♥ Simon Says...Spring Pinterest Inspiration! ♥

Hello! Only 2 more days until Spring! Longer days...warm days, cooler nights...tulips...butterflies. Love it!

And that brings me to this week's challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog! This week, our fabulous teamie, Mandy, made a lovely Spring Mood Board for you to be inspired by!

This week the Simon Says DT are showcasing products by Bazzill. I used several different cardstocks and a paper pack for my 2 cards. On this first card, I was inspired by that yummy looking chocolate egg. I started off with a piece of Peanut Fudge Cardstock and hand drew an egg shape. There are actually some great egg shaped die sets in the SSS Store, which can be found HERE, but I hand drew mine. :) I also used some Bazzill Marshmallow Chick and Sour Grape Cardstock for the polka dots and Kraft and Cotton Candy CS for the bunny and bow.

The polka dots were made with the EK Success 1/2 inch Circle Punch and the Frilly Bunny is by Memory Box/Poppy Stamps. The Fresh Grass Die is by Clearly Besotted. I also used some seam binding ribbon, White Opal Liquid Pearls and a Prima Rose.

For my 2nd card, I used the Bazzill Patina 6x6 Paper Pack as well as some Peanut Fudge Cardstock for the bunny. Again, I used the Frilly Bunny by Memory Box/Poppy Stamps as well as the Leafy Sprig Die.

To finish off the card, I used some Doodlebug White Doilies, White Opal Liquid Pearls, seam binding, May Arts Natural Twine and some Prima Roses.

And don't forget, the super sweet and generous Heidi will give the random winner of this challenge a $50 Credit Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore! Good luck everyone!

Do you use Instagram ?  If so, please add #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too. 

Hope you have a lovely day! ;)

hugs...

♥ Simon Says...Anything Goes with Pearls! ♥

Happy Hump Day! It's time for another Anything Goes Challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog! But we have added another twist! You must use Pearls! It can be adhesive pearls...Liquid Pearls...Perfect Pearls...a Pearl Shimmer Spray...etc!

This week the Simon Says DT are showcasing products by Bazzill. I chose 2 different paper pads by Bazzill for my card. The Antique 6x6 Paper Pad and the Vintage Marketplace 6x6 Paper Pad. Love these vintage inspired papers!

I also used some White Opal Liquid Pearls and I sprayed the entire card when it was finished with some Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels. It gave the entire card a nice shimmery, pearl look. The stamped sentiment is from the Just a Love Note Clear Stamp Set by Simon Says Stamp.

If you look closely, I also used a vintage milk bottle cap. I not only like the teal color of it but it is from a Dairy called Cooper's from my hometown of Iselin, NJ! When I saw it on Ebay, I knew I had to have it! It goes perfectly with those sweet papers, I think! ;)

And don't forget, the super sweet and generous Heidi will give the random winner of this challenge a $50 Credit Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore! Good luck everyone!

You still have time to enter the Love Fest Challenges over at Splitcoast! Don't forget Simon Says Stamp is sponsoring a challenge too! You could be 1 of 2 winners to win a $25 Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store! You have until March 3rd to enter! Go HERE to enter!! :)

Have a wonderful rest of the week!

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♥ Simon Says...Get in Shape! ♥

Happy Halloween! Well, not sure if it's so happy for us yet! You see, I am writing this post on Saturday due to us getting Hurricane/Tropical Storm Sandy starting on Sunday. It is supposed to make landfall right on top of us and we are only 10 minutes from the ocean. If we have power on Tuesday, you won't see this post! I will re-write it, but if you see this right now, that means we have no power. So please pray for us! We have a generator but it will be used for refrigerators, lights, etc. The poor kiddies won't have a Halloween! But hopefully they will reschedule Trick-or-Treating for them and also reschedule the Halloween Parade our town has every year. It's the 2nd Largest Halloween Parade in the World! So hopefully, the storm won't be too bad. Please pray for all of us here in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States.

This week's challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog is all about Shaped Cards! No squares or rectangles. You can make cards in so many shapes! You can do circles, triangles, hexagons, snowflakes, a house, a stocking, etc, etc! Be creative and think outside the box!

For my card, I wanted to make something a little different. So I racked my brains for days and then one day, on my die cutting table, I had a scalloped circle laying next to a heart. And then, my Turkey was born! I first ran the largest die from the Spellbinders Large Scallop Circle Dies through my Cuttlebug with some Timeless paper by Bazzill and 2 more circles using some Kraft cardstock. Then add glue to the very top of the Kraft circle and adhere it to the back of the patterned paper circle to form a card base.

I then punched out several hearts using the Martha Stewart Heart Punch and some papers by Authentique from the Thankful 6x6 Paper Pad. Now adhere each heart individually to the back of the card to form the "feathers". When finished, adhere the other Kraft circle over the back of the card.

Now, add 2 hearts to the bottom inside of card, folding at the top to make 2 feet and another to the front of the card to act as a beak. The eyes are Prima Crystal Hearts. I added a Happy Thanksgiving stamped sentiment to the inside of the card using Lawn Fawn's Happy Everything Set.

And don't forget, Heidi will generously give the random winner of this challenge a $50 Credit Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore! Good luck everyone!

Have a wonderful day!

♥ Simon Says... Let's Get Fruity! ♥

This week's super sweet challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog is all about Fruit! We want to see fruit on your creations! Cherries, pears, apples, grapes, etc! Can't wait to see what you all come up with!!

 For my card I used a fantastic Cling stamp by Unity Stamps called "Pear of a Recipe". I stamped it in black ink onto white cardstock. I then distressed the edges with my paper distresser tool and inked the edges with various brown inks. I then "colored" in the pear with some soft green pastel chalks and coated it with glitter.

 The papers are by Bazzill from the Vintage Marketplace Paper Pack and the background paper is also by Bazzill it is called Antique Newsprint. I also used a chipboard circle and heart by Maya Road which I painted white and distressed with ink and then added a K&Co. embossed sticker and a Hero Arts white heart pearl to it. I finished off the card with some seam binding, handmade stick pin, trims and Liquid Pearls.

And, don't forget, Heidi will generously give the random winner of this challenge a $50 Credit Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore! Good luck everyone!

One week from today my sister and brother-in-law are flying in from Memphis! We can't wait to see them! My oldest son especially is excited!! We haven't seen them since January. We have a week of fun planned! Can't wait! "Life is Sweet"!

Have a super wonderful day!

*Unity Stamp PEAR OF A RECIPE Rubber Cling	*Bazzill VINTAGE MARKETPLACE 6 x 6 Paper Multi-Pack	*Maya Road 36 Chipboard Set HEARTS c010 with Tin	*Doodlebug GLITTER SUGAR COATING LILY WHITE 32 Gram	*Canvas Corp MINI Clothespins WHITE CLS2143
*Tsukineko JET BLACK STAZON Ink Pad Permanent SJ001	*Ranger WHITE OPAL Liquid Pearls Decorative Glue	*Prima Flowers DISTRESSING TOOL 890940	*Colorbox FLUID CHALK INK Pads CHOCOLATE & BLUEBERRIES Cat's Eyes 717011 MS202	*Pebbles Inc CHALK SET PASTELS Embellish Pastel Kit

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