heidi and her wonderful team at Simon Says Stamp ... Thank you to my fabulous and inspiring DT members ... past and present and Thank you to everyone that has taken part in our challenges and made them so much fun ... I have had a lovely time!
You will be pleased to know that an uber talented, amazing and creative artist is already working hard behind the scenes to continue bringing you your weekly challenge and will be announced very soon ... so watch this space!
Candy Colwell
Terry
Dan
Please take care to 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 ... Remember if we cannot find your post ... we cannot leave a comment ...Thank you.
Please note that we are unable to leave comments where the host site demands membership in order to do so
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Winners-Day!
21 Hanna Nilsson
Congratulations Hanna ... Please claim your prize within the next two weeks by emailing Linda with your details so we can arrange for you to start buying yummy goodies!
Now for the next bit ... every week the entire Design Team nominate their favourites and the three pieces of art work with the most votes gets a fabulous blinkie! This week the winners that have been selected to join the elite club of vintage artists that can proudly display our top three blinkie are...
7 MsPlum
86 Happy Days
151 Mark
Congratulations to each of you ... your work was Fabulous! Please email Linda and she will send you the Top 3 Blinkie! Thank you to everyone that took part last week. Don't forget to check out this week's Challenge ... this week we want you to see anything you make! ... and we have another $50 Simon Says Stamp voucher to give away!
Monday, June 11, 2012
Simon Says Stamp and Show ... Anything Goes!
Candy Colwell
Please take care to 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 ... Remember if we cannot find your post ... we cannot leave a comment ...Thank you.
Please note that we are unable to leave comments where the host site demands membership in order to do so
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Winners-Day!
7 Alison
Congratulations ... Please claim your prize within the next two weeks by emailing Linda with your details so we can arrange for you to start buying yummy goodies!
Now for the next bit ... every week the entire Design Team nominate their favourites and the three pieces of art work with the most votes gets a fabulous blinkie! This week the winners that have been selected to join the elite club of vintage artists that can proudly display our top three blinkie are...
97 Marjie Kemper
109 Kate
130 Antonia
Congratulations to each of you ... your work was Fabulous! Please email Linda and she will send you the Top 3 Blinkie! Thank you to everyone that took part last week. Don't forget to check out this week's Challenge ... this week we want you to see your projects with texture! ... and we have another $50 Simon Says Stamp voucher to give away!
Monday, June 4, 2012
Simon Says Stamp and Show Some Texture ...
Before I set out the details for this week's challenge I have some more sad news. The lovely Lynne Forsythe has been with the Simon Says Stamp and Show Design Team from Day One and this week is her final project ... it is time to say goodbye! I am sure you will all join me; the Design Team and the entire Simon Says Stamp family by saying a huge THANK YOU to Lynne for all her hard work and wonderful inspiration! We are going to miss you Lynne and we wish you the best of everything!
This week Simon Says Stamp and Show ... Some Texture! If you want to join in the fun ... all you need to do is ... make something ... showing some texture ... pop it on your blog ... and come back here and link up so everyone can see what you made! Before you start take a look at what the Design Team came up with...
Lynne Forsythe
Candy Colwell
Terry
Dan
Please take care to 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 ... Remember if we cannot find your post ... we cannot leave a comment ...Thank you.
Please note that we are unable to leave comments where the host site demands membership in order to do so
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