♥ Simon Says...SUPER Hop and Treasure Hunt! ♥

For the second year in a row, Simon Says Stamp and Show and The Simon Says Stamp Challenges  are joining forces to bring you a SUPER hop and treasure hunt to celebrate the approaching fall and winter holidays.

To help celebrate we will be giving a BIG BASKET OF CRAFTING GOODIES to the winner of this hop! PLUS 3 $25 VOUCHERS to the Simon Says Stamp Store! The vouchers will be the hidden treasure on 3 DT blogs and you have to find them.

The Blog hop will start, today, August 31st, on the Simon Says Challenge Blog

and will finish on September 5th, at on the Simon Says Stamp and Show Blog.

The theme for both challenges this week will be ANYTHING GOES. You can make anything you like … a card, an ATC, a Scrapbook layout … the possibilities are endless!

You will need to hop through each blog, find the little parcel of goodies and make a note on which designer’s blog you found them. You do not HAVE to comment on all the DT blogs but we would appreciate any comments you would like to leave. If you lose your way at any time a full list of all the participating blogs with links will be available on Simon Says Stamp Challenge and the Stamp and Show Challenge blogs

For more details please refer to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge or the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge blogs for more details.

The last stop on the hop is the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge blog. You will need to leave a comment there with the names of the 3 blogs with treasure chest pictures. The comments will be moderated so you will not be able to see the answers.

If you arrived here from the super talented Mandy's Blog,  then you are going in the right direction otherwise you need to start at the beginning on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge.

For my card, I used the adorable Itty Bitty stamp set called "Enjoy this Day" by Unity Stamps. I love the vintage style bicycle and beautiful sentiment. I used some pretty paper by Cosmo Cricket. I also dry embossed the paper with an old Cuttlebug Embossing Folder. I don't remember the name of it but it has alot of vines and flowers on it. I then ran some Pebbles pastel chalks over the embossed areas to give it color. I also ran my paper doily and tag through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots folder.

To finish off my card, I added some Prima trim, seam binding ribbon, glitter and some Liquid Pearls in White Opal.

From here you need to go to the super talented and very sweet Heather's Blog for more inspiration :-) I would appreciate a comment if you would like to leave one

Have fun hopping along!!

♥ You're a Jewel! ♥

This week's challenge at The Shabby Tea Room is called Birthstones. It is to create a card/project with your birthstone on it. How fun is that!!

This week the Shabby Girls got to play with stamps by this week's awesome sponsor, Pink Persimmon! We were all sent these adorable stamp sets called Scottie Dogs and You're a Jewel. My birthstone is Garnet (January) so I incorporated a little red stamped gem into the dog's collar as well on the tag. If you've never tried Pink Persimmon stamps you are in for a real treat! The quality rubber is awesome and it leaves a crisp clear image. Not too mention they are so cute!!

This week's challenge winner will win a $40 Gift Certificate to the Pink Persimmon store!! Awesome prize!

Don't forget to visit the rest of the Shabby Girls too!

♥ Debbie Marcinkiewicz - {TSTR Creator} - Simple Treasures
♥ Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
♥ Danielle Greenwood - Au Claire De La Lune
♥ Charlene Cundy - Expressions of Me!
♥ Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards

And here is the inspiration photo for this challenge!

I hope everyone is well after the Hurricane! I am auto-posting this before it hits us. It is coming right for us here in southern NJ, so hopefully it will turn out to the ocean some more before it does! We had to postpone my son's 1st birthday party because of it. But as long as we are ok, that's all that matters!! I will keep you all posted!!

Have a wonderful day!

♥ Super EASY and QUICK Gift for Teacher ♥ {And a Giveaway??}

♥♥♥ For today's Simon Says post, please scroll down! Thank you! ♥♥♥

This is a super fast and easy gift that can be made in literally minutes for a teacher. The templates used are as easy as can be! Just print them out, cut and score where indicated and decorate!!

For the complete details on just how easy they are, just go HERE to the Hybrid Chick blog! Who knows, whoever leaves me a comment there, may just win a little something!! {wink} {wink} I will post what it is soon!!

Have a wonderful school year!!

Hugs...

♥ Simon Says...Dawny's Sketch! ♥

This week at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog we have a FUN sketch for you all to play with! (See below for sketch) Flip it sideways, turn it upside down, we don't care! As long as you use the basic sketch, we want you to have fun with it!

But, before moving on to this weeks challenge we need you to cancel all your plans for next week, all leave is cancelled !! ha ha We need you all here to join us on a HUGE Stamp-tember Blog Hop and Treasure Hunt !!

For the second year in a row the Simon Says Stamp and Show DT and the Simon Says Stamp Challenge DT are joining forces to celebrate the approaching fall and winter holidays. Be sure to come back on August 31st, (MN Ohio Time, 6 pm CET ) to start the hop. It will run through to September 5th. Simon Says Stamp is offering a FANTASTIC GRAND PRIZE , and there will be other opportunities to win some hidden treasure too ! So make a note in your diaries and make sure you are here to join in the FUN !! :-)

For fabulous tutorials, inspiration and candy you should keep an eye on the Simon Says Stamp Blog too Heidi and her staff have recently from the CHA and have ordered loads of the hottest new products. Keep an eye on the All New Just In Pages there are sure to be lots of fab new goodies arriving right now !!

Now back to this week's challenge! This week the Simon Says DT got to play with some fabulous Lawn Fawn stamps! I chose this adorable birthday cake stamp called "Year One". I stamped it 3 times, in 3 different color inks and then paper pieced the cake back together. I then coated it with some Martha Stewart Fine White Glitter. The polka dots and striped paper are by Echo Park. It is called Candy Shoppe. The paper pack comes in many different colors.

To finish off my card, I also used a paper distresser, some Liquid Pearls and some Hero Arts Lace Ribbon.

Here is the awesome sketch~

And as always, the random winner of this challenge will win a $50 Credit Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore!

And lastly, don't forget that there is still a few days left to enter the Summer Holidays Children Challenge that is running all month long at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog! It is for children ages 2-16 and it is Anything Goes! There are {2} $25 gift vouchers up for grabs to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore!

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs...

♥ The Sweet Days of Summer ♥

That is the name of this week's challenge at The Shabby Tea Room...The Sweet Days of Summer. It is to create a card and/or project using a handmade flower and the colors pink, peach, green and a neutral.

For my card, I used an adorable digi image called "Owl Always Love You" by our sponsor Paper Pretties. I colored it in with some pink, peach and green Copics. I then added some twine to act as branches. I used some beautiful papers by , as well as some buttons, lace which I inked peach, ribbon and my flower and leaves were made out of sheer and cotton fabric.

This week's challenge winner will receive this beautiful Clear Stamp Set by Paper Pretties! It is called Give a Hoot!

And don't forget to visit the rest of the Shabby Girls too!

♥ Debbie Marcinkiewicz - {TSTR Creator} - Simple Treasures
♥ Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
♥ Danielle Greenwood - Au Claire De La Lune
♥ Charlene Cundy - Expressions of Me!
♥ Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards

Here is the lovely inspiration photo~

And speaking of Summer, where did it go?? I can't believe it's almost gone!! Actually, where did the past year go?? I can't believe that in 6 days my son, Santino, will be 1! Whew! Time is going way too fast! And Antonio will be starting Kindergarten in a couple of weeks!! Oh, my!! Does anyone out there have a youth serum that I can buy?? I don't want them to get big!! Oh, how I love them soooo. 

Have a wonderful day!

♥ Simon Says... Food and/or Drink! ♥

That is this week's fun challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog! Food and/or Drink! Make any type of creation with food or drink on it! A cupcake, candy, cup of tea or coffee...etc, etc!

I made a fun invitation type card for a small get together. With everyone emailing and texting these days, it's nice to receive an invite in the mail! I used a beautiful Inkadinkado stamp on this called Wine and Cheese. I colored it in with some Copics and then added a little shimmer to the top of it with some MS Fine White Glitter. For the base of my card, I used some beautiful card stock by Magnolia called Something Old Something New. To finish it off, I added some seam binding, Prima trim, paper doily, Melissa Frances Rub-on transfers and a hand made wine glass charm out of wire, beads and a charm. It can be easily removed from the card by un-tieing the ribbon.

And as always, don't forget,  that the random winner of this challenge will win a $50 Credit Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore!

And lastly, don't forget that there is still time to enter the Summer Holidays Children Challenge that is running all month long at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog! It is for children ages 2-16 and it is Anything Goes! There are {2} $25 gift vouchers up for grabs to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore!

I am also entering this into another wonderful Food and Drink challenge over at the Totally Papercrafts Challenge Blog.

Have a wonderful day!!

Hugs...

♥ Shabby Polka Dots... A Tea Cottage ♥

This week I am your Hostess at The Shabby Tea Room and I chose the fun theme of Polka Dots! Just create a card and/or project with Polka Dots on it, enter it into our Polka Dots challenge and you could win a fabulous prize by our lovely sponsor this week, Creations by AR!

I made this adorable little Tea Cottage with the template by the same name by Creations by AR. This was sooo easy and fun to make! This template really is one of the most easiest templates I have ever done. Just imagine making a bunch of them and making a Christmas village! (Which is just what I might do!) Instead of filling it with tea bags, you can fill it with candy or even a battery operated tea light!

I made the chimney out of 2 wooden spools, that I painted and then glued together. I then added some hand made stick pins that I whipped up. The cottage even comes with that adorable little fence. The template comes in a choice of 2 files, SVG or PDF.

The papers I used are also digi and can be found HERE. I also used some Martha Stewart mini paper roses, a Melissa Frances keyhole and rub-on transfer, some string pearls, a punched heart made from Girls Paperie paper and some seam binding, which I also added some polka dots to using a Copic marker.

Here is the cottage filled with tea bags.

                                           

As mentioned above, this week's winner will receive 2 fabulous templates of your choice from Creations by AR! The templates there are AMAZING!!

And here is the inspiration photo that I chose for you all~

Don't forget to check out the rest of the AMAZING Shabby Girls too!

♥ Debbie Marcinkiewicz - {TSTR Creator} - Simple Treasures

♥ Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

♥ Danielle Greenwood - Au Claire De La Lune

♥ Charlene Cundy - Expressions of Me!

♥ Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards

Oh, and one last thing, someone recently asked me what type of lighting I use when photographing my cards and stuff. I only use natural lighting. I set up near a door which lets in lots of light and photograph there. Hope that helps!! ;)

Have a wonderful day!!

Hugs...

♥ Simon Says...All White Card with a Colored Image! ♥

Yup! That's this week's challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog! An all white card, with just your colored stamped image. Not as easy as you may think, trust me! I definitely struggled with this one! I can't wait to see what you all come up with though! (I'm sure they will be better than mine!)

This week the Simon Says DT got to play with Magnolia stamps. I chose this new Mini Magnolia Stamp called Gift Giving Tilda. It is really for a wedding but I think it is perfect for any special occasion. I colored her in with some Copics and added a touch of Martha Stewart Fine White Glitter. I also used some Spellbinders Labels Four Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Folder, seam binding, a Prima white rose and some White Opal Liquid Pearls.

And as always, don't forget, the random winner of this challenge will win a $50 Credit Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore!

And lastly, don't forget that there is still the Summer Holidays Children Challenge that is running all month long at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog! It is for children ages 2-16 and it is Anything Goes! There are {2} $25 gift vouchers up for grabs to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore!

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs...

♥ Sending you Warm {Shabby} Thoughts ♥

This week's lovely challenge at The Shabby Tea Room is called Tea for Two! It is to create a card/project with a Tea theme and also to use the inspiration photo's colors of blue and green.

And this week the Shabby Girls got to play with some digi stamps by our regular monthly sponsor, Robyn's Fetish. I chose to use this gorgeous Rose digi on my teacup shaped card. I colored it in with some Copics and then added a little sparkle of glitter to it. (Notice the pretty rose on the table in the inspiration photo below ;) For the teacup card, I just traced a chipboard album twice onto my paper, cut them out, punched a small hole in the top and threaded a piece of twine to hold it together. I then adhered the seam binding bow over it. The papers used are by The Girls Paperie.

This week's challenge winner will win 5 digi images of your choice from Robyn's Fetish!

Don't forget to check out the rest of the AMAZING Shabby Girls too!

♥ Debbie Marcinkiewicz - {TSTR Creator} - Simple Treasures
♥ Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
♥ Danielle Greenwood - Au Claire De La Lune
♥ Charlene Cundy - Expressions of Me!
♥ Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards

Here is the beautiful inspiration photo~

Have a wonderful day!!

Hugs...