Stretch Your Stamps with Debby Hughes!
Hi bloggers!! Happy FRIDAY to you! I’m always thrilled to have the super clever & talented Debby Hughes as a guest designer on our blog to give us lots of ways to use our Simon Says Stamp exclusive stamps & dies! Without further ado, I’ll let her take it away!
Enjoy!
Hi everyone, Debby here with another look at how to stretch those Simon Exclusive stamps and dies! Have you been following the latest CHA releases, looking for the next trend? One of the shapes I’ve noticed popping up is that of a simple house. I think the shape ties in well with the changing season as we cozy down for autumn and homey pursuits :)
The other day I came across a happy little discovery while cutting some hexagons from scraps of card with the Full Card Hexagons die – an incomplete hexagon (the bottom point chopped off) makes an awesome little die cut house icon! Very pleased with myself LOL I die cut a few houses from Bazzill Card Shoppe colors and took some inspiration from the last Online Card Class (Summer Card Camp 2) and a card featured by Julie Ebersole to make this little scene.
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For my next card, I was inspired by a vintage book cover I saw on Pinterest with a wonderful pattern constructed from oh so trendy, super skinny little triangles. I used the smallest ray from the Sunshine die to cut lots of little triangles and mimicked the pattern from the book on my card front, pairing it with a sentiment from Inside and Out Sayings.
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Lastly I thought I’d leave you with a bit of fun! Here in the UK we have a saying “feeling a little off-colour” as in you aren’t feeling very well. So I thought I’d play around with the idea of something being a different colour to normal. A skunk has such a striking colour-way that I thought playing with the Stinkin’ Cute set was just perfect for this idea. So I coloured the skunk in green and popped him on a pillow (Pillow Talk) with a box of tissues to reinforce the idea of him being unwell. The sentiment is computer generated. Inside the card the sentiment continues and there is the sweet little fellow all feeling better and back to normal. The scene inside uses one of the Flat Bottom Cloud dies as a bush and a floral image from Petal Pieces as the sun :)
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Well I hope I’ve encouraged you to make the most of your supplies and look for different or unexpected ways they can be used.
Thanks for reading today and thanks again so much to the amazing Debby Hughes for being a guest on our blog today! It’s always a treat to see what she comes up with!
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Love all three, specially the googly eyed skunk!
Great cards…that last one especially. Great work using these dies in new ways too.
Love the skunk!!!
Great ideas! Love the cards!
Love the second card! Brings me on to other ideas!
Love the skunk card…so cute to color him an “off” color… Tfs.
The box of tissues is what makes the 2nd card so perfect!
They are delightful cards! Thank you so much for the inspiration. Take care. :)
I follow your blog on Feedly. Cute cards!!!
Awesome inspiration from such great cards! ~God bless~!
Awesome card today thank you for sharing them with us on the blog
tfs !! I love today’s card ideas.
what pretty cards today thank you for sharing them with us.
The last of the 3 is my favourite. So stinkin’ clever LOL
awesome ideas!
Fantastic cards. Love how you got stinkin’ cute feeling all better again
Debby is always full of creative ideas and today’s post is no exception!
Love these cards – so clever and cute!! Thanks for the inspiration!
Great cards! Love the little skunk.
Great cards! I especially like the poor little off color skunk. :)
Love Debby’s skunk card…..absolutely adorable!!
Good ideas! I’m crazy about that green skunk!
Cute cards! I really love the green skunk!
I adore all 3 of these cards, they are so fun.
I love the graphics cards, but my favorite is the last one, such a cutie!TFS
These are so nice!
OMG!! Debbie your creations are all awesome!! Really loving the cute skunk card though!! ;) thanks for sharing and have a Fabulous Weekend!! ;)
Super card Debby! I love them all, but those little houses are so cute and creative!!
Love these card ideas, so seemingly simple yet so very cute – especially love the skunk !!!!
You are so clever, Debby! I never would have thought to cut the bottoms off my hexagons…the perfect ‘house’…Love it! Your skinny triangles are so fun, and I LOVE your get well card! The stamped sentiment and images on the inside are just perfect, too! Thanks so much for sharing your ideas with us!
Super! I especially liked the animal!)))
You are a clever girl! Fab job on those!
that skunk is ADORBS!
Stinkin cute cards! Thanks for the chance to win!
Great cards Debby … your skunk card is especially fabulous :)
All the three cards are simply fabulous and totally adorable!..Love them :)
All 4 of these are awesome. I especially love the Off color one very much. The little handkerchiefbox next to him is sooo cool and fun, and Debbi has used some gorgeous colors on these too.
My goodness, Debby is so clever. This is really called “thinking outside the box” using all the dies and stamps in interesting ways. Very inspiring.
So many great ideas !!!
Thanks !
Hugs from France
Lunea
Thank you Debby for the wonderful projects you shared!
Wow! Three great cards! I love the little houses cut from half a hexagon and the tiny skinny triangles are genius. The skunk looks cute even when he’s feeling “a little off-colour”
Fabulous cards! They are filled with such great ideas. I have to say I love that stinkin’ little skunk the best! :) I love what you did with him and to use a cloud as a bush – brilliant! Thanks for the inspiration. :)
These cards are great! I especially love the get well ones – such a cute little critter!
I love the way you colored the little skunk green!
Very creative cards and the skunk card is too funny!
What great cards!! Love the inspiration!
Definitely a home run with these 3 cards! Love Debby’s creativity – great job!!!
Very nice cards! I’m glad I saved all my odd shape scraps and now I will see what else I can do with them. Thanks for the inspiration!
That little skunk is so cute – no matter what color he is.
thanks for the tips.
Wow, this was fun! I love how different each was. I think those little houses are so creative and can be used for a lot of occasions! I think the thin triangle card is so elegant. But the skunk card is my favorite as it is so sweet (love his color change!)