Wednesday, August 31, 2011

♥ 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 Smile

Have fun hopping along!!

111 comments:

  1. Удивительной красоты и гармонии получилась открыточка! Super!

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  2. When I first saw this card Melissa my first reaction was the jaw opening and hitting the ground, love the softness and elegance that you created...Hugs

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  3. What a sweet card. Love, love, love that background!

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  4. Such a lovely card!! fabulous !! Hugs xx

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  5. Hi Melissa,
    Just blog hopping around all your wonderful blogs today, what a gorgeous card you’ve made,it’s beautiful. Hugs Teresa xx

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  6. This is such a beautiful card Melissa, really stunning. I love the bicycle. Lee xx

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  7. Hi Melissa! I love the vintage feel of your card. The ribbon and the bow...love it! Love the embossing as well! It sets the whole tone for the card. Your distressed edges are perfect! Also love the bicycle image...very cute. Finishing touch...the "vintage" lace! Love it all! <3 Candy

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  8. Gorgeous card Melissa ,, I love the bike and all the soft pretty details ,, so lovely and feminine :-)

    luv
    Lols x x x

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  9. I love your card, so many elements to look at.

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  10. Love your card it has such a nice vintage feel to it .

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  11. I just love your card, thank you for sharing it.

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  12. gorgeous vintage card! i love everything in this card

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  13. Lovely card, great background. Love the image. Tracy x

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  14. love d vintage feel of this card !!super !

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  15. I always love your fabulously shabby work, Melissa, and this is no exception! The texture and colors are wonderful. Love the way you embossed your tag and doily. So fun sharing this blog hop with our sister DT!

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  16. Fabulous vintagey card!!! Love the embossing and color added. TFS joy4umetoo at hotmail dot com

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  17. I am all in to vintage!!! love your card, like how you embossed your doily.

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  18. Gorgeous card, The embossing is wonderful.
    Francy

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  19. What a beautiful card, love the way you have used the embossing folder.xxx

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  20. Absolutely beautiful! I love the bicycle and the coloured texture!

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  21. I really love your card. The bicycle is perfect.

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  22. This is stunning, Mandy said you were the Queen of Shabby Chic and she was right. A beautiful card with amazing elements. Thank you for a lovely hop.
    Hugs
    Suzi x

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  23. Absolutely wonderful! You definitely deserve the title of "Queen of Shabby Chic!"

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  24. So pretty - love the ribbon and bow! Thanks so much for sharing your creativity with all of us. I off to finish the hop...

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  25. What a lovely color selection!

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  26. Gorgeous card Sarah :-) I love this CAS style and you are brilliant at it !

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  27. Gorgeous card! Love the embossing of the DP!

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  28. omg what a fabulous looking card!
    Hugs, Heidi Brawley

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  29. what a gorgeous and elegant card!

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  30. I love the pastel hues and all the layering!

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  31. Love your ribbon and the perfect bow, I can never get it like that!

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  32. Melissa what a pretty card you have made here. Thanks for sharing. Off to look at the other creations on the Blog Hop. Best wishes, Kym xxx

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  33. Your card is absolutely beautiful! So, so pretty.

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  34. What a beautiful card. I especially love your seam binding ribbon! Great selection of colors as well. Thanks so much for sharing!

    XoXo,

    Katie

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  35. So sweet!
    Love every detail!
    Hugs!
    Sandra!

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  36. Love the soft palette you've created and the contrast with the "black & white" bike.

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  37. Absolutely gorgeous design, Melissa! I love the embossing and the bike is FAB!

    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

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  38. Very pretty card! Loving the soft colors and that bike is so fun!

    Hugs;
    Janette

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  39. Awesome card Melissa!!! Really like the way you used this dp--I never thought of using in this realm!!!
    Fabulous sweetness all around!!
    Hugz of thanks

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  40. Beautiful creation Melissa, love the soft colours.

    Hugs Ali x

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  41. Melissa this is beautiful, gorgeous colours, reminds me of an english country garden. Joey x

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  42. Will not go away without leaving a comment ;o)
    Tfs these wonderfull kind of artwork
    cu hellerlittle

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  43. eine wunderschöne edle karte
    lg gila

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  44. This card is so beautiful - I love all the details, the colors, the stamps! Thank you for your inspiration, Melissa!

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  45. what a great mix of texture and color. very well done

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  46. Love your card; cute image of the bike!! xxx Marianne MW

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  47. Beautiful card, great papers you used and this is such a sweet image))

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  48. Beautiful card, love the soft colours. Hugs Christine x

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  49. so very very delicate and love the little cycle, beautiful
    Hugs Kate xx
    Thanks for the hop :)

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  50. Lovely card and that bike is so cute!

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  51. Super card Melissa. I love the vintage feel you have given to it with your gorgeous details.

    Hugs,

    Jo x

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  52. Love the shabby chic-ness of this lovely card. The bicycle is perfect. Thanks

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  53. Very sweet and pretty Melissa! Love the little bicycle. :-) TFS!

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  54. So beautiful, Melissa! TFS! :)

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  55. Wowzers!! This card is just SUPERCUTE!! I looove it!!

    Hugs,
    Randi WS

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  56. Wow!! what a fantastic card
    Louise

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  57. Beautiful! Love the ribbon treatment.

    Deanne :)

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  58. Thanks so much for sharing your talent! I love what you've done adding color to the flowers...and the rest of the card ain't bad either!

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  59. Such a very lovely card indeed! The image, colours and layers are wonderful...shabby at it's best!
    It's great to meet our sister team - enjoy bouncing around the blogs...
    Sarah.

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  60. Hi Melissa, love the shabby chic look of your card! Ruby x

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  61. Gorgeous vintage card and I just love that bicycle!

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  62. This is just beautiful, you are so talented. I love this vintage style.
    lol Chrissie xx

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  63. Love how you dry embossed over all the background images. Super sweet card.

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  64. Hi wow love your ideas so inspiring great idea to put doily in cuttlebug with folder !! Thanks Kitty ;0)

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  65. Love the background with this great image.

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  66. I love your super supeer sweet card !!!

    Yulis

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  67. This is fantastic, beautiful :-) Elaine-xxx-

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  68. Beautiful card - so pretty!
    Helen x

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  69. What a pretty card. I love all the pastel colours. Thanks for sharing.

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  70. Wow - how beautiful is this?! The bicycle is Wonderful ... thanks for sharing!

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  71. A gorgeous card. I love your coloured embossing and the bicycle. Hugs Sarahxx

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  72. What a great hop and fabulous creations from all the DT members
    Happy crafting
    Tracy x

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  73. Very pretty--I like the embossing.

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  74. Your card is gorgeous, seriously it is so pretty!!!

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  75. oh now I see what Mandy means about being the queen of Shabby Chic. This creation is def. NO exception ! Perfectly done! Love the ribbon treatment best!

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  76. Beautiful card. That bow is so pretty and just really sets it off :O)

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  77. Very pretty. Love the colored embossing on the decorative paper.

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  78. Oh, this is so pretty. It feels like summer.

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  79. superrr amazing card !
    Stopping by from lightboxcreative.blogspot.com
    for the treasure hunt !
    Love
    pooja

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  80. Fabulous card Melissa.
    luv and hugs {brenda} xoxox

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  81. Ooohhh Melissa, your card looks sooo beautiful. I love the vintage feeling on it! Great work!

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  82. Melissa, I admittedly did not do the blog hop. However, I am SO in love with this stamp. I had to rush right over abd buy it (among a few other things!). I absolutely LOVE Simon Says Stamp. I can always find the things I need. Thanks for sharing this adorable card, and for inspiring me (not only to spend money), but to create something beautiful. I just LOVE it!
    Blessings,
    Karen

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  83. Beautiful creation Melissa, the seam binding matches perfect and all these embossing details are gorgeous. hugs heid x

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  84. Nice work, like the card you make!

    LG
    Michaela

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  85. Beautiful creation Melissa - and what a brilliant blog hop! Thanks so much to Simon Says Stamp & SSS & Show for such brilliant challenges and prizes every week - they reallya re the best!
    I have entered my card for the challenge which is on my blog here - and am just off for a marathon hippety-hop!
    Hugs
    pauline x

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  86. Beautiful card Melissa, love the shabby chic feel.

    Hugs
    Maarit

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  87. I can understand why Mandy said you are the Queen shabby chic,lol, that is fantaboulous,love it!!!
    TFS and lotsa luv

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  88. Absolutely scrumptious card!!

    Hugs Hazel xx

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Thanks for leaving me some ♥! I really appreciate it! hugs... Melissa